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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

This six-part HBO documentary series chronicles the bizarre life and suspected crimes of Robert Durst, a real estate hei...

New York Crime True Crime Real Estate

9.5 Brilliant

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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

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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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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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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library is a 2017 Frederick Wiseman documentary, notable for winning the FIPRESCI Award a...

Library New York 2010S Institution

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 King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 documentary about the Donkey Kong score rivalry between Steve Wiebe an...

Gaming Arcade Competition 2000S

8.0 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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Bill Cunningham New York

Bill Cunningham New York is a 2010 documentary portrait of the New York Times street-fashion photographer Bill Cunningha...

Photography New York Fashion Portrait

7.9 Good