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1. New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
600 min | Documentary, History
Exploration of New York City's rich history as a complex and dynamic city that has played an unparalleled role in shaping the nation and reflecting its ideals.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Kenneth Jackson, Mike Wallace, Mike Wallace
Votes: 1,119
2.
New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
Episode:
The Power and the People (1898-1918)
(1999)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
This episode covers the period from 1898 to 1914, and documents the rise of Al Smith to governer after he enacted laws to protect working people in the state of New York after the terrible ... See full summary »
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Ruth J. Abram, Joan Allen, Carol Berkin, Philip Bosco
Votes: 36
3.
New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
Episode:
The Country and the City (1609-1825)
(1999)
TV-PG | 111 min | Documentary, History
The first of 8 shows of the history of New York City. This one starts with the first Europeans and how the city started to grow.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Thomas Bender, Carol Berkin, Calvin O. Butts III, Caleb Carr
Votes: 41
4.
New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
Episode:
Order and Disorder (1825-1865)
(1999)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
The period of 1825 to 1865 in the history on New York City is narrated by David Ogden Stiers. We see the rise of the city as a cultural centre, to influx of blacks, Italians and Germans. ... See full summary »
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Thomas Bender, Marshall Berman, Philip Bosco, Calvin O. Butts III
Votes: 36
5. American Experience (1987– )
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A series showcasing documentaries on American history.
Stars: David McCullough, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, Oliver Platt
Votes: 2,201
6. Frontline (1983– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world and American television's top long-form news and current affairs series since 1983
Stars: Will Lyman, Sarah Childress, Priyanka Boghani, Arun Rath
Votes: 2,295
7. Jazz (2001)
1,075 min | Documentary, History, Music
A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.
Stars: Keith David, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Giddins, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 2,497
8.
New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
Episode:
Sunshine and Shadow (1865-1898)
(1999)
TV-PG | 110 min | Documentary, History
This period in New York's history covers many local characters and the corruption but also the building of the Brooklyn bridge and the erection of the Statue of Liberty.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Ruth J. Abram, Philip Bosco, Robert A. Caro, Caleb Carr
Votes: 37
9.
New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
Episode:
Cosmopolis (1919-1931)
(1999)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
Episode five tells the African-American experience, the birth of the new media industries and the incredible array of human and cultural energies converge, ending with construction of the world's tallest building.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Philip Bosco, Robert A. Caro, Daniel Czitrom, Keith David
Votes: 34
10.
New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
Episode:
The City and the World (1945-2000)
(2001)
TV-PG | 136 min | Documentary, History
Episode seven chronicles the history of New York from the end of the Second World War to the present, exploring the complexities of the modern city and the turbulent years of physical, ... See full summary »
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Bella Abzug, Marshall Berman, Philip Bosco, Calvin O. Butts III
Votes: 29
11.
Jazz (2001)
Episode:
Gumbo: Beginnings to 1917
(2001)
TV-PG | 87 min | Documentary, History, Music
Jazz begins in New Orleans, 19th century America's most cosmopolitan city, where the sound of marching bands, Italian opera, Caribbean rhythms, and minstrel shows fills the streets with a ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Vernel Bagneris, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Bolden, Philip Bosco
Votes: 143
12.
New York: A Documentary Film (1999– )
Episode:
City of Tomorrow (1929-1941)
(2001)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, History
Episode six reveals the immense new forces were unleashed in New York, from the Depression to the New Deal, which permanently altered the city. Along the way, Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and ... See full summary »
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: Bella Abzug, Marshall Berman, Philip Bosco, Calvin O. Butts III
Votes: 32
13. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,170
14. CHEVY100: An American Story (2011)
85 min | Documentary, Action, Biography
A two-hour ride of 100 years on the road. Ford and Chevy have battled since the earliest days, the beginnings of Corvette, how Mustang spawned Camaro, muscle cars, tri-5s, Low Riders, Rat ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Sherman | Star: Lisa Stiles
Votes: 10
15.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Donner Party
(1992)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary exploring the struggles of The Donner Party, a group of American pioneers and their two Indigenous guides who became stranded in the Sierras during a horrible winter.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: David McCullough, J.D. Cannon, Timothy Hutton, Gene Jones
Votes: 469
16.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
New York: Part II - Order and Disorder
(1999)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Episode two looks at New York's rise as a burgeoning cultural center and multi-ethnic port.
Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Ruth Abram, Joan Allen, Thomas Bender
Votes: 59
17.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds
(2001)
TV-14 | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Richard Rodgers' contributions to the musical theatre were extraordinary, and his influence on the musical theatre of today and tomorrow is legendary He was the recipient of countless awards, including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars, and Grammys
Director: Roger Sherman | Stars: Julie Andrews, Diahann Carroll, Barbara Cook, Sheldon Harnick
Votes: 99
18.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
New York: Part 7 - The City and the World
(2001)
TV-PG | 137 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Episode seven chronicles the history of New York from the end of the Second World War to the present.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Bella Abzug, Marshall Berman, Philip Bosco
Votes: 51
19.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
New York: Part IV - The Power and the People
(1999)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Episode four follows New York into a new century.
Director: Ric Burns | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Ruth J. Abram, Joan Allen, Marshall Berman
Votes: 57
20.
Jazz (2001)
Episode:
The True Welcome: 1929-1934
(2001)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, History, Music
In 1929 as the Great Depression begins, New York is now America's jazz capital. On Broadway, Louis Armstrong revolutionizes the art of American popular song. In Harlem, Chick Webb pioneers ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Louis Armstrong, Vernel Bagneris, Sidney Bechet, Bix Beiderbecke
Votes: 90
21. Great Performances (1971– )
TV-G | 180 min | Music, Musical
Filmed and televised versions of theater productions, such as plays, musicals, operas, ballets, and concerts from around the world.
Stars: Scott Yoo, Julie Andrews, Renée Fleming, Plácido Domingo
Votes: 896
22. Frank Lloyd Wright (1998)
TV-PG | 146 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A biography of the life and work of the American architect.
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Edward Herrmann, Philip Bosco, Julie Harris, Sab Shimono
Votes: 916
23.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
New York: Part V - Cosmopolis
(1999)
TV-PG | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Episode five tells the African-American experience and the birth of the new media industries.
Director: Lisa Ades | Stars: David Ogden Stiers, Ruth Abram, Joan Allen, Thomas Bender
Votes: 55
24. Medal of Honor (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Documentary, History, War
The story of the Medal of Honor - the highest U.S. award for valor in combat - is told through personal accounts of bravery and daring.
Director: Roger Sherman | Stars: Stephen Lang, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 110
25.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
The Nutcracker
(2001)
TV-G | 115 min | Music, Musical
A re-staging of the Royal Ballet's 1985 production, with Anthony Dowell - this time as Drosselmeyer - and a new supporting cast.
Directors: Ross MacGibbon, Roger Sherman | Stars: Julie Andrews, Anthony Dowell, Alina Cojocaru, Ivan Putrov
Votes: 68
26. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman
Votes: 27,100 | Gross: $3.12M
27. Brooklyn Bridge (1981)
TV-G | 58 min | Documentary, History
This documentary chronicles the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. The difficult construction process is described in interesting detail; later parts of the film interview ... See full summary »
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Paul Roebling, Julie Harris, Arthur Miller, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Votes: 1,012
28. The Other Side of the Moon (1990)
90 min | Documentary
Features eight Apollo astronauts who intimately share their experience of going to the moon, describing what happened to them while they were there, and how their lives have been shaped by the experience in the 20 years after.
Director: Mickey Lemle | Stars: Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Charles Conrad, James Irwin
Votes: 23
29. The Rhythm of My Soul: Kentucky Roots Music (2006)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
A testament and demonstration of the many aspects of country music - Country, Gospel, Bluegrass, Mountain in the place where more country stars have been born and raised as any place in America.
Director: Roger Sherman | Stars: Sanford Baskin, John Harrod, Sarah Howard, Connie Hunt
Votes: 14
30. The Statue of Liberty (1985)
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, History
Documentary showing the history of the world-famous Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, the impact it still has on people and the state of liberty as a personal and political concept in America in 1985.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: David McCullough, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Paul Roebling
Votes: 712
31. Yo soy Boricua, pa'que tu lo sepas! (2006)
86 min | Documentary
A documentary on New York's annual Puerto Rican Day parade.
Directors: Liz Garbus, Rosie Perez | Stars: Pedro Albizu Campos, Ricardo Alegría, Rosie Perez, Pedro Pietri
Votes: 248
32. Thomas Hart Benton (1989 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Biography
Thomas Hart Benton's paintings were energetic and uncompromising. Today his works are in museums, but Benton hung them in saloons for ordinary people to appreciate.
Director: Ken Burns | Stars: Henry Adams, Matthew Baigell, Earl Bennett, Jessie Benton
Votes: 193
33. The American Brew (2007 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
The history of beer in the United States.
