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1. Education, Inc. (2015)

Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, History

Corporations, billionaires and free-market ideologues see dollar signs when they look at American public schools. Dark money contributors are funding free-market reformers to take over ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Malone | Star: Brian Malone

Votes: 12

2. Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture (2008 Video)

60 min | Documentary

Thomas Keith looks at misogyny and sexism in mainstream American media, exploring how negative definitions of femininity and hateful attitudes toward women get constructed and perpetuated at the very heart of our popular culture.

Director: Thomas Keith | Stars: Nancy Gruver, Byron Hurt, Tessa Jolls, Jackson Katz

Votes: 13

3. Flirting with Danger (2012)

52 min | Documentary, News

Psychologist Lynn Phillips explores how young women navigate heterosexual relationships and hookups in a culture that sends conflicting messages about women's sexuality, consent, and coercion.

Directors: Sut Jhally, Andrew Killoy, Steven Vote | Stars: Jessica Alba, Rosanna Arquette, Blythe Auffarth, Carmit Bachar

Votes: 24

4. The Codes of Gender (2010)

46 min | Documentary

Explores the depiction of gender in advertising media.

Director: Sut Jhally | Star: Sut Jhally

Votes: 78

5. The Empathy Gap: Masculinity and the Courage to Change (2015)

70 min | Documentary

The Empathy Gap investigates the reasons why so many men have difficulties viewing women as authentic equals, explaining how men are trained by a variety of sources to sexually objectify ... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Keith | Stars: Tayo Banjo, Gwendolyn Dolske, Derrick Jensen, Greg Kamansky

Votes: 17

6. Not Business As Usual (2014)

62 min | Documentary, History, News

Not Business As Usual is a provocative look at capitalism and its unintended price of success. The film tracks the changing landscape of business with the rising tide of conscious ... See full summary »

Directors: Lawrence Le Lam, Rik Klingle-Watt | Star: Kahlil Ashanti

Votes: 6

7. The Mask You Live In (2015)

Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, News

Explores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.

Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Stars: Joe Herman, Michael Kimmel, Caroline Heldman, Tony Porter

Votes: 2,798

8. Transcendent Man (2009)

Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary

Ray Kurzweil is on a journey to bring his ideas to the world.

Director: Robert Barry Ptolemy | Stars: Tom Abate, Hugo de Garis, Peter Diamandis, Neil Gershenfeld

Votes: 1,893

9. The Illusionists (2015)

91 min | Documentary

A documentary about the commodification of the body and the marketing of unattainable beauty around the world.

Director: Elena Rossini | Stars: Gail Dines, Jean Kilbourne, Laura Mulvey, Susie Orbach

Votes: 46

10. 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

11. Urbanized (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world's foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders, and thinkers.

Director: Gary Hustwit | Stars: Amanda M. Burden, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Jan Gehl

Votes: 2,304

12. Frontline (1983– )
Episode: Growing Up Online (2008)

TV-MA | 57 min | Documentary, News

Frontline investigates the the first generation to grow up with access to the Internet. It examines the risks and realities of teens and their online existence.

Directors: Rachel Dretzin, John Maggio | Stars: Greg Abbott, Parry Aftab, Danah Boyd, Anne Bukata

Votes: 55

13. Internet Rising (2011)

53 min | Documentary, History

Internet Rising is a digi-documentary investigating the evolving relationships between the Internet and collective consciousness of humanity. It provokes many questions about ancient and ... See full summary »

Director: Andrew Kenneth Martin | Stars: Douglas Rushkoff, Vint Cerf, Tiffany Shlain, Jason Silva

Votes: 25

14. A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015)

Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.

Director: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Stars: Asad Jamal, Saba

Votes: 1,866

15. Saving Face (2012)

Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Drama

Plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad returns to his native Pakistan to help those left horribly scarred by acid attacks.

Directors: Daniel Junge, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy | Stars: Sarkar Abbas, Mohammad Jawad

Votes: 1,511

16. Song of Lahore (2015)

PG | 82 min | Documentary, Music

69 Metascore

Song of Lahore follows several Pakistani musicians, and asks if there is still room for them in a society roiled by conflict. Featuring the music of the Sachal Jazz Ensemble, and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis.

