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1. The Secret Life of Buildings (2011– )
Documentary
A look at how architecture affects the way we feel. According to Architectural historian Tom Dyckhoff, we have hard-wired desires about what we expect from the spaces we inhabit. These ... See full summary »
Stars: Tom Dyckhoff, Karl Lagerfeld, Zaha Hadid, Bjarke Ingels
Votes: 20
2. Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
David Attenborough embarks on a remarkable 500 million-year journey revealing the extraordinary group of animals that dominate our world, and how their evolution defines our human bodies.
Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 1,047
3. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Filmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Marilyn Manson, Salvador Allende
Votes: 148,767 | Gross: $21.58M
4. The Cove (2009)
PG-13 | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
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: 51,457 | Gross: $0.87M
5. March of the Penguins (2005)
G | 80 min | Documentary, Family
In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family.
Director: Luc Jacquet | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Romane Bohringer, Charles Berling, Jules Sitruk
Votes: 59,960 | Gross: $77.44M
6. A Strange Love Affair with Ego (2015)
93 min | Documentary
Ever since she was a young child, filmmaker Ester Gould has been amazed by the sheer self-confidence of her older sister Rowan, whose boundless creativity and natural beauty tended to make ... See full summary »
Director: Ester Gould
Votes: 220
7. A Strange Love Affair with Ego (2015)
93 min | Documentary
Ever since she was a young child, filmmaker Ester Gould has been amazed by the sheer self-confidence of her older sister Rowan, whose boundless creativity and natural beauty tended to make ... See full summary »
Director: Ester Gould
Votes: 220
8. Reach for the SKY (2015)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Can one day shape the rest of your life? A feature documentary on the South-Korean education system
Directors: Wooyoung Choi, Steven Dhoedt
Votes: 113
9. The Condemned (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Crime
In the heart of Russia, in a forest larger than Germany, where winter temperatures drop to -40 degrees, 7 hours from the nearest city, lies a prison like no other. Home to 260 men, responsible for nearly 800 murders.
Director: Nick Read | Stars: Timur Temirov, Vlada Temirova
Votes: 374
10. Before the Flood (2016)
PG | 96 min | Documentary, News
A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet.
Director: Fisher Stevens | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ban Ki-moon, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mike Brune
Votes: 28,881
11. Flying to the Ends of the Earth (2015– )
Documentary
Arthur Williams use to be a Royal Marine until 7 years ago he was paralyzed in an accident. Then he learned to fly and regained his spirit of adventure. Now he wants to see how far the ... See full summary »
Star: Arthur Williams
Votes: 15
12. Ne me quitte pas (2013)
107 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Set in a village on the edge of Belgium, Bob, Flemish, and Marcel, Walloon share their solitude, sense of humor and craving for alcohol.
Directors: Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden | Stars: Bob, Marcel
Votes: 436
13. El color del camaleón (2017)
87 min | Documentary
During the Pinochet-dictatorship, Jorge Lübbert escaped from Chile and left behind a frightening period of his life. But he forgot everything. With his son Andrés he decides to remember what happened and confront his past.
Director: Andrés Lübbert | Stars: Jorge Lubbert, Andrés Lübbert, Javier Rebolledo, Orlando Lübbert
Votes: 64
14. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Documentary, Adventure
A British urbanite follows in the footsteps of various individuals, who against all odds, have willingly forsaken the luxuries and lifestyle of the modern world, for a less-than-ordinary life in the wilderness.
Stars: Ben Fogle, Ian Usher, Vanessa Anderson, Mickey Cofer
Votes: 663
15. Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild (2013– )
Documentary, Adventure
A British urbanite follows in the footsteps of various individuals, who against all odds, have willingly forsaken the luxuries and lifestyle of the modern world, for a less-than-ordinary life in the wilderness.
Stars: Ben Fogle, Ian Usher, Vanessa Anderson, Mickey Cofer
Votes: 663
16. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
An exploration of our discovery of the laws of nature and coordinates in space and time.
Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christopher Emerson, Keythe Farley, Piotr Michael
Votes: 128,758
17. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Follow the shocking, yet humorous, journey of an aspiring environmentalist, as he daringly seeks to find the real solution to the most pressing environmental issues and true path to sustainability.
Directors: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn | Stars: Bruce Hamilton, Kip Andersen, Al Gore, Heather Cooley
Votes: 26,587
18. Drain the Bermuda Triangle (2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Documentary, Short
What lies beneath the mythical triangle? With the aid of data from sophisticated sonar surveys, National Geographic explores what the ocean floor looks like below the Bermuda Triangle.
Director: Jobim Sampson | Stars: Craig Sechler, Russell Boulter, Philippe Rouja, Mandy Shailer
Votes: 315
19. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
PG | 96 min | Documentary
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effects on the environment.
