Selected Documentaries
by avikathuria | created - 21 May 2017 | updated - 04 Apr 2021 | PublicThe list includes documentaries relating to technology, environment, games, cars, industries, animation and many more...
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1. Banking on Bitcoin (2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, History, News
Bitcoin is the most disruptive invention since the Internet, and now an ideological battle is underway between fringe utopists and mainstream capitalism. The film shows the players who are defining how this technology will shape our lives.
Director: Christopher Cannucciari | Stars: Charlie Shrem, Nancy Cannucciari, Paul Vigna, Michael Casey
Votes: 3,739
2. Chasing Ice (2012)
PG-13 | 75 min | Documentary, Biography
Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras designed for one purpose: to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers.
Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: James Balog, Svavar Jónatansson, Louie Psihoyos, Kitty Boone
Votes: 8,863 | Gross: $1.33M
3. The Challenger Disaster (2013 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 90 min | Drama, History
Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 disintegration.
Director: James Hawes | Stars: Joanne Whalley, Eve Best, Bruce Greenwood, William Hurt
Votes: 4,589
4. The Secret (2006 Video)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Interviews with self-proclaimed authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of visualizing your goals. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.
Director: Drew Heriot | Stars: Bob Proctor, Joe Vitale, John Assaraf, Loral Langemeier
Votes: 14,053
5. Video Games: The Movie (2014)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, History
Learn how video games are made, marketed, and consumed by looking back at gaming history and culture through the eyes of game developers, publishers, and consumers.
Director: Jeremy Snead | Stars: Sean Astin, Al Alcorn, Peter Armstrong, Cliff Bleszinski
Votes: 5,593 | Gross: $0.02M
6.
Top Gear (2002–2022)
Episode:
50 Years of Bond Cars
(2012)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Sport, Talk-Show
Richard Hammond pays tribute to 50 years of Bond cars. And our show is, of course, anything but straightforward. Alongside the Goldfinger (1964) DB5, the most iconic Bond car ever has to be... See full summary »
Director: Phil Churchward | Stars: Richard Hammond, Vic Armstrong, Roger Becker, Daniel Craig
Votes: 369
7. Hawking (2013)
TV-PG | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Hawking is the extraordinary story of the planet's most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking's ... See full summary »
Director: Stephen Finnigan | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Arthur Pelling, Finlay Macrae, Nathan Chapple
Votes: 1,716
8. Living in the Age of Airplanes (2015)
47 min | Documentary
This is a story about how the airplane has changed the world. Filmed in 18 countries across all seven continents, it renews our appreciation for one of the most extraordinary and awe-inspiring aspects of the modern world.
Director: Brian J. Terwilliger | Star: Harrison Ford
Votes: 533
9. Loose Change (I) (2011)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
A Brooklyn tenant is in for a big surprise when his senile landlord finally remembers him.
Director: Philip Botti | Stars: Annie Basulto, Madeline DeFerrari, Carmine Famiglietti, Graciela Lecube
Votes: 6
10. Mystic India (2005)
Not Rated | 40 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
11-year old Neelkanth has long dreamed of being a Yogi, and in the darkness of the rainy evening of June 29, 1792 he secretly leaves his family behind in the Northern India city of Ayodhya ... See full summary »
Director: Keith Melton | Stars: Rupak Mehta, Peter O'Toole, Latesh Patel
Votes: 391
11. One Life (I) (2011)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, Family
Focuses on the cyclical journey taken by all living creatures, from birth to having youngsters of their own.
Directors: Michael Gunton, Martha Holmes | Stars: Daniel Craig, Koert-Jan de Bruijn
Votes: 2,702
12. Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden (2012 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A group of Navy SEALs comes to learn the identity of their target: Osama bin Laden.
Directors: John Stockwell, Paulette Victor Lifton | Stars: Cam Gigandet, Jenny Gabrielle, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodríguez
Votes: 11,119
13. 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
14. That Sugar Film (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Damon Gameau embarks on an experiment to document the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body.
Director: Damon Gameau | Stars: Damon Gameau, Hugh Jackman, Milla Bakaitis, Richard Davies
Votes: 10,859
15. 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
16. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
Not Rated | 105 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz, who took his own life at the age of 26.
Director: Brian Knappenberger | Stars: Aaron Swartz, Tim Berners-Lee, Cindy Cohn, Gabriella Coleman
Votes: 18,038 | Gross: $0.05M
17. Top Gear: The Worst Car in the History of the World (2012 Video)
74 min | Documentary, Comedy
Everyone has an opinion on bad cars. Now it's time to hear the ones that really count - ours. As it's the worst car in the history of the WORLD, we're out to name and shame the most rubbish... See full summary »
Stars: Jeremy Clarkson, James May, The Stig
Votes: 1,988
18. The Making of Avatar: Inside the Korean Animation Studios (2005 Video)
Short
Bryan Konietzko, co-creator of "Avatar: The Last Airbender", heads overseas to JM Animation and Moi Animation, two animation studios which worked on the series. Numerous key animators, ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeong-Hoon Cho, Jong-Jin Choi, Soon-Chul Choi, Kyoung-Pyo Hong
19. The Attacks of 26/11 (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The real story of ten terrorists, who sail to Mumbai and wage war on the populace for the next 72 hours.
