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1. The Secret World of Lewis Carroll (2015 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Documentary to mark the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Director: Clare Beavan | Stars: Martha Kearney, Richard E. Grant, Philip Pullman, Will Self
Votes: 108
2. Shamans of the Amazon (2001 Video)
52 min | Documentary
An informative and compelling exploration of Shamanic use of Ayahuasca, the extraordinary visionary brew.
Director: Dean Jeffreys | Stars: Dean Jeffreys, Terence McKenna, Rick Strassman, Yatra da Silveira Barbosa
Votes: 43
3.
New Hidden Killers (2013– )
Episode:
The Edwardian Home
(2013)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary
We are back inside the Edwardian home. Dr Suzannah Lipscomb discusses more dangers in disguise in this era, from poorly insulated electricity and asbestos, to poisonous make-up and radium.
Director: Suzanne Phillips | Stars: Suzannah Lipscomb, Martin Shipp, Jane Hamlett, Helen Peavitt
Votes: 62
4.
Mysterious Forces Beyond (1994– )
Episode:
Shamanism
(1995)
Documentary
Director: Rick McVicar | Star: Nick Mancuso
5. Gonzo (2008)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, Joe Cairo, David Carlo
Votes: 8,499 | Gross: $1.25M
6.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Poisoner's Handbook
(2014)
TV-14 | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History
From PBS and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: In the early 20th century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner's treasure chest, with radioactive radium, thallium, and morphine ... See full summary »
Director: Rob Rapley | Stars: Iva Baumanova, Chris Bowers, Daniel Brown, Jana Buryskova
Votes: 364
7. Gates of Heaven (1978)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there.
Director: Errol Morris | Stars: Lucille Billingsley, Zella Graham, Cal Harberts, Dan Harberts
Votes: 6,285
8. Crazy Love (I) (2007)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Romance
The bizarre true story of Linda Riss and Burt Pugach.
Directors: Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens | Stars: Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach, Bob Janoff, Sylvia Hoffman
Votes: 2,826 | Gross: $0.30M
9. The Group (III) (2014)
97 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Across the country there exists a network of adolescent drug abuse programs known, collectively, as The Group. This organization, while claiming to have rescued thousands of teens from the ... See full summary »
Director: Jacob McEndollar | Stars: Ginger A. Carlson, Stephen M. Hall, Ian A. Laks, Dave Larson
Votes: 32
10. Dispatches (1987– )
Documentary, News
Channel 4's long-running, award-winning investigative current affairs documentary series. Particularly noted for its undercover reporting.
Stars: Morland Sanders, Antony Barnett, Deborah Davies, Tazeen Ahmad
Votes: 236
11.
See It Now (1951–1958)
Episode:
Mental Health
(1954)
Documentary, News
Director: Don Hewitt | Star: Edward R. Murrow
12.
The Human Side (1964–1965)
Episode:
Mental Health
(1964)
30 min | Family
Director: Paul Bonner | Stars: Bill Wedderburn, Jim Douglas Henry
13.
Big Town (1950–1956)
Episode:
Mental Health
(1955)
TV-MA | Drama
Director: Mark Stevens | Stars: Mark Stevens, Doe Avedon, Barry Kelley, Robert Knapp
14. Panorama Mundial (1997– )
News
Stars: Rey Rodríguez, Maria Alejandra Requena, Fernando Ramos, Guillermo Arduino
15.
Panorama (1953– )
Episode:
Medicine's Missing Millions
(1997)
Documentary, News
The long-running debate over hospital closures.
Star: Richard Watson
16. Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson (2018 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Lauded as the most influential thinker of the Western world, psychology professor Jordan Peterson has become a polarizing paradox. After sparking both outrage and support for his stand ... See full summary »
Director: Patricia Marcoccia | Stars: Jonathan Haidt, Ethan Klein, Cathy Newman, Lane Patriquin
Votes: 232
17. The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All (2017– )
Documentary, Crime
When the Menendez brothers were tried on national TV for brutally killing their parents in Beverly Hills, their story became a national obsession. Now, the first edition of this anthology ... See full summary »
Votes: 379
18. The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)
PG | 40 min | Documentary, Short, History
The Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate and the Nixon administration's campaign to gaslight her into silence.
Directors: Anne Alvergue, Debra McClutchy | Stars: Martha Mitchell, Dwight Chapin, Connie Chung, Piper Dankworth
Votes: 2,870
19. Grey Gardens (1975)
PG | 95 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Camelot.
Directors: Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer | Stars: Edith Bouvier Beale, Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Brooks Hyers
Votes: 15,252 | Gross: $0.03M
20. Salesman (1969)
G | 91 min | Documentary, Drama
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt, James Baker, Raymond Martos
Votes: 5,704
21. The Beales of Grey Gardens (2006)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary
Utilizing hours of unseen archival footage, The Beales is a new take on the women of Grey Gardens.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles | Stars: Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale, Edith Bouvier Beale, Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Votes: 1,335
22. In the Shadows of Grey Gardens (2012)
64 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Records the events leading up to a seance to manifest Big Edith Bouvier Beale and Little Edie Bouvier Beale so they can attend the 35th anniversary of the original Maysles Grey Gardens film.
Director: J.C. Burdine | Stars: J.C. Burdine, Lois Wright
Votes: 14
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