Movies to see: DOCUMENTARIES
by cachaltron | created - 07 Oct 2017 | updated - 01 Jan 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015)
PG | 87 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
On one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5 year old cancer patient his wish. Batkid Begins looks at the 'why' of this flash phenomenon.
Director: Dana Nachman | Stars: Miles Scott, Eric Johnston, Nick Scott, Natalie Scott
Votes: 1,784 | Gross: $0.07M
2. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000)
PG | 122 min | Documentary, History, War
The secret smuggling of 9,300 Jewish children out of Nazi Germany in the late 1930s.
Director: Mark Jonathan Harris | Stars: Judi Dench, Lory Cahn, Kurt Fuchel, Eva Hayman
Votes: 1,957 | Gross: $0.37M
3. Paper Clips (2004)
G | 82 min | Documentary, War
As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis, and grows to include millions of others killed.
Directors: Elliot Berlin, Joe Fab | Stars: Sandra Roberts, Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand, Tom Bosley, Casey Condra
Votes: 1,786 | Gross: $1.10M
4. I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary on the Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who became a Nazi hunter after surviving the Holocaust.
Director: Richard Trank | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Simon Wiesenthal, Asher BenNatan, Frederick Forsyth
Votes: 740 | Gross: $0.01M
5. A Film Unfinished (2010)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Drama, History
A film about an unfinished film which portrays the people behind and before the camera in the Warsaw Ghetto, exposing the extent of the cinematic manipulation forever changing the way we look at historic images.
Director: Yael Hersonski | Stars: Alexander Beyer, Rüdiger Vogler, Hanna Avrutzki, Luba Gewisser
Votes: 1,897 | Gross: $0.31M
6. 1000 Journals (2007)
88 min | Documentary
In the summer of 2000, a graphic designer from San Francisco, California, who calls himself Someguy, launched 1000 blank journals into the world. One came back. Where are the other 999?
Director: Andrea Kreuzhage | Star: Nathan Blaney
Votes: 75
7. Great Estates Scotland (2013– )
Documentary
This four-part series takes an in-depth look at the workings of some of Scotland's most magnificent country estates through the eyes of the current owners, the ghillies, the gardeners and ... See full summary »
Votes: 52
8. Manor House (2002– )
50 min | Documentary, Reality-TV
21 people from the 21st century are being brought together in an Edwardian Country House. 6 of them are the Upstairs family and the 15 others are the servants. For three months, these people have only the rulebook and each other...
Stars: Derek Jacobi, Charlie Clay, Hugh Edgar, Ken Skelton
Votes: 556
9. Mademoiselle C (2013)
R | 93 min | Documentary
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld as she moves to New York to launch her own magazine.
Director: Fabien Constant | Stars: Carine Roitfeld, Donatella Versace, Tom Ford, Karl Lagerfeld
Votes: 675 | Gross: $0.04M
10. Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.
Director: Richard Press | Stars: Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors, Editta Sherman
Votes: 5,670 | Gross: $1.51M
11. One Rogue Reporter (2014)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Comedy
Everyone has fantasised about emailing their boss & unleashing what they really think of them. Few actually ever reach for the keyboard. Fewer still end up pressing 'send'. No one has made ... See full summary »
Directors: Tom Jenkinson, Rich Peppiatt | Stars: John Bishop, Chris Bryant, Steve Coogan, Paul Dacre
Votes: 104
12. The Armor of Light (2015)
PG-13 | 88 min | Documentary, News
Evangelical minister Rob Schenck questions if pro-lifers can also be pro-gun. By speaking out on guns, he finds an unlikely ally in Lucy McBath, the pro-choice mom of a gun victim.
Directors: Abigail Disney, Kathleen Hughes | Stars: John M. Phillips, Lucy McBath, Rob Schenck
Votes: 172
13. The Man Who Stopped WW3: Revealed/The Man Who Saved the World (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, this is the untold story of how one man saved the world from nuclear apocalypse. From the producers of The King's Speech, this ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Green | Stars: Alisdair Simpson, Viktor Mikhailov, Olga Arkhipova, Andy Bradick
Votes: 32
14. Supersize Vs Superskinny (2008–2014)
TV-PG | Documentary, Reality-TV
Each of the participants eat the diet of the other. At the end of the experiment, they have a better idea of how extreme their consumption looks to another person. Every episode I saw had ... See full summary »
Stars: Christian Jessen, Anna Richardson, Gillian McKeith, Daisy Donovan
Votes: 550
15. Swing State (2008)
93 min | Documentary
What a difference 8 years makes, in the life of a troubled nation, a battleground state, and an American family. All three meet head-on in the 2006 Ohio Governor's race, a campaign in which... See full summary »
Directors: Jason Zone Fisher, John Intrater, H Spencer Young | Stars: Lee Fisher, Peggy Zone Fisher, Jason Zone Fisher, Jessica Zone Fisher
Votes: 31
16. The Power of Nightmares (2004)
60 min | Documentary, History
A series of three documentaries about the use of fear for political gain.
