swap_horiz Crumb Alternatives

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Man on Wire

David Maysles' 'Man on Wire' recounts Philippe Petits daring, illegal tightrope walk between the Twin Towers of the Worl...

True Story Movie Suspense Archival

9.3 Excellent

2

Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams is Steve James's 1994 American documentary following Chicago teens William Gates and Arthur Agee, a landmark...

American Coming Of Age 1990S Basketball

9.3 Excellent

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The Civil War

The Civil War is Ken Burns's 1990 PBS documentary series on the American Civil War, noted for popularizing archival phot...

History Series 1990S America

9.1 Excellent

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Baraka

Baraka is a visually stunning documentary exploring themes of life, death, and spirituality through breathtaking imagery...

Nature High Resolution Epic Historical

8.7 Great

5

Paris Is Burning

Paris Is Burning documents the ball culture phenomenon within New York City during the mid to late 1980s. The film focus...

Movie 1990S Transgender United States

8.6 Great

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Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens is a 1975 American documentary by Albert and David Maysles about Edith and Little Edie Beale, relatives of...

American 1970S Portrait Eccentric

8.6 Great

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Hearts of Darkness is a 1991 documentary about the troubled making of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now in the Phili...

Film 1990S Production Hollywood

8.6 Great

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Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club documents the reunion of Cuban musicians to record the 1997 album of the same name. Produced as...

Germany Movie 1990S Musical

8.5 Great

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The Nazis: A Warning from History

The Nazis: A Warning from History is a 1997 BBC documentary series examining Nazi Germany's rise, rule, and crimes throu...

History Series Bbc 1990S

8.5 Great

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Salesman

Salesman is a 1969 direct cinema documentary by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, following door-to-door Bi...

American Portrait 1960S Maysles

8.4 Great

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When We Were Kings

When We Were Kings is a 1996 documentary about Muhammad Ali and George Foreman's 1974 Zaire fight, notable for winning a...

Music Boxing Ali 1990S

8.3 Great

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One Day in September

The 1999 documentary One Day in September investigates the events surrounding the 1972 Munich massacre of eleven Israeli...

Germany Crime Movie 1990S

8.2 Great

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American Movie

American Movie is Chris Smith's 1999 documentary about Mark Borchardt making Coven, notable for its portrait of low-budg...

Filmmaking INDIE Comedy 1990S

8.2 Great

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A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies is a 1995 documentary in which Scorsese surveys Hollywoo...

History American Film 1990S

8.2 Great

15

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Dear Zachary is Kurt Kuenne's 2008 documentary memorial to Andrew Bagby, notable for its personal account of murder and...

Family Canada Crime Grief

8.1 Great

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Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Friedmans is Andrew Jarecki's 2003 documentary on a Long Island family abuse case, notable for using exten...

Archive Family Crime 2000S

8.1 Great

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Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell is Sarah Polley's 2012 Canadian documentary investigating her family history through interviews and reco...

Family Canada Memory Essay

8.1 Great

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Dick Johnson Is Dead

Dick Johnson Is Dead is Kirsten Johnson's 2020 documentary staging imagined deaths for her father while confronting deme...

Netflix Family Portrait 2020S

7.9 Good

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Brother's Keeper

Brother's Keeper is a 1992 U.S. documentary by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about Delbert Ward, notable for a rural...

Family Crime 1990S Rural

7.8 Good

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The Cruise

The Cruise is Bennett Miller's 1998 documentary about New York tour guide Timothy Levitch, noted for its black-and-white...

New York City 1990S Portrait

7.5 Good