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1	Sicko (2007) more movies like this directed by Michael Moore featuring Michael Moore After exploring the predominance of violence in American culture in Bowling for Columbine and taking a critical look at the September 11th attacks in Fahrenheit 9/11, activist filmmaker Michael Moore turns his attentions toward the topic of health care in the United States in this documentary that weighs the plight of the uninsured (and the ... see all copies from $7.96! new only from $7.96!
2	Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) more movies like this directed by Michael Moore featuring Michael Moore Directed by Michael Moore, whose aura of controversy only grew after his Oscar acceptance speech at the 2003 Academy Awards, Fahrenheit 9/11, like Moore's Bowling For Columbine and Roger & Me, promises to expose the corporate wrongdoings and big-money scandals perpetrated by America's financial elite. This movie, however, looks beyond the inner ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.80!
3	Triumph of the Will (1934) more movies like this directed by Leni Riefenstahl Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens) is a filmed record of the 1934 Nazi Party Convention, in Nuremberg. No, it is more than just a record: it is an exultation of Adolf Hitler, who from the moment his plane descends from Valhalla-like clouds is visually characterized as a God on Earth. The "Jewish question" is disposed of with a few fleeting ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $14.99!
4	The Fog of War (2003) more movies like this directed by Errol Morris featuring Robert S. McNamara Former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara is the sole focus of documentarian Errol Morris's The Fog of War, a film that not only analyzes McNamara's controversial decisions during the first half of the Vietnam War, but also his childhood upbringing, his education at Berkley and Harvard, his involvement in World War II, and his later years as ... see all copies from $6.04! new only from $11.11!
5	America: Freedom to Fascism (2006) more movies like this directed by Aaron Russo featuring Joe Banister, John Turner, Sheldon Cohen, Sherry Jackson, Aaron Russo Former rock & roll promoter and manager-turned-political activist Aaron Russo sets out to discover the truth behind the Internal Revenue Service in an eye-opening documentary filmed to find out if there is any existing law that requires Americans to pay an income tax. What Russo claims to uncover in his nonpartisan investigation is a systematic ... see all copies from $5.67! new only from $5.99!
6	Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media (1993) more movies like this directed by Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick The Canadian documentary Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media presents a lengthy, detailed look at the political beliefs of celebrated intellectual Noam Chomsky. Casting only passing glances at Chomsky's groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and his eventful life, filmmakers Mark Achbar and Peter Witonick instead focus on ... see all copies from $11.95! new only from $20.89!
7	Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story (1992) more movies like this directed by Michael Apted featuring Robert Redford Produced and narrated by Robert Redford, the documentary Incident at Oglala is an examination of the murder case involving Leonard Peltier. Produced and narrated by Robert Redford, the documentary takes place in the Indian reservations of South Dakota near Wounded Knee, where U.S. soldiers massacred the native population (including Sioux Chief ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.98!
8	Control Room (2004) more movies like this directed by Jehane Noujaim featuring Sameer Khader, Lt. Josh Rushing, Hassan Ibrahim, Tom Mintier, Deema Khatib Egyptian-American filmmaker Jehane Noujaim (Startup.com) directs Control Room, a documentary investigating the ethics of media-managed wars. This film particularly focuses on the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Noujaim and her film crew travel to the headquarters of Al-Jazeera, the media leader in the Arab world, to find out what the news looks like in Iraq ... see all copies from $6.41! new only from $6.41!
9	The Corporation (2004) more movies like this directed by Jennifer Abbott, Mark Achbar featuring Jane Akre, Raymond L. Anderson, Joe Badaracco, Maude Barlow, Mark Barry In the mid-1800s, corporations began to be recognized as individuals by U.S. courts, granting them unprecedented rights. The Corporation, a documentary by filmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott and author Joel Bakan, delves into that legal standard, essentially asking: if corporations were people, what kind of people would they be? Applying ... see all copies from $20.89! new only from $20.89!
10	Night and Fog (1955) more movies like this directed by Alain Resnais Night and Fog represents the peak of director Alain Resnais' activities as a short-subject filmmaker. Framed as a documentary, the film is an unsettling view of life inside the Nazi concentration camps of World War II. As he would in his later features (Hiroshima Mon Amour, Last Year at Marienbad et. al.) Resnais toys with chronology, with memory ... see all copies from $11.71! new only from $11.71!
11	Olympia (1938) more movies like this directed by Leni Riefenstahl Having proven her mettle with her still-astonishing propaganda epic Triumph of the Will, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl furthered her reputation with the two-part Olympia, an all-inclusive filmed record of the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In its original 220-minute form, the film was designed as a paean to Aryan superiority, likening the strong-limbed ... see all copies from $5.99! new only from $14.99!
12 view cover	Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2000) more movies like this directed by Mark Jonathan Harris featuring Judi Dench On November 9, 1938, Adolph Hitler's ugly war against the Jews began in earnest with the "Kristallnacht," in which Nazi troops joined with angry mobs to attack synagogues, Jewish-owned businesses, and residents of predominantly Jewish neighborhoods. While Hitler did not initially make clear his plans for a genocide of Germany's Jews, he openly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.35!
13 view cover	Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy (2002) more movies like this directed by Greg Barker, William Cran In the wake of World War I, economic turmoil in the United States and Europe led to new perspectives on the global economy in both the private and public sectors, and since that time, theorists on both sides of the fence have constantly debated the virtues of an international free market as opposed to economies overseen by governmental controls. ... see all copies from $6.09! new only from $26.09!
