1. The Fog of War
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
2. A Hundred Years of Happiness (A Hundred Years of Happiness)
A Hundred Years of Happiness; an observational documentary, is a personal portraiture of a Vietnamese farming family and their daughter Tram. While her father instils in her the importance of familial obligation to care for one’s ageing parents, her mother desires a secure future devoid of economic hardship. Determined to fulfil both her parent’s wishes, Tram pursues a new life in South Korea as a migrant bride, but her fast-tracked journey leaves little time for reflection.
It has an average vote of 2.5 on TMDB.
3. Starbucks Unfiltered
How the American coffee chain, now global, has conquered the urban middle class. This investigation on three continents reveals the carefully hidden face of the brand.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
4. Coffee: The Drink That Changed America
Join coffee roaster Dean Cycon and food lover Judith Jones to explore America’s love affair with the red bean that arrived on American shores not long after the Pilgrim Fathers themselves. “Coffee: The Drink That Changed America” explores the brew’s amazing story, from its origins in the Middle East to the 21st century coffee palaces in America.
5. Das Dorf der Freundschaft (Das Dorf der Freundschaft)
A German Documentary about the “village of friendship” that was created by American Veteran George Mizo to help the Vietnamese kids suffering from the Vietnam War.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
6. V pravlasti kávy (V pravlasti kávy)
(V pravlasti kávy)
7. I Was a Soldier
Three young Texans try to adjust to small-town life after experiencing the emotional toll of combat in the jungles of Vietnam.
8. Last Days in Vietnam
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront a moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacuate only U.S. citizens.
It has an average vote of 7.193 on TMDB.
9. Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
A portrait of the life and career of the infamous American execution device designer Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. Mr. Leuchter was an engineer who became an expert on execution devices and was later hired by holocaust revisionist historian Ernst Zundel to "prove" that there were no gas chambers at Auschwitz. Leuchter published a controversial report confirming Zundel's position, which ultimately ruined his own career. Most of the footage is of Leuchter, working in and around execution facilities or chipping away at the walls of Auschwitz, but Morris also interviews various historians, associates, and neighbors.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
10. The Tea Trail with Simon Reeve
Adventurer and journalist Simon Reeve heads to Kenya and Uganda to uncover the stories behind Britain's favourite drink, meeting the people who pick, pack and transport tea.
11. Tales of Television Centre
Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. A Powerful Noise
Bookended by call-to-action quotes from Margaret Mead and Mahatma Gandhi, this inspiring documentary follows three extraordinary women -- in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mali, and Vietnam -- as they lead day-to-day battles against ignorance, poverty, oppression, and ethnic strife.
13. Fieldwork Footage
Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale Hurston spent nearly two years, from 1927 to 1929, studying the folkloric customs, work songs, spirituals, and vernacular language of African American communities along the River Road and from New Orleans to Florida.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
14. Abenteuer Vietnam (Abenteuer Vietnam)
(Abenteuer Vietnam)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
15. Hearts and Minds
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson's phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
It has an average vote of 7.783 on TMDB.
16. By Choice or Chance
A portrait of three single mothers living in Hanoi who are bringing the very first changes to the core values in the development process of the Vietnamese culture.
17. Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett
A special celebrating the origins and legacy of Star Wars' legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
18. Black Gold
An in-depth look at the world of coffee and global trade.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
19. Barefoot Empress
A 96-year-old woman in a Kerala village pursues her lifelong dream of getting an education. Having never gone to school, she must start at the beginning...first grade.
20. Goodbye Che Bei
(Goodbye Che Bei)
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.