Director: Davis Guggenheim | Stars: Al Gore, Billy West, George Bush, George W. Bush
Votes: 85,225 | Gross: $23.81M
20. Meerkat Manor (2005–2008)
26 min | Documentary
This is a documentary drama series which follows a meerkat family in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, called the Whiskers.
Stars: Bill Nighy, Flower the Meerkat, Mozart the Meerkat, Zaphod the Meerkat
Votes: 1,304
21. A Traveler's Guide to the Planets (2010– )
45 min | Documentary
A travel guide to the very alien planets of our Solar System.
Stars: Bray Poor, Linda J. Spilker, Todd Barber, Carolyn Porco
Votes: 269
22. Strip the Cosmos (2014– )
Documentary
STRIP THE COSMOS strips major planets, moons, black holes, stars and galaxies of their gas, force-fields, rocks and magma, layer by layer, act by act, to explore their hidden secrets and ... See full summary »
Stars: Michelle Thaller, Phil Plait, Hakeem Oluseyi, Andres Williams
Votes: 218
23. Oasis: Supersonic (2016)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Oasis's breakthrough years documented into a detailed depiction of the infamous brothers from Manchester forming the band in the early 90's leading up to the legendary performance at Knebworth.
Director: Mat Whitecross | Stars: Paul Arthurs, Christine Biller, Mark Coyle, Debbie Turner
Votes: 12,393 | Gross: $0.24M
24. Fallen Flowers Thick Leaves (2016)
86 min | Documentary
Documentary about generations of Chinese women with sexuality as the start point.
Director: Laetitia Schoofs
Votes: 21
25. I'm New Here (2017)
92 min | Documentary
Guangzhou, China. A building erected in the communist style of the eighties: Tian Xiu. Since many years this is the Eldorado for African migrants who massively try their luck in this city. ... See full summary »
Director: Bram Van Paesschen | Star: Zhu Yang Lie
Votes: 13
26. Floortje naar het einde van de wereld (2014– )
37 min | Adventure, Reality-TV
Dutch travel expert Floortje Dessing travels to the most remote places on earth the meet people how life there.
Stars: Miriam Lancewood, Alix Crapper, Rob Crapper, Floortje Dessing
Votes: 126
27.
Natural World (1983– )
Episode:
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
(2017)
Documentary
Strand of documentaries on wildlife and the environment.
Director: Robyn Keene-Young | Stars: David Attenborough, Kim Wolhuter
Votes: 29
28. Gorilla Family & Me (2015)
60 min | Documentary
Gordon Buchanan realises a lifelong dream by gaining the trust of a family of rare Grauer's gorillas, the largest primates on Earth.
Star: Gordon Buchanan
Votes: 39
29. Planet Earth II (2016)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
David Attenborough returns with a new wildlife documentary that shows life in a variety of habitats.
Stars: David Attenborough, Chadden Hunter, Gordon Buchanan, Elizabeth White
Votes: 158,324
30. The Farthest (2017)
PG | 121 min | Documentary, History
It is one of humankind's greatest achievements. More than 12 billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our Solar System and entering the void of deep space - the first human-made object ever to do so.
Director: Emer Reynolds | Stars: Frank Drake, Carolyn Porco, John Casani, Lawrence Krauss
Votes: 4,584 | Gross: $0.01M
31. Maarten Van Severen: Addicted to Every Possibilty (2014)
61 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
In 2005, famous designer and architect Maarten van Severen dies. He left us with one of the most extraordinary collections of furniture and several exquisite architectural projects but also... See full summary »
Director: Moon Blaisse
Votes: 13
32. The Rebel Surgeon (2017)
52 min | Documentary
Portrayal of a surgeon who feels stifled by Swedish bureaucracy and relocates to Ethiopia to practice medicine. In a small field hospital, with limited resources, he uses anything at hand to help the patients.
Director: Erik Gandini | Stars: Erik Erichsen, Sennait Erichsen
Votes: 143
33. 3 op Reis (2007– )
Adventure, Reality-TV
A traveling program from the Netherlands.
Stars: Chris Zegers, Dennis Storm, Floortje Dessing, Geraldine Kemper
Votes: 72
34. A German Life (2016)
107 min | Documentary, Biography
Brunhilde Pomsel describes herself as an "apolitical girl" and a "figure on the margins," but she got closer to one of the worst criminals in world history than anyone else left alive. ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Krönes, Olaf S. Müller, Roland Schrotthofer, Florian Weigensamer | Star: Brunhilde Pomsel
Votes: 451
35.
