Documentaries I've Seen
by asarahgus | created - 13 Jul 2015 | updated - 13 Jul 2015 | PublicSome documentaries I have watched on Netflix.
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1. Of Two Minds (2012)
Not Rated | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Of Two Minds explores the extraordinary lives, struggles and successes of three unique and compelling people living with bipolar disorder in America today. Through a combination of intimate... See full summary »
Directors: Douglas Blush, Lisa J. Klein | Stars: Terri Cheney, Carlton Davis, Cheri Keating, Jenifer Lewis
Votes: 303
2. The Dark Matter of Love (2012)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary
Documentary on the psychological aspects of growing up with and without parental love. It centers around the Diaz family, who chooses to adopt three orphans from Russia, and how their new and old kids handle family together.
Director: Sarah McCarthy | Stars: Caitlyn Maria Diaz, Camilena Anna Diaz, Cayden Marcel Diaz, Cheryl Diaz
Votes: 921
3. Hot Coffee (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
How the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit and similar cases were exploited as part of a right wing crusade to weaken civil justice.
Director: Susan Saladoff | Stars: Chuck Allen, Judy Allen, Jay Angoff, David Arredondo
Votes: 4,014
4. First Position (2011)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary that follows six young dancers from around the world as they prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world.
Director: Bess Kargman | Stars: Aran Bell, Rebecca Houseknecht, Joan Sebastian Zamora, Miko Fogarty
Votes: 3,455 | Gross: $1.10M
5. Desert Runners (2013)
99 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
A diverse cast of non-professional runners attempt to complete the most difficult ultramarathon race series on Earth. Their dramatic journey takes them across the World's most picturesque ... See full summary »
Director: Jennifer Steinman Sternin | Stars: Samantha Gash, Tremaine Kent, David O'Brien, Ricky Paugh
Votes: 546
6. Fame High (2012)
Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary
Everyone dreams of fame. From the nail-biting freshman auditions to the spectacular year-end performances, Fame High captures the in-class and at-home drama, competition, heartbreak, and ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Brittany Hayes, Ruby McCollister, Zak Astor, Grace Song
Votes: 303
7. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.
Director: Kurt Kuenne | Stars: Kurt Kuenne, Andrew Bagby, David Bagby, Kathleen Bagby
Votes: 40,674 | Gross: $0.02M
8. Killer Legends (2014)
TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.
Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Stephen Winick, James Presley
Votes: 3,531
9. Cropsey (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Crime, Horror
Realizing that the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
Directors: Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman | Stars: Joshua Zeman, Barbara Brancaccio, Bill Ellis, Dorothy D'Eletto
Votes: 9,187 | Gross: $0.05M
10. Alive & Well (2013)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Biography
ALIVE AND WELL is a powerful documentary film about the human condition, which follows seven resilient people coming to terms with the profound reality of living with the hereditary chronic illness known as Huntington's Disease.
Director: Josh Taft | Stars: Charles Sabine, Michael Hayden, Trey Grey
Votes: 33
11. Fed Up (2014)
PG | 92 min | Documentary
An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it.
Director: Stephanie Soechtig | Stars: Michele Simon, Katie Couric, Bill Clinton, Michael Pollan
Votes: 12,353 | Gross: $1.54M
12. Bite Size (2014)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Bite Size tells the stories of 4 kids around the country as they embark on a journey to become healthier and lose weight. All it takes is someone to believe in you and the will to try.
Director: Corbin Billings | Stars: Davion Bland, Moy Gutierrez, Emily Patrick, KeAnna Pollard
Votes: 171
13. 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
14. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 2 (2014)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
Joe Cross examines how to make healthy habits last. Joe meets with experts who present realistic solutions to make long-term sustainable improvements to eating behaviors and overall health.
