Top Documentary Movies

The Beatles: Get Back

2021

• Genre
• Documentary·Music

My Octopus Teacher

2020

• Director
• Pippa Ehrlich

• Genre
• Documentary

The Social Dilemma

2020

• Director
• Jeff Orlowski

• Genre
• Documentary·Drama

American Factory

2019

• Director
• Steven Bognar

• Genre
• Documentary

Schumacher

2019

• Genre
• Documentary

They Shall Not Grow Old

2018

• Director
• Peter Jackson

• Genre
• Documentary·History·War

Fahrenheit 11/9

2018

• Director
• Michael Moore

• Genre
• Documentary

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017

• Director
• Chris Smith

• Genre
• Documentary

Tickled

2016

• Cast
• David Farrier·Dylan Reeve

• Director
• David Farrier·Dylan Reeve

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Untitled Sony Hack Documentary

2016

• Director
• Jehane Noujaim

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

I Am Not Your Negro

2016

• Cast
• Samuel L. Jackson

• Director
• Raoul Peck

• Genre
• Documentary·History

O.J.: Made in America

2016

• Cast
• O.j. Simpson

• Director
• Ezra Edelman

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Hot Girls Wanted

2015

• Cast
• Farrah Abraham·John Anthony·Rachel Bernard·Levi Cash

• Director
• Jill Bauer·Ronna Gradus

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Cartel Land

2015

• Cast
• José Manuel 'El Doctor' Mireles

• Director
• Matthew Heineman

• Genre
• Documentary· Action· Drama

• Language
• English·Spanish

Meru

2015

• Cast
• Conrad Anker·Grace Chin·Jimmy Chin·Amee Hinkley

• Director
• Jimmy Chin·Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

• Genre
• Documentary· Action· Adventure

• Language
• English

Cobain: Montage of Heck

2015

• Cast
• Aaron Burckhard·Chad Channing·Don Cobain·Jenny Cobain

• Director
• Brett Morgen

• Genre
• Documentary· Animation· Biography

• Language
• English

Amy

2015

• Cast
• Amy Winehouse·Lauren Gilbert·Juliette Ashby·Nick Shymansky

• Director
• Asif Kapadia

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Music

• Language
• English

Where to Invade Next

2015

• Cast
• Michael Moore·Krista Kiuru·Tim Walker

• Director
• Michael Moore

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• German·Norwegian·Arabic·Finnish·Portuguese·English·Italian·French

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

2015

• Cast
• Paul Haggis·Jason Beghe·Spanky Taylor·David Miscavige

• Director
• Alex Gibney

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Stolen Innocence

2014

• Cast
• Jan Broberg

• Director
• Skye Borgman

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz

2014

• Cast
• Tim Berners-Lee·Cindy Cohn·Gabriella Coleman·Cory Doctorow

• Director
• Brian Knappenberger

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Crime

• Language
• English

The Salt of the Earth

2014

• Cast
• Sebastião Salgado·Wim Wenders·Lélia Wanick Salgado·Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

• Director
• Juliano Ribeiro Salgado·Wim Wenders

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· History

• Language
• French·English·Portuguese

Citizenfour

2014

• Cast
• Edward Snowden·Glenn Greenwald·William Binney·Jacob Appelbaum

• Director
• Laura Poitras

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· History

• Language
• English·Portuguese·German

Endless Corridor

2014

• Cast
• Jeremy Irons

• Director
• Aleksandras Brokas·Mindaugas Urbonavicius

• Genre
• Documentary· Drama· History

• Language
• English

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret

2014

• Cast
• Lisa Agabian·Manucher Alemi·Lindsey Allen·Kip Andersen

• Director
• Kip Andersen·Keegan Kuhn

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Blackfish

2013

• Cast
• Tilikum·John Hargrove·Samantha Berg·Mark Simmons

• Director
• Gabriela Cowperthwaite

• Genre
• Documentary· Drama

• Language
• English·Spanish

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

• Cast
• Alejandro Jodorowsky·Amanda Lear·Brontis Jodorowsky·Chris Foss

• Director
• Frank Pavich

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· History

• Language
• English·French·German·Spanish

CM101MMXI Fundamentals

2013

• Cast
• Cem Yilmaz

• Director
• Murat Dundar

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Language
• Turkish

One Direction: This Is Us

2013

• Cast
• Niall Horan·Zayn Malik·Liam Payne·Harry Styles

• Director
• Morgan Spurlock

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Language
• English·Portuguese

