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1. Nope (2022)
R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott
Votes: 265,815 | Gross: $123.28M
2. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery
Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez | Stars: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard, Bob Griffin
Votes: 285,507 | Gross: $140.54M
3. The Tale (2018)
TV-MA | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.
Director: Jennifer Fox | Stars: Laura Dern, Jason Ritter, Common, Elizabeth Debicki
Votes: 19,701
4. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
An ophthalmologist's mistress threatens to reveal their affair to his wife while a married documentary filmmaker is infatuated with another woman.
Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Bill Bernstein, Claire Bloom
Votes: 60,788 | Gross: $18.25M
5. BrainDead (2016)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
A government employee discovers that the cause of the tensions between the two political parties is a race of extraterrestrial insects eating the brains of the politicians.
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Danny Pino, Aaron Tveit, Tony Shalhoub
Votes: 12,054
6. Willow Creek (2013)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A man and his girlfriend camp in the woods to capture firsthand evidence of Bigfoot.
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait | Stars: Alexie Gilmore, Bryce Johnson, Laura Montagna, Bucky Sinister
Votes: 12,846
7. Jackass 3D (2010)
R | 94 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy
Johnny Knoxville and company return for the third installment of their TV show spin-off, where dangerous stunts and explicit public displays rule.
Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn
Votes: 68,752 | Gross: $117.22M
8. Living Among Us (2018)
TV-MA | 87 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Vampires have just made themselves public. Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize their very lives are in danger.
Director: Brian A. Metcalf | Stars: William Sadler, Andrew Keegan, Jordan Danger, Thomas Ian Nicholas
Votes: 3,041
9. Evidence (III) (2012)
R | 78 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Ryan makes a documentary on his friend, Brett, and his first time camping, until a mysterious figure in the woods starts hunting them.
Director: Howie Askins | Stars: Ryan McCoy, Brett Rosenberg, Ashley Bracken, Abigail Richie
Votes: 5,337
10. Lucky Them (2013)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A rock journalist is assigned to track down her ex-boyfriend.
Director: Megan Griffiths | Stars: Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Nina Arianda, Oliver Platt
Votes: 4,112 | Gross: $0.03M
11. Keep the Lights On (2012)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
In Manhattan, film-maker Erik bonds with closeted lawyer Paul after a fling. As their relationship becomes one fueled by highs, lows, and dysfunctional patterns, Erik struggles to negotiate his own boundaries while being true to himself.
Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson, Souleymane Sy Savane
Votes: 6,142 | Gross: $0.25M
12. Carnifex (2022)
93 min | Horror, Thriller
An aspiring documentarian and two conservationists who venture into the Outback to record the animals displaced by bushfires where they discover a terrifying new species.
Director: Sean Lahiff | Stars: Alexandra Park, Sisi Stringer, Harry Greenwood, Darren Gilshenan
Votes: 1,022
13. 9/11 (2002 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary
A real life documentary following the events of September 11 from an insider's view, through the lens of James Hanlon and two French filmmakers who were in Manhattan that one day.
Directors: James Hanlon, Gédéon Naudet, Jules Naudet | Stars: Tony Benatatos, Yusuf Baran Bilgic, Jamal Braithwaite, Steve Buscemi
Votes: 8,643
14. Comfort and Joy (1984)
PG | 106 min | Comedy
Alan Bird witnesses how an ice cream van is attacked and destroyed by an angry competitor. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families, the Bernardis and the Rossis, over whose ice cream vans can sell where in Glasgow.
Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan, Alex Norton
Votes: 2,354 | Gross: $1.06M
15. Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
PG-13 | 89 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
A daughter helps her father prepare for the end of his life.
Director: Kirsten Johnson | Stars: Michael Hilow, Ana Hoffman, Dick Johnson, Kirsten Johnson
Votes: 7,234
16. Macho (I) (2016)
Unrated | 102 min | Comedy, Romance
To continue his deception as a flamboyant gay fashion designer, womanizing cad Evaristo Jiménez reluctantly agrees to seemingly date the new, gay office boy.