Directors: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Andy Schocken | Stars: Najaf Ali, Rafiq Ahmed, Saleem Khan, Asad Ali

Votes: 220

17. Shoah (1985)

Not Rated | 566 min | Documentary, History, War

99 Metascore

Claude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.

Director: Claude Lanzmann | Stars: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaïdl, Hanna Zaïdl

Votes: 10,547 | Gross: $0.02M

18. Brave Miss World (2013)

Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama

One woman's quest to turn personal tragedy into global awareness.

Director: Cecilia Peck | Stars: Linor Abargil, Aliza Abargil, Jackie Abargil, Alison Botha

Votes: 579

19. Honor Diaries (2013)

Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Crime, News

Several Muslim women activists discuss their stories and the state of women's rights in Muslim-majority nations.

Director: Micah Smith | Stars: Raheel Raza, Raquel Evita Saraswati, Juliana Taimoorazy

Votes: 240

20. Strangers No More (2010)

40 min | Documentary, Short

In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from forty-eight different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at ... See full summary »

Directors: Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon

Votes: 219

21. The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (2013)

39 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Aliza Sommer-Herz, aged 109 and the world's oldest Holocaust survivor, tells the story of how music saved her life: both during her time at Theresienstadt concentration camp and in the years afterwards.

Director: Malcolm Clarke | Stars: Aliza Sommer-Herz, Zdenka Fantlova, Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, Malcolm Clarke

Votes: 1,006

22. Smile Pinki (2008)

39 min | Documentary, Short

A real-world fairy-tale about the journey of Pinki and Ghutaru, two children in rural India whose lives are forever changed by a simple surgery they never imagined possible.

Director: Megan Mylan | Stars: Anti Chauhan, Ghutaru Chauhan, Virendra Kumar Das, Ravi Anand Manya

Votes: 456

23. It's a Girl! (2012)

Not Rated | 64 min | Documentary

Every year in India and China, millions of babies are killed, neglected or abandoned simply because they are girls.

Director: Evan Grae Davis

Votes: 535

24. The Hunting Ground (2015)

PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary

77 Metascore

An exposé of rape crimes on U.S. college campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families.

Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Andrea Pino, Annie Clark, Claire Potter, Melinda Manning

Votes: 6,489 | Gross: $0.41M

25. The Human Experiment (2013)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary

44 Metascore

A documentary that explores chemicals found in everyday household products.

Directors: Don Hardy, Dana Nachman | Star: Sean Penn

Votes: 665

26. Half the Sky (2012)

Not Rated | 224 min | Documentary

HALF THE SKY is a passionate call-to-arms, urging us not only to bear witness to the plight of the world's women, but to help to transform their oppression into opportunity. Our future is in the hands of women everywhere.

Director: Maro Chermayeff | Stars: America Ferrera, Nicholas Kristof, Diane Lane, Dipti Mehta

Votes: 283

27. Google and the World Brain (2013)

90 min | Documentary, Drama

The most ambitious project ever conceived on the Internet: Google's master plan to scan every book in the world and the people trying to stop them. Google say they are building a library for mankind, but they also have other intentions.

Director: Ben Lewis | Stars: Brendan Price, Nicolas Chapman, Molly Malcolm, Joshua Zamrycki

Votes: 947

28. The Startup Kids (2012)

Not Rated | 55 min | Documentary, Biography

The Startup Kids is a documentary about young web entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Europe. It contains interviews with founders of Vimeo, Dropbox, Soundcloud and more who talk about how they ... See full summary »

Directors: Vala Halldorsdottir, Sesselja Vilhjalmsdottir | Stars: Trip Adler, Alexa Andrzejewski, Mike Butcher, Carter Cleveland

Votes: 657

29. The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014)

TV-14 | 96 min | Documentary, History, News

A computer programmer becomes fascinated with the digital currency Bitcoin, and through his involvement in the Bitcoin community, we learn about the impending global impact of this amazing new technology.

