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1. Night and Fog (1956)
TV-14 | 32 min | Documentary, Short, History
The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.
Director: Alain Resnais | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 21,472
2. The Act of Killing (2012)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik
Votes: 40,816 | Gross: $0.49M
3. The Look of Silence (2014)
PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer | Stars: Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Volker Hanisch, Amir Hasan
Votes: 13,886 | Gross: $0.11M
4. Night Will Fall (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, History, War
Researchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps.
Director: André Singer | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Jasper Britton, Leonard Berney, George Leonard
Votes: 3,451
5. American Anarchist (2016)
TV-MA | 80 min | Documentary
The story of one of the most infamous books ever written, "The Anarchist Cookbook," and the role it's played in the life of its author, now 65, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the counterculture upheaval of the late '60s and early '70s.
Director: Charlie Siskel | Stars: William Powell, Charlie Siskel, Ochan Kusuma-Powell, Jeff Nightbyrd
Votes: 1,807
6. Cocaine Cowboys (2006)
R | 118 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The story of how Miami became the cocaine capital of the United States in the early 1980's and the police officers who turned the tide on crime.
Director: Billy Corben | Stars: Jon Roberts, Al Sunshine, Sam Burstyn, Mickey Munday
Votes: 14,094 | Gross: $0.15M
7. Children of the Revolution (2010)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary
Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group and the Japanese Red Army. What were they fighting for and what have we learned?
Director: Shane O'Sullivan | Stars: Ulrike Meinhof, Fusako Shigenobu, Mei Shigenobu, Bettina Röhl
Votes: 73
8. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.
Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: Kurt Kuenne, Andrew Bagby, David Bagby, Kathleen Bagby
Votes: 40,728 | Gross: $0.02M
9. Of Fathers and Sons (2017)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary, War
Talal Derki returns to his homeland where he gains the trust of a radical Islamist family, sharing their daily life for over two years.
Director: Talal Derki | Stars: Tia Alkerdi, Yara Ibrahim, Abu Osama, Ayman Osama
Votes: 2,741 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Under the Wire (2018)
R | 95 min | Documentary
In 2012, Sunday Times war correspondent, Marie Colvin and photographer, Paul Conroy arrived in Syria to tell the story of civilians trapped in Homs, a city under siege and relentless military attack from the Syrian army.
Director: Chris Martin | Stars: Ziad Abaza, Janine Birkett, Edith Bouvier, Marie Colvin
Votes: 693 | Gross: $0.00M
11. Staatsdiener (2015)
81 min | Documentary, Drama
Staatsdiener follows the first year of young police officers in the police academy and on the beat in Eastern Germany. After simulating the real world inside the academy they have to face ... See full summary »
Director: Marie Wilke
Votes: 80
12. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, History, War
A documentary chronicling the background to, and history of, the Vietnam War.
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: Harry S. Ashmore, Daniel Berrigan, Joseph Buttinger, William R. Corson
Votes: 1,917
13. Mr. Hoover and I (1989)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Emile de Antonio | Stars: John Cage, Emile de Antonio, Nancy de Antonio
Votes: 64
14. Free Solo (2018)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Adventure, Sport
Alex Honnold faces the biggest challenge of his career, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. He pursues it Free Solo, which means climbing without a rope and alone.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Alex Honnold, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin, Cheyne Lempe
Votes: 77,445 | Gross: $17.54M
15. Senkyo (2007)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
Can a candidate with no political experience and no charisma win an election if he is backed by the political giant Prime Minister Koizumi and his Liberal Democratic Party? This ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiro Sôda | Stars: Seiko Hashimoto, Nobuteru Ishihara, Yoriko Kawaguchi, Jun'ichirô Koizumi
Votes: 244
16. Peace (I) (2010)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Drama, History
The daily lives of people and stray cats who live in the yard in front of their home in Okayama City, Japan, offers glimpses of the meaning of peace.
Director: Kazuhiro Sôda | Stars: Shiro Hashimoto, Hiroko Kashiwagi, Toshio Kashiwagi
Votes: 289
17. Campaign 2 (2013)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary, Comedy, Horror
In response to the Fukushima disaster, Yama-san is running an election campaign with an anti-nuclear message. But unlike last time, he has no money, no machine, no nothing. Does he even ... See full summary »
Director: Kazuhiro Sôda | Stars: Kazuhiko Yamauchi, Sayuri, Yuki Yamauchi
Votes: 66
18. Lord of the Toys (2018)
95 min | Documentary
Max "Adlersson" Herzberg, 20 years of age, from Dresden decided not to spend his life working. Ever since, he reviews knives and other products, unboxes limited fan editions of mainly ... See full summary »
Director: Pablo Ben Yakov | Stars: Max 'Adlersson' Herzberg, Maximiliane Häcke
Votes: 216
19. A Hole in the Head (1998)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
A documentary about people who drill dime-sized holes in their foreheads in an effort to improve health and mental capacity
Director: Eli Kabillio | Stars: Joey Mellen, Bart Huges, Amanda Feilding, Jenny Gathrone-Hardy
Votes: 161
20. Murderball (2005)
R | 88 min | Documentary, Sport
Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.
