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1. Boy Interrupted (2009)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Filmmaker Dana Perry documents the life of her son, Evan, a 15-year-old who committed suicide.
Director: Dana Heinz Perry | Stars: Evan Scott Perry, Dana Heinz Perry, Hart Perry, Nicholas Kopple-Perry
Votes: 2,325
2. By the People: The Election of Barack Obama (2009)
116 min | Documentary
Nearly a year before Barack Obama announced his candidacy for the presidency, two filmmakers began to roll cameras on the young senator. Over the next 19 months, across the USA, the daily events of the presidential campaign are chronicled.
Directors: Amy Rice, Alicia Sams | Stars: Barack Obama, Neil Abercrombie, Dick Armey, David Axelrod
Votes: 1,151
3. Fall to Grace (2013)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary
Emmy(R)-winning filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi ('Journeys With George') explores scandalized former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey's new life as a spiritual advisor to female prison inmates and a soon-to-be ordained Episcopalian priest.
Director: Alexandra Pelosi | Stars: Oscar Aviles, Geoff Curtiss, Stephen Haller, Dina Matos McGreevey
Votes: 143
4. Frat House (1998)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary exploring what it happens when you pledge to a frat house.
Directors: Andrew Gurland, Todd Phillips
Votes: 480
5. A Rock and a Hard Place (2015)
TV-MA | 78 min | Documentary
A Rock and a Hard Place is a portrait of Red Lake, a small Northwestern Ontario community built atop one of the world's richest underground gold mines. The film examines a modern-day gold ... See full summary »
Director: Cliff Caines
6. Rock and a Hard Place (2017 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary
A look at the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Boot Camp Program, which allows young inmates undergo a strict 4 month course in order to learn from their past mistakes and make a better future for themselves.
Directors: Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill | Star: Dwayne Johnson
Votes: 1,128
7. The Hard Stop (2015)
85 min | Documentary, Action, Crime
The police killing of Mark Duggan in London, 2011, ignited the worst civil unrest in recent British history and made headlines around the globe.
Director: George Amponsah | Stars: Marcus Knox Hooke, Kurtis Henville
Votes: 261
8. Pursuit of Equality (2005)
80 min | Documentary
By issuing marriage licenses to same gender couples, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom uproots the status quo and attempts to change the way the nation looks at life, love, and marriage.
Directors: Geoff Callan, Mike Shaw | Stars: Gavin Newsom, George W. Bush, Rosie O'Donnell, Kelli O'Donnell
Votes: 77
9. 12th & Delaware (2010)
TV-14 | 81 min | Documentary, Drama
The abortion battle continues to rage in unexpected ways on one corner in an American city.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady
Votes: 601
10. Hungry for Monsters (2004)
67 min | Documentary
In the early 1990s, teenager Nicole Althaus began an unlikely friendship with a teacher at her high school. Soon after, she accused her father of sexual abuse and rape. Local law ... See full summary »
Director: George Paul Csicsery | Stars: C. Renee Althaus, Nicole Althaus, Rick Althaus, Martha Bailor
Votes: 23
11. Jessie's Dad (2011)
50 min | Documentary
Former trucker Mark Lunsford transforms into one of America's most effective child-protection crusaders after losing his 9-year-old daughter to a sexual predator.
Director: Boaz Dvir | Stars: Joe Biden, Jeb Bush, John Couey, Cliff Donovan
Votes: 119
12. Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? (1998)
74 min | Documentary
Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist and journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer and sentenced to death... See full summary »
Director: John Edginton | Stars: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Alfred Sabo
Votes: 76
13. Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (2010)
68 min | Documentary
Mumia Abu-Jamal is the most recognized death row inmate in the world today. In 1982, he was was tried and convicted for the murder of Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Since then, the ... See full synopsis »
Director: Kouross Esmaeli | Star: Mumia Abu-Jamal
14. One Minute to Nine (2007)
83 min | Documentary
A woman kills her husband, but only after years of suffering from his abuse.