Wild South Africa (2015)
Episode:
Clash of Currents
(2015)
49 min | Documentary
Nowhere else on earth do Africa and Antarctica so impressively come together as at South Africa's Cape. It's a place where cold water loving penguins live alongside desert dwelling ... See full summary »
Directors: Thomas Behrend, Heike Grebe | Stars: Nicolas König, Erik Thompson
36. The Cleaners (2018)
88 min | Documentary
A look at the shadowy underworld of the Internet where questionable content is removed.
Directors: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck | Stars: Mark Zuckerberg, Donald Trump, Nicole Wong, Sarah T. Roberts
Votes: 1,829
37. The Art of Scandinavia (2016)
Documentary
An examination of the relationship between art, history and landscape in Norway, Denmark and Sweden from the Middle Ages to the present.
Stars: Andrew Graham-Dixon, Søren Malling, Alexander Ahndoril, Alexandra Coelho Ahndoril
Votes: 122
38. Deaf Child (2017)
72 min | Documentary
To forever be an outsider in your own country or roam freely in an international but tiny kingdom? That is the choice Tobias, who was born deaf, seems to be faced with.
Director: Alex de Ronde | Stars: Tobias de Ronde, Joachim de Ronde, Christina Bihl
Votes: 196
39. Reizen Waes (2013– )
44 min | Documentary
Tom Waes visits countries that are usually ignored by tourists due to civil unrest, natural disasters or other dangers.
Stars: Tom Waes, Jeremy Boros, Pascal Braeckman, Bert Ceulemans
Votes: 515
40. 300 Million Years (2015)
52 min | Documentary, History
Two part documentary mini-series about the history of planet Earth before and after the rise of mammals with special focus on German land.
Star: Mark Rossman
Votes: 40
41. Jane (II) (2017)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
The life and work of the renowned primatology scientist, Jane Goodall, especially on her research about chimpanzees.
Director: Brett Morgen | Stars: Jane Goodall, Hugo Van Lawick, Hugo Eric Louis van Lawick
Votes: 5,667 | Gross: $1.72M
42. Climate Change: The Facts (2019 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
David Attenborough takes a stark look at the facts surrounding climate change in today's world, detailing the dangers we are already having to deal with and future threats, but also the ... See full summary »
Director: Serena Davies | Stars: David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, Sunita Narain, Michael E. Mann
Votes: 711
43. Genesis 2.0 (2018)
Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary
On the remote New Siberian Islands in the Arctic Ocean, hunters are searching for the tusks of extinct mammoths. There is a gold rush fever in the air. The price for white gold has never ... See full summary »
Directors: Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev | Stars: Maxim Arbugaev, George Church, Christian Frei, Peter Grigoriev
Votes: 557
44. The Staircase II: The Last Chance (2013)
Not Rated | 130 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
Explosive developments - implicating both the forensics laboratory of the police department of North Carolina, and Duane Deaver, its chief - recently saw the convicted subject of 'The ... See full summary »
Director: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade | Stars: Caitlin Atwater, Bradley Bannon, Freda Black, Lori Campbell
Votes: 2,369
45. Big Time (2017)
PG | 93 min | Documentary, Biography
BIG TIME follows Bjarke Ingels during the course of 7 years (2009-2016), while he struggles to finish his biggest project so far. We are let into Bjarke's creative processes as well as the endless compromises that his work entails.
Director: Kaspar Astrup Schröder | Stars: Bjarke Ingels, Charlie Rose, Elisabet Ingels, Knud Bundgaard Jensen
Votes: 269 | Gross: $0.01M
46. 8 Days: To the Moon and Back (2019 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Drama
Eight days, three hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds. That's the total duration of the most important and celebrated space mission ever flown - Apollo 11 - when we first stepped foot on the moon... See full summary »
Director: Anthony Philipson | Stars: Patrick Kennedy, Jack Tarlton, Rufus Wright
Votes: 653
47. Motherland (I) (2017)
94 min | Documentary
Taking us into the heart of the planet's busiest maternity hospital, the viewer is dropped like an unseen outsider into the hospital's stream of activity. At first, the people are strangers... See full summary »
Director: Ramona S. Diaz
Votes: 247
49. Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation (2019)
Not Rated | 106 min | Documentary, History
In August 1969, 500,000 people gathered at a farm in upstate New York. What happened there was far more than just a concert. Woodstock tells the story of a legendary event that defined a ... See full summary »
Directors: Barak Goodman, Jamila Ephron | Stars: John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, Joel Makower, Bob Spitz
Votes: 1,964 | Gross: $0.08M
50. Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
Not Rated | 128 min | Documentary, History
Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a... See full summary »
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Mads Brügger, Clarinah Mfengu, Saphir Wenzi Mabanza, U Thant
Votes: 2,793 | Gross: $0.09M
51. Harry Gruyaert - Photographer (2018)
Documentary
75 year old Magnum member Harry Gruyaert's life is saved by colour. Harry grows up in a strict and traditional Catholic Flemish family. His father forbids him to become a photographer ... See full summary »
Director: Gerrit Messiaen | Star: Harry Gruyaert
Votes: 45
52. The Raft (2018)
97 min | Documentary
In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human ... See full summary »
Director: Marcus Lindeen | Stars: Daniel Giménez Cacho, Fe Seymour, Maria Björnstam, Servane Zanotti
Votes: 1,045 | Gross: $0.04M
53. Sakawa (2018)
81 min | Documentary
A group of young Ghanaians turn to internet fraud to help them with a desperate situation.
