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| 151 |  | U.S. vs. John Lennon, The (2006) |  2.8519 142 reviews | PG-13 | Musical, Documentary, Music |
$13.99
| Seasoned documentarian John Scheinfeld has produced numerous music documentaries, and here he turns ...more about U.S. vs. John Lennon starring Walter Cronkite and Angela Davis |
| 152 |  | Lost Boys of Sudan (2004) | 2.8516 12 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary | N/A | A feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from ...more about Lost Boys of Sudan |
| 153 |  | Imagine: John Lennon (1988) | 2.8511 19 reviews | NA | Biography, Documentary, Music |
$12.71
| This "biography" evolves around the nearly 240 hours of film and videotape fortuitously taken by ...more about Imagine: John Lennon |
| 154 |  | Looking for Richard (1996) | 2.8510 30 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Documentary |
$21.94
| Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and ...more about Looking for Richard starring Penelope Allen and Gordon MacDonald |
| 155 |  | Loss of Nameless Things, The (2004) | 2.8355 12 reviews | PG | Documentary |
$13.36
| In 1978 Oakley Hall lll was a promising playwright on the verge of national recognition when a ...more about Loss of Nameless Things |
| 156 | | Bright Leaves (2004) | 2.8338 18 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary | N/A | This documentary is a subjective, autobiographical meditation on the allure of cigarettes and their ...more about Bright Leaves |
| 157 | | Street Fight (2005) | 2.8336 27 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$19.99
| ...more about Street Fight |
| 158 |  | Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) | 2.8334 87 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary | N/A | First-time feature director Christopher Bell focuses on his own family in this documentary about ...more about Bigger starring Barry Bonds and Carl Lewis |
| 159 |  | Bukowski: Born into This (2003) | 2.8327 92 reviews | R | Biography, Documentary |
$21.99
| ...more about Bukowski: Born into This |
| 160 |  | Southern Comfort (2001) | 2.8325 32 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$14.95
| Against the backdrop of rural Georgia, this documentary is a portrait of Robert Eads, a transgender ...more about Southern Comfort starring Robert Eads and Lola Cola |
| 161 |  | Amandla! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony (2002) | 2.8323 99 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary, Music |
$9.99
| Through a chronological history of the South African liberation struggle, this documentary cites ...more about Amandla! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony starring Abdullah Ibrahim |
| 162 |  | Brothers (2005) | 2.8300 66 reviews | R | Drama, Documentary, Foreign | N/A | The lives of two very different brothers become simultaneously intertwined and thrust apart in this ...more about Brothers starring Connie Nielsen and Ulrich Thomsen |
| 163 |  | Everest (1998) | 2.8273 61 reviews | NA | Documentary, Short |
$7.02
| An international team of climbers ascends Mt. Everest in the spring of 1996. The film depicts their ...more about Everest |
| 164 |  | Sketches of Frank Gehry (2005) | 2.8226 89 reviews | PG-13 | Biography, Documentary |
$8.55
| ...more about Sketches of Frank Gehry |
| 165 | | New York Police (1899) | 2.8209 25 reviews | NA | Documentary, Short | N/A | ...more about New York Police |
| 166 |  | Divine Trash (1998) | 2.8184 24 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$10.99
| The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters. Intercut with a ...more about Divine Trash starring John Waters |
| 167 | | War Photographer (2002) | 2.8152 48 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$17.73
| A film about the American photographer James Nachtwey -- his motivation, his fears and his daily ...more about War Photographer |
| 168 | | After Innocence (2005) | 2.8130 74 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$19.99
| This documentary tells the dramatic and compelling story of the exonerated -- innocent men ...more about After Innocence |
| 169 |  | Unzipped (1995) | 2.8130 19 reviews | R | Documentary |
$10.98
| Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection. ...more about Unzipped |
| 170 |  | Scratch (2001) | 2.8124 33 reviews | R | Documentary, Music |
$15.95
| A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the ...more about Scratch |
| 171 |  | Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991) | 2.8104 18 reviews | R | Documentary, Music | N/A | From the rain of Japan, through threats of arrest for 'public indecency' in Canada, and a birthday ...more about Madonna: Truth or Dare starring Madonna (I) |
| 172 | | Scratch (2002) | 2.8104 22 reviews | R | Documentary | N/A | A feature length film about the hip-hop DJ and today's turntablist movement. From the South ...more about Scratch |
| 173 | | Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997) | 2.8101 50 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$9.99
| Documentary about writer and performance artist Bob Flanagan who died at 43 of cystic fibrosis. His ...more about Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan starring Kathe Burkhart and Kirby Dick |
| 174 |  | War Room, The (1993) | 2.8095 30 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$3.99
| A behind-the-scenes documentary about the Clinton for President campaign, focusing on the ...more about War Room starring James Carville and George Stephanopoulos |
| 175 | | Natural Disasters: Forces of Nature (2004) | 2.8087 19 reviews | NA | Documentary, Short | N/A | Volcanoes, earthquakes, and tornadoes all can cause enormous damage, and predicting where and when ...more about Natural Disasters: Forces of Nature |
