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1. 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (2017)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
She's beautiful, artistic, loved and can't stand to be alive. 32 PILLS traces the fascinating life and mental illness of my sister, New York artist and photographer Ruth Litoff, and my struggle to come to terms with her tragic suicide.
Director: Hope Litoff | Stars: Ruth Litoff, Hope Litoff
Votes: 364
2. ACORN and the Firestorm (2017)
84 min | Documentary
A hidden-camera video involving a fake prostitute threatens to destroy ACORN, America's largest grassroots anti-poverty organization. World Premiere Tribeca Film Festival.
Directors: Reuben Atlas, Sam Pollard | Stars: John Atlas, Glenn Beck, Bon Bon, Andrew Breitbart
Votes: 122 | Gross: $0.00M
3. Anatomy of a Male Ballet Dancer (2017)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentary portrait of Brazilian ballet star Marcelo Gomes.
Directors: David Barba, James Pellerito | Star: Marcelo Gomes
Votes: 81
4. Atomic Homefront (2017)
TV-14 | 100 min | Documentary
A terrifying look at the corruption that's destroying our nation and our planet. This should shake every American citizen. Citizens of an American city fight back against corruption and greed and try to save their own lives.
Director: Rebecca Cammisa | Stars: Dawn Chapman, Douglas Clemens, Robbin Ellison Dailey, Kay Drey
Votes: 568
5. Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary
A famous television personality struggles to restore science to its rightful place in a world hostile to evidence and reason.
Directors: David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg | Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Ann Druyan, Heather Berlin
Votes: 1,298 | Gross: $0.07M
6. Brimstone & Glory (2017)
67 min | Documentary
Ecstatic ritual, danger and the absolute beauty of fireworks.
Director: Viktor Jakovleski
Votes: 904 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Riders of the Well of Death (2016)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Sport
A bunch of indian riders play being demigods defying any logic: They drive bikes and cars around on the walls of a wooden cylinder. The short documentary "Riders of the Well of Death", a ... See full summary »
Director: Erik Morales | Stars: Raees, Maharoof, Aazim, Shakir
Votes: 12
8. The Cage Fighter (2017)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary, Action, Drama
A blue-collar family man breaks the promise he'd made to never fight again. Now forty years old, with a wife and four children who need him, Joe Carman risks everything to go back into the fighting cage and come to terms with his past.
Director: Jeff Unay | Stars: Vernon Beach, Callie Carman, Delanee Carman, Joe Carman
Votes: 275 | Gross: $0.00M
9. Chavela (2017)
Unrated | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life of pioneering singer Chavela Vargas, from her birth in Costa Rica in 1919 to her death in Mexico in 2012.
Directors: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi | Stars: Eugenia León, Jesusa Rodríguez, Tania Libertad, Marcela Rodríguez
Votes: 1,163 | Gross: $0.15M
10. Cine São Paulo (2017)
78 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Chico has dedicated his whole life to CINE SAO PAULO. The building, inherited from his father, is now badly deteriorated. Refurbish it, in order to make the old movie theater get back to work, becomes his great obsession.
Directors: Ricardo Martensen, Felipe Tomazelli | Star: Francisco Augusto Prado Telles
Votes: 25
11. City of Ghosts (2017)
R | 92 min | Documentary, War
A documentary that follows the efforts of "Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently," a handful of anonymous activists who banded together after their homeland was taken over by ISIS in 2014. ... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Heineman | Stars: Abdelaziz Alhamza, Mohamad Almusari, Hamoud Almousa, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi
Votes: 4,122 | Gross: $0.13M
12. Dina (2017)
Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary
An eccentric suburban woman and a Walmart door greeter navigate their evolving relationship in this unconventional love story.
Directors: Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles | Stars: Dina Buno, Scott Levin, Frank Costanzo, Jeannie Levin
Votes: 1,219 | Gross: $0.09M
13. Dolores (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In the 1950's, a working-class wife and mother of eleven children helps to establish a farmer's union, which later develops into a platform for feminism and gender equality.
