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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

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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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Crumb

Crumb is Terry Zwigoff's 1994 documentary about cartoonist Robert Crumb and his family, noted for its intimate portrait...

Family 1990S Portrait Art

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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Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap is Bing Liu's 2018 documentary about three skateboarders in Rockford, Illinois, linking youth, abuse, an...

Coming Of Age Skateboarding America 2010S

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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Olympia

Olympia is a 1938 German documentary that meticulously records the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics. The film provides valuab...

Nazi Historical Movie 1930S

8.4 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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Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Won't You Be My Neighbor? is Morgan Neville's 2018 documentary on Fred Rogers, notable as a major theatrical portrait of...

Television American Biography 2010S

8.3 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

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The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet examines the representation of LGBTQ+ individuals in American cinema from 1923 to 1995. It analyzes...

Movie 1990S United States Lgbtq Related

8.1 Great

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The Dawn Wall

The Dawn Wall is a 2017 climbing documentary about Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's free climb of El Capitan's Dawn W...

Adventure Climbing Yosemite 2010S

8.1 Great

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Dogtown and Z-Boys

Dogtown and Z-Boys is Stacy Peralta's 2001 documentary about the Zephyr skateboard team that helped define modern skateb...

History California 2000S Skateboarding

8.0 Great

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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