Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
2,056Hannah: Buddhism's Untold Journey$3961--Oct 14, 2016Kino Lorber
2,055Triumph of the Wall$4761$4301May 31, 2013First Run
2,054Back to Normandy$5031--Jul 30, 2008Kino International
2,053A Good Day to Die$5731--Nov 4, 2011-
2,052Notes on Marie Menken$5771$5771Feb 9, 2007Icarus Films
2,051Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child$6011$4021Nov 23, 2012First Run
2,050Jesus, You Know$6041$6041Dec 3, 2004Leisure Time Features
2,049TVTV: Video Revolutionaries$8121$5561Oct 19, 2018First Run
2,04845365$8531$1071Feb 26, 2010-
2,047Extraordinary Ordinary People$8801$7441Sep 15, 2017First Run
2,046They Are We$9001$5901Jun 26, 2015Icarus Films
2,045A People Uncounted$9301$3901May 16, 2014First Run
2,044Beyond Hatred$9491$5331Jun 15, 2007First Run
2,043The Penguin Counters$9761$9761Apr 21, 2017First Run
2,042Invisible Hands$1,0341$4561Nov 23, 2018First Run
2,040The Empire in Africa$1,0883$1,0883Dec 8, 2006Cinema Libre Studio
2,040We Are the Giant$1,0882$1,0882Dec 12, 2014Music Box Films
2,039The Tower$1,1171$7261Nov 7, 2014Music Box Films
2,038The Ister$1,1241$1,1241Feb 10, 2006Icarus Films
2,037Yalom's Cure$1,1641$6841Mar 11, 2016First Run
2,036The Colour of Olives$1,1691$5551Jul 12, 2006Arab Film Distribution
2,035A Different American Dream$1,1721$848-Jan 6, 2017First Run
2,034Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution$1,1811$5951Oct 16, 2009First Run
2,033Under the Turban$1,1901--Apr 25, 2018GathrFilms
2,032A Small Good Thing$1,1962$1,1962Aug 19, 2016Kino Lorber
2,031The Trials of Darryl Hunt$1,2172$6192Jun 15, 2007THINKFilm
2,030It's Not Yet Dark$1,2272$8112Aug 4, 2017FilmRise
2,029Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision$1,2461$6421Aug 5, 2005Icarus Films
2,028Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet$1,2942$3192Dec 12, 2012Kino Lorber
2,027America Betrayed$1,3111$2451Mar 27, 2009First Run
2,026Return to the Land of Wonders$1,3381$3571Jul 13, 2005Arab Film Distribution
2,025The Silence of Mark Rothko$1,4221$2681Apr 21, 2016Icarus Films
2,024Bestiaire$1,4282--Oct 19, 2012-
2,023Monumental: David Brower's Fight for Wild America$1,4301$8421Jul 22, 2005First Run
2,022The Ballad of Bering Strait$1,4403$1,2323Feb 19, 2003Emerging Pictures
2,021That Way Madness Lies...$1,4472$5792Dec 14, 2018First Run
2,020Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion$1,4751$1,0351Jun 15, 2007First Run
2,019'Tis Autumn: The Search for Jackie Paris$1,4761$1,4761Dec 7, 2007Outsider Pictures
2,018The Letter: An American Town and the 'Somali Invasion'$1,4791$7891Feb 9, 2005Arab Film Distribution
2,017Making Rounds$1,4841$1,0561Oct 30, 2015First Run
2,016Where Are You Taking Me?$1,4921$9371Mar 2, 2012Icarus Films
2,015Making Grace$1,4961$4561Jul 20, 2005First Run
2,014Souldier$1,5002$9002Feb 21, 2014Parade Deck Films
2,013Rockets Redglare!$1,6051$1,2921Sep 3, 2004-
2,012Persons of Interest$1,6721$1,6721Sep 3, 2004First Run
2,011More Than the Rainbow$1,6771$1,0821May 2, 2014First Run
2,010On the Rumba River$1,6981$1,1561Jun 6, 2008First Run
2,009You Don't Need Feet to Dance$1,7191$1,2391Mar 22, 2013First Run
2,008Children of Fate: Life and Death in a Sicilian Family$1,7381$1,0991Nov 23, 1993First Run
2,007The Other Man: F.W. de Klerk and the End of Apartheid$1,7471$1,1531Feb 6, 2015First Run