Director: Antonio Serrano | Stars: Cantante, Mario Iván Martínez, Sophie Gómez, Miguel Rodarte
Votes: 946
17. Mississippi Madam: The Life of Nellie Jackson (2017)
81 min | Documentary, Biography
In 1902 Nellie Jackson, an African-American woman born into poverty in Possum Corner, Miss., travels north to Natchez and opens "Nellie's," a brothel she ran for more than 60 years with ... See full summary »
Directors: Mark Brockway, Timothy Givens
Votes: 130
18. Reel Evil (2012)
Not Rated | 78 min | Horror
Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production.... See full summary »
Director: Danny Draven | Stars: Jessica Morris, Kaiwi Lyman, Jeff Adler, Jamie Bernadette
Votes: 766
19. Let it Rain (2008)
110 min | Comedy, Drama
Agnes Jaoui plays a local political candidate Agathe Villanova, who returns to her childhood home in the south of France in order to help her sister Florence (Pascale Arbillot) sort through... See full summary »
Director: Agnès Jaoui | Stars: Agnès Jaoui, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Jamel Debbouze, Pascale Arbillot
Votes: 1,917 | Gross: $0.11M
20. West Side Avenue (2001)
315 min | Crime, Drama
A Filipino teenager is shot to death on a New Jersey, USA sidewalk: an investigation starts and his family and friends are interviewed. Along the way, more about him is revealed and so is ... See full summary »
Director: Lav Diaz | Stars: Yul Servo, Joel Torre, Gloria Diaz, Angel Aquino
Votes: 214
21. Sex & Water (2018)
Not Rated | 63 min | Drama
A young documentarian works on a school project about gay sex and romance, going back to the 1950s. He interviews two seniors about their past experiences, as told through flashbacks to the past.
Director: Alan Smithee | Stars: Edwin Martinez, Josh Paul, Steve O. van Wie
Votes: 9
22. Room Full of Spoons (2016)
113 min | Documentary
A documentary about The Room (2003).
Director: Rick Harper | Stars: Juliette Danielle, Robyn Paris, Kyle Vogt, Philip Haldiman
Votes: 82
23. Girl 27 (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography
The reclusive Patricia Douglas comes out of hiding to discuss the 1937 MGM scandal, in which the powerful film studio tricked her and over 100 other underage girls into attending a stag party, where she was raped.
Director: David Stenn | Stars: Patricia Douglas, Baby Peggy, Richard W. Bann, Kelly Brown
Votes: 1,185
24. Unknown Project (2013)
85 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
3 popular web show hosts camp out in the California desert on their way back from Burning Man. After an encounter with a UFO they experience awe and wonder followed by otherworldly terror, all recorded by their RV's cameras running 24/7.
Director: Steve Altman | Stars: Ethan A. Brosowsky, Brian Groh, Angelique Little, Terry Maratos
Votes: 224
25. RichPlanet TV (2009– )
Documentary, History, News
Independent researcher Richard D. Hall investigates all manner of topics, from the U.S space programme and manufactured terrorism to UFO sightings and unsolved crimes.
Stars: Richard D. Hall, Andrew Johnson, Nick Kollerstrom, Neil Sanders
Votes: 69
26. The Smiley Face Killers (2014)
82 min | Crime, Thriller
What if you were making a documentary about a gang of serial killers and they found out?
Director: Andrew Fitzgerald | Stars: Thomas Le Min, Leanne Linsky, Mark Garrison, Bill Hayek
Votes: 213
27. 42 Grams (2017)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
42 Grams is an intimate portrait of how chef Jake Bickelhaupt evolved from running an illegal restaurant out of his home to being a culinary celebrity in less than a year and the toll it takes on his personal life.
Director: Jack C. Newell | Stars: Jacob Bickelhaupt, Alexa Welsh
Votes: 427
28. Dwellers (2021)
Not Rated | 80 min | Horror
While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmmaker and his crew go missing while uncovering a terrifying and vicious secret below the city's surface.
Director: Drew Fortier | Stars: Drew Fortier, James L. Edwards, Douglas Esper, Omar Baig
Votes: 182
29. David Searching (1997)
Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance
The story of a young gay man's search to find himself.
Director: Leslie L. Smith | Stars: Anthony Rapp, Camryn Manheim, Julie Halston, Joseph Fuqua
Votes: 292
30. Degenerate Art: The Art and Culture of Glass Pipes (2011)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary
A true documentary of the art and culture of glass pipe-making
Director: Marble Slinger | Star: Jerome Baker
Votes: 200
31. We Come as Friends (2014)
Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary
A modern odyssey into the heart of Africa at the historic moment when Sudan, the continent's largest country, is being divided into two separate states.
Director: Hubert Sauper
Votes: 750
33. Remembering Return to Oz (2021)
95 min | Documentary, History, Sci-Fi
"Remembering Return to Oz" is a documentary look back on memories featuring the cast/crew of Disney's 1985 film, "Return to Oz". This film is the first time that the main cast/crew have ... See full summary »
Director: Aaron Schultz | Stars: Fairuza Balk, Deep Roy, Sophie Ward, Brian Henson
Votes: 12
34. The End of the Game (2017)
71 min | Documentary
A bizarre journey to Africa with a vegan filmmaker and a big game hunter. Committed vegan, David Graham Scott, follows old colonial relic Guy Wallace as he prepares to go on his last big ... See full summary »
Director: David Graham Scott
Votes: 29
35. Hungry (I) (2014)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Sport
How many hot dogs could you eat in 10 minutes? Follow the jaw-dropping exploits of several competitive eaters, including the world famous Takeru Kobayashi, known for his six consecutive ... See full summary »
Directors: Jeff Cerulli, Barry Rothbart | Stars: Patrick Bertoletti, Christopher Dimaio, Dave Goldstein, Takeru Kobayashi
Votes: 21
36. The Scenesters (2009)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a serial killer starts picking off beautiful young hipsters on the east side of Los Angeles, a group of crime scene videographers hatch a plan to catch him.
