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1. The Watermelon Woman (1996)
Unrated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
Director: Cheryl Dunye | Stars: Cheryl Dunye, Guinevere Turner, Valarie Walker, Lisa Marie Bronson
Votes: 3,513
2. The Great White Hoax (2018)
72 min | Documentary
Documentary about the rise of United States President Donald Trump and how his presidency preyed on the fears of white Americans.
Director: Jeremy Earp | Stars: Donald Trump, Tim Wise
Votes: 31
3. The Cherokee Word for Water (2013)
PG | 92 min | Drama
The work that led Wilma Mankiller to become the first modern female Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Directors: Tim Kelly, Charlie Soap | Stars: Kimberly Guerrero, Mo Brings Plenty, Steve Reevis, Darryl Tonemah
Votes: 69
4. Maquilapolis (2006)
60 min | Documentary
Just over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive sweatshops often owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. Carmen and Lourdes work at maquiladoras in Tijuana, and it is there that they try to balance the struggle for survival with their own radicalization in this documentary.
Directors: Sergio de la Torre, Vicky Funari
Votes: 103
5. The Slanted Screen (2006)
60 min | Documentary
From silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal of East Asian men in film and television, and how new film-makers are ... See full summary »
Director: Jeff Adachi | Stars: Frank Chin, Daniel Dae Kim, Bobby Lee, Jason Scott Lee
Votes: 256
6. Frantz Fanon, une vie, un combat, une oeuvre (2001)
52 min | Documentary
This movie discusses Frantz Fanon's life and work, especially his involvement in the Algerian Revolution.
Director: Cheikh Djemai | Star: Frantz Fanon
Votes: 6
7. Para Ellos (2016)
23 min | Short, Drama, Family
On the night her father goes missing, Maria and her little brother Juan embark on a journey across the U.S./Mexico border in hopes of bringing him back home, but not without the guidance of three curious, yet meddling desert creatures.
Directors: Christian Contreras, Victoria De La Torre | Stars: Rylie Rodriguez, Paco Flores, Andres Miranda, Maxine Greco
Votes: 22
8. A Moving Image (2016)
PG | 74 min | Drama
An artist returns to her gentrified community where she explores her social position and complicity in the rapid changes.
Director: Shola Amoo | Stars: Tanya Fear, Hussina Raja, Aki Omoshaybi, Yrsa Daley-Ward
Votes: 84
9. Yolngu Boy (2001)
88 min | Adventure, Drama
An Indigenous teen and his friends embark on a challenging journey to Darwin from Arnhem Land to meet a tribal leader with the aim of creating a better future after troubles take them away from their dreams.
Director: Stephen Johnson | Stars: John Sebastian Pilakui, Nathan Daniels, Sean Mununggurr, Lirrina Mununggurr
Votes: 378
10. Generation Wealth (2018)
R | 105 min | Documentary
A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.
Director: Lauren Greenfield | Stars: Lauren Greenfield, Bret Easton Ellis, Paris Cronin, Mijanou
Votes: 5,614 | Gross: $0.24M
11. 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
12. We Were Here (I) (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
Directors: David Weissman, Bill Weber | Stars: Ed Wolf, Daniel Goldstein, Guy Clark, Eileen Glutzer
Votes: 2,280
13. The Surface (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 79 min | Drama, Romance
The struggle of a young man to slowly create his own sense of family.
Director: Michael J. Saul | Stars: Harry Hains, Michael Redford Carney, Nicholas McDonald, Kyle Patrick Darling
Votes: 268
14. Agnes Martin Before the Grid (2016)
55 min | Documentary
Friends, classmates and lovers of one of the 20th century's most influential artists reveal for the first time the story of her early years defying the hardships of poverty, mental illness ... See full summary »
Director: Kathleen Brennan | Stars: Frances Morris, Marcia Oliver, Louise Sause, Jim Wagner
Votes: 7
15. Love Is All: 100 Years of Love & Courtship (2014)
74 min | Documentary
A celebration of love in a film made of extracts from movies from the film history.
Director: Kim Longinotto
Votes: 153
16. Almost Adults (2016)
TV-14 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
A film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.
