Best Documentaries of All Time

The Top Ten
1 Sicko

Excellent topic, good filmmaking, genuine dilemma, and truth have been exposed in this documentary. It was a daring and bold attempt by Michael Moore.

Funny and educational. Michael Moore is a genius.

2 Super Size Me

It really opens the eyes of the viewer.

3 Truth Or Dare?
4 Bowling For Columbine

Blaming Marilyn Manson didn't solve anything, did it? Marilyn Manson just sang his music. Eric and Dylan did what they did because they fed off each other. They encouraged each other to go through with the massacre. Marilyn Manson is a highly intelligent and talented musician who represents individualism. He had no part whatsoever in Columbine. Listen to "The Nobodies" by Marilyn Manson, which he made afterwards regarding the entire situation.

Marilyn Manson isn't a bad person, but he's blamed for so much. He doesn't deserve all the hate he gets. Despite his music, he's very nice and very smart, and his music does have meaning. It's just misunderstood. Personally, I love Marilyn Manson. I have a lot of respect for him.

5 The Thin Blue Line
6 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmakers Apocalypse
7 The Decline of Western Civilization
8 Walking with Dinosaurs

I loved this series as a kid and still do! It needs to be put back on the air! It was astounding!

This should be on top, even though it is a series. It's still pretty good.

9 The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert McNamara
10 When We Were Kings

Amazing documentary about the boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.

The Contenders
11 Harlan County USA
12 World War II in Colour
13 Grizzly Man
14 Dont Look Back
15 Salesman
16 Roger & Me
17 Ken Burns' The Civil War
18 Planet Earth
19 Capturing the Friedmans

This family goes through every imaginable emotion, leaving none unmentioned. It shows how a well-to-do American family can be destroyed by lies for the justice system of America. Nobody is safe!

20 Hoop Dreams

Forget just documentaries, this is one of the best movies ever! Why this isn't in the top ten, I'll never know. It makes a real-life sports story accessible and heartbreaking, and explores life in the ghetto in a way never before attempted.

A touching and thrilling story of two boys who just want to play basketball but who are let down and used by all around them. Remarkable film. It will have you laughing and crying within minutes of each other.

21 Grey Gardens

Loved this movie. It was very well made and acted!

22 Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music

The filming and music are so good. I have watched this endless times.

23 Steal This Film II
24 In God We Trust?
25 Everything Is A Remix
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