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Genres

Documentary

1982-Present
NOTE: Documentary as sub-genre of Non-Fiction.
Large format (ex. Everest), concert (music, ex. Woodstock, and comedy, ex. Raw) , compilation (ex. That's Entertainment) and reality TV movies (ex. Jackass) omitted. Hybrids (ex. Never Say Never) are included.



Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-800, #801-900, #901-1000, #1001-1047
RowRankTitle (click to view)StudioLifetime Gross / TheatersOpening / TheatersDate
1 180 Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion AL $578,241 15 $9,482 1 9/19/03
2 326 What Would Jesus Buy? WarP $200,010 25 $9,527 1 11/16/07
3 75 Beyond the Mat Lions $2,053,648 298 $9,532 1 10/22/99
4 676 Catwalk Arro. $28,672 3 $9,560 1 2/16/96
5 547 High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music Tara $53,319 2 $9,571 1 4/29/94
6 496 The Business of Being Born ICir $69,991 3 $9,574 1 1/9/08
7 387 Kumare KL $132,160 9 $9,601 1 6/20/12
8 741 If I Die Tonight Indic. $20,214 2 $9,646 2 7/31/09
9 488 Naked in Ashes Jour $72,073 6 $9,690 1 10/21/05
10 232 The Boys of Baraka Think $323,860 9 $9,705 1 11/30/05
11 200 The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl Kino $449,707 3 $9,711 1 3/18/94
12 374 Once in a Lifetime Mira. $144,601 12 $9,805 1 7/7/06
13 333 Waste Land Arth. $187,716 8 $9,806 1 10/29/10
14 346 An Unreasonable Man IFC $176,647 11 $9,813 1 1/31/07
15 317 Mondovino Think $209,618 8 $9,840 1 3/23/05
16 319 Sweetgrass CGld $207,473 9 $9,870 1 1/6/10
17 793 Full-Tilt Boogie Mira. $15,313 6 $9,895 6 7/31/98
18 796 Hannari - Geisha Modern Saku. $14,974 1 $9,930 1 11/17/06
19 658 Patti Smith: Dream of Life Palm $30,918 1 $9,993 1 8/6/08
20 531 Leviathan (2013) CGld $58,691 5 $10,000 1 3/1/13
21 88 I Am Pala. $1,591,034 74 $10,092 1 2/18/11
22 251 Bonhoeffer FRun $296,131 7 $10,099 1 6/20/03
23 739 The Highest Pass Libre $20,386 2 $10,125 2 4/27/12
24 340 Constantine's Sword FRun $179,507 6 $10,131 2 4/18/08
25 801 Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business IntC $14,528 1 $10,170 1 7/5/95
26 665 American Swing Magn. $30,156 2 $10,174 1 3/27/09
27 411 After Innocence NYer $114,264 4 $10,194 1 10/21/05
28 466 Crazy Wisdom AM $86,202 5 $10,304 1 11/25/11
29 267 Surfwise Magn. $269,994 13 $10,304 1 5/9/08
30 580 William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe Arth. $46,078 6 $10,322 2 11/13/09
31 312 Chris & Don. A Love Story Zeit. $216,110 12 $10,337 2 6/13/08
32 614 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies BV $39,075 1 $10,350 1 3/6/98
33 159 Shanghai Ghetto Men. $712,446 13 $10,356 1 9/27/02
34 713 The Other City CF $22,539 2 $10,396 2 9/17/10
35 424 Jimmy Carter Man from Plains SPC $108,807 21 $10,413 7 10/26/07
36 338 Chop Suey Zeit. $179,914 5 $10,472 1 10/5/01
37 228 Happy People: A Year in the Taiga MBox $337,141 23 $10,481 1 1/25/13
38 663 Walking on Dead Fish Vari. $30,328 4 $10,524 1 9/19/08
39 434 Al Franken: God Spoke Bal. $102,990 10 $10,533 2 9/13/06
40 495 Crips and Bloods: Made in America Argo. $70,219 4 $10,537 1 1/23/09
41 276 Dancemaker AL $256,780 6 $10,594 3 3/3/99
42 766 Suicide Killers CityL $18,239 1 $10,601 1 8/25/06
43 523 The Long Way Home 7Art $60,509 7 $10,606 7 9/17/97
44 535 Beautiful Losers Side. $56,386 3 $10,607 1 8/8/08
45 264 Paradise Lost CThnk $272,750 11 $10,740 1 9/20/96
46 464 Kurt Cobain About a Son Bal. $87,016 6 $10,749 2 10/3/07
47 330 Mondo New York 4&B $193,209 1 $10,752 1 4/22/88
48 105 Brother's Keeper CThnk $1,305,915 15 $10,758 1 9/9/92
49 201 I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Cow. $445,522 13 $10,776 1 7/26/02
50 774 Ever Again RM $17,304 12 $10,802 12 12/8/06
51 467 51 Birch Street Truly $84,689 6 $10,827 2 10/18/06
52 506 The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom Bal. $67,095 4 $10,884 1 3/31/10
53 261 Taxi to the Dark Side Think $274,661 20 $10,930 2 1/18/08
54 525 Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story IPos. $60,332 10 $10,939 2 9/26/08