| 176 |  | Nanook of the North (1922) | 2.8074 18 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$16.13
| Documents one year in the life of Nanook, an Eskimo (Inuit) and his family. Describes the trading, ...more about Nanook of the North starring Nyla (I) and Cunayou |
| 177 |  | So Much So Fast (2006) | 2.8071 31 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary | N/A | Filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan (TROUBLESOME CREEK) return with another moving ...more about So Much So Fast starring Benjamin Heywood and Jamie Heywood |
| 178 | | Stevie (2003) | 2.8066 21 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary | N/A | This documentary speaks about the complex realities of growing up, family history, and how the ...more about Stevie |
| 179 | | Hype! (1996) | 2.8054 22 reviews | NA | Documentary, Music |
$9.99
| The world of grunge. This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a ...more about Hype! starring Calvin Johnson |
| 180 |  | Visions of Light (1992) | 2.8041 18 reviews | NA | History, Documentary |
$16.99
| Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of ...more about Visions of Light starring Michael Chapman and Allen Daviau |
| 181 | | Queen, The (1968) | 2.8018 12 reviews | NA | Documentary | N/A | Jack is 24, sometimes he's a drag queen named Sabrina. In 1967, as Sabrina, he's the mistress of ...more about Queen |
| 182 |  | Jaundiced Eye, The (1999) | 2.8017 21 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$17.99
| At the prompting of his ex-wife and her new live-in boyfriend, a gay man is accused by his ...more about Jaundiced Eye |
| 183 |  | Darkon (2006) | 2.7996 19 reviews | NA | Fantasy, Documentary | N/A | Go inside the fantasy world of Darkon with this documentary. A group of Baltimore residents adds ...more about Darkon |
| 184 |  | Beyond the Gates of Splendor (2005) | 2.7962 30 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary |
$11.03
| Set in the Amazon basin of Ecuador, Beyond the Gates of Splendor tells the story of the Waodani, a ...more about Beyond the Gates of Splendor starring Steve Saint |
| 185 |  | Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story (2007) | 2.7902 30 reviews | Not Rated | Crime, Documentary | N/A | A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped from her home in Japan taken to North Korea and used as a language ...more about Abduction: The Megumi Yokota Story starring Teruaki Masumoto and Sakie Yokota |
| 186 |  | For All Mankind (1989) | 2.7900 26 reviews | NA | History, Documentary |
$32.15
| This movie documents the Apollo missions perhaps the most definitively of any movie under two hours. ...more about For All Mankind |
| 187 |  | Jesus Camp (2006) | 2.7895 89 reviews | PG-13 | Documentary, Politics, Religion |
$12.99
| A growing number of Evangelical Christians believe there is a revival underway in America that ...more about Jesus Camp |
| 188 |  | Celluloid Closet, The (1995) | 2.7875 50 reviews | NA | History, Documentary |
$22.61
| A comprehensive documentary of the history of gays and lesbians in cinema, from negative to ...more about Celluloid Closet starring Lily Tomlin and Tony Curtis |
| 189 |  | Boys of Baraka, The (2005) | 2.7872 78 reviews | R | Documentary |
$6.85
| Follows a group of twenty 12-year-old boys from the most violent ghettos of Baltimore who are ...more about Boys of Baraka starring Devon Brown and Darius Chambers |
| 190 | | Pinochet Case, The (2002) | 2.7856 25 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary | N/A | ...more about Pinochet Case |
| 191 |  | This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss (2003) | 2.7854 58 reviews | R | Documentary |
$7.99
| After the American playwright and actor Sam Shepard had played the role of the ghost in Michael ...more about This So-Called Disaster: Sam Shepard Directs the Late Henry Moss starring Sean Penn and Nick Nolte |
| 192 |  | Festival Express (2003) | 2.7851 64 reviews | R | Documentary, Music | N/A | In the summer of 1970, a chartered train crossed Canada carrying some of the world's greatest rock ...more about Festival Express starring Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead |
| 193 |  | Deep Water (2007) | 2.7847 39 reviews | PG | History, Documentary, Sports, Foreign | N/A | This documentary traces the journey of Donald Crowhurst, a boatman who attempted to cross the world ...more about Deep Water starring Jean Badin and Clare Crowhurst |
| 194 | | 51 Birch Street (2005) | 2.7840 34 reviews | NA | Documentary | N/A | ...more about 51 Birch Street |
| 195 |  | Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000) | 2.7803 86 reviews | PG | Documentary |
$10.89
| In 1938 and 1939, about 10,000 children, most of them Jews, were sent by their parents from ...more about Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport starring Judi Dench (Narrator) and Alexander Gordon |
| 196 |  | Stone Reader (2002) | 2.7787 96 reviews | PG-13 | Drama, Documentary |
$12.50
| ...more about Stone Reader |
| 197 |  | Notorious C.H.O. (2002) | 2.7748 78 reviews | Not Rated | Comedy, Documentary |
$9.99
| Margaret Cho's hilarious follow-up to her hit comedy "I'm the One That I ...more about Notorious C.H.O. starring Margaret Cho |
| 198 | | Fighter (2001) | 2.7747 13 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary | N/A | A documentary about a journey made by two Holocaust survivors through the geography and psychology ...more about Fighter |
| 199 | | Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque (2005) | 2.7678 24 reviews | Not Rated | Documentary |
$15.95
| ...more about Henri Langlois: The Phantom of the Cinematheque |
| 200 |  | Man of Aran (1934) | 2.7676 24 reviews | NA | Documentary |
$16.13
| ...more about Man of Aran starring Colman 'Tiger' King and Maggie Dirrane |
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