TOP 100 FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY FILMS

TOP 100 FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY FILMS


1. DELIVER US FROM EVIL

2. FETISHES (1996)

3. BIGGIE & TUPAC

4. CURT & COURTNEY

5. BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

6. BORN INTO BROTHELS

7. MURDERBALL

8. MAD HOT BALLROOM

9. WORDPLAY

10. CONTROL ROOM

11. THE CORPORATION

12. NANOOK OF THE NORTH

13. FOG OF WAR

14. DUST INTO GLORY

15. 4 LITTLE GIRLS

16. AILEEN: LIFE & DEATH OF A SERIAL KILLER

17. AILEEN WUORNOS: THE SELLING OF A SERIAL KILLER

18. PARADISE LOST: THE CHILD MURDERS AT ROBIN HOOD HILLS

19. PARADISE LOST 2: REVELATIONS

20. WINGED MIGRATION

21. MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

22. MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE

23. RELIGULOUS

24. HOOP DREAMS

25. SUPER SIZE ME

26. SPELLBOUND

27. TOUCHING TH EVOID

28. U2 3D

29. SHINE A LIGHT

30. YOUNG @ HEART

31. RIZE

32. MAN ON WIRE

33. THE WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRATH HILL

34. WHEN WE WERE KINGS

35. RIDING GIANTS

36. THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL

37. WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR?

38. MICROCOSMOS

39. WHAT THE BLEEP WHO WE KNOW?

40. METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER

41. THE U.S. VS. JOHN LENNON

42. THE WAR ROOM

43. INTO GREAT SILENCE

44. ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED & DESIRED

45. SOUND & FURY

46. THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED

47. UP THE YANGTZE

48. TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE

49. U2: RATTLE & HUMM

50. GRIZZLEY MAN

51. WHY WE FIGHT

52. THE UNTOLD STORY OF EMMITT LOUIS TILL

53. BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB

54. MAYA LIN: A STRONG CLEAR VISION

55. LOST IN LA MANCHA

56. FULL TILT BOOGIE

57. STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF MOTOWN

58. THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE

59. CHISHOLM ’72: UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED

60. GOING TO PIECES: THE RISE & FALL OF THE SLASHER FILM

61. SHERMAN’S MARCH

62. CLINT EASTWOOD: OUT OF THE SHADOWS

63. JOHN CARPENTER: THE MAN & HIS MOVIES

64. THE AGRONOMIST

65. H.H. HOLMES: AMERICA’S FIRST SERIAL KILLER

66. GHOSTS OF THE ABYSS

67. GORRILA: THE TAKING OF PATTY HEARST

68. DEEP THROAT

69. HIS NAME WAS JASON

70. ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

71. FESTIVAL EXPRESS

72. NIGHT & FOG

73. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS

74. MONDO CANE

75. MONDO CANE 2

76. ATLANTIS

77. AMERICAN PIMP

78. WATTSTAX

79. SPACE STATION: IMAX

80. EVEREST: IMAX

81. DOCUMENT OF THE DEAD

82. DARIO ARGENTO: AN EYE FOR HORROR

83. FACES OF DEATH



If there were 100 favorites to put on this list then it would be complete but I was hard pressed to find as many as this without adding films that I didn’t really care for (and there are a whole bunch of those).