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| 1 |  | Rivers and Tides (2001) |  3.4188 24 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$16.95
| This is a documentary about a British nature artist named Andy Goldworthy. Andy uses objects found ...more about Rivers and Tides starring Andy Goldsworthy |
| 2 |  | Deliver Us From Evil (2006) | 3.3599 86 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$12.08
| This disturbing documentary explores the pedophilic activities of father Oliver O'Grady as he was ...more about Deliver Us From Evil starring Thomas Doyle and Oliver O'Grady |
| 3 |  | F for Fake (1974) | 3.3504 26 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$23.99
| The last documentary film by Orson Welles called “F for Fake” is about the trickery, fraud and ...more about F for Fake starring Orson Welles and Oja Kodar |
| 4 |  | Touching the Void (2003) | 3.3501 266 reviews | R | Drama, Documentary, Sports |
$7.99
| Joe is injured in a fall while mountain climbing. Unable to climb down on his own Simon attaches ...more about Touching the Void starring Brendan Mackey |
| 5 |  | Winged Migration (2003) | 3.3276 220 reviews | G | Documentary |
$6.59
| This documentary examines the migratory patterns of birds through forty countries and all seven ...more about Winged Migration |
| 6 |  | Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) | 3.3139 131 reviews | PG-13 | War, Biography, Documentary |
$8.55
| Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations tells his ...more about Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara starring Robert McNamara and Fidel Castro |
| 7 |  | Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time (2002) | 3.2842 112 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$16.95
| Thomas Riedelsheimer's documentary about Scottish sculptor Andy Goldsworthy and his work. ...more about Rivers and Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working with Time |
| 8 |  | American Movie (1999) | 3.2547 173 reviews | R | Documentary |
$13.20
| On the northwest side of Milwaukee, Mark Borchardt dreams the American dream: for him, it's making ...more about American Movie starring Mark Borchardt and Monica Borchardt |
| 9 |  | Capturing the Friedmans (2003) |  3.2420 312 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$21.55
| The Friedmans are a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly ...more about Capturing the Friedmans |
| 10 |  | Murderball (2005) | 3.2120 263 reviews | R | Documentary, Sports |
$11.99
| Quad rugby as played by the US team, between 2002 games in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in ...more about Murderball |
| 11 |  | Bus 174 (2003) | 3.2052 118 reviews | Not Rated | Crime, Documentary, Foreign |
$7.15
| In the summer of 2000, a man hijacked a Rio de Janeiro bus and threatened to kill all its occupants. ...more about Bus 174 starring Yvonne Bezerra de Mello and Sandro do Nascimento |
| 12 |  | March of the Penguins (2005) | 3.1998 225 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary, Foreign |
$5.99
| This documentary chronicles one year in the life of an emperor penguin flock. ...more about March of the Penguins |
| 13 |  | Hoop Dreams (1994) | 3.1933 68 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary, Sports |
$16.99
| This documentary follows two inner-city Chicago residents, Arthur Agee and William Gates, as they ...more about Hoop Dreams starring William Gates and Arthur Agee |
| 14 |  | Born Into Brothels (2004) | 3.1924 134 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$8.43
| ...more about Born Into Brothels |
| 15 |  | Stevie (2002) | 3.1891 124 reviews | R | Documentary |
$11.18
| He began a film, a search, to discover not only what had happened to Stevie over the past ten years ...more about Stevie starring Steve James and Tonya Gregory |
| 16 |  | Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929) | 3.1849 25 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$17.45
| This playful film is at once a documentary of a day in the life of the Soviet Union, a documentary ...more about Chelovek s kino-apparatom |
| 17 | | My Voyage to Italy (2001) | 3.1690 30 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$12.76
| A four-hour odyssey through the history of Italian cinema and its influences on Scorsese's ...more about My Voyage to Italy |
