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Documentary

Dynamic genre archive. Imported movies in this genre will show automatically.

Movies1332
Years1980-2026
Avg Score40.1
Worldwide Gross$4,419,525,881
Budget to WW Gross Multiple2.63x
Total Profit$-1,423,367,201
Total Profit (Inflation Adj)$-7,712,183,881

Top Movies in Documentary

Poster Movie Year Overall Popularity % Box Office % Worldwide Profit/Loss (Est.) Profit (Inflation Adj)
American Swing poster 2009 27.4 23.2% 17.3% $30K -$327K -$491K
Windfall poster 2012 16.3 7.2% 6.0% $7K -$350K -$491K
The Beat Hotel poster 2012 27.4 28.5% 5.8% $6K -$350K -$491K
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey poster 1995 26.3 11.2% 13.5% $253K -$233K -$491K
Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story poster 2011 20.8 9.8% 7.8% $13K -$344K -$492K
Behind the Burly Q poster 2010 24.2 8.9% 17.7% $24K -$334K -$492K
The Atomic Cafe poster 2018 51.0 65.3% 13.9% $22K -$392K -$493K
Unborn in the USA: Inside the War on Abortion poster 2007 18.0 9.0% 1.2% $1K -$318K -$494K
Blessed Is the Match poster 2009 20.5 5.4% 12.0% $19K -$329K -$494K
Knuckle poster 2011 36.0 35.5% 12.8% $25K -$345K -$494K
MC5*: A True Testimonial poster 2004 21.3 4.7% 9.2% $11K -$291K -$495K
Biggie & Tupac poster 2002 37.4 33.2% 25.7% $146K -$277K -$496K
The Fluffy Movie: Unity Through Laughter poster 2014 60.2 55.2% 62.3% $3M -$365K -$496K
The Flower of Kim Jong II poster 2010 21.4 14.3% 4.5% $4K -$336K -$496K
The Good Old Naughty Days poster 2003 28.0 13.2% 22.8% $85K -$284K -$497K
Shoah poster 2010 32.0 15.0% 15.8% $20K -$337K -$498K
Gotta Dance poster 2009 25.7 6.9% 14.6% $25K -$332K -$498K
Steep poster 2007 33.7 15.4% 40.1% $319K -$322K -$500K
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel poster 2011 32.2 30.1% 4.7% $7K -$350K -$500K
El Sicario, Room 164 poster 2011 25.3 18.1% 4.4% $6K -$350K -$502K
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal poster 2007 38.9 22.0% 35.9% $204K -$323K -$502K
Yang Ban Xi: The 8 Modelworks poster 2006 22.1 2.7% 18.1% $21K -$314K -$502K
The First Basket poster 2008 31.5 34.3% 13.9% $20K -$336K -$502K
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! poster 2009 42.4 30.6% 33.2% $181K -$334K -$502K
Rape of the Soul poster 2006 12.7 2.4% 23.9% $40K -$314K -$502K
Carbon Nation poster 2010 22.4 12.0% 14.3% $17K -$340K -$502K
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust poster 2007 29.0 15.3% 15.8% $22K -$324K -$503K
Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon poster 2008 22.4 3.1% 13.7% $20K -$336K -$503K
Saving Marriage poster 2008 36.7 34.5% 13.4% $19K -$337K -$504K
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father poster 2008 51.6 63.4% 13.0% $18K -$338K -$505K
Waco: The Rules of Engagement poster 1997 32.5 21.6% 16.7% $142K -$252K -$505K
The Two Escobars poster 2010 34.7 27.5% 13.5% $14K -$342K -$505K
We Are X poster 2016 42.5 22.5% 45.9% $548K -$377K -$506K
The Empire in Africa poster 2006 19.0 8.7% 1.2% $1K -$318K -$508K
The Devil's Miner poster 2006 28.3 13.5% 14.7% $14K -$318K -$508K
Giuliani Time poster 2006 25.8 8.9% 18.5% $22K -$318K -$508K
The Cave poster 2019 43.2 48.5% 41.5% $289K -$403K -$508K
William Eggleston in the Real World poster 2005 25.8 7.4% 22.0% $44K -$309K -$509K
Kill Your Idols poster 2006 21.4 18.0% 10.3% $8K -$319K -$509K
Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? poster 2006 24.8 3.9% 22.9% $35K -$319K -$509K
Poisoned by Polonium: The Litvinenko File poster 2008 23.1 9.6% 16.4% $29K -$341K -$510K
War Photographer poster 2002 40.7 37.6% 19.5% $87K -$285K -$511K
Better Living Through Circuitry poster 2000 22.0 1.8% 14.7% $82K -$274K -$512K
A Great Day in Harlem poster 1995 25.0 4.5% 20.2% $527K -$242K -$512K
My Country, My Country poster 2006 40.4 38.3% 22.4% $34K -$321K -$512K
Through the Fire poster 2006 49.3 62.2% 20.0% $26K -$321K -$512K
Crossing the Line poster 2007 29.0 15.9% 15.3% $20K -$330K -$513K
The Photographer, His Wife, Her Lover poster 2006 21.5 4.1% 13.3% $13K -$322K -$514K
Only the Strong Survive poster 2003 24.7 12.4% 20.2% $64K -$295K -$515K
Margaret Cho: Assassin poster 2005 24.3 13.2% 20.5% $40K -$313K -$516K