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1. Stories We Tell (2012)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
Votes: 14,121 | Gross: $1.60M
2. Today (1952– )
TV-G | 240 min | News, Talk-Show
A daily live broadcast provides current domestic and international news, weather reports, and interviews with newsmakers from the worlds of politics, business, media, entertainment, and sports.
Stars: Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Jack Lescoulie, Frank Blair
Votes: 2,461
3. The Good Life (2007)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A young man (Webber) is encouraged by a new friend (Deschanel) to cope with living in a town into which he doesn't necessarily fit.
Director: Stephen Berra | Stars: Mark Webber, Zooey Deschanel, Harry Dean Stanton, Bill Paxton
Votes: 2,343
4. Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary
An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America.
Director: Jon Foy | Stars: Justin Duerr, Marc Duerr, Kevin Riley, Abby Miller
Votes: 2,314 | Gross: $0.01M
5. The Booksellers (2019)
99 min | Documentary
A behind-the-scenes look at the New York rare book world.
Director: D.W. Young | Stars: Parker Posey, Fran Lebowitz, Gay Talese, Rose Annis
Votes: 2,118
6. Let the Fire Burn (2013)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A history of the conflict of the City of Philadelphia and the Black Liberation organization, MOVE, that led to the disastrously violent final confrontation in 1985.
Director: Jason Osder | Stars: Birdie Africa, Ramona Africa, Wilson Goode, William Brown III
Votes: 1,454 | Gross: $0.06M
7. Unseen (II) (2016)
75 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2009, police discovered the bodies of eleven women decomposing in and around the home of a known sex offender. With access to the surviving victims, Unseen looks into how the murders of those women went unnoticed for so long.
Director: Laura Paglin | Stars: Vanessa Gay, Latundra Billups, Shawn Morris, Melvette Sockwell
Votes: 1,195
8. 51 Birch Street (2005)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
In the wake of his mother's passing, filmmaker Doug Block discovers a trove of unearthed secrets in the pages of her diary.
Director: Doug Block | Stars: Carol Block, Doug Block, Ellen Block, Karen Block
Votes: 933 | Gross: $0.08M
9. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
10. Orgasm Inc. (2009)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
Extraordinary behind-the-scenes access reveals a drug company's fevered race to develop the first FDA-approved Viagra for women - and offers a humorous but sobering look inside the cash-fueled pharmaceutical industry.
Director: Elizabeth Canner | Stars: Elizabeth Canner, Darby Stephens, Virgil Place, Leland Wilson
Votes: 616 | Gross: $0.05M
11. Silverlake Life: The View from Here (1993)
99 min | Documentary
A documentary about two gay men as they live through their last months of life with AIDS.
Directors: Peter Friedman, Tom Joslin | Stars: Liane Bonin, Tom Joslin, Mark Massi
Votes: 523
12.
Storyville (1997– )
Episode:
112 Weddings
(2014)
TV-14 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography
Filmmaker Doug Block finds out what happened to some of the 112 couples whose wedding videos he shot to help support himself over the past two decades.
Director: Doug Block | Stars: Doug Block, Augie Alexander, Erica Beckman, Jonathan Blake
Votes: 441
13. A Perfect Candidate (1996)
105 min | Documentary
The filmmakers follow Oliver North's unsuccessful 1994 bid for a Virginia Senate seat, focusing on North's campaign strategist, Mark Goodin, and a Washington Post reporter. Mudslinging ensues.
Directors: R.J. Cutler, David Van Taylor | Stars: Don Baker, Mark Goodin, Mark Merritt, Peter Baker
Votes: 288 | Gross: $0.05M
14. My Father and the Man in Black (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The untold story of 'bad-boy' Johnny Cash, his talented but troubled manager, Saul Holiff, and a son searching for his father in the shadow of a legend.
