Insightful Documentaries
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1. Dirty Wars (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars.
Director: Rick Rowley | Stars: Jeremy Scahill, Nasser Al Aulaqi, Saleha Al Aulaqi, Muqbal Al Kazemi
Votes: 9,395 | Gross: $0.38M
2. Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People (2006 Video)
50 min | Documentary, History, War
This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged form the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeremy Earp, Sut Jhally | Stars: Bo Derek, Ana Obregón, Jack Shaheen
Votes: 622
3. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder
Votes: 132,374 | Gross: $119.19M
4. Doctors of the Dark Side (2011)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary, Crime, News
Doctors of the Dark Side is the first feature length documentary about the pivotal role of physicians and psychologists in detainee torture. The stories of four detainees and the doctors ... See full summary »
Director: Martha Davis | Stars: Diane Davis, Gian-Murray Gianino, Lee Aaron Rosen, Mercedes Ruehl
Votes: 119
5. Permission to Engage (2011 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Victims' families and an ex-US soldier unpick the Wikileaks film that showed US forces killing Iraqi civilians in 2007.
Director: Shuchen Tan | Stars: Ethan McCord, Josh Steber
Votes: 6
6.
Docs interdits (2011– )
Episode:
Afghanistan, le prix de la vengeance
(2012)
90 min | Documentary, History
Director: Alberto Marquardt
Votes: 18
7. Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary, History, News
Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Bruce | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Paul Volcker, Janet Yellen, Peter Atwater
Votes: 1,157
8. Empires: Holy Warriors - Richard the Lionheart and Saladin (2005 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Director: Richard Bedser | Stars: Derek Lea, Volker Lechtenbrink, Hichem Rostom, Colin Salmon
Votes: 50
9. Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
From PBS - Enemy of the Reich: The Noor Inayat Khan Story brings to life the story of a woman's extraordinary courage, tested in the crucible of Nazi-occupied Paris. With an American mother... See full summary »
Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Helen Mirren, Grace Srinivasan, Joe Isenberg, Mike Sullivan
Votes: 194
10. Living Without Money (2010)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
We meet the German woman Heidemarie Schwermer (68) who made a deliberate choice to live without money 14 years ago. One day she cancelled her flat, donated all of her belongings and started... See full summary »
Director: Line Halvorsen | Star: Heidemarie Schwermer
Votes: 44
11. Freedom from Choice (2014)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Life is about choice. What we eat, what we read, who we elect; every day we make choices that determine how we want to live. But what if these choices are just an illusion?
Director: Tim Delmastro | Stars: Jeff Berwick, Gerald Celente, Jonathan Emord, G. Edward Griffin
Votes: 100
12. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,885 | Gross: $3.97M
13. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003)
Unrated | 74 min | Documentary
In April 2002, an Irish film crew is making a documentary about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, when a coup from the opposition is made.
Directors: Kim Bartley, Donnacha O'Briain | Stars: Hugo Chávez, Pedro Carmona, Jesse Helms, Colin Powell
Votes: 2,625
14. Seeds of Freedom (2012)
Documentary, Short
Seeds of Freedom (2012, narrated by Jeremy Irons) provides an overview of the history of agriculture, charting the transition of the farm into a factory, and highlighting the impact of the ... See full summary »
Director: Jess Phillimore | Stars: Mburu Gathuru, Zac Goldsmith, Ramón Herrera, Henk Hobbelink
Votes: 19
15. Antarctica: A Year on Ice (2013)
PG | 91 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A visually stunning chronicle of what it is like to live in Antarctica for a full year, including winters isolated from the rest of the world, and enduring months of darkness in the coldest place on Earth.
Director: Anthony Powell | Stars: Anthony Powell, Genevieve Bachman, William Brotman, Michael Christiansen
Votes: 3,726 | Gross: $0.29M
16. In Prison My Whole Life (2007)
90 min | Documentary
A look at the life of imprisoned political activist and former Black Panther member, Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose death sentence for killing a police officer was overturned in 2001 due to errors made during his original 1982 sentencing hearing.
Director: Marc Evans | Stars: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Yasiin Bey, Noam Chomsky, Steve Earle
Votes: 193
17. Super Size Me (2004)
PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary
While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.
Director: Morgan Spurlock | Stars: Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs, Chemeeka Walker, Dania Abu-Rmaileh
Votes: 113,253 | Gross: $11.53M
18. The True Story of Che Guevara (2007 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary
This documentary surveys the life of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara, from early formative experiences to his final hours.
Director: Maria Berry | Stars: Mario Ramirez Reyes, Andrew Blood, Jay Costelo, Steven Del Castro
Votes: 179
19. Food, Inc. (2008)
PG | 94 min | Documentary, News
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Director: Robert Kenner | Stars: Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser, Richard Lobb, Vince Edwards
Votes: 52,207 | Gross: $4.42M
20. Schooling the World (2010)
66 min | Documentary, History
If you wanted to change an ancient culture in a generation, how would you do it? You would change the way it educates its children. The U.S. Government knew this in the 19th century when it... See full summary »
Director: Carol Black | Stars: Wade Davis, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Elijah Gergen, Vandana Shiva
Votes: 192
21. Arduino the Documentary (2011)
38 min | Documentary, Short
Arduino the documentary is a look at the story of the open-source hardware board that now artists, engineers, students use to build many things. See who are behind the wonder. See the ... See full summary »
Directors: Raúl Alaejos, Rodrigo Calvo
Votes: 30
22. Art of War (2009 TV Movie)
91 min | Documentary, History, War
Documentary on the main principles of Sun Tzu's "Art of War" illustrated with examples from the Vietnam War (Demoralization), the Second World War (Invasion of Normandy), the American Civil War (Gettysburg) and Tzu's own battles.