Director: Tommy Davis | Star: Wendy Maldonado
Votes: 307
15. You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo (2010)
100 min | Documentary, History, News
The interrogation recordings of the underaged Canadian Guantanamo Bay prisoner, Omar Khadr, by Canadian intelligence personnel are presented with observations by his attorneys and former cell mates.
Directors: Luc Côté, Patricio Henríquez
Votes: 176
16. Freeing Bernie Baran (2010)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Crime
The heroic battle to free an innocent man. A family waiting 20 years for his return. A small town's dirty little secret.
Director: Daniel Alexander | Stars: Bernard Baran, John G. Swomley, Harvey A. Silverglate, Catherine Smitko
Votes: 11
17. Incendiary: The Willingham Case (2011)
99 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
In 1991, Cameron Todd Willingham's three daughters died in a Corsicana, Texas house fire. Tried and convicted for their arson murders, Willingham was executed in February 2004 despite ... See full summary »
Directors: Joe Bailey Jr., Steve Mims
Votes: 113
18. A Time for Justice (1994)
38 min | Documentary, Short
A short history of civil rights movements in the US.
Director: Charles Guggenheim
Votes: 104
19. Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993)
52 min | Documentary
Director: John Akomfrah | Stars: Darrick Harris, Danny Carter, Martin Boothe, Byron O. Hurlock
Votes: 96
20. Mississippi Cold Case (2007)
60 min | Documentary
In 1964 in rural southwest Mississippi, a young black college student, Charles Moore, and his friend Henry Dee, were kidnapped by the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, taken into a nearby ... See full summary »
Director: David Ridgen
Votes: 15
21. In the Hour of Chaos (I) (2016)
107 min | Documentary
In the Hour of Chaos is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Bayer Mack about the life and trials of the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. ("Daddy King"), father of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Director: Bayer Mack | Stars: Ugo Anomelechi, Jason Dorough, Christine King Farris, Marcus Garvey
22. Dare Not Walk Alone (2006)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary
To a soundtrack the mixes gospel with hip-hop, this film tells the story of the heroic but often overlooked protests by black and white civil rights supporters in 1964 in Saint Augustine, ... See full summary »
Director: Jeremy Dean
Votes: 115 | Gross: $0.05M
23. The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement (2011)
25 min | Documentary, Short, History
The film features 85-year-old Mr. Armstrong, an African American barber in Birmingham, Alabama, as he experiences the manifestation of an unimaginable dream: the election of the first ... See full summary »
Directors: Gail Dolgin, Robin Fryday | Star: James Armstrong
Votes: 105
24. 500 Years Later (2005)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary
Crime, drugs, HIV/AIDS, poor education, inferiority complex, low expectation, poverty, corruption, poor health, and underdevelopment plagues people of African descent globally - Why? 500 ... See full summary »
Director: Owen Alik Shahadah | Stars: Kolfi Adu, Sona Jobarteh, Hunter Adams III, Hakim Adi
Votes: 204
25. 4 Little Girls (1997)
TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History
A documentary of the notorious racial terrorist bombing of an African American church during the Civil Rights Movement.
Director: Spike Lee | Stars: Maxine McNair, Walter Cronkite, Chris McNair, Fred Lee Shuttlesworth
Votes: 3,576 | Gross: $0.13M
26. Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War (2006 TV Movie)
Documentary, War
A inside look about life during the harsh period of Reconstruction after the American Civil War in rural southern states.
Director: David Padrusch | Stars: Lydia Alvita, Jennifer Antkowiak, Orion Barnes, Dan Bolton
Votes: 105
27. At the Edge of the World (2008)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
At the Edge of the World chronicles the controversial Sea Shepherd Antarctic Campaign against a Japanese whaling fleet. The international volunteer crew, under-trained and under-equipped, ... See full summary »
Directors: Dan Stone, Patrick Gambuti Jr. | Stars: Paul Watson, Alex Cornelissen, Peter Hammarstedt, Benjamin Baldwin
Votes: 894
28. Shut Up & Sing (2006)
R | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) in the wake of singer Natalie Maines' anti-George W. Bush statement at a 2003 concert.