Director: Todd Berger | Stars: Blaise Miller, Sherilyn Fenn, Suzanne May, Jeff Grace
Votes: 528
37. A Human Planet (2017)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
An alien producer named Mal Voss presents a nature series about humans on the planet Earth. This time on "A Human Planet," Mal plays the dangerous game of human courtship, to discover how humans connect with one another.
Director: Devin k Nath | Stars: Vaughn Andrews, Jenna Ann, Nemo Cartwright, Chris Cormier
38. Rakkt (2015)
22 min | History
Famous Assassinations in Indian History.
Stars: Rashmi Golya, Alok Gutch, Satish Rai, Sharan Makkar
Votes: 8
39. Senses of Cinema (2022)
89 min | Documentary, History
This history of the co-op film movements of Sydney and Melbourne comes from two of the major figures in Australian documentary who were intimately involved in the filmmaking groundswell ... See full summary »
Directors: John Hughes, Tom Zubrycki | Stars: Martha Ansara, Gillian Armstrong, Richard Brennan, Bryan Brown
Votes: 11
40. Planes, Trains & Autorickshaws (2013)
87 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
Three American sisters, raised in India by missionary parents, return to the land of their childhood for the first time in fifty years. Their journey is entertaining and emotional, and proves that it's never too late to go home.
Director: Scott Sheppard | Stars: Sheila Lovell, Ruth Seamands, Sylvia Seamands, Sandy Sheppard
41. Snapshots from the Tour (2015)
26 min | Short, Music
Never-before-seen outtakes from 'Dont Look Back' offer further glimpse into Bob Dylan's historic 1965 tour.
Director: D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Jones Alk, Joan Baez, Ben Carruthers, Bob Dylan
Votes: 20
42. Hidden in Silence (2016 TV Movie)
51 min | Documentary, Crime
Shot in Scotland, UK, this is a Documentary on Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse in the Scottish Ethnic Minorities.
Directors: Javita Narang, Nauman Qureshi
43. Cleavage: The Untold Story (2013 TV Short)
17 min | Short, Comedy
A brave young documentary filmmaker goes on a journey to uncover and reveal as much as possible on a subject matter that until now has been considered by most to be completely Taboo.
Director: Michael Knowles | Stars: Scott Butler, Chelsey Mart, Galen Howard, Kasia Szarek
Votes: 9
44. Latvian Coyote (2019)
69 min | Documentary
Somewhere in a forest by the eastern border of the European Union, illegal immigrants meet a local resident Pepe in the middle of the night. Is this a coincidence or a diligently crafted plan?
Director: Ivars Zviedris | Star: Gatis Pamils-Pamiljans
Votes: 54
45. This Is Drag (2015)
60 min | Documentary
-An intimate, behind-the-scenes look at performance, glamor, fame, family, love and sacrifice as some of the world's most renowned drag queens come together for World Pride in Toronto (in Canada).
Director: Mark Kenneth Woods | Stars: Roy Haylock, Danny Noriega, Shane Jenek, Greg Meyer
Votes: 115
46. Spinnin' (2007)
Not Rated | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Spinnin' is a wonderfully exuberant, multi-layered Spanish drama. MADRID 1995. Garate and Omar are young, gay and in love, and want to have a child. After failed attempts with their female ... See full summary »
Director: Eusebio Pastrana | Stars: Damián Alcolea, Matilde Alcázar, María Brea, Ainhoa Calles
Votes: 184
47. XeNation?: Consciousness (2015)
111 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography
A feature length documentary on how one can attain equanimity and BE pure consciousness while moving through chaotic times and low vibrational spaces.
Director: Moniere | Stars: Hamid Agha Ajmeer, Alisa Brooks, Robert Hugh Cassar, Tina Castaldi
48. Idol (2006)
Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy
Farce about the casting of a gay actor in a gay role on a television series which had previously been played by a straight actor. When the original star of a fictional gay-themed action ... See full summary »
Directors: Mike Heim, Christopher Long | Stars: Amber Alexander, Adriano Aragon, John Arrington, Branton Box
Votes: 102
49. Love Free or Die (2012)
Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary
A documentary on Gene Robinson, the openly gay bishop who set a precedent in New Hampshire state politics, and the battle for LGBT people to receive full acceptance in the faith.
Director: Macky Alston | Star: Gene Robinson
Votes: 111
50. The Family Tree
Documentary | Post-production
The story of a man pursuing his American Dream at the age of retirement of having an organic Christmas tree farm, and the local government doing everything they can to thwart his efforts.
Director: Amanda Kari McHugh | Stars: Terry McHugh, Andy Cole, Emma McHugh, Amy McHugh