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1. Human (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 263 min | Documentary
A collection of stories about and images of our world, offering an immersion to the core of what it means to be human.
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand | Stars: Luis Cancu, Atman, Berthony, Bruno
Votes: 8,826
2. Neurons to Nirvana (2013)
85 min | Documentary, History, News
A stylish, in depth look at the renaissance in psychedelic drug research in light of current scientific, medical and cultural knowledge.
Director: Oliver Hockenhull | Stars: Lesley Ewen, Dennis J. McKenna, David Healy, David E. Nichols
Votes: 1,310
3. Samadhi (2017)
PG | 60 min | Documentary
Samadhi Part 1 is the first installment in a series of films exploring Samadhi, an ancient Sanskrit word which points toward the mystical or transcendent union that is at the root of all spirituality and self inquiry.
Director: Daniel Schmidt
Votes: 755
4. D'autres mondes (2004)
90 min | Documentary
The secrets about unlocking the mysteries of consciousness by plant-drugs. The related chances and risks involved in this shamanism.
Director: Jan Kounen | Stars: Pablo Amaringo, Guillermo Arévalo, Michel Boccara, J.C. Callaway
Votes: 378
5. Terence McKenna's True Hallucinations (2016)
Documentary
An experimental documentary about Terence McKenna's adventure into the Amazon basin and the ideas that sprang from those events, resulting in an eschatological theory of time and a lifetime... See full summary »
Director: Peter Bergmann | Star: Terence McKenna
Votes: 177
6. Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Documentary, History
There is one vibratory field that connects all things. It has been called Akasha, Logos, the primordial OM, the music of the spheres, the Higgs field, dark energy, and a thousand other names throughout history.
Director: Daniel Schmidt | Star: Patrick Sweeney
Votes: 2,307
7. What If? The Movie (2009)
119 min | Documentary
Within you sits the power to move mountains, manifest instantly, live in the Divine Reality of unconditional love, and be, do and have everything you could ever want. Why? It's already who you are, you've just learned to limit it.
Director: James A. Sinclair | Stars: Joseph Dispenza, Md Bernie Siegel, Brandon Bays, Masaru Emoto
Votes: 306
8. Headspace Guide to Meditation (2021)
TV-G | 173 min | Documentary, Animation
Over the course of eight animated episodes, Andy Puddicombe—former Buddhist monk and co-founder of the globally beloved Headspace meditation app—takes viewers through the benefits and science behind meditation.
Star: Andy Puddicombe
Votes: 1,866
9. Constantin si Elena (2009)
102 min | Documentary, Comedy, Family
A warm documentary about an elderly Romanian couple. Each day, they still manage to enjoy life and each other, but grieve over the finiteness of it all.
Director: Andrei Dascalescu | Stars: Constantin Vinca, Elena Vinca
Votes: 330
10. Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen (2008 Video)
120 min | Documentary
Richard Dawkins is joined by Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens to discuss science, god, religion and much more.
Director: Josh Timonen | Stars: Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett, Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens
Votes: 458
11. Dawkins: Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (2012– )
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary
Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God's purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives. In ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais
Votes: 612
12. Samadhi Part 2: (It's Not What You Think) (2018)
71 min | Documentary
Samadhi Movie. Part 2 (It's not what you think) is the second installment of a series of films exploring Samadhi.
Director: Daniel Schmidt
Votes: 349
13. Baraka (1992)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary
A collection of expertly photographed scenes of human life and religion.
Director: Ron Fricke | Star: Patrick Disanto
Votes: 40,979 | Gross: $1.33M
14. Terra (2015 TV Movie)
98 min | Documentary
A visually stunning documentary that reflects human's relationship to other species on Earth as humanity becomes more and more isolated from Nature.
Directors: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michael Pitiot | Star: Vanessa Paradis
Votes: 2,006
15. From Shock to Awe (2019)
R | 87 min | Documentary, War
From Shock to Awe, an intimate and raw look at the transformational journey of two combat veterans suffering from severe trauma as they abandon pharmaceuticals to seek relief through the mind-expanding world of psychedelics.