Directors: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro | Stars: Joe Soares, Keith Cavill, Mark Zupan, Robert Soares
Votes: 10,458 | Gross: $1.52M
21. Three Identical Strangers (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.
Director: Tim Wardle | Stars: Robert Shafran, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone
Votes: 39,796 | Gross: $12.32M
22. Bamboo Stories (2019)
96 min | Documentary
A group of men in North-Eastern Bangladesh are facing a dangerous mission. They are to conquer the river, with a 70 meter long raft. The ride is 300 kilometre long, always downstream. The ... See full summary »
Director: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
Votes: 34
24. Gunner Palace (2004)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, War
American soldiers of the 2/3 Field Artillery, a group known as the "Gunners," tell of their experiences in Baghdad during the Iraq War. Holed up in a bombed out pleasure palace built by Sadaam Hussein, the soldiers endured hostile situations some four months after President George W. Bush declared the end of major combat operations in the country.
Directors: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker | Stars: Bryant Davis, Devon Dixon, Javorn Drummond, Elliot Lovett
Votes: 1,953 | Gross: $0.61M
25. Occupation: Dreamland (2005)
Unrated | 78 min | Documentary, War
In January, 2004, in Al-Falluja, Iraq, a documentary film crew follows an infantry squad of the 82nd Airborne, US Army. Cameras accompany the squad of seven on day and night patrols, as ... See full summary »
Directors: Ian Olds, Garrett Scott | Stars: Matthew Bacik, Chris Corcione, Eric Forbes, Patrick Napoli
Votes: 449
26. Into the Abyss (2011)
PG-13 | 107 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Werner Herzog, Richard Lopez, Michael Perry, Damon Hall
Votes: 17,354 | Gross: $0.22M
27. On Death Row (2012– )
49 min | Documentary
An inside look at a maximum security prison in Texas featuring interviews with death row inmates.
Stars: Werner Herzog, Hank Skinner, Linda Carty, James Barnes
Votes: 1,316
28. Route One USA (1989)
255 min | Documentary
Doc (McIsaac), back from a decade in in Africa, and filmmaker Kramer, decide to follow Route 1, from the Canadian border all the way to the tip of Florida.
Director: Robert Kramer | Stars: Jesse Jackson, Paul McIsaac, Pat Robertson
Votes: 302
29. Die Liebe frisst das Leben, Tobias Gruben, seine Lieder und die Erde (2019)
92 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
"Love eats up life" retraces the work by Tobias Gruben, which 20 years after his death continues to be a nearly completely undiscovered diamond in the rough of German pop culture. The ... See full summary »
Director: Oliver Schwabe | Stars: Imogen Gruben, Tobias Levin, Sebastian Gruben, Alfred Hilsberg
Votes: 13
30. Congo Calling (2019)
90 min | Documentary
Three Europeans in the crisis zone of eastern Congo. They want to help, but their situation is complicated. Three personal perspectives on coexistence and cooperation between Europe and ... See full summary »
Director: Stephan Hilpert
Votes: 26
31. Germans & Jews (2016)
76 min | Documentary
Germany is one of the most democratic societies in the world, and has the fastest growing Jewish community in Europe. This never could have been imagined in 1945. Through personal stories, ... See full summary »
Director: Janina Quint
Votes: 82 | Gross: $0.04M
32. Der Prozeß - Eine Darstellung des Majdanek-Verfahrens in Düsseldorf (1984– )
270 min | Documentary
Between 1941 and 1944, at least one quarter of a million people were murdered in the Lublin/Majdanek concentration camp. Between 1975 and 1981, the longest trial in German legal history ... See full summary »
Votes: 30
33. Minding the Gap (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Sport
Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.
Director: Bing Liu | Stars: Kent Abernathy, Mengyue Bolen, Nina Bowgren, Keire Johnson
Votes: 10,468 | Gross: $0.01M
34. Zustand und Gelände (2019)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Ute Adamczewski | Star: Katharina Meves
Votes: 14
35. Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015)
74 min | Documentary, History
Maybe we're not totally screwed
Director: Charles Wilkinson | Stars: Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Guujaaw
Votes: 48
36. This Place Rules (2022)
TV-MA | 82 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Follows events and characters surrounding the January 6th, 2021 insurrection of the U.S. Capital Building in the days preceding the attack.
Director: Andrew Callaghan | Stars: Andrew Callaghan, Joker Gang, Gum Gang, Brittany
Votes: 6,522
37. Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin (2003)
83 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.
Directors: Nancy D. Kates, Bennett Singer | Stars: Bayard Rustin, Dorothy Jackson, John Rodgers, Louis John
Votes: 225
38. The Iron Ministry (2014)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
Filmed over three years on what will soon be the world's largest railway network, 'The Iron Ministry' traces the vast interiors of a country on the move: flesh and metal, clangs and squeals, light and dark, language and gesture.
Director: J.P. Sniadecki | Star: Woseser Tsering
Votes: 286
39. Yumen (2013)
Not Rated | 65 min | Documentary
'Yumen' combines ghost stories and the 'ruin tourism' to form a celluloid psychocollage of wandering souls, seeking connection to each other and a lost collective history among the frozen ... See full summary »
Directors: Xiang Huang, J.P. Sniadecki, Routao Xu
Votes: 61
40. Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (2024)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime
A docu-series that uncovers the toxic culture behind some of the most iconic children's shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s.
Stars: Drake Bell, Giovonnie Samuels, Kate Taylor, Scaachi Koul
Votes: 9,040
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