1. Brand: A Second Coming
Comic Russell Brand uses drugs, sex and fame in a quest for happiness, only to find it remains elusive. As he explores iconic figures such as Gandhi, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Jesus, he transforms himself into a political antagonist.
It has an average vote of 5.921 on TMDB.
2. Love Exiled
On November 4th, 2008, three states - California, Florida and Arizona - voted to amend their constitutions, denying and revoking the rights of same-sex couples to marry. On May 26, 2009, with Canadian allies, gay American families rally at a Vancouver demonstration to protest these amendments that persecute the LGBTQ community. Demonstration organizer Roger Chin relays the California Supreme Court's infamous decision on Prop 8. Subsequent speakers talk about couples living in exile. Weaving elements of public protest and intimate interviews, four families share their stories of how they met, their decision to escape to freedom in Canada, their Canadian experience and their dreams of returning to their home country, family and friends. In the end, the organizer celebrates the freedoms to marry that exists in Canada.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
3. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
This film examines how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news, and provides an in-depth look at Fox News and the dangerous impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person. Media experts, including Jeff Cohen Bob McChesney , Chellie Pingree , Jeff Chester and David Brock provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society. This documentary also reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it's like to work for Fox News. These former Fox employees talk about how they were forced to push a "right-wing" point of view or risk their jobs. Some have even chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect their current livelihoods. As one employee said "There's no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can't be crossed."
It has an average vote of 6.976 on TMDB.
4. The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequel
Exposes how companies are desperately rebranding as socially responsible — and how that threatens democratic freedoms.
It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.
5. The War You Don't See
This film investigates how the media has reported war, from the First World War to the present day.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
6. Manufactured Landscapes
MANUFACTURED LANDSCAPES is the striking new documentary on the world and work of renowned artist Edward Burtynsky. Internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of “manufactured landscapes”—quarries, recycling yards, factories, mines and dams—Burtynsky creates stunningly beautiful art from civilization’s materials and debris.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
7. Louis C.K.: Chewed Up
Profane, vulgar and obscenely funny, Louis C.K. insists on telling the truth, whether you like it or not! Join the Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic and TV star as he shares his thoughts on the stuff everyone thinks about -- male bodily fluids, the joys of being white, the difference between women and girls -- but never has the nerve to say. It's Louis C.K. at his risk-taking best: fearless, honest and totally outrageous! Nominated for the 2009 Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special
It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.
8. Blood for Dracula
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
It has an average vote of 5.635 on TMDB.
9. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
It has an average vote of 7.218 on TMDB.
10. Mia Martini - I Am Mia (Mia Martini - Io sono Mia)
The movie is a biopic about Mia Martini, an italian singer who died in 1995.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
11. Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans .
It has an average vote of 7.114 on TMDB.
12. Threads
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
13. Far from Heaven
In 1950s Connecticut, a housewife's life is upended by a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in society.
It has an average vote of 7.034 on TMDB.
14. Rules of Engagement
A Marine Colonel is brought to court-martial after ordering his men to fire on demonstrators surrounding the American embassy in Yemen.
It has an average vote of 6.2 on TMDB.
15. Sicko
A documentary about the corrupt health care system in The United States who's main goal is to make profit even if it means losing people’s lives. "The more people you deny health insurance the more money we make" is the business model for health care providers in America.
It has an average vote of 7.354 on TMDB.
16. Mystic Pizza
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut.
It has an average vote of 6.274 on TMDB.
17. Home (Home)
In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man has endangered his own home. But it is too late to be pessimistic: humanity has barely ten years left to reverse the trend, become aware of its excessive exploitation of the Earth's riches, and change its consumption pattern.
It has an average vote of 7.785 on TMDB.
18. The Hole
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
It has an average vote of 6.21 on TMDB.
19. The Howling
After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.
It has an average vote of 6.568 on TMDB.
20. Superman: Doomsday
When LexCorp accidentally unleashes a murderous creature, Superman meets his greatest challenge as a champion. Based on the "The Death of Superman" storyline that appeared in DC Comics' publications in the 1990s.
It has an average vote of 6.709 on TMDB.