Director: Luc Côté
Votes: 74
16. Trip of Compassion (2017)
83 min | Documentary
Thousands of victims of PTSD in Israel live with no hope. In recent years an innovative treatment for PTSD was developed - psycho active substances. The film documents victims of PTSD, over... See full summary »
Director: Gil Karni
Votes: 106
17. Dosed (2019)
82 min | Documentary
After years of prescription medications failed her, a woman turns to the underground to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine, like magic mushrooms and iboga.
Director: Tyler Chandler | Stars: Adrianne, Tyler Chandler, Nicholas Meyers, Rick Doblin
Votes: 741
18. #Female Pleasure (2018)
101 min | Documentary
#FEMALE PLEASURE embarks on a journey to discover the remaining obstacles that stand in the way of female sexuality in the 21st century.
Director: Barbara Miller | Stars: Deborah Feldman, Leyla Hussein, Rokudenashiko, Doris Wagner
Votes: 679
19. Deus Cérebro (2021– )
52 min | Documentary
This documentary series helps unravel the mystery of the brain.
Stars: Michio Kaku, Lisa Feldman Barrett, António Damásio
Votes: 78
20. Embrace: The Documentary (I) (2016)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary
Embrace follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt's crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies.
Director: Taryn Brumfitt | Stars: Taryn Brumfitt, Renee Airya, Linda Bacon, Jes Baker
Votes: 1,051
21. The Mask You Live In (2015)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, News
Explores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.
Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom | Stars: Joe Herman, Michael Kimmel, Caroline Heldman, Tony Porter
Votes: 2,798
22. 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: 3,236 | Gross: $0.15M
23. What Is a Woman? (2022)
95 min | Documentary
Political commentator Matt Walsh explores the changing concepts of sex and gender in the digital age, particularly the transgender rights movement, anti-transgender bigotry, and what it means to be a woman.
Director: Justin Folk | Stars: Matt Walsh, Gert Comfrey, Marci Bowers, Don Sucher
Votes: 42,061
24. How Thoughts Become Things (2020)
Documentary
In his fourth personal development film, Douglas Vermeeren shares the answers behind How Thoughts Become Things. In this film Vermeeren, along with a familiar cast of Bob Proctor, John ... See full summary »
Director: Douglas Vermeeren | Stars: John Assaraf, John Demartini, Travis W. Fox, Bob Proctor
Votes: 7
25. Brené Brown: The Call to Courage (2019)
76 min | Documentary, Drama
Brené Brown compares courage to vulnerability and gives her audience a call to take chances.
Director: Sandra Restrepo | Star: Brené Brown
Votes: 1,840
26. Dancing with the Birds (2019)
52 min | Documentary
From ruffling their majestic feathers to nailing im-peck-able courtship routines, birds in paradise flaunt their best moves in hopes of landing a mate.
Director: Huw Cordey | Star: Stephen Fry
Votes: 2,756
27. Extremis (2016)
TV-PG | 24 min | Documentary, Short
Witness the wrenching emotions that accompany end-of-life decisions as doctors, patients and families in a hospital ICU face harrowing choices.
Director: Dan Krauss | Stars: Monica Bhargava, Jessica Zitter
Votes: 2,681
28. Stutz (2022)
R | 96 min | Documentary
Follow Hill and his therapist as he has candid discussions of mental health and the progressively worsening anxiety attacks related to movie promotion that have turned his dream job into a nightmare.
Director: Jonah Hill | Stars: Sharon Feldstein, Jonah Hill, Phil Stutz
Votes: 17,639
29. The Reality of Me (TROM) (2011)
Documentary
From The Big Bang to The Monetary System, Religion, Human Behaviour, War or Slavery, to a new Global Social System, TROM Documentary tries to analyze the world we live in.
