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| 1 |  | Man on Wire (2008) |  3.5025 121 reviews | PG-13 | Adaptation, Biopic, Documentary, Foreign | N/A | August 7, 1974. A young French man named Philippe Petit stepped out on a wire suspended between the ...more about Man on Wire starring Philippe Petit and Jim Moore (II) |
| 2 |  | Rivers and Tides (2001) | 3.4183 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 |
| 3 |  | Deliver Us From Evil (2006) | 3.3556 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 |
| 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 |  | 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 |
| 9 |  | Murderball (2005) | 3.2132 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 |
| 10 |  | 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 |
| 11 |  | 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 |
| 12 |  | Born Into Brothels (2004) | 3.1924 134 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$8.43
| ...more about Born Into Brothels |
| 13 |  | Stevie (2002) | 3.1848 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 |
| 14 | | My Voyage to Italy (2001) | 3.1686 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 |
| 15 | | 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 |
| 16 |  | 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 |
| 17 |  | 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 |
| 18 |  | To Be and to Have (2003) | 3.1328 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 |
| 19 |  | 49 Up (2006) | 3.1250 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 |
| 20 |  | 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 |
| 21 |  | 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 |
| 22 |  | Festival Express (2004) | 3.0947 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 |
| 23 |  | Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965 (2007) | 3.0936 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 |
| 24 |  | Grizzly Man (2005) | 3.0900 288 reviews | R | Biography, Documentary |
$8.99
| Environmentalist and animal rights activist Timothy Treadwell spent 13 summers living and studying ...more about Grizzly Man |
| 25 |  | Bowling for Columbine (2002) | 3.0864 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 |
| 26 |  | Tarnation (2004) | 3.0847 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 |
| 27 |  | Dig! (2004) | 3.0691 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 |
| 28 |  | 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 |
| 29 |  | Shine a Light (2008) | 3.0672 185 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 |
| 30 |  | 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 |
| 31 |  | Super Size Me (2004) | 3.0628 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 |
| 32 |  | 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 |
| 33 |  | 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 |
| 34 |  | 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 |
| 35 |  | 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 |
| 36 | | Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) | 3.0460 14 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary | N/A | This documentary examines how Los Angeles has been portrayed by Hollywood and the impact of the ...more about Los Angeles Plays Itself |
| 37 |  | Riding Giants (2004) | 3.0427 147 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary, Sports | N/A | A semiserious, often rollicking, multigenerational insider's look at the origins of surfing, the ...more about Riding Giants |
| 38 |  | Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001) | 3.0412 177 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary, Sports |
$3.95
| Sub-titled "The Birth of Extreme", this documetary takes a look at the transformation of ...more about Dogtown and Z-Boys |
| 39 |  | Devil and Daniel Johnston, The (2006) | 3.0388 92 reviews | PG-13 | Biography, Documentary |
$13.99
| Dignosed as manic-depressive, Daniel Johnston spent most of his life in and out of mental ...more about Devil and Daniel Johnston starring Kathy McCarty and Bill Johnston |
| 40 |  | Lost In La Mancha (2003) | 3.0384 231 reviews | R | Documentary |
$18.95
| In August 2000, master filmmaker Terry Gilliam finally got his oppurtunity to create his dream film ...more about Lost In La Mancha |
| 41 |  | This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) | 3.0382 169 reviews | NC-17 | Documentary |
$13.99
| Filmmaker Kerby Dick takes on the Motion Picture Association of America, one of the most powerful ...more about This Film Is Not Yet Rated starring Kirby Dick |
| 42 |  | Original Kings of Comedy, The (2000) | 3.0230 169 reviews | R | Comedy, Documentary |
$6.30
| Concert film that captures segments of "Kings of Comedy," a tour running from 1997-1999. ...more about Original Kings of Comedy starring Steve Harvey and D.L. Hughley |
| 43 |  | Weather Underground, The (2002) | 3.0191 102 reviews | NA | History, Documentary |
$14.95
| In the 1960s and 1970s, the polarization of the political situation of the USA was becoming acute ...more about Weather Underground |
| 44 |  | My Architect (2003) | 3.0181 186 reviews | NA | Biography, Documentary |
$20.85
| Nathaniel Kahn, the illegitimate son of Louis Kahn the architect. He searches for truth in a ...more about My Architect |
| 45 |  | In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) | 3.0129 99 reviews | PG | Documentary |
$13.99
| The surviving crew members from NASA's Apollo missions tell their story in their own words. ...more about In the Shadow of the Moon starring Buzz Aldrin and Alan Bean |
| 46 | | Five Obstructions, The (2004) | 3.0128 98 reviews | Not Rated | Drama, Documentary, Foreign |
$14.95
| Lars von Trier, true to form, has a bizarre way of showing his regard for mentor Jørgen Leth whose ...more about Five Obstructions |
| 47 |  | Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) | 3.0095 129 reviews | PG-13 | Biography, Documentary |
$9.99
| ...more about Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry |
| 48 |  | Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) | 3.0040 200 reviews | PG | Family, Documentary, Short, Disney |
$12.34
| Academy Award® winning director and master storyteller James Cameron journeys back to the site of ...more about Ghosts of the Abyss starring Bill Paxton and Dr. John Broadwater |
| 49 |  | New York Doll (2005) | 3.0026 108 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary, Music |
$15.73
| After 30 years Arthur Kane, member of the punk group The New York Dolls, is given the opportunity ...more about New York Doll |
| 50 |  | King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, The (2007) | 2.9954 61 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary |
$19.99
| A middle-school science teacher and a hot sauce mogul vie for the Guinness World Record on the ...more about King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters starring Billy Mitchell and Walter Day |
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