Director: Jonathan Holiff | Stars: Saul Holiff, Johnny Cash, Jonathan Holiff, Bob Dylan
Votes: 274
15. Jupiter's Wife (1995)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
Michel Negroponte, a documentary filmmaker, meets Maggie one day in Central Park. Maggie claims to be married to the god Jupiter and the daughter of actor Robert Ryan. Michel gets to know ... See full summary »
Director: Michel Negroponte | Stars: Maggie Cogan, Katina Commings
Votes: 249
16. P.O.V. (1988– )
60 min | Documentary
POV, a cinema term for "point of view," is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. Since 1988, POV has presented more than 300 of the best, boldest, and ... See full summary »
Stars: Stacey Abrams, Rashida Tlaib, Lucy McBath, Veronica Escobar
Votes: 245
17. A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Esther Robinson's portrait of her uncle Danny Williams -- Warhol's onetime lover, collaborator and filmmaker in his own right -- offers a exploration of the Factory era, an homage to Williams's talent, a journey of family discovery and a compelling inquiry into Williams's mysterious disappearance at age 27.
Director: Esther Robinson | Stars: Callie Angell, Brigid Berlin, John Cale, Danny Fields
Votes: 206
18. Storyville (1997– )
45 min | Documentary, Biography
Series showcasing the best in international documentaries.
Stars: Garth Crooks, John M. Francis, Doug Block, Asha Devi
Votes: 187
19. The Kids Grow Up (2009)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary
A humorous and deeply moving look at father-daughter relationships, modern-day parenting, marriage and the looming empty nest.
Director: Doug Block
Votes: 168 | Gross: $0.01M
20. 93Queen (2018)
90 min | Documentary
A group of tenacious Hasidic women in Brooklyn take matters into their own hands to change their own community from within, smashing the community patriarchy by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City.
Director: Paula Eiselt | Stars: Amy Ackerman, Hadassah Ellis, Ailin Elyasi, Faigy Freier
Votes: 143 | Gross: $0.07M
21. BookWars (2000)
PG-13 | 79 min | Documentary
An insider's look at the gritty streets of New York City, seen through the eyes of street booksellers.
Director: Jason Rosette | Stars: Peter Whitney, Rick Sherman, Marvin, Everett Shapiro
Votes: 102
22. Angels Are Made Of Light (2018)
117 min | Documentary
A dozen years after his Oscar-nominated Iraq in Fragments, American documentarian James Longley delivers a sweeping, profoundly compassionate group portrait of Afghan students and teachers still weathering national turbulence.
Director: James Longley | Stars: Fazula, Hasiba, Yaldash Mir-Habibullah, Rostam Mir-Mohammed-Ullah
Votes: 99 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Paternal Instinct (2004)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Romance
Two boys in search of a surrogate mother for their child.
Director: Murray Nossel | Stars: Erik, Mark Eisenhardt, Barbara Eisenhardt, Larry
Votes: 93
24. The Edge of Dreaming (2009)
TV-G | 73 min | Documentary, Family
This is the story of a rational, skeptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not remember her dreams. Except once, when she dreamed her horse was dying. She woke so scared she went outside... See full summary »
Director: Amy Hardie | Stars: Phyllida Anam-Aire, Claudia Goncalves, Amy Hardie, Amy Mindell
Votes: 90
25. Beyond the Bolex (2017)
94 min | Documentary, Biography
When visionary Jewish immigrant Jacques Bolsey invents the Bolex in the 1920's, he puts the first home movie camera in the hands of everyday folks, fomenting a film revolution that still ... See full summary »
Director: Alyssa Bolsey | Stars: Jacques Bolsey, Wim Wenders, Jonas Mekas, Barbara Hammer
Votes: 89
26. American Harmony (2009)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Every year thousands compete in the world's greatest singing competition - that you've never heard of. AMERICAN HARMONY journeys deep into the ultra-obsessive, zany, and heartfelt world of ... See full summary »
Director: Aengus James | Stars: Greg Clancy, Patrick Claypool, Eric Dalbey, Tony DeRosa
Votes: 84
27. Sacred (2016)
87 min | Documentary
Møre than 40 filmmakers traveled the globe to witness religious celebrations and interview people from all sorts of backgrounds.