Stars: George Carlin, Richard Dawkins, Aubrey de Grey, Richard Feynman
Votes: 371
30. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward (2011)
Not Rated | 161 min | Documentary
A feature length documentary work which presents a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Peter Joseph, Robert Sapolsky, Gabor Maté, Richard Wilkinson
Votes: 18,743
31. Zeitgeist: Addendum (2008 Video)
Not Rated | 123 min | Documentary, History, War
Zeitgeist: Addendum attempts to locate the root causes of the pervasive social corruption, while also offering a solution.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows, John Perkins, George Carlin
Votes: 18,687
32. Future by Design (2006)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Sci-Fi
Future by Design shares the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught ... See full summary »
Director: William Gazecki | Stars: William Gazecki, Jacque Fresco, Larry King, Roxanne Meadows
Votes: 1,443
33. Paradise or Oblivion (2012)
45 min | Documentary
A documentary to introduce the aims and proposals of the Venus Project.
Director: Roxanne Meadows | Stars: Jacque Fresco, Roxanne Meadows
Votes: 962
34. The Choice Is Ours (2015)
59 min | Documentary
The series shows an optimistic vision of the world if we apply science & technology for the benefit of all people and the environment.
Directors: Joel Holt, Roxanne Meadows | Stars: Erin Ade, Larry Brown, Erik Brynjolfsson, Jessie Dyal
Votes: 615
35. Owned & Operated (2012)
106 min | Documentary
Owned & Operated is a mosaic of the world through the lens of the Internet. Showing our lives as consumers, under the thumbs of privileged individuals and their methods of control. But the ... See full summary »
Director: Relic | Stars: Jiddu Krishnamurti, The Dalai Lama, George Carlin, Eric Schurenberg
Votes: 519
36. The Ataxian (2015)
81 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
Faced with a debilitating, terminal disease, and barely able to walk, one man inspires thousands when he races his bicycle across America in the world's toughest sporting event.
Directors: Zack Bennett, Kevin Schlanser | Stars: Kyle Bryant, Sean Baumstark, Sean Baumstark, Diane Bryant
Votes: 234
37. Be Here Now (2015)
100 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
As though life is imitating art, actor and sex-symbol, Andy Whitfield, had just become a star as the lead in the hit television series,'Spartacus,' when he is faced with his biggest ... See full summary »
Director: Lilibet Foster | Stars: Jai Courtney, Andy Whitfield, Indigo Whitfield, Jesse Whitfield
Votes: 3,559 | Gross: $0.02M
38. This Way of Life (2009)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Action, Adventure
A lionhearted father struggles valiantly to create a life of idyllic simplicity for his family.
Director: Thomas Burstyn | Stars: Peter Karena, Colleen Karena, Llewelyn Ottley-Karena, Aurora Ottley-Karena
Votes: 495
39. 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: 3,381
40. Mully (2015)
TV-PG | 81 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A homeless orphan in Kenya becomes a lucrative businessman, only to give it all up and open an orphanage that today serves over 2000 Kenyan children.
Director: Scott Haze | Stars: Charles Mully, Esther Mully, Isaac Mulli, Ndondo Mulli
Votes: 455
41. Success Formula (2021)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Family
A film where famous athletes - World and Olympic Champions, athletes, chess players, scientists, artists talk about their path to success.
Director: Alex Davidson | Stars: Woody Allen, Jennifer Aniston, Nicolas Cage, Magnus Carlsen
Votes: 606
42. I Am (III) (2010)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Tom Shadyac, Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Ray Anderson
Votes: 3,898 | Gross: $1.57M
43. Earthlings (2005)
95 min | Documentary
Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.
Director: Shaun Monson | Star: Joaquin Phoenix
Votes: 19,801
44. The Wisdom of Trauma (2021)
87 min | Documentary
1 in 5 Americans are diagnosed with mental illness every year. Suicide is the second most common cause of death in the US for youth aged 15-24, and kills over 48,300 in the US and 800,000 ... See full summary »
Directors: Maurizio Benazzo, Zaya Benazzo | Stars: Russell Brand, James Doty, Tim Ferriss, Gabor Maté
Votes: 1,526
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