Director: Ram Gopal Varma | Stars: Nana Patekar, Atul Kulkarni, Sanjeev Jaiswal, Rahaao
Votes: 5,509 | Gross: $0.25M
20. Gandhi (1982)
PG | 191 min | Biography, Drama, History
The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Director: Richard Attenborough | Stars: Ben Kingsley, John Gielgud, Rohini Hattangadi, Roshan Seth
Votes: 240,176 | Gross: $52.77M
21. Project 11 (2011 Video)
14 min | Short, Mystery, Sci-Fi
11 Cities. 11 Directors. 1 Film. In a unique experiment, 11 directors from various countries in the world collaborated to make this short film. Project 11 is a High-Concept Thriller, which ... See full summary »
Directors: Ali Ahmed Brohi, Vikas Chandra, Dharamveer Chauhan, Joseph Cohen, Alessio Giorgetti, Hiro Ikematsu, Yi Luo, Nkumi Mtingwa, Rafal Rakoczy, Ryan Singh, Sydney Walsh | Stars: Afeera Afeera, Aftab Aftab, Mark Bennington, Guiying Chen
Votes: 8
22. Home (I) (2009)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, Family
With aerial footage from fifty-four countries, 'Home' is a depiction of how Earth's problems are all interlinked.
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Stars: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin
Votes: 23,047
23. Life in a Day (2011)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Drama
A documentary shot by film-makers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the twenty-fourth of July, 2010.
Directors: Tegan Bukowski, Loressa Clisby, Kevin Macdonald, Hiroaki Aikawa, Natalia Andreadis, Jack Attridge, Cristina Bocchialini, Zillah Bowes, Andrea Dalla Costa, Lisa Cottrell-Bentley, Alejo Crisóstomo, Sócrates Cuadri, Ayman El Gazwy, Shawn Gadberry, Seth Grant, Jane Haubrich, Soma Helmi, Jennifer M. Howd, Clementine Isaac, Aditya Kolli, Gabor Kukucska, Francesco La Regina, Frederic Lumiere, Marek Mackovic, Zuqy Cruz Marquez, Linda Matarasso, Kevin McMahon, Joseph Michael, Joaquin Montalvan, Lilit Movsisyan, Emmanuelle Pickett, Christopher Redmond, Alejandro Romeo, Alaa Sheikh Hassan, Marcus Tedenryd | Stars: Hiroaki Aikawa, Cindy Baer, Teagan Bentley, Ester Brym
Votes: 15,562 | Gross: $0.25M
24. The Warrior Prince: Sourav Ganguly (2012)
80 min | Documentary, Biography
Biopic of Sourav Ganguly, the former captain of Indian cricket team.
Stars: Sourav Ganguly, Amitabh Bachchan, Chaiti Ghosal, Mir Afsar Ali
Votes: 30
25. Who Am I (2014)
Not Rated | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Director: Baran bo Odar | Stars: Tom Schilling, Elyas M'Barek, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Antoine Monot Jr.
Votes: 62,491
26. Who Am I (2009 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short, Family
A video poem about who we are as people.
Director: Derek Jones
Votes: 18
27. The 11th Hour (I) (2007)
PG | 95 min | Documentary
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems.
Directors: Leila Conners, Nadia Conners | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kenny Ausubel, Thom Hartmann, Wangari Maathai
Votes: 5,908 | Gross: $0.70M
28. Best Kept Secret (2013)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Drama
In "Best Kept Secret," a Newark, NJ teacher struggles to prepare her students with autism to survive in the brutal world that awaits them once they graduate.
Director: Samantha Buck | Stars: Alyce Barnhardt, Carla Byrd, Robert Caspar, Johnson Green
Votes: 341
29. I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash (2010 TV Movie)
88 min | Documentary
On Friday, the 13th of October, 1972, a charter plane carrying 45 passengers, including a college rugby team, vanished over the desolate, snow-covered Andes Mountains. For 72 days, the world thought they were dead.
Director: Brad Osborne | Stars: James Lentzsch, Benjamin Josse, Kelly Haitz, Cindy Latch
Votes: 519
30. Terror in Mumbai (2009 TV Movie)
Documentary
The inside story of the November 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, India - in the words of the victims and of the terrorists themselves. Includes never-before-heard telephone intercepts of ... See full summary »
Directors: Dan Reed, Ashwin Neal Mani
Votes: 284
31. UFOs and Close Encounters (2010)
500 min | Documentary
Director: Warren Croyle | Stars: Philip Gardiner, Billy Meier, Travis Walton, Lloyd Pye
32. Alexandros o Megas - Anamesa stin istoria kai to thrylo (1977)
110 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Nestoras Matsas | Stars: Kostas Kastanas, Manos Katrakis, Makis Revmatas
33. Ideas That Changed the World (2010– )
Documentary
Stars: David Chang, Oliver Sacks, Kevin Warwick, Seth Shostak
Martin Luther
34. Secrets of Sinauli (2021)
56 min | Documentary, History
The excavations of Sinauli have uncovered secrets that were buried for 4000 years.
Director: Raghav Jairath | Stars: Manoj Bajpayee, R.S. Bhist, K.N. Dixit, B.B. Lal
Votes: 2,194
35. Ladakh Warriors (2020– )
49 min | Documentary, War
The show depicts the gruelling training that the Army's Ladakh Scouts go through, at one of the highest regimental centres in the world.
Star: Randeep Hooda
Votes: 99
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