Director: Nicholas Mross | Stars: Daniel Mross, Eliza Mross, Gabriel Sukenik, Matt

Votes: 1,891

30. Something Ventured (2011)

Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The story of how a few individuals built an industry that would go on to finance nearly all of the major advancements in technology in the past 50 years with companies such as Atari, Genentech, Apple, Intel and more.

Directors: Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Stars: Bill Bowes, Herbert Boyer, Po Bronson, Nolan Bushnell

Votes: 797

31. Revolution OS (2001)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy

46 Metascore

While Microsoft may be the biggest software company in the world, not every computer user is a fan of their products, or their way of doing business. While Microsoft's Windows became the ... See full summary »

Director: J.T.S. Moore | Stars: Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Bruce Perens

Votes: 2,621 | Gross: $0.00M

32. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

75 Metascore

A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman

Votes: 14,823

33. Miss Representation (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman.

Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Stars: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jean Kilbourne, Jim Steyer, Katie Couric

Votes: 3,865

34. DEFCON: The Documentary (2013)

110 min | Documentary

DEFCON is the world's largest hacking conference, held in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 2012 it was held for the 20th time. The conference has strict no-filming policies, but for DEFCON 20, a ... See full summary »

Director: Jason Scott Sadofsky | Stars: Dead Addict, Brian Baskin, Ryan Clarke, Matthew M. Conley

Votes: 511

35. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

An intellectual freedoms documentary based around the interpersonal triumphs, and defeats of the three main characters against the largest industry in the known universe. The media industry.

Director: Simon Klose | Stars: Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Peter Althin

Votes: 13,930

36. The Hacker Wars (2014)

Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Crime

Ripped from international headlines, The Hacker Wars takes you to the front lines of the high-stakes battle over the fate of the Internet, freedom and privacy.

Directors: Vivien Lesnik Weisman, Vivien Lesnik Weisman | Stars: Andrew 'weev' Auernheimer, Andrew Blake, Barrett Brown, Jaime 'asshurtmacfags' Cochran

Votes: 1,622 | Gross: $0.00M

37. Code 2600 (2011)

PG | 82 min | Documentary

CODE 2600 documents the Info-Tech Age, told by the events and people who helped build and manipulate it. It explores the impact this new connectivity has on our ability to remain human while maintaining our personal privacy and security.

Director: Jeremy Zerechak | Stars: Julia Concolino, Lorrie Cranor, Jennifer Granick, Phil Lapsley

Votes: 218

38. Visual Acoustics (2008)

Unrated | 83 min | Documentary

67 Metascore

Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman, the worldÕs greatest architectural photographer, whose images brought modern architecture to the American mainstream.

Director: Eric Bricker | Stars: Frances Anderton, Wim de Wit, Beth Edwards Harris, Frank Escher

Votes: 689 | Gross: $0.10M

39. The Human Scale (2012)

83 min | Documentary, News

50 Metascore

Half of the human population lives in urban areas. By 2050, this will increase to 80%. Life in a megacity is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, ... See full summary »

Director: Andreas Dalsgaard | Stars: Jan Gehl, Rob Adams, Robert Doyle, Lars Gemzøe

Votes: 795

40. Eames: The Architect & The Painter (2011)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Biography

63 Metascore

The relationship between Charles Eames and his wife Ray ignited a burst of design ingenuity whose impact on the world can still be felt over half a century later.

Directors: Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey | Stars: Charles Eames, Ray Eames, James Franco, Jeannine Oppewall

Votes: 1,148 | Gross: $0.15M

41. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2011)

Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary

70 Metascore

2011 "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth" explores the rise & fall of titular housing complex in St. Louis, examining racism & gov. Policies through interviews with former residents & historical footage. Ft racism, urban poverty & inequality in America.

Director: Chad Freidrichs | Stars: Slyvester Brown, Irvin Dagen, Elmer Fiedler, Robert Fishman

Votes: 931 | Gross: $0.04M

42. All the World in a Design School (2015)

59 min | Documentary, Drama, News

What happens when traditionally generous and export-driven Sweden imposes steep tuition fees for non-Europeans students?

Director: Mattias Löw | Stars: Peter Alwin, Tony Catignani, Anna Costamagna, Thomas Degn

Votes: 1,306

43. Design & Thinking (2012)

74 min | Documentary

A documentary on design thinking and its impact on society and businesses.

