The Best Documentaries on US Voting Fraud & Rigged Elections
by DrWilhielmWonk | created - 26 Oct 2016 | updated - 19 Oct 2020 | PublicThe best documentaries that examine how the presidential elections in US were rigged in 2000 and 2004, but also various inconsistencies in 2008 and 2012.
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1. Stealing America: Vote by Vote (2008)
90 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman shines a spotlight on the gritty reality of the last decade's most egregious incidents of U.S. electoral insecurity.
Director: Dorothy Fadiman | Stars: Peter Coyote, Brad Friedman, Greg Palast, Paul Craig Roberts
Votes: 48
2. Electoral Dysfunction (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
Political humorist Mo Rocca takes an irreverent road trip to see how voting works - and doesn't work - in America.
Directors: David Deschamps, Leslie D. Farrell, Bennett Singer | Stars: Mo Rocca, Alexander Keyssar, Jamie Raskin, Mike Marshall
Votes: 112
3. Hacking Democracy (2006)
82 min | Documentary
The film the voting machine corporations don't want you to see. HACKING DEMOCRACY follows investigator/grandmother, Bev Harris, and her citizen-activists as they set out to uncover how ... See full summary »
Directors: Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels | Stars: James Naughton, Bev Harris, Deanie Lowe, Harri Hursti
Votes: 1,353
4. 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
5. Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002)
Unrated | 50 min | Documentary
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election is the riveting story of the undermining of democracy in America. Focusing on events leading up to election day and the foiled attempt to count... See full summary »
Directors: Richard Ray Perez, Joan Sekler | Stars: Peter Coyote, James Baker III, Ed Baker, Corrine Brown
Votes: 668
6. Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
UNCOUNTED exposes how the election fraud that altered the outcome of the 2004 election led to even greater fraud in 2006 and now looms as an unbridled threat to the outcome of the 2008 ... See full summary »
Director: David Earnhardt | Stars: John Conyers, Clint Curtis, Bob Fitrakis, Brad Friedman
Votes: 126
7. Free for All! (2008)
Unrated | 100 min | Documentary
One Dude's Quest to Save Democracy. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Director: John Ennis | Stars: John Ennis, Ken Blackwell, Greg Palast, Jerry Springer
Votes: 27
8. A Little Light'll Do Ya: Defending Democracy in America (2005)
55 min | Documentary
Blacked out or dismissed as 'conspiracy theories' by corporate news outlets, reports of massive vote fraud in the 2004 presidential election circulated on the internet and independent media... See full summary »
Director: James Heddle
9. Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story (2008)
68 min | Documentary
The true story of computer programmer Clint Curtis who, in 2000, claims he was asked by future Congressman Tom Feeney (R,Fl.) to create vote-rigging software for Florida's electronic voting... See full summary »
Director: Patty Sharaf | Stars: Cliff Arnebeck, Clint Curtis, Bob Fitrakis, Brad Friedman
Votes: 27
10. Citizen Koch (2013)
90 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary that follows the money behind the rise of the Tea Party.
Directors: Carl Deal, Tia Lessin | Stars: David H. Koch, Charles G. Koch, Scott Walker, Floyd Abrams
Votes: 724 | Gross: $0.15M
11. Gerrymandering (2010)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary
Takes a hard look at the framework of our democracy and how it provides our politicians a perfectly legal way to control electoral outcomes.
Director: Jeff Reichert | Stars: Dave Aronberg, Ben Barnes, Gray Davis, Howard Dean
Votes: 102
12. With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America (1996)
Documentary
Stars: Cliff Robertson, Jon Braun, Mel White, Jerry Falwell
Votes: 50
13. With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America (2004 TV Movie)
100 min | Documentary
Directors: Calvin Skaggs, David Van Taylor | Stars: George Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton
Votes: 241 | Gross: $0.00M
14. Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)
TV-14 | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
'Bobby Fischer Against the World' is a documentary feature exploring the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. The drama of Bobby Fischer's career was undeniable, ... See full summary »
Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Bobby Fischer, David Edmonds, Anthony Saidy, Susan Polgar
Votes: 7,402
15. Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy (2011 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary, Biography
The Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and other experts give their views on the rise, fall and come back of Apple with Steve Jobs at the helm.
Directors: Laura Craig Gray, Tristan Quinn | Stars: Evan Davis, Steve Jobs, Daniel Kottke, Stewart Brand
Votes: 1,203
16.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
RFK
(2004)
TV-PG | 120 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Part One: The Garish Sun: Robert F. Kennedy devotes himself to his brother John, then deals with the pain of the assassination.
Director: David Grubin | Stars: Blair Brown, Roy M. Cohn, Robert Dallek, Peter Edelman
Votes: 78
17.
Biography (1987– )
Episode:
RFK: His Many Sides
(2002)
TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, History
Votes: 122
18. Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)
TV-MA | 245 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
This four-part documentary series weaves together rare and exclusive footage of attorney general, U.S. senator, and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy in the 1960s.
Stars: Paul Schrade, Peter Edelman, Harry Belafonte, John Lewis
Votes: 2,096
19. Making a Murderer (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary, Crime
Filmed over a 10-year period, Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing corruption in local law enforcement, finds himself the prime suspect in a grisly new crime.
Stars: Steven Avery, Dolores Avery, Laura Nirider, Allan Avery
Votes: 102,805
20. The Great Hack (2019)
TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The Cambridge Analytica scandal is examined through the roles of several affected persons.
Directors: Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim | Stars: Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, Ravi Naik
Votes: 25,016
21. Who Was Felix Kersten? (1998)
56 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Himmler's personal physical therapist with magical power in his fingers, that alleviated the Nazi's severe stomach pains with his skills and gained his trust. Felix Kersten's life (1898-1960) is confusing like a smoke screen.
Director: Arto Koskinen | Stars: Veera Marila, Irmgard Kersten, Arno Kersten, Hugh Trevor-Roper
Votes: 15
22. Tiger King (2020–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A rivalry between big cat eccentrics takes a dark turn when Joe Exotic, a controversial animal park boss, is caught in a murder-for-hire plot.
Stars: Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin, John Reinke, Jeff Lowe
Votes: 86,928
23. I'll Be Gone in the Dark (2020–2021)
TV-MA | 50 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Gripping examination of the unsolved crimes of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s.
Stars: Patton Oswalt, Paul Haynes, Amy Ryan, Lauren Orlando
Votes: 8,837
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