Director: Kurt Engfehr | Stars: Joe Cross, Bjarke de Koning, Carrie Diulus, Sheila Kar
Votes: 1,681
15. Happy (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.
Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Marci Shimoff, Ed Diener, Richard Davidson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Votes: 3,380
16. Cyber-Seniors (2014)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A film about senior citizens learning about computers from teenage mentors and the connections made both on and offline.
Director: Saffron Cassaday | Stars: Shura Eadie, Pelletier Henri, Schellenberg Max
Votes: 143
17. Gotta Dance (2008)
Not Rated | 93 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Chronicles the first-ever, senior citizen hip-hop dance team for the New Jersey Nets Basketball team, 12 women and man - all dance team newbies, from auditions through to center court stardom.
Director: Dori Berinstein | Stars: Joe Bianco, Peggy Byrne, Margaret Dellavalle, Patricia Donohue
Votes: 68 | Gross: $0.03M
18. When I Walk (2013)
84 min | Documentary
When I Walk is one man's emotional and inspiring journey during six years of life following his multiple sclerosis diagnosis. For Jason DaSilva, life's most challenging and joyous moments are yet to come.
Director: Jason DaSilva | Stars: Alice Cook, Jason DaSilva
Votes: 254
19. The Paw Project (2013)
58 min | Documentary, History, News
The Paw Project chronicles the David and Goliath story of a tiny grassroots movement taking on big veterinary corporations in an effort to ban the de-clawing of cats.
Director: Jennifer Conrad
Votes: 240
20. Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary, Music, News
Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, fights against a broken healthcare system to demonstrate music's ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it.
Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett | Stars: Dan Cohen, Louise Dueno, Nell Hardie, Norman Hardie
Votes: 3,237 | Gross: $0.15M
21. Becoming Chaz (2011)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Biography
Documentary following Chaz (formerly Chastity) Bono's gender transition. Includes interviews with family members and friends as the transition is followed.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Cher, Chaz Bono, Georgia Holt, Georganne LaPiere
Votes: 361
22. From One Second to the Next (2013)
34 min | Documentary, Short
Stories of serious traffic accidents caused by texting and driving are told by the perpetrators and surviving victims.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Valetta Bradford, Xzavier Davis-Bilbo, Aurie Parris, Chandler Gerber
Votes: 1,354
23. What They Left Behind (2014)
34 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the effect of gun violence, focusing on the stories of three children who were killed.
Director: Tarik Karam
Votes: 84
24. Stripped (2014)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Comic strip artists discuss the state and future of the artform with the decline of the newspaper medium.
Directors: Dave Kellett, Frederick Schroeder | Stars: Lalo Alcaraz, Gene Ambaum, Bill Amend, Bill Barnes
Votes: 436
25. Bridgend (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Drama, Mystery
Young people in Bridgend, South Wales die by hanging. Authorities struggle to explain connections between victims - friends, neighbors, cousins. Film examines lives and deaths through interviews, seeking explanations for the tragic events.
Director: John Michael Williams
Votes: 1,520
26. Monica & David (2009)
Not Rated | 68 min | Documentary
Explores the marriage of a young couple with Down syndrome, and the family who strives to support their needs.
Director: Alexandra Codina
Votes: 422
27. Lost for Life (2013)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Crime, News
A documentary about juveniles who are serving life in prison without parole and their victims' families.
Director: Joshua Rofé
Votes: 930
28. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
An experimental documentary that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer, during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
Director: Chris James Thompson | Stars: Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy
Votes: 2,135
29. Inside the Hunt for the Boston Bombers (2014 TV Movie)
Documentary, Crime
A recounting of the 2013 terrorist bombing of the Boston Marathon and its subsequent investigation and manhunt.
Directors: Sam Hobkinson, Sam L. | Stars: William B. Evans, Karen Odom, Michele Mahoney, Frank Armstrong
Votes: 229
30. Beyond Clueless (2014)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Horror, Romance
Beyond Clueless is a dizzying journey into the mind, body and soul of the teen movie, as seen through the eyes of over 200 modern coming-of-age classics.