Director: Peter Bratt | Stars: Dolores Huerta, Martin Luther King, Luis Valdez, Ricardo S. Chavez
Votes: 373 | Gross: $0.56M
14. Donkeyote (2017)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Family, Western
Manolo and his donkey Gorrión plan a journey to the West.
Director: Chico Pereira | Stars: Paca Molera Pereira, Mamen Gómez Heredia, Manuel Molera Aparicio
Votes: 171
15. Dries (2017)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
DRIES - an intimate Portrait of the Fashion Designer Dries Van Noten. This film offers an insight into the life, mind and creative heart of a Master Fashion Designer who, for more than 25 ... See full summary »
Director: Reiner Holzemer | Stars: Dries Van Noten, Iris Apfel, Pamela Golbin, Geert Brulot
Votes: 431
16. El Mar La Mar (2017)
94 min | Documentary
An immersive experience of the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Directors: Joshua Bonnetta, J.P. Sniadecki
Votes: 233 | Gross: $0.01M
17. 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: 4,577 | Gross: $0.01M
18. For Ahkeem (2017)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A junior high school student sees her chances of a better future jeopardized after she gets in a fight and is expelled.
Directors: Jeremy S. Levine, Landon Van Soest | Star: Daje Shelton
Votes: 173 | Gross: $0.02M
19. The Force (2017)
92 min | Documentary
THE FORCE goes inside an embattled urban police department struggling to rebuild trust in one of America's most violent yet promising cities.
Director: Peter Nicks | Stars: Cat Brooks, Jonathan Cairo, Ben McBride, Johnna Watson
Votes: 737 | Gross: $0.06M
20. Gentlemen of Vision (2016 TV Movie)
73 min | Documentary
A black high school guidance counselor, whose father was murdered while growing up in a dangerous inner-city neighborhood, is on a mission to save the lives of young black men who share his... See full summary »
Directors: Frank Popper, Jim Kirchherr
21. Das Mädchen vom Änziloch (2016)
87 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Don't look down Loch Änzi or you might turn into a ghost.
Director: Alice Schmid | Stars: Laura Larissa Röösli, Thom Straumann-Lachappelle
Votes: 26
22. A Gray State (2017)
TV-MA | 93 min | Documentary
A documentary about the mysterious death of fringe political filmmaker David Crowley, who was found dead alongside members of his family in their suburban Minnesota home in January of 2015.
Director: Erik Nelson | Stars: David Crowley, Danny August Mason, Alex Jones, Sean Wright
Votes: 1,692
23. A Greek Winter (2016)
70 min | Documentary
Tasos Pafralides and his sister Evdokia run a business selling heating oil to their fellow citizens in Thessaloniki. With the crisis ever deepening, fewer and fewer Greeks can afford to buy... See full summary »
Director: Ingeborg Jansen
24. The Grown-Ups (2016)
82 min | Documentary
A group of friends with Down Syndrome have been attending the same school for 40 years, they have passed all the courses, all the teachers and, even their parents who were with them, are ... See full summary »
Director: Maite Alberdi | Stars: Rita Guzmán, Andrés Martínez, Ana Rodriguez, Ricardo Urzúa
Votes: 316
25. I Am Evidence (2017)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary
An investigation into the way sexual assault cases are handled by police departments across the United States.
Directors: Trish Adlesic, Geeta Gandbhir | Stars: Gail Abarbanel, Richard Bell, Joe Biden, Carol Blass
Votes: 748
26. Icarus (2017)
TV-MA | 120 min | Documentary, Sport
When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.
Director: Bryan Fogel | Stars: Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov
Votes: 54,630
27. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
PG | 98 min | Documentary
A decade after An Inconvenient Truth (2006) brought climate change to the heart of popular culture, the follow-up shows just how close we are to a real energy revolution.
Directors: Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk | Stars: Al Gore, Cory Booker, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
Votes: 8,351 | Gross: $3.50M
28. An Insignificant Man (2016)
96 min | Documentary, Thriller
A non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world, "An Insignificant Man" follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they look to shake up Indian politics while struggling to keep their own idealism alive.
