Top Documentary Movies


The Top Documentary Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Documentary List". Lists are calculated daily.

371. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rory Kennedy

372. The Horse Boy

Year of Release: 2009
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michel O. Scott
Actors: Simon Baron-Cohen, Temple Grandin, Roy Richard Grinker, Rowan Isaacson, Rupert Isaacson, Kristin Neff

373. Tim Richmond: To the Limit

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rory Karpf
Actors: Tim Richmond, Richard Petty, Greg Louganis, Kyle Petty, Darrell Waltrip, A.J. Foyt

374. Bridegroom

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
Actors: Thomas Bridegroom, Shane Bitney Crone
Plot: After six years, Shane Bitney Crone is finally able to go ahead with plans to marry Tom Bridegroom following the decision by California to allow same-sex marriages. Yet amidst the celebration, tragedy hits when Tom is killed in an accident. Following this turn of events, the family bars Shane from attending - and he responds one year later with a video that became more than just a tribute - it reached out to millions of people, many of whom responded in turn.

375. Cutie and the Boxer

Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zachary Heinzerling
Actors: Noriko Shinohara, Ushio Shinohara
Plot: Explores the chaotic 40-year relationship between famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and wife, Noriko. It's about love and also finding your own identity.

376. The Nightmare

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rodney Ascher
Actors: Siegfried Peters, Steven Yvette, Age Wilson, Yatoya Toy

377. 5B

Year of Release: 2019
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Paul Haggis, Dan Krauss
Actors: Alison Moed Paolercio, Cliff Morrison, David Denmark, Mary Magee, Sasha Cuttler, Hank Plante
Plot: 5B is the inspirational story of everyday heroes, nurses and caregivers who took extraordinary action to comfort, protect and care for the patients of the first AIDS ward unit in the United States. 5B is stirringly told through first-person testimony of these nurses and caregivers who built Ward 5B in 1983 at San Francisco General Hospital, their patients, loved ones, and staff who volunteered to create care practices based in humanity and holistic well-being during a time of great uncertainty. The result is an uplifting yet candid and bittersweet monument to a pivotal moment in American history and a celebration of quiet heroes, nurses and caregivers worthy of renewed recognition.

378. Crip Camp

Year of Release: 2020
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Lebrecht, Nicole Newnham
Actors: James Lebrecht, Lionel Je'Woodyard, Joseph O'Conor, Ann Cupolo Freeman, Denise Sherer Jacobson, Larry Allison

379. Fahrenheit 11/9

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Moore
Actors: Michael Moore, Donald J. Trump, David Hogg, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Plot: Michael Moore explores the two most important questions of the Trump Era - How the hell did we get here? And how the hell do we get out?

380. Life in a Day

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Kevin Macdonald
Actors: Cindy Baer, Drake Shannon, Caryn Waechter, Matthew Irving, Moica, Ester Brymova
Plot: A time capsule in the form of a documentary - from all over the world filmmakers capture one day, July 24, 2010, to serve as what it was like to live during those 24 hours.

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