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0-9

The 11th Hour (2007, Nadia Conners and Leila Conners Petersen)
14 Up in America (1998, Phil Joanou)^[1]
14 Up Born in the USSR (1998, Sergei Miroshnichenko)^[2]
16 Days in Afghanistan (2007, Anwar Hajher)
4 Little Girls (1997, Spike Lee)
7 Up in South Africa (1992, Angus Gibson)^[3]

Aa

After Stonewall (1999, John Scagliotti)
Age 7 in America (1991, Phil Joanou)^[4]
Age 7 in the USSR (1990, Sergei Miroshnichenko)^[5]
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1982, Nick Broomfield)
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003, Nick Broomfield)
American Dream (1990, Barbara Kopple)
American Hardcore (2006, Paul Rachman)
American Movie (1999, Chris Smith)
American Zeitgeist (2006, Rob McGann)
The American Ruling Class (2005, John Kirby)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006, Davis Guggenheim)
Andrew and Jeremy Get Married (2004, Don Boyd)
Anne Frank Remembered (1995, Jon Blair)

Bb

Baghdad ER (2006, Jon Alpert and Matthew O'Neill)
Basic Training (1971, Frederick Wiseman)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (2003, Albert and David Maysles)
Beaver Valley (1950, James Algar)^[6]
Before Stonewall (1984, John Scagliotti and Greta Schiller)
Best Boy (1979, Ira Wohl)
Beyond Hatred (2005, Olivier Meyrou)
Biggie and Tupac (2002, Nick Broomfield)
The Big One (1998, Michael Moore)
The Blood of Yingzhou District (2006, Ruby Yang)
Born into Brothels (2004, Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman)
Bowling for Columbine (2002, Michael Moore)
A Boy Named Sue (2000, Julie Wyman)
A Brief History of Time (1991, Errol Morris)
Buy Bye Beauty (2001, Pål Hollender)

Cc

The California Reich (1975, Keith F. Critchlow and Walter Parkes)
Calle 54 (2000, Fernando Trueba)
Captain Mike Across America (2007, Michael Moore)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003, Andrew Jarecki)
Chang (1927, Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack)
Checkpoint (2004, Yoav Shamir)^[7]
Chicken Ranch (1984, Nick Broomfield)
China 21 (2002, Ruby Yang)^[8]
Chronicle of a Summer (1960, Edgar Morin)
Citizen Hong Kong (1999, Ruby Yang)^[9]
Citizen Shane (2004, Ron Tibbett)
Cocksucker Blues (1972, Robert Frank)
The Conquest of Everest (1953, George Lowe)
Control Room (2004, Jehane Noujaim)
The Corporation (2003, Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar)
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980, Adrian Malone)
Crumb (1994, Terry Zwigoff)

Dd

Dalai Lama Renaissance (2007, Khashyar Darvich)
Darwin's Nightmare (2004, Hubert Sauper)
The Day the Universe Changed (1985, James Burke)
A Diary for Timothy (1945, Humphrey Jennings)
DJ Domination: World Domination (2003, DJ Domination)
Dont Look Back (1967, D.A. Pennebaker)
Dust to Dust: The Health Effects of 9/11 (2006, Heidi Dehncke Fisher)

Ee

The End of Suburbia (2004, Gregory Greene)
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005, Alex Gibney)

Ff

Facing Sudan (2007, Bruce David Janu)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004, Michael Moore)
FahrenHYPE 9/11 (2004, Alan Peterson)
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (1997, Errol Morris)
Festival Express (2003, Bob Smeaton)
Final Score (2007, Soraya Nagasuwan)
Fires Were Started (1943, Humphrey Jennings)
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003, Errol Morris)
Forbidden Fruit (2000, Sue Maluwa-Bruce)
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives (1992, Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman)

Gg

Gimme Shelter (1970, Albert and David Maysles)
Giuliani Time (2006, Kevin Keating)
God On My Side (2006, Andrew Denton)
Great Old Amusement Parks (1999, Rick Sebak)
Grey Gardens (1976, Albert and David Maysles)
Grizzly Man (2005, Werner Herzog)

Hh

Harlan County, USA (1976, Barbara Kopple)
Hearts and Minds (1974, Peter Davis)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991, Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper)
Heima (2007, Dion DeBlois)
High School (1969, Frederick Wiseman)
Hoop Dreams (1994, Steve James)
Hope In Heaven (2007, Meredith Ralston)

Ii

In the Land of the Head Hunters (1914, Edward S. Curtis)
Innocence (2005, Areeya Chumsai and Nisa Kongsri)
Imagine: John Lennon (1988, Andrew Solt)
Inside Deep Throat (2005, Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato)
An Islamic History of Europe (2005, Rageh Omaar)^[10]

Jj

Jesus Camp (2006, Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing)
Juarez City of Dreams (2006, Alex Tweddle)
Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the 70's Generation (1999, Catherine Annau)

Kk

The Kid Stays in the Picture (1999, Robert Evans)
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007, Seth Gordon)
Kon-Tiki (1950, Thor Heyerdahl)
Koyaanisqatsi (1983, Godfrey Reggio)
Kurt and Courtney (1999, Nick Broomfield)