| 18 | | Story of the Weeping Camel, The (2004) | 3.1681 131 reviews | PG | Documentary, Foreign |
$19.95
| Set amid the cast expanse of South Mongolia's Gobi Desert, this film follows the adventures of ...more about Story of the Weeping Camel |
| 19 |  | Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) | 3.1632 168 reviews | PG | Musical, Documentary, Music |
$13.90
| An intimate and in-depth look at the stories and meaning behind the lyrics of singer/songwriter ...more about Neil Young: Heart of Gold starring Emmylou Harris and Ben Keith |
| 20 |  | Spellbound (2002) | 3.1526 105 reviews | G | Documentary |
$5.99
| Every spring since 1925, Scripps Howard newspapers sponsor spelling bees at grade schools across ...more about Spellbound starring Harry Altman and Angela Arenivar |
| 21 |  | Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999) | 3.1476 152 reviews | PG-13 | Biography, Documentary |
$9.99
| A self proclaimed expert in various death penalty procedures, Fred Leuchter Jr. was hired by a ...more about Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter starring Robert Jan Van Pelt |
| 22 |  | To Be and to Have (2003) | 3.1372 113 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary, Foreign |
$20.85
| Inspired by the French phenomenon of 'single-class' schools, this film charts the life of ...more about To Be and to Have |
| 23 |  | When We Were Kings (1996) | 3.1323 90 reviews | PG | History, Documentary, Sports |
$9.99
| It's 1974, Muhammed Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Forman is ten years ...more about When We Were Kings starring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman |
| 24 | | Return with Honor (1998) | 3.1277 33 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$15.00
| ...more about Return with Honor |
| 25 |  | 49 Up (2006) | 3.1254 22 reviews | Not Rated | Fantasy, Science Fiction, Documentary, Foreign, , Biopic |
$19.95
| A continuation of the award-winning series "7 Up." Every seven years the children are interviewed ...more about 49 Up starring Bruce Balden and Jacqueline Bassett |
| 26 |  | Grey Gardens (1975) | 3.1117 39 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$24.99
| The Maysles brothers pay visits to Edith Bouvier Beale, nearing 80, and her daughter Edie. ...more about Grey Gardens |
| 27 |  | Gimme Shelter (1970) | 3.1035 63 reviews | NA | Documentary, Music |
$23.99
| In December of 1969, four months after Woodstock, the Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane gave a ...more about Gimme Shelter |
| 28 |  | Filth and the Fury, The (2000) | 3.1024 120 reviews | R | Musical, Documentary, Music |
$13.09
| A documentary about the punk band The Sex Pistols. The film tries to lit some of the backgrounds of ...more about Filth and the Fury starring Paul Cook and Stephen Phillip Jones |
| 29 |  | Heart of the Game, The (2006) | 3.1004 116 reviews | PG-13 | Teen, Documentary, Sports |
$19.99
| An inexperienced coach’s passion and enthusiasm for basketball encourages a high school girls ...more about Heart of the Game starring Ludacris (narrator) and Devon Crosby Helms |
| 30 |  | Festival Express (2004) | 3.0990 101 reviews | R | Musical, Documentary, Music |
$12.71
| A rousing record of a little-known, but monumental, moment in rock n roll history. Set in 1970, ...more about Festival Express |
| 31 |  | Grizzly Man (2005) | 3.0943 288 reviews | R | Biography, Documentary |
$8.99
| Environmentalist and animal rights activist Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers living and studying ...more about Grizzly Man |
| 32 |  | Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965 (2007) | 3.0940 16 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$18.99
| A documentary depicting the 1965 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial. After 20 months, more than 300 ...more about Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965 |
| 33 |  | Woodstock (1970) | 3.0907 22 reviews | R | History, Documentary, Music |
$15.90
| An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation ...more about Woodstock starring Richie Havens and Joan Baez |
| 34 |  | Tarnation (2004) | 3.0852 27 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Documentary | N/A | Jonathan Caouette's film reimagines the whole idea of what a documentary can be. He weaves a ...more about Tarnation |