Director: Sarah Rotella | Stars: Natasha Negovanlis, Elise Bauman, Justin Gerhard, Winny Clarke
Votes: 3,147
17. Song of Love (1950)
Not Rated | 26 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Two prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
Director: Jean Genet | Stars: Bravo, Jean Genet, Java, Coco Le Martiniquais
Votes: 3,706
18. Call Me Kuchu (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary
In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the ... See full summary »
Directors: Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall | Stars: David Bahati, Lou Engle, Long John, David Kato
Votes: 830 | Gross: $0.01M
19. The Case Against 8 (2014)
TV-14 | 109 min | Documentary, Biography, News
A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Directors: Ben Cotner, Ryan White | Stars: Ted Olson, Christopher D. Dusseault, Jeffrey J. Zarrillo, Paul T. Katami
Votes: 1,156
20. The Queen and Her Prime Ministers (2012 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, History
No other head of state has been in power for as long as Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, no other ruler has had such a lasting impact on our epoch. We investigate the fine balance of ... See full summary »
Directors: Tristan Chytroschek, Larissa Klinker, Katharina Wolff | Stars: Judy Wade, Robert Lacey, Michael Cockerell, Hugo Vickers
Votes: 28
21. Erdogan: The Making of a Sultan (2016 TV Movie)
57 min | Documentary
In this acclaimed new documentary, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning director, Gilles Cayatte, and expert on Turkish affairs Guillaume Perrier, profiles President Erdogan. Featuring an exclusive... See full summary »
Directors: Gilles Cayatte, Guillaume Perrier | Star: Pascal Manoukian
Votes: 27
22. Requiem for the American Dream (2015)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary, Biography, News
Renowned academic and author Noam Chomsky elucidates 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power that have led to unprecedented inequality and the hollowing out of the American middle class.
Directors: Peter D. Hutchison, Kelly Nyks, Jared P. Scott | Stars: Noam Chomsky, Alan Greenspan, Malcolm X, Richard Nixon
Votes: 9,883 | Gross: $0.13M
23. Where to Invade Next (2015)
R | 120 min | Documentary, Comedy
To learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, Johnny Fancelli, Christina Fancelli, Lorena Lardini
Votes: 25,700 | Gross: $3.82M
24. RBG (2018)
PG | 98 min | Documentary, Biography
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
Directors: Julie Cohen, Betsy West | Stars: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ann Kittner, Harryette Helsel, Nina Totenberg
Votes: 15,057 | Gross: $14.02M
25. The Net (2003)
Not Rated | 121 min | Documentary
Ultimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck's THE NET explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the... See full summary »
Director: Lutz Dammbeck | Stars: Lutz Dammbeck, Eva Mattes, Tom Vogt, Stewart Brand
Votes: 390
26. Ask for Jane (2018)
108 min | Drama, History
A group of determined Midwestern women begin providing safe but illegal abortions in this 1960s period drama based on a true story.
Director: Rachel Carey | Stars: Cody Horn, Cait Cortelyou, Sarah Steele, Sarah Ramos
Votes: 253
27. Trumbo (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Askin | Stars: Dalton Trumbo, Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas
Votes: 1,244 | Gross: $7.85M
28. Kate Plays Christine (2016)
Not Rated | 112 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Actress Kate Lyn Sheil prepares to portray the role of Christine Chubbuck, a real-life news reporter who took her own life on local Florida television in 1974.
Director: Robert Greene | Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Stephanie Coatney, Michael Ray Davis, Zachary Gossett
Votes: 1,204
29. That Summer (2017)
Unrated | 80 min | Documentary
Montauk, East Hampton, New York, 2016. Peter Beard discusses his work as a photographer, artist and diarist before reminiscing about his attempt to make a documentary in the summer of 1972 ... See full summary »
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Peter Beard, Lee Radziwill, Jacqueline Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy
Votes: 498 | Gross: $0.01M
30. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.
Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Hedy Lamarr, Mel Brooks, Jennifer Hom, Anthony Loder
Votes: 4,299 | Gross: $0.82M
31. Saatfrüchte sollen nicht vermahlen werden (1967)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Kurt Tetzlaff | Stars: Käthe Kollwitz, Gisela May, Hilmar Thate
32. Studio 54 (2018)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, History, Music
The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Director: Matt Tyrnauer | Stars: Ian Schrager, Steve Rubell, Donald Rubell, Neil Schlesinger
Votes: 3,539 | Gross: $0.20M
33. Dürers Erben (1996)
60 min | Documentary
Director: Lutz Dammbeck | Stars: Bernhard Heisig, Sonja Kurella, Werner Tübke, Heinrich Witz
Votes: 8
34. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
Director: Werner Herzog | Stars: Elon Musk, Lawrence Krauss, Lucianne Walkowicz, Kevin Mitnick
Votes: 13,406 | Gross: $0.59M
35. Der Maler kam aus fremdem Land... (1989 TV Movie)
44 min | Documentary
Director: Lutz Dammbeck | Stars: Lutz Dammbeck, Hans-Hendrik Grimmling, Hans Scheib, Cornelia Schleime
36. 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: 39,661 | Gross: $12.32M
37. Story of a Young Couple (1952)
102 min | Drama
A young married couple-both actors-work in Cold War Berlin before the Wall is built. Agnes is on location in East Berlin, and Jochen, her husband, works at the Westend Theater in West ... See full summary »
Director: Kurt Maetzig | Stars: Yvonne Merin, Hans-Peter Thielen, Willy A. Kleinau, Hilde Sessak
Votes: 31
38. Frauenschicksale (1952)
102 min | Drama
Berlin, seven years after WWII. Four women are looking for happiness and a good man in the divided city. Their destinies are loosely connected through one person: the West Berlin dandy and ... See full summary »
Director: Slatan Dudow | Stars: Sonja Sutter, Lotte Loebinger, Anneliese Book, Susanne Düllmann
Votes: 48
39. Reggae in a Babylon (1978)
PG-13 | 55 min | Documentary, Music
The young, gifted and black generation of the 70's who started the British Reggae movement is captured in this unique documentary. Groove to the smooth sounds and see rare footage.
Director: Wolfgang Büld | Stars: Aswad, Alton Ellis, Jimmy Lindsay, Matumbi
Votes: 177
40. Age of the Gods (1992)
95 min | Documentary, History
"Young man, from now on you will only work for me". These were Adolf Hitler's words to the young sculptor Arno Breker in 1936. What would he commission from his new "Phidias"?
Director: Lutz Dammbeck
Votes: 26
41. Life off grid (2016)
86 min | Documentary, News
Off-grid is not a state of mind. It is not about being out of touch, living in a remote place, or turning off your mobile phone. Off-grid simply means living without a connection to the ... See full summary »
Director: Jonathan Taggart
Votes: 304
42. Titicut Follies (1967)
Unrated | 84 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside the Massachusetts Correctional Institution Bridgewater where people stay trapped in their madness.
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Votes: 5,105
43. For Those in Peril (2013)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Aaron, a young misfit living in a remote Scottish fishing community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Wright | Stars: George MacKay, Kate Dickie, Nichola Burley, Michael Smiley
Votes: 1,254
44. High School (1968)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students.
Director: Frederick Wiseman
Votes: 2,235
45. Black Mother (2018)
TV-MA | 77 min | Documentary
From red light districts to lush rain-forests, 'Black Mother' is a loving and lyrical ode to Jamaica and its people, a visual poem that is at once deeply felt love letter and ecstatic street-corner prayer.
Director: Khalik Allah
Votes: 541 | Gross: $0.02M
46. Pornland (2015)
35 min | Documentary, Short
An examination of the modern pornography industry and its affect on culture.
Director: Gail Dines | Stars: Jessica Alba, Kevin Bacon, Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus
Votes: 31
47. InRealLife (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, News
InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing to our children.
Director: Beeban Kidron | Stars: Ryan, Ben, Sherry Turkle, Nicholas Negroponte
Votes: 257
48. Yvy Maraey (2013)
107 min | Drama
A filmmaker tracing the steps of Swedish explorer Erland Nordeskiold travels with a Guarani Indian from the highlands of La Paz to the swamps in the forests of South Eastern Bolivia, a ... See full summary »
Director: Juan Carlos Valdivia | Stars: Juan Carlos Valdivia, Elio Ortíz, Felipe Román, Francisco Acosta
Votes: 94
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