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1. 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History
The morning of September 11, 2001 is shown through multiple video cameras in New York City, from the moment the first WTC tower is hit until after both towers collapse.
Directors: Nicole Rittenmeyer, Seth Skundrick | Stars: George W. Bush, Joe Napolitano, Kelly Edwards
Votes: 2,907
2. A Tiny Ripple of Hope (2021)
96 min | Documentary
Jahmal Cole is the confident and charismatic leader of My Block, My Hood, My City: an organization that brings hope and opportunity to teenagers across Chicago's segregated South and West ... See full summary »
Director: Jason Polevoi | Stars: Asiaha Butler, Connie Chambers, Dimetriana Chambers, Dominetrius Chambers
Votes: 44
3. Banksy Most Wanted (2020)
82 min | Documentary
Banksy is a household name, but behind this name hides a multitude of stories, artworks, stunts, political statements and identities, leading to one of the art world's biggest unanswered questions- who is Banksy?
Directors: Seamus Haley, Laurent Richard, Aurélia Rouvier | Star: Robin Barton
Votes: 493
4. Behind the Curve (2018)
TV-14 | 96 min | Documentary
Meet real Flat Earthers, a small but growing contingent of people who firmly believe in a conspiracy to suppress the truth that the Earth is flat.
Director: Daniel J. Clark | Stars: Mark K. Sargent, Patti Sargent, Hannalore Gerling-Dunsmore, Joe Pierre
Votes: 10,727
5. Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (2022)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary
Examining the months since the tragedies, which caused global panic in March 2019 after two new aircrafts crashed within five months, killing 346 people.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Donald Trump, Maria Bartiromo, Lester Holt, Kevin Carney
Votes: 13,563
6.
The New York Times Presents (2020– )
Episode:
Framing Britney Spears
(2021)
TV-MA | 74 min | Documentary
Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life.
Director: Samantha Stark | Stars: Britney Spears, Liz Day, Felicia Culotta, Hayley Hill
Votes: 6,963
7. Fruitcake Fraud (2021)
TV-PG | 99 min | Documentary, Crime
Unveils the crime where Mr. Sandy Jenkins embezzled $17 million from Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, Texas, and how the public and the FBI are still amazed at how the crime was solved and the lavish lifestyle the culprits were living.
Director: Celia Aniskovich | Stars: Santa George Campbell, Hayden Crawford, Christine Edson, Kay Jenkins
Votes: 228
8. In Defense of Food (2015 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary
In Defense of Food tackles a question more and more people around the world have been asking: What should I eat to be healthy? Based on award-winning journalist Michael Pollan's ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Schwarz | Stars: Healthy Emmie, Michael Pollan, Stephen Ritz
Votes: 803
9. In the Dark of the Valley (2021)
101 min | Documentary, History
A group of mothers discover that the Santa Susana Field Laboratory was the site of one of the largest nuclear accidents in United States history; and may have exposed their children and their community to cancer-causing hazardous waste.
Director: Nicholas Mihm
Votes: 119
10. JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
TV-14 | 118 min | Documentary, History
Declassified files related to President Kennedy's assassination in a far larger context, aiming to shine more light on what really happened in 1963.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Whoopi Goldberg, Oliver Stone, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Votes: 4,231
11. Send Me (2022)
Documentary
In the final days of the Afghanistan War, 12 veterans fly to the Middle East and spend the next ten days evacuating as many American citizens, permanent residents, and special immigrant ... See full synopsis »
Director: Nick Palmisciano | Stars: DanO, Sean G, Dave Johnson, Tim Kennedy
Votes: 301
12. Super Size Me (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker, Dania Abu-Rmaileh
Votes: 113,272 | Gross: $11.53M
13. The Forever Prisoner (2021)
119 min | Documentary, Crime
Follows the story of Abu Zubaydah, the first high-value detainee subjected to the CIA's program, later identified as torture by those outside the agency.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Stephen Gaudin, Chantell Higgins, Daniel Jones, Steven Kleinman
Votes: 852
14. The Human Factor (2019)
PG-13 | 106 min | Documentary
The epic behind-the-scenes story of the United States' 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East. Recounted from the unique perspective of the American mediators on the frontlines.
Director: Dror Moreh | Stars: Gamal Helal, Martin Indyk, Daniel Kurtzer, Robert Malley
Votes: 380
15. The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A documentary that looks at the well-known case, which is largely regarded as the greatest unsolved heist in American history.
Director: John Dower | Stars: Jo Weber, Duane Weber, Tim Collins, Tina Mucklow
Votes: 2,222
16. The Rescue (2021)
PG | 107 min | Documentary, Action, Mystery
A chronicle of the enthralling, against-all-odds story that transfixed the world in 2018: the daring rescue of twelve boys and their coach from deep inside a flooded cave in Northern Thailand.
Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Stars: Bancha Duriyapunt, Apakorn Youkongkaew, Anan Surawan, Woranan Ratrawiphukkun
Votes: 20,605 | Gross: $1.06M
17. The River: A Documentary Film (2020)
Documentary
The River is a documentary about how communication and purpose play into the success and failures of managing the homeless encampment in Aberdeen, Washington.