Directors: Khushboo Ranka, Vinay Shukla | Stars: Arvind Kejriwal, Saurabh Bhardwaj, Prashant Bhushan, Shiela Dikshit
Votes: 2,259
29. La Chana (2016)
TV-PG | 83 min | Documentary, Biography
The film brings us under the skin and into the mind of La Chana, a talented Gypsy flamenco dancer as she returns to the stage to give a final seated performance after a 30-year break. Along... See full summary »
Director: Lucija Stojevic | Stars: La Chana, Félix Comas Itchart, Antonio Canales, Karime Amaya
Votes: 194
30. Devil's Freedom (2017)
TV-MA | 74 min | Documentary
A documentary about the violence in Mexico told from the word of those who have suffered the pain and those who make the pain.
Director: Everardo González
Votes: 955
31. Leaning Into The Wind (2017)
PG | 97 min | Documentary
Leaning into the Wind follows artist Andy Goldsworthy on his exploration of the world and himself through ephemeral and permanent workings on the landscape, cities and with his own body.
Director: Thomas Riedelsheimer | Stars: Andy Goldsworthy, Holly Goldsworthy
Votes: 482 | Gross: $0.40M
32. Mama Colonel (2017)
72 min | Documentary
Colonel Honorine worked in Bukavu's police force for years as part of the Child Protection and Anti-Sexual Violence Unit, highly regarded for its effectiveness and the confidence it has ... See full summary »
Director: Dieudo Hamadi
Votes: 82
33. Mosquito (2017 TV Movie)
62 min | Documentary
How mosquitoes spread deadly diseases worldwide and what is being done to stop them.
Director: Su Rynard | Star: Jeremy Renner
Votes: 110
34. Muhi: Generally Temporary (2017)
89 min | Documentary
For the past seven years Muhi, a boy from Gaza has been living in an Israeli hospital, unable to return home. He is saved and raised in paradoxical circumstances that transcend identity, religion and the conflict that divides his world.
Directors: Rina Castelnuovo, Tamir Elterman | Stars: Muhammad El-Farrah, Hamuda Abu Naim El Farrah, Buma Inbar, Hiba El-Farrah
Votes: 97
35. New Chefs on the Block (2017)
TV-14 | 96 min | Documentary
Two chefs in DC struggle to open their first restaurants. Against all odds, one becomes the most famous new chef in America. Starring Aaron Silverman (Rose's Luxury) and Frank Linn (Frankly...Pizza!). Feat. Michel Richard & Danny Meyer.
Director: Dustin Harrison-Atlas
Votes: 36
36. No Man's Land (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 81 min | Documentary
From inception to deadly conclusion, director David Byars immerses audiences in the 2016 Malheur rebellion with exclusive access into the Oregon compound. No Man's Land is a portrait of the fringe and doesn't flinch when the bullets fly.
Director: David Byars
Votes: 114
37. Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press (2017)
TV-14 | 95 min | Documentary
The courtroom and publicity battles between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media explode in a sensational trial all about the limits of the First Amendment and the new no holds barred nature of celebrity life in an internet dominated society.
Director: Brian Knappenberger | Stars: A.J. Daulerio, Hulk Hogan, Charles Harder, David Folkenflik
Votes: 4,384
38. Nowhere to Hide (2016)
86 min | Documentary, War
"Nowhere to Hide" follows a man - the medic and father Nori Sharif - through 5 years of dramatic change in the war-torn Diyala-province; one of the most dangerous provinces in the middle of... See full summary »
Director: Zaradasht Ahmed | Stars: Abu Fallah, Hans Husum, Mudhafar, Nori Sharif
Votes: 194
39. The Opposition (2016)
90 min | Documentary
An indigenous community in Papua New Guinea is forced to fight back before they are cruelly evicted from their land in favor of a five star tourist hotel.
Director: Hollie Fifer
Votes: 30
40. The Paris Opera (2017)
110 min | Documentary, Music
A behind-the-scenes look at the Paris Opera, under the direction of Stephane Lissner.