Director: Mu-Ming Tsai | Stars: Sal Alito, Sara Beckman, George Beylerian, Andrew Brandeis

Votes: 87

44. How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr Foster? (2010)

Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Biography

51 Metascore

The film traces the rise of one of the world's premier architects, Norman Foster, and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.

Directors: Carlos Carcas, Norberto López Amado | Stars: Norman Foster, Deyan Sudjic

Votes: 745 | Gross: $0.01M

45. Linotype: The Film (2012)

Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, History, News

Called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" by Thomas Edison, the Linotype revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to the Linotype and how it impacted the world.

Director: Douglas Wilson | Stars: Matthew Carter, Ray DesChamps, Elln Hagney, Allan Haley

Votes: 248

46. Abortion: Stories Women Tell (2016)

TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary

78 Metascore

This documentary gives women a voice in the choices they've had to make regarding their pregnancies.

Director: Tracy Droz Tragos

Votes: 295

47. We Steal Secrets (2013)

R | 130 min | Documentary

76 Metascore

A documentary that details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Julian Assange, Adrian Lamo, John 'FuzzFace' McMahon, Alex Gibney

Votes: 8,176 | Gross: $0.16M

49. Top Secret Rosies: The Female 'Computers' of WWII (2010)

Not Rated | 56 min | Documentary, War

In 1942, when computers were human and women were underestimated, a group of female mathematicians helped win a war and usher in the modern computer age. Sixty-five years later their story has finally been told.

Director: LeAnn Erickson | Stars: Jean Jennings Bartik, Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer, Shirley Melvin, Doris Polsky

Votes: 121

50. Girl Rising (2013)

PG-13 | 101 min | Documentary, Drama

59 Metascore

This film follows 9 girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education.

Director: Richard Robbins | Stars: Amina, Azmera, Arindol Bagchi, Rekha Banerjee

Votes: 1,278

51. He Named Me Malala (2015)

PG-13 | 88 min | Documentary, Biography

61 Metascore

A look at the events leading up to the Taliban's attack on Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai for speaking out on girls' education, followed by the aftermath, including her speech to the United Nations.

Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai, Toor Pekai Yousafzai, Khushal Yousafzai

Votes: 4,790 | Gross: $2.64M

52. A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story (2015)

PG-13 | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, Family

70 Metascore

A documentary following the life of Lizzie Velasquez, her triumphant journey to the other side of bullying, and her mission to inspire and empower a more positive online environment.

Director: Sara Hirsh Bordo | Stars: Lizzie Velasquez, Hillary Clinton

Votes: 527

53. Irena Sendler: In the Name of Their Mothers (2011)

60 min | Documentary, Biography, War

95-year-old Polish heroine Irena Sendler tells the unknown story of a conspiracy of women who outwitted the Nazis and rescued thousands of Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during WWII.

Director: Mary Skinner | Stars: Irena Sendlerowa, Jan Becker

Votes: 61

54. She's Beautiful When She's Angry (2014)

Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, History

80 Metascore

A documentary that resurrects the buried history of the outrageous, often brilliant women who founded the modern women's movement from 1966 to 1971.

Director: Mary Dore | Stars: Chude Pamela Allen, Alta, Judith Arcana, Nona Willis Aronowitz

Votes: 1,653 | Gross: $0.42M

55. Inside Job (2010)

PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime

88 Metascore

Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.

Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir

Votes: 78,953 | Gross: $4.31M

56. Downloaded (2013)

Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary

56 Metascore

A documentary that explores the downloading revolution; the kids that created it, the bands and the businesses that were affected by it, and its impact on the world at large.

Director: Alex Winter | Stars: Mike D, Henry Rollins, Noel Gallagher, Cindy Margolis

Votes: 2,823 | Gross: $0.01M

57. DSKNECTD (2013)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary

A groundbreaking exploration into how mobile devices, virtual worlds, social media and the Internet are reshaping face-to face human interactions - for the good and the bad.