The Imposter

2012

• Cast
• Nicholas Barclay·Carey Gibson·Bryan Gibson·Beverly Dollarhide

• Director
• Bart Layton

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography

• Language
• English·Spanish

Searching for Sugar Man

2012

• Cast
• Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman·Dennis Coffey·Mike Theodore·Dan DiMaggio

• Director
• Malik Bendjelloul

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Music

• Language
• English

Room 237

2012

• Cast
• Bill Blakemore·Geoffrey Cocks·Juli Kearns·John Fell Ryan

• Director
• Rodney Ascher

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

The Act of Killing

2012

• Cast
• Anwar Congo·Herman Koto·Syamsul Arifin·Ibrahim Sinik

• Director
• Joshua Oppenheimer·Anonymous·Christine Cynn

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Language
• Indonesian·English

Indie Game: The Movie

2012

• Cast
• Jonathan Blow·Phil Fish·Edmund McMillen·Tommy Refenes

• Director
• Lisanne Pajot·James Swirsky

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English·French

Jackass 3.5

2011

• Cast
• Johnny Knoxville·Ryan Dunn·Bam Margera·Steve-O

• Director
• Jeff Tremaine

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Language
• English

Into the Abyss

2011

• Cast
• Werner Herzog·Richard Lopez·Michael Perry·Damon Hall

• Director
• Werner Herzog

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime· Drama

• Language
• English

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2011

• Cast
• Masuhiro Yamamoto·Daisuke Nakazama·Hachiro Mizutani·Harutaki Takahashi

• Director
• David Gelb

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• Japanese

Samsara

2011

• Cast
• Balinese Tari Legong Dancers·Ni Made Megahadi Pratiwi·Puti Sri Candra Dewi·Putu Dinda Pratika

• Director
• Ron Fricke

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

2011

• Cast
• Peter Joseph·Robert Sapolsky·Gábor Máté·Richard Wilkinson

• Director
• Peter Joseph

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Restrepo

2010

• Cast
• The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team·Juan 'Doc Restrepo·Dan Kearney·LaMonta Caldwell

• Director
• Tim Hetherington·Sebastian Junger

• Genre
• Documentary· War

• Language
• English

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010

• Cast
• Werner Herzog·Jean Clottes·Julien Monney·Jean-Michel Geneste

• Director
• Werner Herzog

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Language
• English·German·French

Catfish

2010

• Cast
• Yaniv Schulman·Ariel Schulman·Henry Joost·Angela Wesselman-Pierce

• Director
• Henry Joost·Ariel Schulman

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Jackass 3D

2010

• Cast
• Johnny Knoxville·Bam Margera·Ryan Dunn·Steve-O

• Director
• Jeff Tremaine

• Genre
• Documentary· Action· Comedy

• Language
• English

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010

• Cast
• Banksy·Mr. Brainwash·Debora Guetta·Space Invader

• Director
• Banksy

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Language
• English·French

Senna

2010

• Cast
• Ayrton Senna·Alain Prost·Frank Williams·Ron Dennis

• Director
• Asif Kapadia

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Sport

• Language
• English·Portuguese·French·Japanese

Inside Job

2010

• Cast
• Matt Damon·William Ackman·Daniel Alpert·Jonathan Alpert

• Director
• Charles Ferguson

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime

• Language
• English

This Is It

2009

• Cast
• Michael Jackson·Alex Al·Alexandra Apjarova·Nick Bass

• Director
• Kenny Ortega

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Language
• English

Home

2009

• Cast
• Yann Arthus-Bertrand·Glenn Close·Jacques Gamblin

• Director
• Yann Arthus-Bertrand

• Genre
• Documentary· Drama· Family

• Language
• French·English·Russian·Spanish·German

The Cove

2009

• Cast
• Richard O'Barry·Louie Psihoyos·Hardy Jones·Michael Illiff

• Director
• Louie Psihoyos

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime

• Language
• English·Japanese

Capitalism: A Love Story

2009

• Cast
• William Black·Jimmy Carter·Elijah Cummings·Baron Hill

• Director
• Michael Moore

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English·Russian·Spanish

Zeitgeist: Addendum

2008

• Cast
• Jacque Fresco·Roxanne Meadows·John Perkins·George Carlin

• Director
• Peter Joseph

• Genre
• Documentary· History· War

• Language
• English

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

2008

• Cast
• Kurt Kuenne·Andrew Bagby·David Bagby·Kathleen Bagby

• Director
• Kurt Kuenne

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime· Drama

• Language
• English

Man on Wire

2008

• Cast
• Philippe Petit·Jean François Heckel·Jean-Louis Blondeau·Annie Allix

• Director
• James Marsh

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Crime

• Language
• English·French

Religulous

2008

• Cast
• Bill Maher·Tal Bachman·Jonathan Boulden·Steve Burg

• Director
• Larry Charles

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy· War

• Language
• English·Hebrew·Arabic·Persian·Spanish

Food, Inc.

