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1. Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking (2010)
88 min | Documentary
In this comprehensive cosmology series Stephen Hawking looks at the entire universe, from the Big Bang to the end of time.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Hawking, Melissa Ricci, Christopher Goh
Votes: 5,549
2. Mega Disasters (2006–2008)
45 min | Documentary
Combining science and history, Mega Disasters visits the sites of the most incredible disasters of the past -- and then virtually recreates them in modern times and locations using state-of-the-art computer animation.
Stars: J.V. Martin, Roger Tilling, Laura MacDonald, Celal Sengör
Votes: 132
3.
Extreme Peril (2010– )
Episode:
Mt. St. Helen's Eruption
(2010)
Reality-TV
Survivors weather a volcanic eruption in Washington of 1980; a small plane crashes into a lake in Michigan; a base jumper calls 911 while dangling from 200 feet in the air in California; a man is rescued from a car fire in Los Angeles.
4.
How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
Episode:
Mount St. Helens
(2010)
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
The Mount Saint Helens 1980 eruption introduces geologists to a variety of volcanic phenomenon never observed before. Yet it presages a similar eruption thousands of miles away and just a few years later in Montserrat.
Director: Stefanie Kern | Stars: Corey Johnson, Tom Casadevall, Daniel Dzurisin, Richard Waitt
Votes: 24
5. How the Earth Was Made (2009– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, History
The natural wonders of the world are being explained.
Stars: Corey Johnson, Jonathan Keeble, Tony Prave, Mike Poland
Votes: 770
6.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
Mt. St. Helens Back from the Dead
(2010)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary
Nova examines the Mount St. Helens volcano and investigates whether it is soon due for another eruption.
Directors: Nick Davidson, Jörg Daniel Hissen, Heinz Leger | Stars: Charlie M. Crisafulli, Daniel Dzurisin, Lance Lewman, Jon J. Major
Votes: 44
7. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
An experimental documentary that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer, during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
Director: Chris James Thompson | Stars: Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy
Votes: 2,135
8. Engineering Disasters (2015)
43 min | Documentary, History
Spun off from Modern Marvels, Engineering Disasters spotlights what happens when human error and the right circumstances conspire to create major disasters and tragedies.
Stars: Tom Cotcher, Jeff Wise, Jim Record, Phil Derner
Votes: 69
9. Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007)
Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary about Albert Fish, who was a sadistic and cannibalistic serial killer.
Director: John Borowski | Stars: Oto Brezina, Joe Coleman, Bob Dunsworth, Albert Fish
Votes: 1,313
10. Dahmer (2002)
R | 101 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Biopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.
Director: David Jacobson | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great, Matt Newton
Votes: 11,661 | Gross: $0.14M
11. 9/11: Day That Changed the World (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary, History
Learn first-hand how our nation's key decision makers responded in the face of chaos and catastrophe on 9/11.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, Richard Clarke, Ann Compton
Votes: 235
12. 9/11: Day That Changed the World (2011 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary, History
Learn first-hand how our nation's key decision makers responded in the face of chaos and catastrophe on 9/11.
Director: Leslie Woodhead | Stars: Laura Bush, Dick Cheney, Richard Clarke, Ann Compton
Votes: 235
13. 9/11 Truth: Hollywood Speaks Out (2011)
Not Rated | 150 min | Documentary
Directors: Dajjal Sahan, Steve Bates | Stars: Alex Jones, Charlie Sheen, Jimmy Kimmel, Geraldo Rivera
Votes: 74
14. 102 Minutes That Changed America (2008 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 102 min | Documentary, History
The morning of September 11, 2001 is shown through multiple video cameras in New York City, from the moment the first WTC tower is hit until after both towers collapse.
Directors: Nicole Rittenmeyer, Seth Skundrick | Stars: George W. Bush, Joe Napolitano, Kelly Edwards
Votes: 2,907
15. 911: In Plane Site (2004 Video)
52 min | Documentary
What "In Plane Site" accomplishes that no other video expose' on September 11th has to date, is it exposes the viewer to a barrage of news clips from a majority of the mainstream news ... See full summary »
Director: William Lewis | Stars: George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Rudy Giuliani, Colin Powell
Votes: 1,505
16. Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 (2007)
104 min | Documentary
ZERO has one central thesis: the official version of the events surrounding 9/11 can not be true. This documentary explores the latest evidence and witness testimonies.