Director: Charlie Shackleton | Star: Fairuza Balk
Votes: 990
31. Please Subscribe (2012)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
An examination of the YouTube video streaming website and profiles of notable content contributors to it.
Director: Dan Dobi | Stars: Craig Benzine, Dan Brown, Mitchell Davis, Ross Everett
Votes: 392
32. For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary, Romance
An exploration of the intersection between religion and homosexuality in the U.S. and how the religious right has used its interpretation of the Bible to stigmatize the gay community.
Director: Daniel G. Karslake | Stars: Imogene Robinson, Victor Robinson, Gene Robinson, Isabella 'Boo' McDaniel
Votes: 4,519 | Gross: $0.31M
33. 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
34. Run for Your Life (I) (2008)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Without one eccentric first-generation Jewish immigrant from Transylvania, the New York City Marathon simply wouldn't exist. Ehrlich's fun, loving, and inspirational tribute to the late ... See full summary »
Director: Judd Ehrlich | Stars: Fred Lebow, Ed Koch, Nina Kuscsik, Bill Rodgers
Votes: 214
35. To Russia with Love (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Sport
Leading up to the Olympics in Sochi, a law banning 'propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations to minors' was passed in Russia. Gay Olympians were confronted with a tough decision: ... See full summary »
Director: Noam Gonick | Stars: Jane Lynch, Johnny Weir, Ban Ki-moon, Jason Collins
Votes: 306
36. H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)
Unrated | 64 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.
Director: John Borowski | Stars: Tony Jay, Ed Bertagnoli, Cary Callison, Willy Laszlo
Votes: 1,914
37. I Escaped a Cult (2012 TV Movie)
Documentary
I Escaped a Cult talks to survivors of a polygamist breakaway Mormon sect (Warren Jeffs's FLDS) and a fundamentalist Christian community (Aggressive Christianity Missionary Training Corps).... See full summary »
Director: Sally Howell | Stars: Brent Jeffs, Warren Jeffs, Rebekah Schmierer, Maura Schmierer
Votes: 39
38. The Short Game (2013)
PG | 99 min | Documentary, Sport
The best 7 year old golfers from around the world descend on the world famous Pinehurst Golf course in North Carolina to determine the next world champion and who might become golf's next ... See full summary »
Director: Josh Greenbaum | Stars: Amari Avery, Jed Dy, Allan Kournikova, Zamokuhle Nxasana
Votes: 1,723 | Gross: $0.04M
39. Talhotblond (2009)
R | 83 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
This is the true story of a love triangle that takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder in real life, as a teenage vixen (screen name 'talhotblond') lures men into her web. ... See full summary »
Director: Barbara Schroeder | Stars: Steve Clement, Thomas Montgomery, Ken Case, Rex Julian Beaber
Votes: 2,910
40. 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: 148,712 | Gross: $21.58M
41. Sexy Baby (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
An ex adult film star, a 12 year old girl and a 22 year old who yearns for "normal" private parts are chronicled in this thought provoking doc about how porn, social media and pop culture affect women and girls. A FilmBuff Presentation.
Directors: Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus | Stars: Winnifred Bonjean Alpart, Nikita Cash, Laura Castle
Votes: 1,172
42. Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill
Votes: 13,950 | Gross: $4.95M
43. Miss Representation (2011)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Explores the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America, and challenges the media's limited portrayal of what it means to be a powerful woman.
Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Stars: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Jean Kilbourne, Jim Steyer, Katie Couric
Votes: 3,865
44. Bridegroom (2013)
R | 80 min | Documentary
Shane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom Bridegroom in California after the same-sex marriage law is passed takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years accidentally dies and Tom's family refuses Shane from attending the funeral.
Director: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason | Stars: Cindy Bitney, David Crone, Jessica Mitchell, Lizzy Mohl
Votes: 4,630
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