Director: Dominic H. White | Stars: Daniel Chouinard, Christopher Cacciacarne, Adam Gazzaley, Jonathan Gratch

Votes: 113

58. Steal This Film (2006)

Not Rated | 32 min | Documentary, Short

Steal This Film is part one of a series, documenting the movement against intellectual property produced by The League of Noble Peers and released via the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol.

Stars: Peter Sunde, Gottfrid Svartholm, Aaron Swartz

Votes: 486

59. Among the Believers (2015)

84 min | Documentary, Biography, News

74 Metascore

An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque in Pakistan, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.

Directors: Mohammed Ali Naqvi, Hemal Trivedi | Stars: Abdul Aziz Ghazi, Pervez Hoodbhoy

Votes: 663 | Gross: $0.00M

60. Chau, Beyond the Lines (2015)

34 min | Documentary, Short, Biography

Chau, a 16-year-old boy living in a Vietnamese peace camp for kids disabled by Agent Orange, battles with the reality of his dream to one day become a professional clothing designer.

Director: Courtney Marsh

Votes: 318

61. La promesse de Franco (2014)

123 min | Documentary

In the north of Spain at the heart of the Aragon: ruined houses, gutted facades and streets lost amongst the rubble. These are the remains of the old village of Belchite which was the scene... See full summary »

Director: Marc Weymuller

62. Margaret Cho: I'm the One That I Want (2000 TV Special)

Unrated | 96 min | Documentary, Comedy

81 Metascore

November, 1999, Margaret Cho is home in San Francisco at the Warfield Theater. Cho structures her monologue loosely on her professional life's trajectory: doing stand-up, cast in an ABC-TV ... See full summary »

Director: Lionel Coleman | Star: Margaret Cho

Votes: 1,205 | Gross: $1.21M

63. Good Hair (2009)

PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Comedy

72 Metascore

Chris Rock explores the wonders of African-American hairstyles.

Director: Jeff Stilson | Stars: Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Al Sharpton, Tanya Crumel

Votes: 6,214 | Gross: $4.16M

64. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)

Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley

Votes: 1,388

65. My Trip to Al-Qaeda (2010)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary

Chronicles fundamentalist Islam's rise to power and explores Wright's struggle to maintain his objectivity as a journalist writing about Islamic terror.

Director: Alex Gibney | Star: Lawrence Wright

Votes: 472

66. Freakonomics (2010)

PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary

58 Metascore

A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.

Directors: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock | Stars: James Ransone, Tempestt Bledsoe, Morgan Spurlock, Melvin Van Peebles

Votes: 7,734 | Gross: $0.10M

67. The Supreme Price (2014)

75 min | Documentary, History, War

78 Metascore

Documentary about women's rights in Nigeria.

Director: Joanna Lipper | Star: Hafsat Abiola

Votes: 20

68. Six Degrees of Separation (2003 TV Movie)

30 min | Documentary

How many acquaintances separate a young Londoner from a herdsman living in outer Mongolia? In this documentary, Lucy Leveugle puts the decades-old "Six Degrees of Separation" theory to the test.

Director: Lucy Leveugle | Stars: Lucy Leveugle, Purev-Ochir Gungaa

Votes: 10

69. Six Degrees (2014)

75 min | Documentary, Adventure

The film SIX DEGREES is inspired by Mil gram's 'Six Degrees of Separation' theory with its assumption that every person in the world can be reached through six personal connections. the ... See full summary »

Director: Bartosz Dombrowski

Votes: 28

70. The Money Fix (2012)

79 min | Documentary

Money is at the intersection of nearly every aspect of modern life. Most of us take the monetary system for granted, but it has a profound and largely misunderstood influence on our lives. ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Rosenblith | Stars: Francis Ayley, Noam Chomsky, Thomas H. Greco, Marjorie Kelly

Votes: 81

71. Big Sugar (2005 TV Movie)

50 min | Documentary

Documentary on the Political History of the Sugar Industry.

Director: Brian McKenna | Stars: Dominic Desjardins, Mark Ellam, Brian McKenna, Hugh John Murray

Votes: 37

72. The Coca-Cola Case (2009)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary

Directors German Gutierrez and Carmen Garcia present a searing indictment of the Coca-Cola empire and its alleged kidnapping, torture and murder of union leaders trying to improve working conditions in Colombia, Guatemala and Turkey.