Director: Roger Sherman | Star: Tovah Feldshuh
Votes: 27
34. Beauty Mark (2008)
50 min | Documentary
Beauty Mark is for anyone who has ever felt invisible because they didn't conform to our culture's impossible, unhealthy, abnormal beauty standards. This courageous film examines popular ... See full summary »
Directors: Kathleen Man Gyllenhaal, Carla Precht | Stars: Paul Campos, Eve Ensler, Dawn Gallagher, Joan Israel
Votes: 19
35.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
John Paul II: The Millennial Pope
(1999)
TV-MA | 150 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE presents a comprehensive biography on world leader who has emerged as a man at war with twentieth century itself.
Director: Helen Whitney | Stars: Maurizio Benazzo, Urszula Dudziak, Jay Gregory, Antonin Kratochvil
Votes: 22
36. Adam Clayton Powell (1989)
Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary
The Academy Award¨-nominated Adam Clayton Powell delves into the gripping life and career of the most influential and flamboyant civil rights leader in America in the Õ30s, Õ40s and Õ50s.
Director: Richard Kilberg | Stars: Julian Bond, John Brademas, Calvin O. Butts III, Stokely Carmichael
Votes: 75
37. Dear Diary: A Film About Female Puberty (1981)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
Deals with the physical, sexual, and social changes that girls experience in early adolescence.
Directors: Debra Franco, David S. Shepard | Stars: Hillary Ellin, Shannon Dobson, Carmele Wesley, Marilyn Duchin
Votes: 34
38. The Garden of Eden (1984)
28 min | Documentary, Short
The Garden of Eden is a 1984 American short documentary film directed by Roger M. Sherman. The film posits that in the next 30 years, 20% of all forms of life will cease to exist. It argues that it can be for good business to save the environment: discoveries in the plant, animal, and microbiology worlds show that what you might think of as unimportant could be the cure to a major disease, save ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Sherman
Votes: 22
39. In Search of Israeli Cuisine (2016)
96 min | Documentary
A portrait of Israeli people, told through food. We shot in fine restaurants, home kitchens, wineries, cheese caves, on the street and everything in between. Though, Americans see Israelis ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Sherman | Star: Mike Solomonov
Votes: 150
40. The Restaurateur (2010)
Not Rated | 57 min | Documentary
A film about the grueling construction of not one but two world class restaurants. We follow Danny Meyer, arguably the most successful restaurateur in America. Our cameras follow the ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Sherman | Stars: Floyd Cardoz, Tom Colicchio
Votes: 61
41.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Alexander Calder
(1998)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
In a time of constant artistic upheaval, Alexander Calder's aesthetic revolution concerned itself with a somewhat taboo topic in the art world - fun.
Director: Roger Sherman | Stars: Alexander Calder, Tovah Feldshuh
Votes: 90
42. The O.J. Simpson Trial: Beyond Black & White (1996 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
The O.J. Simpson Trial: Beyond Black and White surveys the African-American perspective on the celebrated case, using the issues that arose during the trial as a springboard.
Director: Roger Sherman | Star: O.J. Simpson
Votes: 10
43. Blueprint America: Road to the Future (2009 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
Blueprint America: Road to the Future, an original documentary part of a PBS multi-platform series on the country's aging and changing infrastructure, goes to three very different American ... See full summary »
Star: Miles O'Brien
44. Into the Ice
Action, Adventure, Biography | Announced
A Lieutenant in the Bering Sea Patrol struggles to lead a team with the help of Alaskan natives (Inuit) over 1,500 miles into the Arctic winter using sled dogs while herding 448 reindeer to save 275 starving sailors on ice-bound ships.
45. The Second Life of Jamie P (2019)
88 min | Documentary
The year in the life story of Jamie Peebles, who transitions in real time. We filmed her confirmation surgery. She shares her suffering and her joys in personal and revelatory video diaries, inter-cut with Roger's cinema verite filming.
Director: Roger Sherman | Stars: Mlou Douglas, Carol Holly, Angie Peebles, Elaine Peebles
46. Robert F. Kennedy: The Man and the Memories (1993 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Twenty-five years after the assassination of Bobby Kennedy during the 1968 presidential primaries, NBC News memorializes one of the most interesting and complex personalities of the post-war era.
47. Don't Divorce the Children (1990 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Roger Sherman | Star: Timothy Busfield
48. Zapruder and Stolley: Witness to an Assassination (2011 Video)
35 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
On November 22, 1963, LIFE magazine's LA bureau chief Dick Stolley, learned via teletype that President Kennedy had been shot. Racing to Dallas, he accomplished what is now considered one ... See full summary »
Director: Roger Sherman | Stars: Greg Curtis, Dick Stolley