Director: Thomas Lennon
Votes: 70
28. Who Is Bernard Tapie? (2001)
PG | 56 min | Documentary
This documentary tells two stories simultaneously: it's a profile of Bernard Tapie, a wealthy man who rises and falls spectacularly in French society and may be on the rise again; and, it's... See full summary »
Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Claude Lelouch, Marina Zenovich, Bernard Tapie, Anne-Laure Plante
Votes: 69
29. Home Page (1998)
102 min | Documentary
The career of an Internet pioneer, Justin Hall, who was one of the first bloggers, is profiled.
Director: Doug Block | Stars: Joey Anuff, Justin Hall, Jaime Levy, Julie Peterson
Votes: 56
30. The LuLu Sessions (2011)
86 min | Documentary
Two best friends taking on life's ultimate adventure - death.
Director: S. Casper Wong | Star: S. Casper Wong
Votes: 28
31. The Children Next Door (2012)
36 min | Documentary, Short
A young family's journey to overcome years of experiencing domestic violence and one horrific incident that shaped and shattered their world. In 2012, five-and-a-half years later, Penny ... See full summary »
Director: Doug Block | Stars: Brian F. Martin, Ashley Waldroup, Chelsea Waldroup, Elijah Waldroup
Votes: 25
32. The Heck with Hollywood! (1991)
57 min | Documentary
The trials and tribulations of getting an independent film marketed and distributed. Follows three films through the process.
Director: Doug Block | Stars: Shep Blumenthal, Gerry Cook, Jonathan Dana, Stefani N. Deoul
Votes: 23
33. Futures Past (2016)
88 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
A filmmaker returns to document the death of the world built by his father.
Director: Jordan Melamed | Stars: Jordan Melamed, Leo Melamed
Votes: 12
34. Untitled Eitaro Project
Documentary | Filming
As he struggles to uphold his mother's expectations and legacy, Eitaro, Japan's only male geisha, confronts the decline of geisha culture and redefines his artistic birthright amidst a global journey turned personal odyssey.
Directors: Koodae Kim, Teruhisa Yoshida | Star: Einosuke Hirose
36. Comedienne (1984)
82 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
If you think Mrs. Maisel captures the reality of being a woman in comedy, you need to see this documentary from the last comedy boom. COMEDIENNE (already an outdated term) follows two women... See full summary »
Director: Katherine Matheson | Stars: Cheryl Klein, Zora Rasmussen, Sterling Swan, Nancy Sigworth
37. Quiet Hours (2018)
14 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Donald Hall, America's Poet Laureate and winner of the National Medal of Arts, lives in the fragile space between loneliness and solitude.
Director: Paul Szynol | Star: Donald Hall
38. Yoko Ono: Then & Now (1984 Video)
56 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Barbara Graustark | Stars: The Beatles, Al Capp, Beate Sirota Gordon, Barbara Graustark
39. To Tell the Truth (II) (2016)
Documentary
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Pat Jackson, Jeffrey Richards, Leo Seltzer
41.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Power Trip
(2005)
TV-14 | Documentary
Director: Paul Devlin | Star: America Ferrera
43.
Today (1952– )
Episode:
Episode dated 25 June 2014
(2014)
TV-G | News, Talk-Show
Valerie Bertinelli, Wendie Malick & Jane Leeves ("Hot in Cleveland"); Doug Block; Adam Levine; Linda Fairstein. Also: a performance by Maroon 5; "Rosen Reports"; a summer cook-off; summer pet safety.
Stars: Valerie Bertinelli, Doug Block, Linda Fairstein, Jane Leeves
44.
To Tell the Truth (2016)
Episode:
Strategy of Truth
Documentary
Explores the role of film as propaganda during World War II, and the different forms it took in the US, the UK, and Germany. It also raises the central question of whether a film can be ... See full summary »
Director: David Van Taylor | Stars: Alec Baldwin, Aram Boyajian, Kevin Brownlow, Frank Capra