| 35 |  | Bowling for Columbine (2002) | 3.0831 432 reviews | R | Documentary |
$4.86
| The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms ...more about Bowling for Columbine |
| 36 |  | Last Waltz, The (1978) | 3.0805 55 reviews | NA | Documentary, Music |
$5.09
| Thanksgiving, 1976, San Francisco's Winterland: the Band performs its last concert after 16 years ...more about Last Waltz starring Rick Danko and Levon Helm |
| 37 |  | Dig! (2004) | 3.0743 126 reviews | R | Documentary, Music |
$13.40
| Tracks the tumultuous rise of two talented musicians, Anton Newcombe, leader of the Brian Jonestown ...more about Dig! starring Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Joel Gion |
| 38 |  | Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997) | 3.0729 61 reviews | PG | Documentary |
$12.99
| What do an elderly topiary gardener, a retired lion tamer, a man fascinated by mole rats, and a ...more about Fast starring Dave Hoover and George Mendona |
| 39 |  | Crumb (1994) | 3.0698 83 reviews | NA | Biography, Documentary |
$5.99
| An examination of the life of cartoonist/artist Robert Crumb. His comics often tackled social ...more about Crumb starring Robert Crumb and Aline Kominsky |
| 40 |  | Block Party (2005) | 3.0691 216 reviews | R | Comedy, Documentary, Music |
$5.99
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party spotlights comedy superstar Dave Chappelle as he presents a Brooklyn ...more about Block Party starring Dave Chappelle and Erykah Badu |
| 41 |  | Thin Blue Line, The (1988) | 3.0689 29 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$8.26
| A documentary which argues that Randall Harris was wrongly convicted of the murder of Dallas police ...more about Thin Blue Line starring Randall Adams and David Harris |
| 42 |  | Startup.com (2001) | 3.0637 209 reviews | R | Documentary | N/A | Friends since high school, 20-somethings Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Tom Herman have an idea: a Web ...more about Startup.com starring Kaleil Isaza Tuzman and Kenneth Austin |
| 43 |  | Super Size Me (2004) | 3.0608 384 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary |
$5.99
| Why are Americans so fat? Two words: fast food. What would happen if you ate nothing but fast food ...more about Super Size Me starring Morgan Spurlock |
| 44 |  | Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary (1997) | 3.0598 46 reviews | PG | Documentary | N/A | Twenty-four contestants compete in an endurance/sleep deprivation contest in order to win a brand ...more about Hands on a Hard Body: The Documentary |
| 45 |  | Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, The (2003) | 3.0597 140 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$13.99
| In San Francisco, there are at least two flocks of largely wild parrots who flock around the city. ...more about Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill |
| 46 |  | Shine a Light (2008) | 3.0581 169 reviews | PG-13 | Musical, Documentary | N/A | After THE LAST WALTZ with the Band and NO DIRECTION HOME with Bob Dylan, Academy Award winner ...more about Shine a Light starring Mick Jagger and Keith Richards |
| 47 | | Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) | 3.0557 21 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$24.99
| This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining ...more about Harlan County |
| 48 |  | Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002) | 3.0534 189 reviews | PG | Documentary, Music |
$7.06
| In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. gathered the best musicians from Detroit's thriving jazz and blues scene ...more about Standing in the Shadows of Motown starring Richard 'Pistol' Allen and Jack Ashford |
| 49 |  | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) | 3.0507 233 reviews | NA | Documentary, Music |
$14.99
| Some Kind of Monster is a music documentary about Metallica's making of their album St. Anger and ...more about Metallica: Some Kind of Monster starring James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich |
| 50 |  | Sicko (2007) | 3.0502 244 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary, Politics, Religion |
$12.45
| The controversial but always entertaining documentary filmmaker Michael Moore takes on the ...more about Sicko starring Michael Moore |
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