Top Documentary Movies


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391. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Marina Zenovich
Actors: Roman Polanski, Douglas Dalton, Roger Gunson, Mia Farrow, Daniel Melnick, Andrew Braunsberg
Plot: Marina Zenovich's new documentary examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

392. The War Room

Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Actors: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, Heather Beckel, Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Bob Boorstin
Plot: A behind-the-scenes look into Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign and the men behind his success.

393. Paragraph 175

Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: German
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Actors: Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel, Heinz F., Annette Eick
Plot: Paragraph 175 tells of a gap in the historical record and reveals the lasting consequences, as told through personal stories of gay men and women who lived through it, including: Karl Gorath; Gad Beck, the half-Jewish resistance fighter who spent the war helping refugees escape Berlin; Annette Eick, the Jewish lesbian who escaped to England with the help of a woman she loved; Albrecht Becker, German Christian photographer, who was arrested and imprisoned for homosexuality, then joined the army on his release because he "wanted to be with men"; and Pierre Seel, the French Alsatian teenager, who watched as his lover was eaten alive by dogs in the camps.

394. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Errol Morris
Actors: Fred A. Leuchter Jr., Robert Jan Van Pelt, David Irving, Caroline Leuchter, James Roth, Shelly Shapiro

395. Chasing Ice

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Biography
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jeff Orlowski
Actors: James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter, Louie Psihoyos, Jeff Orlowski, Kitty Boone
Plot: James Balog was once a climate change skeptic, until his Extreme Ice Survey provided undeniable evidence of the changing planet. Using time-lapse photography, a multi-year record of the changing glaciers is presented in minutes and Balog takes a cross-continent journey, and risks his career, to show this change.

396. The Titan: Story of Michelangelo

Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert J. Flaherty, Richard Lyford, Curt Oertel
Actors: Fredric March

397. A Life Apart: Hasidism in America

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Actors: Leonard Nimoy, Sarah Jessica Parker

398. Ocean Oasis

Year of Release: 2001
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Soames Summerhays
Actors: Exequiel Ezcurra, Gabriela Flores, Mercedes Guererro, Iliana Ortega, Enriquetta Velarde, Jaime Orozco

399. De nadie

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tin Dirdamal
Actors: Ricardo DeValle, Antonio Ponce, Lazaro Hernandez, Jose Medina, Maria Luisa Ponce

400. U2: Zoo TV Live from Sydney

Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Mallet
Actors: Bono, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr., The Edge

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