Director: Jean-Stéphane Bron | Stars: Stéphane Lissner, Benjamin Millepied, Mikhail Timoshenko
Votes: 273 | Gross: $0.06M
41. Quest (II) (2017)
104 min | Documentary, Family, Music
A husband and wife live in an impoverished neighborhood in north Philadelphia while they raise their daughter and run a recording studio in their basement.
Director: Jonathan Olshefski | Stars: Christopher Rainey, Christine'a Rainey, P.J. Rainey, William Withers
Votes: 359 | Gross: $0.05M
42. The Reagan Show (2017)
TV-PG | 74 min | Documentary
Made up entirely of archival news and White House footage, this documentary captures the pageantry, absurdity, and mastery of the made-for-TV politics of Ronald Reagan.
Directors: Sierra Pettengill, Pacho Velez | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, George Bush
Votes: 481
43. Recruiting for Jihad (2017 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 67 min | Documentary
For three years a well-known Norwegian extremist gives unique access to his everyday life encouraging jihadists in Europe until he is arrested for supporting terrorism by recruiting for ISIS. This extremely timely film highlights the tension between free societies and those who take advantage of their values while seeking to undermine them. Recruiting for Jihad is especially resonant and ... See full summary »
Directors: Adel Khan Farooq, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen | Stars: Anjem Choudary, Adel Khan Farooq, Ubaydullah Hussain, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
Votes: 138
44. Resurrecting Hassan (2016)
100 min | Documentary, Drama
With passion, the three members of the Harting family make a living singing a cappella ballads in the Montreal metro. All three are blind and haunted by the tragic drowning death of the ... See full summary »
Director: Carlo Guillermo Proto | Stars: Denis Harting, Lauviah Harting, Peggy Roux, Steve Kinniburgh
Votes: 38
45. Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World (2017)
103 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.
Directors: Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana | Stars: George Clinton, Robbie Robertson, Gary Giddins, Martin Scorsese
Votes: 1,077 | Gross: $0.23M
46. Saving Brinton (2017)
90 min | Documentary
In rural Iowa, a beloved history teacher uncovers the century-old showreels of one of America's first motion picture impresarios and sets out to premiere the films at the world's oldest continuously operating movie theatre.
Directors: Tommy Haines, Andrew Sherburne | Stars: Michael Zahs, Serge Bromberg, Greg Prickman, Kathryn Fuller-Seeley
Votes: 192 | Gross: $0.05M
47. School Life (2016)
PG-13 | 99 min | Documentary
Long careers are drawing to a close for John and Amanda, who teach Latin, English, and guitar at a stately home-turned-school, where they are legends with a mantra: "Reading. 'Rithmetic. Rock 'n' roll!" But leaving is the hardest lesson.
Directors: Neasa Ní Chianáin, David Rane | Stars: Dermot Dix, Amanda Leyden, John Leyden
Votes: 324 | Gross: $0.04M
48. Spettacolo (2017)
TV-PG | 91 min | Documentary
Once upon a time there was a tiny hill town in Tuscany that found a remarkable way to confront their issues - they turned their lives into a play. "Spettacolo" is a portrait of this 50-... See full summary »
Directors: Jeff Malmberg, Chris Shellen | Stars: Andrea Cresti, Chiara Del Ciondolo, Gianna Fiore, Gianpiero Giglioni
Votes: 186 | Gross: $0.03M
49. Step (2017)
PG | 84 min | Documentary
STEP documents the senior year of a girls' high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.
Director: Amanda Lipitz | Stars: Gari McIntyre, Amanda Leonard, Blessin Giraldo, Chevonne Hall
Votes: 1,232 | Gross: $1.15M
50. Still Tomorrow (2016)
88 min | Documentary, Biography
It is true that there is still tomorrow, what a pity that there is still tomorrow.
