Name↕ | Title↕ | Year↕ | Director↕ | Subject↕ | Platform / Distributor↕ | IMDb Rating↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Making a Murderer | Making a Murderer | 2015 | Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos | Criminal Justice / Steven Avery Case | Netflix | 8.6 |
Blackfish | Blackfish | 2013 | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | SeaWorld / Orca Captivity | CNN Films | 8.1 |
The Act of Killing | The Act of Killing | 2012 | Joshua Oppenheimer | Indonesian Mass Killings (1965–66) | Drafthouse Films | 8.2 |
Searching for Sugar Man | Searching for Sugar Man | 2012 | Malik Bendjelloul | Rodriguez — Lost Music Legend | Sony Pictures Classics | 8.2 |
13th | 13th | 2016 | Ava DuVernay | Racial Inequality / US Prison System | Netflix | 8.2 |
March of the Penguins | March of the Penguins | 2005 | Luc Jacquet | Emperor Penguins / Nature | National Geographic | 7.7 |
Amy | Amy | 2015 | Asif Kapadia | Amy Winehouse — Life and Death | A24 | 7.8 |
Senna | Senna | 2010 | Asif Kapadia | Ayrton Senna — F1 Legend | Universal Pictures | 8.5 |
The Imposter | The Imposter | 2012 | Bart Layton | Identity Fraud / Missing Child | Tribeca Film | 7.4 |
Roger & Me | Roger & Me | 1989 | Michael Moore | GM Layoffs / Flint Michigan | Warner Bros. | 8 |
I Am Not Your Negro | I Am Not Your Negro | 2016 | Raoul Peck | James Baldwin / Race in America | Magnolia Pictures | 7.9 |
The Square | The Square | 2013 | Jehane Noujaim | Egyptian Revolution 2011 | Netflix | 7.9 |
Free Solo | Free Solo | 2018 | Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Alex Honnold / El Capitan Climb | National Geographic | 8.2 |
Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Won't You Be My Neighbor? | 2018 | Morgan Neville | Fred Rogers / Mister Rogers Neighborhood | Focus Features | 8.4 |
The Last Dance | The Last Dance | 2020 | Jason Hehir | Michael Jordan / 1997–98 Chicago Bulls | Netflix / ESPN | 9.1 |
Bowling for Columbine | Bowling for Columbine | 2002 | Michael Moore | US Gun Culture / Columbine Shooting | United Artists | 7.9 |
Planet Earth II | Planet Earth II | 2016 | David Attenborough / BBC | Wildlife / Natural World | BBC | 9.5 |
Icarus | Icarus | 2017 | Bryan Fogel | Russian Doping Scandal | Netflix | 7.9 |
Tiger King | Tiger King | 2020 | Eric Goode & Rebecca Chaiklin | Joe Exotic / Big Cat World | Netflix | 7.5 |
Super Size Me | Super Size Me | 2004 | Morgan Spurlock | Fast Food / McDonald's Health Experiment | Samuel Goldwyn Films | 7.2 |
My Octopus Teacher | My Octopus Teacher | 2020 | Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed | Human-Octopus Bond / Nature | Netflix | 8.1 |
Fahrenheit 9/11 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | 2004 | Michael Moore | Bush Administration / Iraq War | Lions Gate Films | 7.5 |
Grass is Greener | Grass is Greener | 2019 | Fab 5 Freddy | Marijuana Legalization / Racial Disparity | Netflix | 7.4 |
The Cave | The Cave | 2019 | Feras Fayyad | Syrian War / Underground Hospital | National Geographic | 7.6 |
Citizenfour | Citizenfour | 2014 | Laura Poitras | Edward Snowden / NSA Surveillance | RADiUS-TWC | 8 |
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