Directors: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck | Stars: Natalie Maines, Emily Strayer, Martie Maguire, Clayton Allen
Votes: 4,988 | Gross: $1.22M
29. Factor 8: The Arkansas Prison Blood Scandal (2005)
91 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A shocking expose of a prison blood donor program during the Clinton governorship in Arkansas. Infected prisoners slipped through the cracks and tainted blood made it into pharmaceuticals ... See full summary »
Director: Kelly Duda | Stars: Edwin Barron Jr., John Byus, Kelly Duda, Hezile Earl
Votes: 50
30. February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary
February One tells the inspiring story surrounding the 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins that revitalized the Civil Rights Movement and set an example for student militancy of the coming decade.
Stars: Christopher Robinson, Rondrell McCormick, William Jamaal Primus, O. Stephone Ingram
Votes: 114
31. Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football (2014)
60 min | Documentary
Sports historians and family members recall the real-life struggles and broad cultural impact of four African American athletes - Kenny Washington, Woody Strode, Marion Motley and Bill ... See full summary »
Director: Johnson McKelvy | Star: Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 35
32. Freeheld (2007)
Not Rated | 39 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
In the last weeks of her life, Lieutenant Laurel Hester has one goal - to leave her hard-earned pension to her life partner Stacie. Without it, Stacie will lose their house. For once the law is not on Laurel's side. Time is running out.
Director: Cynthia Wade | Stars: Laurel Hester, Stacie Andree, Dane B. Wells, Steven Goldstein
Votes: 363
33. From Swastika to Jim Crow (2000)
60 min | Documentary
Independent documentary exploring the little-known story of Jewish refugee scholars teaching at historically black colleges before and during the Second World War.
Directors: Lori Cheatle, Martin D. Toub | Stars: John Hope Franklin, Lucy Sante
Votes: 42
35. The Invisible War (2012)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Crime
An investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military.
Director: Kirby Dick | Stars: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, Kori Cioca, Jessica Hinves
Votes: 7,083 | Gross: $0.07M
36. Kidnapped for Christ (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Drama, News
A young evangelical filmmaker is granted unprecedented access inside a controversial Christian behavior modification program for troubled teens, where she discovers shocking secrets and young students that change her life.
Director: Kate Logan | Stars: David Wernsman, Tai Mathieu, Kate Logan, Dan Anderson
Votes: 1,034
37. Playing Columbine (2008)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary
Chronicles the history of the game "Super Columbine Massacre RPG!." The film traces back the 16-bit role-playing game to its inception, through the 2006 shooting at Dawson College in which ... See full summary »
Director: Danny Ledonne | Stars: Albert Art, Peter Baxter, Ian Bernard, Ian Bogost
Votes: 178
38. Tarnation (2003)
Unrated | 88 min | Documentary, Biography
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8 film, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more - culled from nineteen years of his life.
Director: Jonathan Caouette | Stars: Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis, Rosemary Davis
Votes: 6,709 | Gross: $0.59M
39. 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: 16,802 | Gross: $0.27M
40. These Streets Are Watching (2003)
53 min | Documentary
Director: Jacob Crawford | Stars: Dureka Bonds, Gavin Leonard, Steve Nash, Osha Neumann
Votes: 6
41. The Tillman Story (2010)
R | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
Chronicles the life of the late Pat Tillman, who walked away from a multimillion-dollar contract with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals in 2002 to join the Army but died from friendly fire in Afghanistan.
Director: Amir Bar-Lev | Stars: Pat Tillman, Josh Brolin, Mary Tillman, Russell Baer
Votes: 5,431 | Gross: $0.80M
42. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary
A film about the war crimes of the American diplomat, Henry Kissinger.
Director: Eugene Jarecki | Stars: Brian Cox, Henry Kissinger, Anna Chennault, Daniel Davidson
Votes: 2,094 | Gross: $0.52M
43. Unconstitutional (2004 Video)
66 min | Documentary
A documentary that investigates the ways in which the civil liberties of American citizens and immigrants have been rolled back since the September 11 and the Patriot Act.
Director: Nonny de la Peña | Stars: Aquil Abdullah, John Ashcroft, Bob Barr, Azmat Begg
Votes: 375
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