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1. Inside Job (2010)
PG-13 | 109 min | Documentary, Crime
Takes a closer look at what brought about the 2008 financial meltdown.
Director: Charles Ferguson | Stars: Matt Damon, Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnason, Sigridur Benediktsdottir
Votes: 78,999 | Gross: $4.31M
2. Too Big to Fail (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 99 min | Biography, Drama, History
Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.
Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt, Erin Dilly
Votes: 19,109
3. Maidan (2014)
134 min | Documentary
A look at the 2013 and 2014 civil unrest in the Ukrainian capital's central square.
Director: Sergey Loznitsa
Votes: 1,214
4. 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: 3,116
5. Spinning Boris (2003 TV Movie)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama
Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber, Boris Lee Krutonog
Votes: 1,313
6. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu (2010)
Not Rated | 180 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The film explores the image of the Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu using unknown official footage from the Romanian National Television and National Film Archives.
Director: Andrei Ujica | Stars: Nicolae Ceausescu, Elena Ceausescu, Stefan Andrei, Gheorghe Apostol
Votes: 1,639 | Gross: $0.03M
7. Democracy Now! (2001– )
60 min | News, Talk-Show
Journalist Amy Goodman hosts this independent news program which features international journalists, grassroots leaders, independent analysts, as well as ordinary people directly affected by world events and U.S. policy.
Stars: Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Shaikh, Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Votes: 477
8. Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012)
Not Rated | 70 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Filmmaker Alex Gibney investigates the fact that the 400 richest Americans control more wealth than the 150 million people in the bottom 50 percent of the population.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Paul Piff, Anne Rueth, Colin Dunkley
Votes: 1,390
9. Putin, Russia and the West (2011)
60 min | Documentary
Four-part documentary exploring how Russia has been resurrected by Vladimir Putin.
Stars: Rupert Graves, Condoleezza Rice, Sergei Ivanov, Sergei Prikhodko
Votes: 424
10. Khodorkovsky (2011)
Not Rated | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Khodorkovsky, the richest Russian, challenges President Putin. A fight of the titans begins. Putin warns him. But Khodorkovsky comes back to Russia knowing that he will be imprisoned, once ... See full summary »
Director: Cyril Tuschi | Stars: Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Pavel Khodorkovsky, Marina Khodorkovskaya, Lena Khodorkovskaya
Votes: 978 | Gross: $0.03M
11. Laboratory Greece (2019)
165 min | Documentary
A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories.
Director: Jacopo Brogi | Stars: Filippo Abbate, Konrad Adenauer, Salvador Allende, Rania Antonopoulos
Votes: 32
12. On vam ne Dimon (2017)
50 min | Documentary
Don't call him Dimon is a 2017 Russian documentary film about the corrupt affairs of Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. According to the film, Dmitry Medvedev has stolen property estimated to be worth about $1.2 billion.
Director: Alexei Navalny | Stars: Georgy Alburov, Dmitry Medvedev, Alexei Navalny, Alisher Usmanov
Votes: 4,000
13. Mobutu, roi du Zaïre (1999)
135 min | Documentary
Thiery Michel takes an in-depth look at the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. A man of "modest roots" who had a Catholic upbringing, Mobutu was sent to the army by his father for insubordination. ... See full summary »
Director: Thierry Michel | Stars: Raymond Barre, Jacques Chirac, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Mobutu Sese Seko
Votes: 216
14. Whoismisterputin (2015)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
The film documents the origins of Russian President Vladimir Putin's private wealth and subsequent rise to power after an alliance built in the early 1990s between himself, certain friends from Leningrad's KGB, and mafia groups.