Director: Jian Fan | Stars: Yu Xiuhua, Zhou Jinxiang, Yu Wenhai, Yin Shiping
Votes: 129
51. Strad Style (2017)
TV-14 | 105 min | Documentary
A young hillbilly from Ohio meets a famous European concert violinist over the internet and convinces him that he can make a perfect copy of the most famous violin that ever existed - even ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Avalos | Stars: Daniel Houck, Razvan Stoica, David Campbell, Mary Houck
Votes: 74
52. Strong Island (2017)
TV-MA | 107 min | Documentary, Crime
When filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young Black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey, since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother.
Director: Yance Ford | Stars: Yance Ford, Harvey Walker, Kevin Myers, Lauren Ford
Votes: 4,116
53. A Suitable Girl (2017)
90 min | Documentary, Romance
A Suitable Girl follows three young women in India struggling to maintain their identities and follow their dreams amid intense pressure to get married. The film examines the women's complex relationship with marriage, family, and society.
Directors: Sarita Khurana, Smriti Mundhra | Star: Sima Taparia
Votes: 455
54. Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Sport
Filmmaker Rory Kennedy examines the career of American Laird Hamilton, a man who has spent his life conquering untameable walls of water and changed the sport of big wave surfing forever.
Director: Rory Kennedy | Stars: Nick Carroll, Darrick Doerner, Laird Hamilton, Gabrielle Reece
Votes: 708 | Gross: $0.18M
55. Tough Guys (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Action, Sport
Ten years before the debut of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, two karate promoters and their fighters, a rough group of barroom brawlers, bikers, teachers and steel workers, pioneered the first mixed-martial arts league in the nation.
Directors: Henry Roosevelt, W.B. Zullo | Stars: Amber Banaszewski, Jacquet Bazemore, Jack Bodell, Ann Butler
Votes: 151
56. Trophy (I) (2017)
Not Rated | 108 min | Documentary
This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex consequences of treating animals as commodities.
Directors: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz | Stars: Tim Black, Philip Glass, Christo Gomes, John Hume
Votes: 761 | Gross: $0.02M
57. Unrest (I) (2017)
98 min | Documentary, Drama, History
When Harvard Ph.D. student Jennifer Brea is struck down by a fever that leaves her bedridden, she sets out on a virtual journey to document her story as she fights a disease that medicine forgot.
Director: Jennifer Brea | Stars: Jennifer Brea, Omar Wasow, Jessica l e Taylor, Ruby Taylor
Votes: 3,203 | Gross: $0.04M
58. Waiting for the Sun (2017)
91 min | Documentary, Drama
The story of China's abandoned children longing for their imprisoned parents.
Director: Kaspar Astrup Schröder
Votes: 81
59. What Lies Upstream (2017)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Mystery
In this scandalous political thriller, an investigation into a chemical spill spirals into an indictment of the entire system meant to protect drinking water, revealing cover-ups at the highest levels of government.
Director: Cullen Hoback | Stars: Erin Brockovich-Ellis, Marc Edwards, Rahul Gupta, Mona Hanna-Attisha
Votes: 1,577
60. Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Music
Tells the story of Whitney Houston's extraordinary life and tragic death.
Directors: Nick Broomfield, Rudi Dolezal | Stars: Whitney Houston, Michael Baker, Wayne Lindsey, Sharlotte Gibson
Votes: 5,133
61. The Work (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary
Set inside a single room in Folsom Prison, three men from the outside participate in a four-day group-therapy retreat with a group of incarcerated men for a real look at the challenges of rehabilitation.
Directors: Jairus McLeary, Gethin Aldous | Stars: Brian Nazarof, Alvin 'Bud' Wheeler, Richard 'Rick' Misener, Dante Granville
Votes: 2,413 | Gross: $0.01M
62. Year of the Scab (2017)
77 min | Documentary
During the strike of the 1987 American football season, NFL owners look to fill their rosters with replacements of anyone willing to play, even if it means players risking their reputation by crossing a picket line.
Director: John Dorsey | Stars: Anthony Allen, Doug Allen, Bobby Beathard, Bill Bell
Votes: 148
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