good documentaries
by usualsuspect2011 | created - 12 Mar 2012 | updated - 12 Mar 2012 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Take (2004)
Unrated | 87 min | Documentary
In the wake of Argentina's economics collapse of 2001, factory workers break into abandoned factories and restart production. Could these pioneers of cooperative ownership be a model for rebuilding Argentina's economy?
Director: Avi Lewis | Stars: Matilde Adorno, Michel Camadessus, Bill Clinton, Gustavo Cordera
Votes: 1,227
2. A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006 Video)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A theatrical documentary on the planet's dwindling oil resources.
Directors: Basil Gelpke, Raymond McCormack, Reto Caduff | Stars: Wade Adams, Abdul Samad Al-Awadi, Fadhil J. Al-Chalabi, Roscoe Bartlett
Votes: 1,999
3. Beyond the Mat (1999)
R | 102 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport
A heartfelt documentary focusing on the day-to-day lives of professional wrestlers, some on the rise, some on the wane, and others fighting for their lives.
Director: Barry W. Blaustein | Stars: Terry Funk, Mick Foley, Jake Roberts, Barry W. Blaustein
Votes: 9,479 | Gross: $2.05M
4. Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
R | 106 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Brian Keith Allen, Moazzam Begg, Christopher Beiring
Votes: 16,806 | Gross: $0.27M
5. The War You Don't See (2010)
97 min | Documentary, War
Thought-provoking documentary on war propaganda: how governments manipulate the facts and how most media let them get away with it.
Directors: Alan Lowery, John Pilger | Stars: John Pilger, Stuart Ewen, Melvin Goodman, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,527
6. March of the Penguins (2005)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Family
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Votes: 59,966 | Gross: $77.44M
7. Requiem for Detroit? (2010 TV Movie)
76 min | Documentary
A documentary about the decay and industrial collapse of America's fourth largest city.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Julien Temple, Lowell Boileau, Paul Thal, Mike Neeson
Votes: 447
8. Noam Chomsky: Distorted Morality (2003 Video)
Unrated | 55 min | Documentary
The noted scholar, political and social analyst Noam Chomsky presents his critique of America's "War on Terror" with his support for the fact that such a "War" cannot exist.
Director: John Junkerman | Star: Noam Chomsky
Votes: 516
9. Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2004 Video)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary
Greg Palast has been following the Bush family around for years as an investigative reporter for the BBC. This is some of the information he has found, as recorded in his book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy".
Director: Steven Grandison | Stars: Clayton Roberts, Greg Palast, Jim Hightower, Bill White
Votes: 380
10. The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream (2004)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, War
The modern suburbs have ultimately become an unsustainable way of living. They were originally developed in an era of cheap oil, when the automobile became the center of the way people ... See full summary »
Director: Gregory Greene | Stars: Barrie Zwicker, James Howard Kunstler, Peter Calthorpe, Michael Klare
Votes: 1,028
11. Stealing a Nation (2004 TV Movie)
56 min | Documentary, History
This tells a story literally 'hidden from history'. In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population ... See full summary »
Directors: John Pilger, Sean Crotty | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 408
12. The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror (2005)
89 min | Documentary
More than 6.5 billion people today are completely dependent on oil for food, energy, plastics, and chemicals. Population growth is on a collision course with the inevitable depletion of oil... See full summary »
Directors: Audrey Brohy, Gerard Ungerman | Stars: Edward Asner, Noam Chomsky, Richard Heinberg, Mike Ruppert
Votes: 261
13. Much Ado About Something (2001)
70 min | Documentary, Mystery
Did Christopher Marlowe write the works of Shakespeare?
Director: Michael Rubbo | Stars: Michael Rubbo, Bill Browning, Jonathan Bate, John Michell
Votes: 84
14. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Unrated | 98 min | Documentary
Kirby Dick's exposé about the American movie ratings board.
Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Kirby Dick, Kimberly Peirce, Darren Aronofsky, Atom Egoyan
Votes: 28,631 | Gross: $0.30M
15. Apartheid Did Not Die (1998 TV Movie)
Documentary
Director: Alan Lowery | Star: John Pilger
Votes: 44
16.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Karl Rove: The Architect
(2005)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
President George W. Bush called him "architect" of his reelection victory and he has been president's chief strategist from beginning.
Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: David Broder, George Bush, Barry Goldwater, John Kerry
Votes: 26
17.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Inside the Meltdown
(2009)
TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary, News
Frontline investigates the 2008 economic meltdown and offers an inside look at what caused the crisis and who, if anyone, could have stopped it.
Director: Michael Kirk | Stars: Nick Ashooh, Sheila Bair, Bill Bamber, Bryan Burrough
Votes: 129
18.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Son of Al Qaeda
(2004)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
Growing up in 1990s, Abdurahman Khadr's playmates were children of his father's longtime friend, Osama bin Laden.
Director: Don Knox
Votes: 13
19.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Close to Home
(2009)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, News
Producer Ofra Bikel chronicles how the middle class is faring in this recession through the stories of the people who she's come to know at the hair salon she's frequented for the past ... See full summary »
Director: Ofra Bikel | Stars: Ofra Bikel, Arun Rath
Votes: 15
20.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Chasing the Sleeper Cell
(2003)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
A profile of an alleged terrorist group tracked by U.S. intelligence agents.
Stars: A.J. Ahmed, Sahim Alwan, Will Lyman
Votes: 21
21.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Sex Slaves
(2005)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, News
A documentary exposé inside the global sex slave trade in women from the former Soviet Bloc.
Director: Ric Esther Bienstock | Stars: Ric Esther Bienstock, Felix Golubev, Chris Bradford, Deborah Finding
Votes: 179
22.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Age of AIDS
(2006)
TV-MA | 240 min | Documentary, News
On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. After a quarter-century of political denial and social ... See full summary »
Directors: Greg Barker, William Cran | Stars: Will Lyman, Peter Staley
Votes: 52
23.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The New Asylums
(2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
There are nearly half a million mentally ill people serving time in America's prisons and jails.
Directors: Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor | Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 24
24.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Crash
(1999)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE explores global crisis that began as a real estate bust in Thailand and roared.
Star: Will Lyman
25.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
College, Inc.
(2010)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary, News
Frontline investigates for-profit colleges and universities. It examines their recruitment methods, their online curriculum, and connections to big business.
Stars: Tami Barker, Nicholas Burbules, Ray Campbell, Kevin Carey
Votes: 100
26.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Private Life of Bradley Manning
(2011)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
Inside two fronts of fight against Al Qaeda and Taliban
Director: John Maggio | Stars: Jordan Davis, Brian Manning, Chelsea Manning, Arun Rath
Votes: 11
27.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Kim's Nuclear Gamble
(2003)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, News
The Slammer hit on Super Bowl Sunday. Nimda struck one week after 9/11. Code Red had ripped.
Director: Marcela Gaviria | Star: Will Lyman
Votes: 17
28.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Flying Cheaper
(2011)
TV-MA | Documentary, News
FRONTLINE correspondent Miles O'Brien investigates reports of undertrained mechanics, foreign workers who can't read the English language repair manuals, inadequate FAA oversight, and the use of unauthorized airline parts.
Director: Rick Young | Stars: Peter Berkrot, Peter Haydu, Charles Linshaw, Miles O'Brien
Votes: 13
29.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The War Briefing
(2008)
TV-PG | 57 min | Documentary, News
Whoever wins the 2008 presidential election will have to confront the war in Afghanistan. Frontline takes a deep look at developments there.
Directors: Marcela Gaviria, Martin Smith | Stars: Kenneth Alexander, Richard Armitage, Benazir Bhutto, Steve Coll
Votes: 30
30.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
The Vaccine War
(2010)
TV-PG | 55 min | Documentary, News
Frontline examines both sides of the debate over vaccines. On one side, the public health community wholeheartedly endorses them. One the other, parents and politicians accuse them of causing disorders like autism.
Director: Jon Palfreman | Stars: Lorie Anderson, Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, Donna Bradshaw-Walters
Votes: 121
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