Directors: Franco Fracassi, Francesco Trento | Stars: Tim Sparke, Nafeez Mossadeq Ahmed, Brian Clark, Dario Fo
Votes: 739
17. Press for Truth (2006)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
The story and truth about 9/11
Director: Ray Nowosielski | Stars: Kristen Breitweiser, George W. Bush, Patty Casazza, Dick Cheney
Votes: 615
18. 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
19. 9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out (2012)
Unrated | 90 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Persuasive viewpoints of over 1,700 architects and engineers who believe the unsettling theory that scientific forensic evidence points to explosive controlled demolition of the three World Trade Center skyscrapers on September 11, 2001.
Director: Richard Gage | Stars: Steve Barash, Mark Basile, Steven Dusterwald, Jeffrey Farrer
Votes: 407
20. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War
Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder
Votes: 132,390 | Gross: $119.19M
21. Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007 Video)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
The twisted and murderous appetites of the notorious Ed Gein, whose depredations in his small town of Plainfield come as quite a shock to his neighbors, especially Deputy Mason, whose mother Vera and girlfriend Erica have gone missing.
Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Kane Hodder, Adrienne Frantz, Michael Berryman, Priscilla Barnes
Votes: 2,206
22. Crimes That Shook the World (2006– )
Documentary, Crime
Some of the most notorious murderers in recent history are examined. Using dramatic reconstruction and expert testimony, this is a forensic account of the perpetrators and the detectives in the crimes that shook the world.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Gregg McCrary, Franc Violi, Alistair Lock
Votes: 172
23. The 9/11 Commission Report (2006)
R | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
More chilling than Syriana and United 93, events highlighted in the best selling report from the 9/11 commission expose a string of missed opportunities that lead to our nation's greatest tragedy.
Director: Leigh Scott | Stars: Rhett Giles, Marat Glazer, Griff Furst, Sarah Lieving
Votes: 496
24. The Gray Man (2007)
R | 97 min | Biography, Crime, Thriller
Obsessive manhunt to identify and capture a despicable serial killer.
Director: Scott L. Flynn | Stars: Patrick Bauchau, Jack Conley, John Aylward, Jillian Armenante
Votes: 1,838
25. Snuff: A Documentary About Killing on Camera (2008)
76 min | Documentary, Horror
A probe into the urban myth of the snuff film: one of the most controversial, elusive and vile forms of video.
Director: Paul von Stoetzel | Stars: Larry C. Brubaker, Todd Cobery, Linda Flanders, Michelle Lekas
Votes: 1,100
26. Passage to Mars (2016)
Not Rated | 94 min | Adventure
A NASA Arctic expedition designed to be the first Martian road trip on Earth becomes an epic two-year odyssey of human adventure and survival.
Director: Jean-Christophe Jeauffre | Stars: Zachary Quinto, Charlotte Rampling, Pascal Lee, Buzz Aldrin
Votes: 777 | Gross: $3.05M
27. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
PG-13 | 93 min | Documentary, History
Writer James Baldwin tells the story of race in modern America with his unfinished novel, Remember This House.
Director: Raoul Peck | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, James Baldwin, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
Votes: 23,500 | Gross: $7.12M
28. Planet Earth II (2016)
TV-G | 50 min | Documentary
David Attenborough returns with a new wildlife documentary that shows life in a variety of habitats.
Stars: David Attenborough, Chadden Hunter, Gordon Buchanan, Elizabeth White
Votes: 158,152
29. Planet Earth (2006)
TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Family
A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, David Attenborough, Nikolay Drozdov, Thomas Anguti Johnston
Votes: 220,203
30. Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014)
TV-PG | 43 min | Documentary
An exploration of our discovery of the laws of nature and coordinates in space and time.
Stars: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Christopher Emerson, Keythe Farley, Piotr Michael
Votes: 128,627
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