14 view cover	One Day in September (1999) more movies like this directed by Kevin MacDonald featuring Ankie Spitzer, Gad Zahari, Jamal Al Gashey, Michael Douglas In 1972, athletes from around the globe gathered in Munich, Germany for the Olympic Games. However, the Olympic spirit of brotherhood and peaceful competition was shattered when eight Palestinian terrorists invaded the athletes' quarters to take the Israeli team hostage, resulting in the violent deaths of eleven athletes. In One Day in September, ... see all copies from $2.17! new only from $10.18!
15 view cover	Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony (1999) more movies like this directed by Ken Burns featuring Sally Kellerman, Ronnie Gilbert, Julie Harris, Amy Madigan, Adam Arkin Upon finding a written biography of pioneering women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton, film producers Paul Barnes and Ken Burns (director of "The Civil War") were shocked and outraged that her story -- which is also that of Stanton's longtime friend and political partner Susan B. Anthony -- had been almost entirely omitted from their ... see all copies from $2.28! new only from $18.47!
16 view cover	The Sorrow and the Pity (1971) more movies like this directed by Marcel Ophüls Made for French television, Marcel Ophüls' four-hour-plus documentary explores the average French citizen's memories of the Nazi occupation. Just how large and effective was the fabled resistance movement? Is cooperation the same thing as collaboration? And how did one's up-close-and-personal experiences with the occupation troops impact one's ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $37.86!
17 view cover	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2007) more movies like this directed by Rick Ray featuring Rick Ray, The Dalai Lama (XIV) The deeply philosophical and spiritual documentary 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama finds the questing filmmaker and intellectual Rick Ray visiting with Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama -- widely regarded as one of the wisest men in the world -- and asking His Holiness such questions as: "Why are the poor traditionally so much happier than the ... see all copies from $20.37! new only from $20.37!
18 view cover	The Lost Children of Berlin (1997) more movies like this directed by Elizabeth McIntyre In the dark days of Nazi Germany, Jewish schools were shut down one by one as the students and their families were herded into ghettos or sent to concentration camps. But amid the countless stories of tragedy and death are the miraculous stories of those who survived. This documentary, produced by Steven Spielberg and the Shoah Foundation and ... see all copies from $27.06! new only from $38.00!
19 view cover	Life + Debt (2001) more movies like this directed by Stephanie Black featuring Jamaica Kincaid In 1962, Jamaica won its independence from the United Kingdom, and the island nation, which had long struggled with poverty, attempted to use its agricultural resources in order to create a sound economic base. As Jamaica's financial problems grew more severe with time, prime minister Michael Manley struck a deal in 1977 with a consortium of ... see all copies from $35.40! new only from $35.40!
20 view cover	Anne Frank Remembered (1995) more movies like this directed by Jon Blair featuring Ashley Johnson, Glenn Close, Kenneth Branagh This ground-breaking British documentary offers the most complete biographical account ever compiled of the young Jewish girl whose simple diary entries and observations brought the grim realities of the Holocaust to millions of readers the world over. It not only includes interviews from survivors who knew her, it also looks into never before ... see all copies from $3.50! new only from $10.25!
21 view cover	When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006) more movies like this directed by Spike Lee featuring Harry Belafonte Academy Award-nominated director Spike Lee (the guiding force behind the critically acclaimed documentary 4 Little Girls) turns to nonfiction filmmaking once again with the heart-wrenching marathon work When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, produced by Lee's Forty Acres and a Mule Filmworks and originally screened on HBO. In four "acts" ... see all copies from $25.44! new only from $25.44!
22 view cover	Why We Fight (2006) more movies like this directed by Eugene Jarecki featuring Wilton Sekzer, Chalmers Johnson, William Solomon, Charles Lewis, Richard Perle In 1961, as Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his final address to the nation before leaving the office of President of the United States, he warned that America "must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence...by the military-industrial complex." Nearly 45 years later, as the United States finds itself waging a war in Iraq for reasons that ... see all copies from $10.25! new only from $10.25!
23 view cover	Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) more movies like this directed by William Gazecki Director William Gazecki's documentary on 1994's 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, TX, which ended with the destruction of the compound by fire and the death of 70 members inside, is a strong and compelling piece of journalism that raises reasonable and troubling questions about how the FBI and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, ... see all copies from $14.33! new only from $14.33!
24 view cover	The War Room (1992) more movies like this directed by Chris Hegedus, Christopher Hughes, D.A. Pennebaker featuring James Carville, George Stephanopoulos A look inside the 1992 presidential race, D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hedgus' documentary The War Room explores the backstage side of national politics by examining the day-to-day operations of Bill Clinton's campaign staff. The behind-the-scenes leader of the group is James Carville, the demonstrative, charismatic campaign manager who relies on a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.70!
25 view cover	Maxed Out (2007) more movies like this directed by James D. Scurlock Per its title, James D. Scurlock's virulently angry muckraking documentary Maxed Out examines the many problems associated with escalating U.S. consumer debt. Scurlock places his weightiest emphasis on the ends of the spectrum rooted in extreme evil (read: abuse) - such as the capital lenders who wheedle poor farm families into assuming ... see all copies from $12.90! new only from $15.12!

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