2008

• Cast
• Eric Schlosser·Richard Lobb·Vince Edwards·Carole Morison

• Director
• Robert Kenner

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Anvil: The Story of Anvil

2008

• Cast
• Scott Ian·Lemmy·Malcolm Dome·Lars Ulrich

• Director
• Sacha Gervasi

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Drama

• Language
• English

Jackass 2.5

2007

• Cast
• Johnny Knoxville·Bam Margera·Preston Lacy·Dave England

• Director
• Jeff Tremaine

• Genre
• Documentary· Action· Comedy

• Language
• English·Russian

Sicko

2007

• Cast
• Michael Moore·Tucker Albrizzi·Tony Benn·George W. Bush

• Director
• Michael Moore

• Genre
• Documentary· Drama

• Language
• English·French·Spanish·Russian

Encounters at the End of the World

2007

• Cast
• Werner Herzog·Scott Rowland·Stefan Pashov·Doug MacAyeal

• Director
• Werner Herzog

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English·Spanish

Taxi to the Dark Side

2007

• Cast
• Alex Gibney·Brian Keith Allen·Moazzam Begg·Christopher Beiring

• Director
• Alex Gibney

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime· War

• Language
• English

Zeitgeist

2007

• Cast
• Chogyam Trungpa·Jordan Maxwell·George Carlin·Bill Hicks

• Director
• Peter Joseph

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Language
• English

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

2007

• Cast
• Steve Wiebe·Mark Alpiger·Adam Wood·Walter Day

• Director
• Seth Gordon

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Sport

• Language
• English

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

2006

• Cast
• Kimberly Peirce·Jon Lewis·David Ansen·Martin Garbus

• Director
• Kirby Dick

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Jesus Camp

2006

• Cast
• Lou Engle·Becky Fischer·Ted Haggard·Mike Papantonio

• Director
• Heidi Ewing·Rachel Grady

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Jackass Number Two

2006

• Cast
• Johnny Knoxville·Bam Margera·Steve-O·Chris Pontius

• Director
• Jeff Tremaine

• Genre
• Documentary· Action· Comedy

• Language
• English

An Inconvenient Truth

2006

• Cast
• Al Gore·Billy West

• Director
• Davis Guggenheim

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

2005

• Cast
• John Beard·Tim Belden·Barbara Boxer·George W. Bush

• Director
• Alex Gibney

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

The Aristocrats

2005

• Cast
• Chris Albrecht·Jason Alexander·Hank Azaria·Shelley Berman

• Director
• Paul Provenza

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Language
• English

Grizzly Man

2005

• Cast
• Werner Herzog·Carol Dexter·Val Dexter·Sam Egli

• Director
• Werner Herzog

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography

• Language
• English

March of the Penguins

2005

• Cast
• Charles Berling·Romane Bohringer·Jules Sitruk·Morgan Freeman

• Director
• Luc Jacquet

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• French·English

Earthlings

2005

• Cast
• Joaquin Phoenix

• Director
• Shaun Monson

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

2004

• Cast
• James Hetfield·Lars Ulrich·Kirk Hammett·Robert Trujillo

• Director
• Joe Berlinger·Bruce Sinofsky

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Language
• English

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

2004

• Cast
• Kochi·Avijit Halder·Shanti Das·Manik

• Director
• Zana Briski·Ross Kauffman

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• Bengali·English

Super Size Me

2004

• Cast
• Chemeeka Walker·Dania Abu-Rmaileh·Amanda Kearsan·Christian Baucher

• Director
• Morgan Spurlock

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy· Drama

• Language
• English

Fahrenheit 9/11

2004

• Cast
• Ben Affleck·Stevie Wonder·George W. Bush·James Baker III

• Director
• Michael Moore

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy· Drama

• Language
• English·Arabic

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

2003

• Cast
• Robert McNamara

• Director
• Errol Morris

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· History

• Language
• English

The Corporation

2003

• Cast
• Mikela Jay·Rob Beckwermert·Christopher Gora·Nina Jones