Director: David Padrusch | Stars: James Lurie, James Wong, Toshishiro Obata, Andrew Amani
Votes: 150
23. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Steve Jobs, Alex Gibney, Steve Wozniak, Michael S. Malone
Votes: 6,498 | Gross: $0.49M
24. The Shock Doctrine (2009)
Not Rated | 79 min | Documentary, History
An investigation of "disaster capitalism", based on Naomi Klein's proposition that neo-liberal capitalism feeds on natural disasters, war and terror to establish its dominance.
Directors: Mat Whitecross, Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Janine Huard, Ewen Cameron, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman
Votes: 3,114
25. Killing Us Softly 3 (1999)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Jean Kilbourne's pioneering work helped develop and popularize the study of gender representation in advertising. Her award-winning Killing us Softly films have influenced millions of ... See full summary »
Director: Sut Jhally | Star: Jean Kilbourne
Votes: 261
26. Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women (2010)
46 min | Documentary
Jean Kilbourne discusses the representation of women in advertisements.
Director: Sut Jhally | Star: Jean Kilbourne
Votes: 248
27. The Corporation (2003)
Not Rated | 145 min | Documentary, History
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
Directors: Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott | Stars: Mikela Jay, Rob Beckwermert, Christopher Gora, Nina Jones
Votes: 21,782 | Gross: $1.88M
28. Revolution OS (2001)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Comedy
While Microsoft may be the biggest software company in the world, not every computer user is a fan of their products, or their way of doing business. While Microsoft's Windows became the ... See full summary »
Director: J.T.S. Moore | Stars: Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, Eric Raymond, Bruce Perens
Votes: 2,621 | Gross: $0.00M
29. Love Me (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
Is there such thing as love before first sight? This doc explores the mail-order bride industry, chronicling on a group of Ukrainian women and the Western men they marry, in a search for modern love.
Director: Jonathon Narducci
Votes: 1,436
30. Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things (2015)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
How might your life be better with less?
Director: Matt D'Avella | Stars: Dan Harris, Ryan Nicodemus, Rick Hanson, Jesse Jacobs
Votes: 16,719
31. Mankind the Story of All of Us (2012)
720 min | Documentary, History
From the power of science to how physics and biology combined to shape our shared journey, experience the human story like it's never been told before.
Stars: Josh Brolin, Richard Machowicz, James Meigs, George Wunderlich
Votes: 1,840
32. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead is an American documentary that chronicles Australian Joe Cross's 60-day journey across the United States, where he embarks on a juice-only fast in a quest to reclaim his health.
Directors: Joe Cross, Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Joe Cross, Amy Badberg, Merv Cross, Virginia Cross
Votes: 8,917
33. The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
Not Rated | 115 min | Documentary, History
This documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Blair Anderson, Omar Barbour, Julian Bond, Elaine Brown
Votes: 2,144 | Gross: $0.48M
34. Sir! No Sir! (2005)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, History, War
NO! SIR! tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who forced the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War
Director: David Zeiger | Stars: Michael Alaimo, Edward Asner, Joe Bangert, Tom Bernard
Votes: 838 | Gross: $0.11M
35. Citizenfour (2014)
R | 114 min | Documentary, Biography
A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.
Director: Laura Poitras | Stars: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum
Votes: 57,964 | Gross: $2.80M
36. 4 Artists Paint 1 Tree: A Walt Disney 'Adventure in Art' (1958)
Unrated | 16 min | Documentary, Short
Four Disney artists paint their own interpretations of a tree, and explain their techniques and methods.
Directors: Wilfred Jackson, Charles Nichols | Stars: Marc Davis, Eyvind Earle, Joshua Meador, Walt Peregoy
Votes: 88
37. The Social Dilemma (2020)
PG-13 | 94 min | Documentary, Drama
Explores the dangerous human impact of social networking; tech experts sound the alarm on their own creations.
Director: Jeff Orlowski-Yang | Stars: Tristan Harris, Jeff Seibert, Bailey Richardson, Joe Toscano
Votes: 89,420
38.
The Empire Files (2015– )
Episode:
Gaza Fights for Freedom
(2019)
84 min | Documentary, News, Talk-Show
Filmed during the height of the Great March Of Return protests, it features exclusive footage of demonstrations where 200 unarmed civilians have been killed by Israeli snipers since March 30, 2018.
Director: Abby Martin
Votes: 908
39. HyperNormalisation (2016)
166 min | Documentary
Adam Curtis explains how, at a time of confusing and inexplicable world events, politicians and the people they represent have retreated in to a damaging over-simplified version of what is happening.
Director: Adam Curtis | Stars: Adam Curtis, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Victor Gotbaum
Votes: 7,368
40. Chuck Norris vs. Communism (2015)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Comedy, History
In the oppressive 1980s communist Romania, the smuggled VHS tapes of banned Hollywood films become an inspirational ray of hope. A hybrid feature about the magic of film and the power it has to change lives.
Director: Ilinca Calugareanu | Stars: Irina Margareta Nistor, Teodor Zamfir, Mircea Cojocaru, Vlad Craioveanu
Votes: 2,458
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