Directors: Carmen Garcia, German Gutierrez

Votes: 240

73. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (2005)

Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary

71 Metascore

A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.

Director: Robert Greenwald | Stars: Lee Scott, Don Hunter, Jon Hunter, Jeremy Hunter

Votes: 4,598

74. The Perfect Vagina (2008 TV Movie)

51 min | Documentary

Lisa Rogers investigates vaginal cosmetic surgery and why more and more women consider this surgical procedure.

Director: Heather Leach | Star: Lisa Rogers

Votes: 338

75. Body Image (2006– )
Episode: My Penis and Everyone Else's (2007)

56 min | Documentary

Having come to terms with the size of his own 3.5 inch erect penis on My Penis and I (2005), Lawrence Barraclough follows it up by turning his attention to how other men feel about the size of their penises.

Director: Lawrence Barraclough | Stars: Lawrence Barraclough, David Brian, Michael Elias, Phillip Hodson

Votes: 119

76. Body Image (2006– )

Documentary

A series of documentaries looking at different people's body shapes and sizes and their perception of them.

Stars: Lawrence Barraclough, Kate Hardie, Richard Lumsden, Linda Papadopoulos

77. The Cove (2009)

PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

84 Metascore

Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renowned dolphin trainer Ric O'Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health.

Director: Louie Psihoyos | Stars: Richard O'Barry, Louie Psihoyos, Hardy Jones, Michael Illiff

Votes: 51,437 | Gross: $0.87M

78. Quantum Communication (2009)

PG | 154 min | Documentary

We can create abundance in our lives by awakening the genius within each of us. This insightful film answers some crucial questions about transforming our lives: How is quantum ... See full summary »

Director: David Sereda | Stars: Michael Chaikin, John Gray, Konstantine Korotkov, Bruce Lipton

Votes: 37

79. The Surprising History of Sex and Love (2002 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 49 min | Documentary, History

Exploring the radical change in social and religious attitudes towards sex, this award-winning documentary takes a look throughout history and traces the shift in social attitudes and ... See full summary »

Directors: Alan Ereira, Phil Grabsky | Stars: Terry Jones, Joann Fletcher, Bill Dever, Diana Edelman

Votes: 99

80. House of Z (2017)

90 min | Documentary

A feature documentary on the life and career of designer Zac Posen.

Director: Sandy Chronopoulos | Stars: Christina Binkley, Naomi Campbell, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Paz de la Huerta

Votes: 509

81. One Man's Loss (2014)

8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A shoeless vagabond is fatefully thrown the chance at a new life, after treading on a piece of glass outside the apartment of an arguing couple.

Director: Philip Sansom | Stars: Tracy Feith, Jeremy Gimenez, Hande Kodja

Votes: 204

82. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)

Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary

80 Metascore

A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige

Votes: 40,901

83. Dirty Money (2018–2020)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime

A Netflix Original Series documenting various stories about exposing the greed, corruption, and crime spreading through the global economy.

Stars: Matt Taibbi, Fisher Stevens, Alex Gibney, Fahmi Quadir

Votes: 10,183

84. Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS (2017)

R | 99 min | Documentary

84 Metascore

A look at the current state of Syria amidst war and chaos in 2017, featuring stories of survival and observations by political experts from around the world.

Directors: Sebastian Junger, Nick Quested | Stars: Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Amr Al-Azm, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, Tareq Al-Hashemi

Votes: 791

85. Amplify Her (2019)

88 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

By combining ecstatic energy and artistry, Amplify Her follows talented young women in the electronic music scene as they come-of-age amidst the emerging cultural renaissance of the feminine.

Directors: Ian Mackenzie, Nicole Sorochan | Stars: Madeline Fauss, Mya Hardman, Adi Laflamme, Samantha Mathews

Votes: 78

86. Amplify Her (2019– )

45 min | Animation

Music heals, right? Depends on the depths of the wounds. In Amplify Her: the Motion Comic Series seven female Electronic Dance Music artists battle discrimination, poverty, illness, and ... See full summary »

Stars: Mya Hardman, Jennifer Tiles

87. Human (I) (2015)

Not Rated | 263 min | Documentary

A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human.

Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Stars: Luis Cancu, Atman, Berthony, Bruno

Votes: 8,825

88. The Purity Myth (2011)

45 min | Documentary, News

Bestselling author Jessica Valenti places recent debates about Planned Parenthood, contraception, and the meaning of rape within the context of a larger political effort to roll back women's rights.

Director: Jeremy Earp | Star: Jessica Valenti

Votes: 27

89. Christiane Amanpour Sex & Love Around the World (2018)

Documentary

CNN's award-winning journalist, Christiane Amanpour travels around the world to talk with women about the rules of engagement in relationships and intimacy. In this six-part documentary ... See full summary »

Star: Christiane Amanpour

Votes: 926

90. Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King (2017 TV Special)

TV-MA | 73 min | Comedy

In his first stand-up special, Hasan Minhaj weaves humorous and heartbreaking anecdotes to tell his life story as an Indian-American Muslim. Topics include racism, bullying and meeting the demanding expectations of his immigrant parents.

Director: Christopher Storer | Star: Hasan Minhaj

Votes: 7,927

91. Six Degrees (2015)

30 min | Documentary, Short, Adventure

«Six degrees of separation» is the theory of how everybody is connected, in six steps or less. Where can a journey through the six degrees take you, if you let random encounters decide your... See full summary »

Director: Trond Kvig Andreassen

Votes: 20

92. Lonely Planet Six Degrees (2003– )

60 min | Documentary, Adventure

Lonely Planet Six Degrees explores 16 cities around the world from a somewhat different perspective.

Stars: Toby Amies, Asha Gill, Oli Pettigrew, Susan Lay

Votes: 27

93. We Are Not Done Yet (2018)

TV-14 | 40 min | Documentary, Short

Profiles a group of veterans and active-duty service members as they come together to combat past and current traumas through the written word, sharing their experiences in a United Service Organizations (USO) writing workshop.

Director: Sareen Hairabedian | Stars: Vainuupo 'A.V.' Avegalio, Anne Barlieb, Scott Cormack, April Harris

Votes: 106

94. Minding the Gap (2018)

Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Sport

89 Metascore

Filmmaker Bing Liu searches for correlations between his skateboarder friends' turbulent upbringings and the complexities of modern masculinity.

Director: Bing Liu | Stars: Kent Abernathy, Mengyue Bolen, Nina Bowgren, Keire Johnson

Votes: 10,461 | Gross: $0.01M

95. Our Planet (2019–2023)

TV-PG | 50 min | Documentary

Explores and unravels the mystery of how and why animals migrate, showing some of the most dramatic and compelling stories in the natural world through spectacular and innovative cinematography.

Star: David Attenborough

Votes: 51,012

96. Robert Scheer: Above the Fold (2019)

92 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary on the six-decades long career of a muckraking journalist, who was involved with the radical 196os magazine Ramparts, with the Los Angeles Times newspaper, and later with the Internet website Truthdig.

Directors: Brogan De Paor, Julie M. Thompson | Stars: Jane Fonda, Arianna Huffington, Norman Lear, Robert Scheer

Votes: 13

97. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015)

Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary, History, War

79 Metascore

A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.

Director: Evgeny Afineevsky | Stars: His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Said Ismagilov, Bishop Agapit, Archbishop Petro Malchuk

Votes: 20,623

98. The Diplomat (2015)

TV-14 | 104 min | Documentary, Biography

THE DIPLOMAT tells the remarkable story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular career spanned fifty years of American foreign policy - from Vietnam to Afghanistan.

Director: David Holbrooke | Stars: Madeleine Albright, Christiane Amanpour, Rina Amiri, Kofi Annan

Votes: 347

99. Going Deep with David Rees (2014– )

Documentary

Join David Rees as he shows you how to really do simple things in life

Stars: David Rees, Anthony Laurent, Michael Schwartz

Votes: 241

100. Biography (1987– )
Episode: Jane Austen

TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History

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