• Director
• Mark Achbar·Jennifer Abbott

• Genre
• Documentary· History

• Language
• English·Spanish

Touching the Void

2003

• Cast
• Brendan Mackey·Nicholas Aaron·Richard Hawking·Joe Simpson

• Director
• Kevin MacDonald

• Genre
• Documentary· Adventure· Drama

• Language
• English

Capturing the Friedmans

2003

• Cast
• Arnold Friedman·Elaine Friedman·David Friedman·Seth Friedman

• Director
• Andrew Jarecki

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography

• Language
• English

Bowling for Columbine

2002

• Cast
• Michael Moore·Salvador Allende·Jacobo Arbenz·Mike Bradley

• Director
• Michael Moore

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime· Drama

• Language
• English

Jackass: The Movie

2002

• Cast
• Johnny Knoxville·Bam Margera·Steve-O·Chris Pontius

• Director
• Jeff Tremaine

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Language
• English

Buena Vista Social Club

1999

• Cast
• Compay Segundo·Eliades Ochoa·Ry Cooder·Joachim Cooder

• Director
• Wim Wenders

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Language
• English·Spanish

American Movie

1999

• Cast
• Mark Borchardt·Tom Schimmels·Monica Borchardt·Alex Borchardt

• Director
• Chris Smith

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

When We Were Kings

1996

• Cast
• Muhammad Ali·George Foreman·Don King·James Brown

• Director
• Leon Gast

• Genre
• Documentary· History· Sport

• Language
• English

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

1996

• Cast
• Tony Brooks·Diana Davis·Terry Wood·Dick Clay

• Director
• Joe Berlinger·Bruce Sinofsky

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime· Drama

• Language
• English

Crumb

1994

• Cast
• Robert Crumb·Aline Kominsky·Charles Crumb·Maxon Crumb

• Director
• Terry Zwigoff

• Genre
• Documentary· Biography· Comedy

• Language
• English

Hoop Dreams

1994

• Cast
• William Gates·Arthur Agee·Emma Gates·Curtis Gates

• Director
• Steve James

• Genre
• Documentary· Drama· Sport

• Language
• English

Baraka

1992

• Cast
• Patrick Disanto

• Director
• Ron Fricke

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

• Cast
• Francis Ford Coppola·Eleanor Coppola·Orson Welles·John Milius

• Director
• Fax Bahr·George Hickenlooper·Eleanor Coppola

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

Roger & Me

1989

• Cast
• Michael Moore·Roger B. Smith·Rhonda Britton·Fred Ross

• Director
• Michael Moore

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English

The Thin Blue Line

1988

• Cast
• Randall Adams·David Harris·Gus Rose·Jackie Johnson

• Director
• Errol Morris

• Genre
• Documentary· Crime· Drama

• Language
• English

Eddie Murphy: Raw

1987

• Cast
• Eddie Murphy·Tatyana Ali·Billie Allen·James Brown III

• Director
• Robert Townsend

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Language
• English

Eddie Murphy: Delirious

1983

• Cast
• Eddie Murphy·James Argiro

• Director
• Bruce Gowers

• Genre
• Documentary· Comedy

• Language
• English

Koyaanisqatsi

1982

• Cast
• Lou Dobbs·Ted Koppel

• Director
• Godfrey Reggio

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Language
• None

The Last Waltz

1978

• Cast
• The Band·Rick Danko·Robbie Robertson·Richard Manuel

• Director
• Martin Scorsese

• Genre
• Documentary· Music

• Language
• English·Middle English

Pumping Iron

1977

• Cast
• Arnold Schwarzenegger·Lou Ferrigno·Matty Ferrigno·Victoria Ferrigno

• Director
• George Butler·Robert Fiore

• Genre
• Documentary· Sport

• Language
• English

F for Fake

1973

• Cast
• Orson Welles·Oja Kodar·François Reichenbach·Elmyr de Hory

• Director
• Orson Welles

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• English·French·Spanish

Woodstock

1970

• Cast
• Richie Havens·Joan Baez·The Who·Sha-na-na

• Director
• Michael Wadleigh

• Genre
• Documentary· History· Music

• Language
• English

Night and Fog

1955

• Cast
• Michel Bouquet·Reinhard Heydrich·Heinrich Himmler·Adolf Hitler

• Director
• Alain Resnais

• Genre
• Documentary· Short· History

• Language
• French

Man with a Movie Camera

1929

• Cast
• Mikhail Kaufman

• Director
• Dziga Vertov

• Genre
• Documentary

• Language
• Silent film