Director: Ben Asamoah | Stars: Ama, One Dollar
Votes: 223
54. Heartbound: A Different Kind of Love Story (2018)
90 min | Documentary
In the small northern region of Jutland, Denmark, over 900 Thai women are married to Danish men, a trend that started 25 years ago when a former sex worker from Northeastern Thailand ... See full summary »
Directors: Janus Metz, Sine Plambech
Votes: 274
55. The Planets (2019)
59 min | Documentary
Welcome to the greatest story that's never been told. In a new, ground breaking series we'll be telling the story of the planets as never before.
Stars: Brian Cox, Fran Bagenal, John Grotzinger, Julie Webster
Votes: 3,849
56. The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
123 min | Documentary, Thriller
A real-life undercover thriller about two ordinary men who embark on an outrageously dangerous ten-year mission to penetrate the world's most secretive and brutal dictatorship: North Korea.
Director: Mads Brügger | Stars: Ulrich Løvenskjold Larsen, Mads Brügger, Alejandro Cao de Benos de Les y Pérez, Jim Latrache-Qvortrup
Votes: 5,411
57. Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole (2018 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
A documentary about the scientific detection of the decrease of and the creation of , the ozone hole, that were highlighted and widely discussed from the mid 70's till the Montreal- ... See full summary »
Director: Jamie E. Lochhead | Star: David Attenborough
Votes: 52
58. QT8: The First Eight (2019)
TV-MA | 103 min | Documentary
A documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino's career and includes interviews with his frequent collaborators.
Director: Tara Wood | Stars: Zoë Bell, Louis Black, Bruce Dern, Robert Forster
Votes: 5,073 | Gross: $0.05M
59. Le grain de sable dans la machine (2021 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
Director: Alain de Halleux | Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Simon Roden
Votes: 33
60. Three Identical Strangers (2018)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
In 1980 New York, three young men who were all adopted meet each other and find out they're triplets who were separated at birth. But their quest to find out why turns into a bizarre and sinister mystery.
Director: Tim Wardle | Stars: Robert Shafran, Michael Domnitz, Howard Schneider, Ellen Cervone
Votes: 39,831 | Gross: $12.32M
61.
Erlebnis Erde (2007– )
Episode:
Expedition Arktis - Ein Jahr. Ein Schiff. Im Eis.
(2020)
89 min | Documentary, Adventure
It's the largest Arctic expedition of all time. In September 2019 the German icebreaker "Polarstern" is on its way to the North Pole. The best scientists of their generation are on board. ... See full summary »
Director: Philipp Grieß | Stars: Stephan Schad, Stefanie Arndt, Eric Brossier, Robert Campbell
Votes: 83
62. Verstoten Vaders (2020)
51 min | Documentary
A documentary about intended parental alienation from the perspective of three fathers.
Director: Elena Lindemans | Stars: Armand, Deepak, Gerard
Votes: 9
63. Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
81 min | Documentary
Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning.
Director: Lance Oppenheim | Stars: Dennis Dean, Lynn Henry, Anne Kincer, Reggie Kincer
Votes: 3,530
64. Wild Africa: Rivers of Life (2018)
Documentary
The rivers of Africa burst with life- invigorating the landscape and providing a bounty for the animals that depend on them for their survival. The seven mighty rivers punctuate the seasons... See full summary »
Star: Bray Poor
Votes: 40
65. Heimaland (2022)
67 min | Documentary
For centuries the inhabitants of the Icelandic village Vík í Mýrdal maintained a mystique relationship with the nearby volcano 'Katla'. Today the tide has turned; the volcano is used to ... See full summary »
Directors: Ischa Clissen, Dorus Masure
Votes: 30
66. Seeds of Deceit (2018)
21 min | Documentary
Two mothers and their children must face a new reality and try to live with each other after finding out their fertility doctor, Jan Karbaat, secretly used his own seed instead of donors'.
Director: Miriam Guttmann
Votes: 58
67. Estonia (2023– )
42 min | Drama
The sinking of the MS Estonia, the deadliest civil maritime disaster in European waters, and its aftermath are chronicled in this powerful drama series.
Stars: Jussi Nikkilä, Claes Hartelius, Kaspar Velberg, Pertti Sveholm
Votes: 833
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