2,006The Lost Village$1,7801$8401Oct 19, 2018First Run
2,005Oswald's Ghost$1,7961$1,7961Nov 30, 2007Seventh Art Releasing
2,004Finding Happiness$1,8411--Apr 6, 2018GathrFilms
2,003With God on Our Side: George W. Bush and the Rise of the Religious Right in America$1,8841$5631Jan 19, 2005Lumiere Productions
2,002Sneakerheadz$1,9033$1,9033Aug 7, 2015Submarine Deluxe
2,001A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism$1,9162$8222Sep 24, 2010First Run
2,000West Of The Jordan River$1,9261$1,0471Jan 26, 2018Kino Lorber
1,999Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America$1,9401$1,4521Jan 6, 2017First Run
1,998Split: A Deeper Divide$2,0001$2,3381Oct 12, 2012Feature Presentations Releasing
1,997Algorithms$2,0211$3171Oct 17, 2014First Run
1,996Patagonia Rising$2,0641$9811Jun 8, 2012First Run
1,995Jihadists$2,1041$8241Jan 25, 2019Cinema Libre Studio
1,994Running with Arnold$2,1192$2,1192Jan 11, 2008Lantern Lane Entertainment
1,993NoBody's Perfect$2,1221$5331Apr 16, 2010Lorber Films
1,992Workingman's Death$2,2142$2,2142Feb 24, 2006Seventh Art Releasing
1,991The Night Watchman$2,2192$3782Jul 6, 2012Icarus Films
1,990Behind the White Glasses$2,2231$9001Apr 21, 2017Kino Lorber
1,989The Big Question$2,2483$4661Mar 17, 2006THINKFilm
1,988Serendipity$2,2982$1,1562Oct 18, 2019Cohen Media Group
1,987You're Gonna Miss Me$2,3241$1,3401Jun 8, 2007Palm Pictures
1,986A German Youth$2,3431$4161Oct 11, 2019Big World Pictures
1,985Evergreen: The Road to Legalization$2,3633$1891Jun 13, 2014First Run
1,984The Optimists$2,3771$2,3771Oct 21, 2005Castle Hill Productions
1,983Looking for an Icon$2,3931$1,7601May 9, 2007Icarus Films
1,982Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell$2,4651$1,6311Jul 19, 2019Janus Films
1,981Men at Lunch$2,4831$1,5301Sep 20, 2013First Run
1,980Rank$2,4851$3141Jun 28, 2006IFC Films
1,979Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)$2,4911$5601Oct 6, 2016Kino Lorber
1,978Herbie Hancock: Possibilities$2,4932$1,7722Apr 14, 2006Magnolia Pictures
1,977Standing by Yourself$2,5001$2,2001May 17, 2002Cheapo Films
1,976Risk/Reward$2,5171$2,5171Feb 27, 2004Organic Pictures
1,975Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said$2,5471$1,9061Oct 11, 2006-
1,974ACORN and the Firestorm$2,6211$2,6211Apr 6, 2018First Run
1,973Knuckle$2,6473$2,6473Dec 9, 2011Vitagraph Films
1,972Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America$2,6481$1,4151Jan 24, 2014First Run
1,970Straight Into a Storm$2,6841$1,9641Jun 15, 2018Abramorama
1,970Santoalla$2,6841$4891Jul 19, 2017Oscilloscope
1,969Back to the Fatherland$2,6971$1,3121Jun 14, 2019First Run
1,968Nana$2,7841$1,2401Apr 13, 2018-
1,967The Professor: Tai Chi's Journey West$2,8521$1,7441May 6, 2016First Run
1,966Beautopia$2,8701$1,2191Mar 5, 1999Wellspring Media
1,965Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub$2,9701$1,7361Mar 14, 2008First Run
1,964Run for Your Life$2,9921$2,5371Oct 29, 2008Screen Media Films
1,963Moana$2,9934$2,2741Nov 13, 2015Kino Lorber
1,962Stolen Childhoods$2,9961$2,9961May 20, 2005Balcony Releasing
1,961Fatal Assistance$3,0001$3,0001Feb 28, 2014-
1,960Best and Most Beautiful Things$3,0162$1,5912Dec 2, 2016First Run
1,959The Weird World of Blowfly$3,0621$1,0361Sep 16, 2011Variance Films
1,958Chasing Portraits$3,0761$1,7081Apr 26, 2019First Run
1,957Drew: The Man Behind the Poster$3,0781$1,7641Aug 14, 2013Kino Lorber