55 668 Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie Argo. $29,893 3 $10,976 3 12/3/10
56 797 Venus and Serena Magn. $14,971 4 $10,981 4 5/10/13
57 371 Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator Palm $150,268 13 $10,998 1 8/22/03
58 465 Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present MBox $86,637 5 $11,041 2 6/13/12
59 768 Battle for Brooklyn Rum. $17,981 1 $11,141 1 6/17/11
60 384 The Devil Came on Horseback ICir $132,782 7 $11,143 1 7/25/07
61 759 Steal a Pencil for Me 7Art $18,918 2 $11,179 2 11/9/07
62 569 Terror's Advocate Magn. $47,724 4 $11,197 3 10/12/07
63 202 The Heart of the Game Mira. $445,374 21 $11,251 3 6/9/06
64 452 The Brandon Teena Story Zeit. $92,113 2 $11,281 1 9/23/98
65 692 Nursery University Vari. $26,042 4 $11,307 1 4/24/09
66 145 Into Great Silence Zeit. $790,452 19 $11,355 1 2/28/07
67 596 Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X CCx $41,430 1 $11,437 1 1/11/95
68 357 Derrida Zeit. $157,200 6 $11,473 1 10/23/02
69 504 Lagerfeld Confidential Koch $67,500 2 $11,477 1 10/24/07
70 772 One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das Zeit. $17,524 1 $11,515 1 5/8/13
71 250 42 Up FRun $300,880 5 $11,599 1 11/17/99
72 532 Four Seasons Lodge FRun $58,334 3 $11,667 1 11/11/09
73 287 Enlighten Up! Bal. $246,649 12 $11,799 1 9/12/08
74 343 Bush's Brain Tar. $177,525 9 $11,927 4 8/20/04
75 460 Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Wein. $88,312 3 $11,945 1 10/26/07
76 314 Neil Young Journeys SPC $215,026 23 $12,025 3 6/29/12
77 113 Festival Express Think $1,174,079 43 $12,074 1 7/23/04
78 402 Examined Life Zeit. $120,712 6 $12,085 1 2/25/09
79 708 Islam: What the West Needs to Know Quix. $22,938 3 $12,184 3 7/7/06
80 616 Tsahal NYer $38,773 1 $12,195 1 1/27/95
81 405 Beware of Mr. Baker SF $116,476 15 $12,195 1 11/28/12
82 750 The Ground Truth Focus $20,013 8 $12,207 8 9/15/06
83 697 Free the Mind ICir $24,806 3 $12,215 1 5/3/13
84 142 Ballets Russes Zeit. $815,848 21 $12,230 1 10/26/05
85 72 Rivers and Tides Roxie $2,200,276 15 $12,256 1 6/26/02
86 280 The War Tapes SenA $254,190 9 $12,268 1 6/2/06
87 510 The Real Dirt on Farmer John Slow $65,429 10 $12,376 3 1/20/06
88 647 Fuel N/A $32,465 4 $12,386 4 9/18/09
89 636 Beautiful Darling Crnth $34,096 3 $12,406 1 4/22/11
90 59 When We Were Kings Gram. $2,789,985 92 $12,479 2 10/25/96
91 482 This is Not a Film PalT $77,016 5 $12,608 5 2/29/12
92 224 Keep the River on Your Right - A Modern Cannibal Tale IFC $373,366 15 $12,623 2 3/30/01
93 362 The Gleaners and I Zeit. $155,320 4 $12,655 2 3/7/01
94 177 Tarnation Wells $592,014 22 $12,740 1 10/6/04
95 297 El Bulli: Cooking in Progress AM $237,181 10 $12,756 1 7/27/11
96 620 The Legend of Pale Male Bal. $38,083 4 $12,910 1 11/24/10
97 679 The Ambassador Drft. $28,102 8 $13,046 4 8/29/12
98 593 On the Bowery (re-release) Mile. $41,802 1 $13,236 1 9/17/10
99 573 Connected Pala. $46,782 7 $13,301 3 9/16/11
100 173 The Filth and the Fury FL $612,192 29 $13,305 1 3/29/00
TOTAL (All Movies):$976,846,546----
AVERAGE (All Movies):$955,81947$132,54325-
TOTAL
(Wide Releases Only):		$498,427,158----
AVERAGE
(Wide Releases Only):		$31,151,6971,544$9,246,2991,474-
Rows: #1-100, #101-200, #201-300, #301-400, #401-500, #501-600, #601-700, #701-800, #801-900, #901-1000, #1001-1047


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UPCOMING RELEASES
Title (click to view)StudioRelease Date
Persons of Interest FRun 9/3/04
Muscle Shoals Magn. Summer 2013
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks Focus 5/24/13
Triumph of the Wall FRun 5/31/13
Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie Magn. 6/7/13
Dirty Wars IFC 6/7/13
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story FRun 6/14/13
20 Feet from Stardom RTWC 6/14/13
Call Me Kuchu Cdgm. 6/14/13
How to Make Money Selling Drugs Trib. 6/26/13
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me Magn. 7/3/13
Cutie and the Boxer RTWC 8/16/13
Salinger Wein. 9/6/13
Le Joli Mai Icar. 9/13/13
Bears BV 4/18/14