Director: Rick Walters | Stars: Mary Callaghan, Jason Capps, Donna Cook, Levi Hunt
Votes: 54
18. The Tinder Swindler (2022)
TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, Crime
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online, then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
Director: Felicity Morris | Stars: Simon Leviev, Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm, Karan Pugal
Votes: 72,995
19. The United States of Insanity (2021)
99 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The story of controversial rap duo Insane Clown Posse (ICP), their fans, and their ongoing struggle with the FBI in a landmark case that may be a bellwether of change for First Amendment rights in America.
Directors: Tom Putnam, Brenna Sanchez | Stars: Mike Busey, FlipFlop The Clown, Howard Hertz, Insane Clown Posse
Votes: 266
20. Valentine Road (2013)
TV-14 | 89 min | Documentary, Crime
On February 12, 2008 in Oxnard, California, eighth-grade student Brandon McInerney shot his classmate Larry King twice in the back of the head during first period. When Larry died two days ... See full summary »
Director: Marta Cunningham | Stars: James Bing, Jeremy Bing, Rosalie Black, Dawn Boldrin
Votes: 1,984
21. 91% (2016)
74 min | Documentary
A film that shares the heartbreaking accounts of those impacted by gun violence and reveals new hope for common ground in the debate over guns in America.
Directors: John Richie, John Richie
Votes: 74
22. A Deadly Dose (2020)
TV-14 | Documentary
The 2015 death of Susan Winters, living in Las Vegas, Nevada, is ruled by authorities to be a suicide. But strange details of her demise, including her ingestion of both antifreeze and ... See full summary »
Stars: Ted Marcoux, Susan Winters, Gregory Brent Dennis
Votes: 23
23. Divide and Conquer (2018)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.
Director: Alexis Bloom | Stars: Tony Waag, Babette Bombshell, Catherine Corcoran, John Reardon
Votes: 647 | Gross: $0.04M
24. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder
Votes: 132,391 | Gross: $119.19M
25. Getting Away with Murder(s) (2021)
175 min | Documentary
99% of those who carried out the murders in the Holocaust were never prosecuted. Why not?
Director: David Wilkinson | Stars: Eileen Atkins, Julian Glover, Hermann Göring, Albert Speer
Votes: 315
26. Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers (2014 TV Movie)
Documentary, Crime
A recounting of the 2013 terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon and its subsequent investigation and manhunt.
Directors: Sam Hobkinson, Sam L. | Stars: William B. Evans, Karen Odom, Michele Mahoney, Frank Armstrong
Votes: 229
27. Loan Wolves (2022)
90 min | Documentary
Exposes the scam behind the disastrous school loan crisis.
Director: Blake Zeff | Stars: Ari Melber, Chuck Schumer, Blake Zeff
Votes: 57
28. Operation Odessa (2018)
TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime
In the early 1990s, three friends set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.
Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Ludwig Fainberg, Juan Almeida, Nelson Yester, Kristy Galeota
Votes: 6,921
29. Skandal! Bringing Down Wirecard (2022)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary, Crime
Upstart payment firm Wirecard wowed the financial industry with its runaway success — until a tenacious team of journalists exposed massive fraud.
Director: James Erskine | Stars: Florian Toncar, Lena Kampf, Martin Osterloh, Cansel Kiziltepe
Votes: 2,326
30. The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023)
TV-MA | 85 min | Documentary, Crime
This shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the steep downward spiral that resulted in his imprisonment.
Director: Colette Camden | Stars: Kai Lawrence, Jessob Reisbeck, Terry Woods, Brad Mulcahy
Votes: 12,712
31. The Killing of a Journalist (2022)
100 min | Documentary, Crime
In Slovakia, a young investigative journalist is brutally murdered. When the police files of the murder investigation are leaked to the reporter's colleagues, they uncover vast corruption reaching the highest levels of Slovak society.
Director: Matt Sarnecki | Stars: Robert Fico, Robert Kalinak, Andrej Kiska
Votes: 394
32. The Lockerbie Bombing (2013)
TV-14 | 51 min | Documentary
On 21 December 1988 a Pan Am 747 jet exploded over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie. On the 25th anniversary of the worst terrorist attack on British soil, this is the story.
Director: James Gray
Votes: 66
33. The Most Hated Family in America (2007 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
Louis meets the Phelps family, who protest against an America that tolerates homosexuality
Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Stars: Louis Theroux, Lauren Drain, Steve Drain, Fred Phelps
Votes: 4,835
34. The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
Portrays human bravery and resilience after a tragic volcano disaster in New Zealand.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Mark Inman, Hazel Osborne, Pouroto Ngaropo, Andy McGregor
Votes: 8,286
35. This Space Available (2011)
90 min | Documentary
The average person sees 143,080,000 advertisements in a lifetime. Put together, US billboards would cover the surface of 60,000 football fields. A single digital billboard consumes 14 times... See full summary »
Director: Gwenaëlle Gobé | Stars: David Allan, Robert Barocci, Lawrence Bridges, Barbara Broide
Votes: 28
36. Untold (2021– )
TV-MA | Documentary, Biography, Sport
Tales from the world of sports never heard before.
Stars: Tim Tebow, Urban Meyer, Brandon James, Pat Dooley
Votes: 8,961
37. Whose Vote Counts, Explained (2020)
TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary
The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. But not every vote is created equal. How does the system work, and can it be fixed?
Stars: John Kasich, Carol Anderson, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Votes: 1,328
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