Director: Valeriy Balayan | Stars: Yuri Makarov, Vladimir Putin, Marina Salye, Aleksandr Anikin
Votes: 23
15. Russian Godfathers (2005 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
This BBC documentary series examines the relationship between Russia's richest men ("the oligarchs") and Putin's administration in the Kremlin. The series follows each one in turn to find ... See full summary »
Director: Patrick Forbes | Stars: Boris Berezovsky, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Gusinsky, Roman Abramovich
Votes: 54
16. Kreml, Kaviar und Milliarden - Russlands neue Zaren (2009 TV Movie)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Gero von Boehm | Stars: Gero von Boehm, Roman Abramovich, Boris Berezovsky, Nurlan Kapparov
Votes: 8
17. Pray for Ukraine (2015)
85 min | Documentary
Three difficult month of Maidan! Ukrainian people united together at Kiev's historic square called Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) came out to voice theire feelings and emotions ... See full summary »
Director: Evgeny Afineevsky | Stars: Bishop Agapit, Kristina Berdinskikh, Kurganskyi Eduard, Mykhailo Havryliuk
Votes: 62
18. Islamic Fundamentalism & Democracy (1993 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Julie Gal | Stars: Ahmed Bishara, Edward P. Djerejian, Osama El Baz, King Hussein
19. The Afghan Solution (2011 Video)
53 min | Documentary, War
THE AFGHAN SOLUTION: A gripping narrative filled with interviews from insiders that illustrates the value of revisiting the original US strategies to rout the Taliban in the days ... See full summary »
Director: Josie Maynard | Stars: Jason Amerine, George W. Bush, James Dobbins, Abdul Rashid Dostum
Votes: 12
20. Generation Maidan: A Year of Revolution & War (2015 TV Movie)
79 min | Documentary, History, War
They took on a powerful autocrat and won Ukraine's Maidan Revolution by putting their lives on the line in Kiev's main square. But that was only the first battle of the young idealists of ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Tkach | Stars: Alina Beskrovna, Olena Danylovych, Ivan Doan, Oksana Koval
Votes: 9
21.
Independent Lens (1999– )
Episode:
Imelda
(2003)
Unrated | 103 min | Documentary
A "beyond the shoes" documentary on the former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos.
Director: Ramona S. Diaz | Stars: Imelda Marcos, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Imee Marcos, Fe Bautista
Votes: 251
22.
Generation of Change (2017)
Episode:
Russlands Rückkehr
(2017)
90 min | Documentary
Directors: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Matthias Schmidt, Maarten van der Duin | Stars: Irakli Alassania, Tatyana Bulatova, Nino Burjanadze, George W. Bush
Votes: 6
23.
Putin: A Russian Spy Story (2020)
Episode:
Enemies and Traitors
(2020)
TV-14 | 46 min | Documentary, Biography
Putin returns to power under a storm after a four-year absence, but his attempts to improve his popularity are hobbled by accusations of corruption.
Director: Nick Green | Stars: Roman Abramovich, Boris Berezovsky, Tony Blair, Bill Browder
Votes: 64
24.
Can't Get You Out of My Head (2021)
Episode:
Are We Pigeon? Or are We Dancer
(2021)
120 min | Documentary, History
The final episode tells how the strange paralysis that grips us today was created. How all the different forces of our age - that started out as separate have come together to create what ... See full summary »
Star: Adam Curtis
Votes: 97
25.
Mr. Beat (2011– )
Episode:
Every Type of Government Explained
(2021)
18 min | Documentary, History
Governments are generally divided into two types; democracy and authoritarian. Both date back to the dawn civilization but democracies today are the most common type of government having ... See full summary »
Stars: Matthew Beat, David Miano
26.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Confronting the Contradictions of America's Past
(2012)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
Confronting the Contradictions of America's Past.
Stars: Bill Moyers, Khalil Gibran Muhammad
27.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Elections for Sale
(2012)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
How American elections are bought and sold, who covers the cost, and how the rest of us pay the price.
Stars: Stephen Colbert, Bill Moyers, Barack Obama, Trevor Potter
28.
Moyers & Company (2012–2015)
Episode:
Plutocracy Rising
(2012)
TV-G | 57 min | News, Talk-Show
How far America's mega-wealthy will go to keep the One Percent in charge.
Stars: Chrystia Freeland, Bill Moyers, Matt Taibbi
29.
Vice News (2013– )
Episode:
Sochi 2014: Mountains of Money
(2014)
Documentary
The Olympics are as much about money as they are about sports. Between merchandising, sponsorships, broadcasting rights, and construction of the Olympic venues themselves, there's a lot of ... See full summary »
Star: Simon Ostrovsky
Votes: 5
30.
The Vietnam War (2017)
Episode:
Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)
(2017)
TV-MA | 82 min | Documentary, History, War
President John F. Kennedy and his advisors consider how deeply the U.S. should get involved in South Vietnam as a communist insurgency and Buddhist protests intensify.
Directors: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, John Musgrave, Jack Todd, Bao Ninh
Votes: 887
31.
Dispatches (1987– )
Episode:
Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack
(2018)
48 min | Documentary, News
Matt Frei examines former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal's past - and the murky world of espionage, politics and crime - to find potential motives for his poisoning in Salisbury.
Directors: Adrian Gatton, Steven Grandison, Richard Nash, Duncan Staff | Stars: Matt Frei, Boris Johnson, Theresa May, Vladimir Putin
Votes: 12