Stars: Gilles Kepel, William Kristol, Melvin Goodman, Richard Perle
Votes: 4,540
17. Maid in Britain (2010 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
An examination of the British obsession with class divide, and the great television dramas which have resulted.
Director: Rachel Boyd | Stars: Anthony Andrews, Charlotte Bingham, Terence Brady, Alastair Bruce
Votes: 11
18.
Starting Up, Starting Over (2017– )
Episode:
Scottish Inn
(2017)
43 min | Documentary
Newly married husband and wife Jade and Alice turn their backs on successful careers in London to start new lives running their own hotel in the Scottish Highlands.
Director: Kosta Papanicolas | Star: Karren Brady
19. Revenge Body with Khloé Kardashian (2017–2019)
TV-14 | 60 min | Reality-TV
Khloe Kardashian helps fans who have gained weight get revenge on people who discouraged them during their weight gain. The team works with fitness trainers and get celebrity treatment ... See full summary »
Stars: Khloé Kardashian, Luke Milton, Grant Roberts, April Roomet
Votes: 637
20. Dark Net (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary
Explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequently use it, providing a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld.
Stars: Lauren Terp, Kristie, Drew, Anisha Vora
Votes: 1,542
21. Emmanuel's Gift (2005)
G | 80 min | Documentary
If you are born disabled in Ghana, West Africa you are likely to be poisoned, or left to die by your family; and if you are not poisoned or left for dead, you're likely to be hidden away in... See full summary »
Directors: Lisa Lax, Nancy Stern Winters | Stars: Robin Williams, Oprah Winfrey
Votes: 207 | Gross: $0.02M
22.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Twin Sisters
(2014)
TV-14 | Documentary
The poignant story of two girls from China adopted as infants by two separate sets of parents - one from California, the other from a remote fishing village in Norway - who grow up knowing ... See full summary »
Director: Mona Friis Bertheussen | Stars: Andy Hansen, Angela Hansen, Mia Hansen, Alexandra Hauglum
Votes: 24
23. Summer in the Forest (2017)
108 min | Documentary
Like countless others, Philippe, Michel, Andre and Patrick were labeled 'idiots', locked away and forgotten in violent asylums, until the 1960s, when the young philosopher Jean Vanier took ... See full summary »
Director: Randall Wright
Votes: 42 | Gross: $0.05M
24. Newton Dee: Portrait of a Community (2010)
45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Newton Dee is a Camphill Community celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2010. The film illustrates how the disabled residents and their carers work side-by-side in daily life.
Directors: Lee Keable, Fionn Pooler
25. American Bear: An Adventure in the Kindness of Strangers (2013)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Adventure, Romance
Armed with nothing but their curiosity and a camera, playful couple Sarah and Greg travel through America for 60 days -- relying on the kindness of strangers for a home each night. Their ... See full summary »
Directors: Gregory Grano, Sarah Sellman
Votes: 25
26. The Fourth Estate (2018)
TV-MA | 243 min | Documentary, History
A look at how The New York Times covered President Trump's controversial first year in office.
Stars: Dean Baquet, Elisabeth Bumiller, Maggie Haberman, Jeremy Peters
Votes: 822
27. Dark Money (2018)
TV-14 | 99 min | Documentary
DARK MONEY, a political thriller, examines one of the greatest present threats to American democracy: the influence of untraceable corporate money on our elections and elected officials. ... See full summary »
Director: Kimberly Reed | Stars: Jon Tester, Debra Bonogofsky, Jim Peterson, Ellie Hill
Votes: 935 | Gross: $0.21M
28. The Flying Scotsman: A Rail Romance (2013 TV Movie)
PG | 60 min | Documentary, History
Built in 1923, the Flying Scotsman was the first steam locomotive to run at 100 miles an hour and to star in its own feature film. This is the untold story of the iconic Flying Scotsman-the... See full summary »
Director: David Parker | Stars: Barbara Flynn, Jonathan Glancey, Andrew Roden, Peter Tuffrey
Votes: 19
29. The Dales (2011– )
23 min | Documentary
Adrian Edmondson presents an observational documentary series looking at life in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales during the summer months and meets the people who live and work there.
Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Amanda Owen, Clive Owen, Carol Mellin
Votes: 17
30. The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel (2020)
105 min | Documentary
Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible - and how that threatens democratic freedoms.
Directors: Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan | Stars: Anjali Appadurai, Chris Barrett, Heidi Boghosian, Wendy Brown
Votes: 646
31. The Comey Rule (2020)
TV-MA | 105 min | Drama
Jeff Daniels and Brendan Gleeson star as former FBI Dir. James Comey and President Donald J. Trump in this limited series of the story of two powerful men, whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Holly Hunter, Michael Kelly, Jennifer Ehle
Votes: 10,040
32. The Protestants (2020)
82 min | Documentary
A foray of the Protestant movement in America; wherein 7 personal testimonies lend a mirror to evangelical society; addressing issues of equality, women's rights, sexuality and relationship, inside the modern-day church.
Director: Jason Wade Hammonds | Stars: Justin Den Herder, Nicolle Marquez, Lorenzo Pagano, Anne Souder
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