Ll

Life in the Freezer (1993, David Attenborough)
Listen to Britain (1942, Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister)^[11]
The Living Desert (1953, James Algar)
London Can Take It (1940, Harry Watt)^[12]
Loose Change (2007, Dylan Avery)
Lord of the Universe (1974, Michael Shamberg)
Lost in La Mancha (2002, Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe)
Louisiana Story (1948, Robert J. Flaherty)

Mm

Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991, Alek Keshishian)
Mad Hot Ballroom (2005, Marilyn Argrelo)
Man of Aran (1934, Robert J. Flaherty)
Manson (1973,Robert Hendrickson)
Man with a Movie Camera (1929, Dziga Vertov)
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1992, Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick)
March of the Penguins (2005, Luc Jacquet)
A Married Couple (1968, Allan King)
The Memory of Justice (1976, Marcel Ophüls)
Mojados: Through the Night (2004, Tommy Davis)
Moana (1926, Robert J. Flaherty)
Murderball (2005, Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro)
My Flesh and Blood (2003, Jonathan Karsh)

Nn

Nanook of the North (1922, Robert J. Flaherty)
Nicaragua Was Our Home (1986, Lee Shapiro)
Night Mail (1936, Basil Wright and Harry Watt)
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005, Martin Scorsese)
No End in Sight (2007, Alex Gibney)

Oo

Pp

The Panama Deception (1992, Barbara Trent)
The Passion of Andy Kaufman (2006, Don Alex Hixx)
The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936, Pare Lorentz)
Point of Order (1964, Emile de Antonio)
Pride Divide (1997, Paris Poirier)
Primary, (1960, Robert Drew)
Primate, (1974, Frederick Wiseman)
Pumping Iron (1977, Robert Fiore and George Butler)

Qq

QED: Simon's War (1983, Steven Rose)^[13]
Queen Victoria's Empire (2001, Paul Burgess)^[14]
Quest for the Bay (2002, Jamie Brown)^[15]
Questioning Faith: Confessions of a Seminarian (2002, Macky Alston)^[16]

Rr

The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005, Taggart Siegel)
Richard Hammond Meets Evel Knievel (2007, Nigel Simpkiss)
The River (1938, Pare Lorentz)
Roger & Me (1989, Michael Moore)

Ss

Salesman (1969, Albert and David Maysles)
Scared Straight! (1978, Arnold Shapiro)
Seal Island (1948, James Algar)^[17]
Seoul Train (2005, Jim Butterworth)
Sex Slaves (2005, Ric Esther Bienstock)
Shoah (1985, Claude Lanzmann)
SiCKO (2007, Michael Moore)
The Silent World (1956, Jacques-Yves Cousteau)^[18]
Soldier Girls (1981, Nick Broomfield)
Song of Ceylon (1935, John Grierson)
The Sorrow and the Pity (1971, Marcel Ophuls)
Spellbound (2002, Jeffrey Blitz)
Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002, Paul Justman)
Super Size Me (2004, Morgan Spurlock)
Surplus (2003, Erik Gandini)

Tt

Target for Tonight (1941, Harry Watt)
Tarnation (2003, Jonathan Caouette)
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007, Alex Gibney)
The Thin Blue Line (1988, Errol Morris)
This Is Elvis (1982, Malcom Leo and Andrew Salt)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984, Rob Epstein)
Titicut Follies (1967, Frederick Wiseman)
Touching the Void (2003, Kevin Macdonald)
Trembling Before G-d (2001, Sandi Simcha DuBowski)
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002, Alex Gibney)
Triumph of the Will (1934, Leni Riefenstahl)
Tupac: Resurrection (2003, Lauren Lazin)
Typhoons' Last Storm (2000, Lawrence Bond)^[19]

Uu

U2 Rattle and Hum (1988, Phil Joanou)
U23D (2008, Catherine Owens)
The Up Series (1964 to 2005, Michael Apted)

Vv

The Vanishing Prairie (1954, James Algar)
Voices of Iraq (2004, People of Iraq) - (Martin Kunert, uncredited)

Ww

War/Dance (2007, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine)
Warrendale (1967, Allan King)
Welfare (1973, Frederick Wiseman)
When We Were Kings (1996, Leon Gast)
Who Killed The Electric Car (2006, Chris Paine)
Why We Fight (2005, Eugene Jarecki)
Winged Migration (2001, Jacques Cluzaud and Jacques Cluzaud)
Woodstock (1970, Michael Wadleigh)
The World Without US (2008, Mitch Anderson)
Wrath of Gods (2007, Jon Gustafsson)

Xx

X: The Unheard Music (1986, W.T. Morgan)

Yy

A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992, Adam Dubin)
Year at Danger (2007, Steve Metze and Don Swaynos)
Yellow Brick Road (2005, Keith Rondinelli and Matthew Makar)

Zz

Zeitgeist, the Movie (2007, Peter Joseph)

See Also: List of movies - List of actors - List of directors - List of documentaries - List of film production companies

References

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