Best documentaries 2001 – 2010 - Charts
Best documentaries 2001 – 2010
1. Senna (2010)
UK / France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Asif Kapadia
Cast: Ayrton Senna, Rubens Barrichello
2. The Cove (2009)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Louie Psihoyos
Cast: Isabel Lucas, Richard O'Barry
5. Dylan Moran: Like, Totally (2006)
UK, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: Michael Matheson
Cast: Dylan Moran
6. Classic Albums: Nirvana - Nevermind (2005)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Bob Smeaton
Cast: Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
7. The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton (2002)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Nicholas Winton, Karel Reisz
8. An Evening with Kevin Smith (2002)
USA, Comedy / Documentary
Directed by: J.M. Kenny
Cast: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
9. Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Charles de Lauzirika
Cast: Ridley Scott, Hampton Fancher
11. Lemmy (2010)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Greg Olliver, Wes Orshoski
Cast: Lemmy, Alice Cooper
13. The Sharp End (2007)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Nick Rosen, Peter Mortimer
Cast: Dean Potter, Jonny Copp
14. Earthlings (2005)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Shaun Monson, Libra Max
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Persia White
15. Oceans (2009)
France / Switzerland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
16. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Jan Harlan
Cast: Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise
17. When You're Strange (2009)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Tom DiCillo
Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore
19. Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (2009)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen
Cast: Bruce Dickinson, Lars Ulrich
20. Heima (2007)
Iceland, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Dean DeBlois
Cast: Sigur Rós, Jon Thor Birgisson
21. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Dmitrij Vasjukov, Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog
22. Amazonia vertical (2004)
Slovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Pavol Barabáš
Cast: Pavol Barabáš, Peter Ondrejovič
24. The Pixar Story (2007)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Leslie Iwerks
Cast: Stacy Keach, John Lasseter
25. Bukowski: Born into This (2003)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: John Dullaghan
Cast: Charles Bukowski, Bono
26. OMO - A Journey to the Primaeval Age (2002)
Slovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Pavol Barabáš
Cast: Peter Ondrejovič, Pavol Barabáš
27. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country (2008)
Denmark / Sweden, Documentary
Directed by: Anders Østergaard
28. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Cast: Bruce Sinofsky, Kirk Hammett
29. Tupac: Resurrection (2003)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Lauren Lazin
Cast: Bill Bellamy, Todd Bridges
31. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Canada / USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Michael Moore
Cast: Michael Moore, Matt Stone
32. Touching the Void (2003)
UK, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Nicholas Aaron, Richard Hawking
34. Global Metal (2007)
Canada, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen
Cast: Bruce Dickinson, Sam Dunn
35. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
Canada, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen
Cast: Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie
37. Rivers and Tides (2001)
Germany / Finland, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Thomas Riedelsheimer
Cast: Andy Goldsworthy, Anna Goldsworthy
38. The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights (2009)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Emmett Malloy
Cast: Jack White, Meg White
39. That's It, That's All. (2008)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Curt Morgan
Cast: Travis Rice, Scotty Lago
40. Inside Job (2010)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Charles Ferguson
Cast: Matt Damon, Andri Snaer Magnason
42. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Israel / France, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Ari Folman
Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון
43. The War You Don't See (2010)
UK, Documentary / War
Directed by: John Pilger, Alan Lowery
Cast: Julian Assange, Tony Blair
47. Joy Division (2007)
UK / USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Grant Gee
Cast: Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner
48. The Travelling Birds (2001)
France / Italy, Documentary
Directed by: Jacques Cluzaud, Michel Debats
Cast: Jacques Perrin, Philippe Labro
49. Classic Albums: Metallica - The Black Album (2001)
USA, Music / Documentary
Directed by: Matthew Longfellow
Cast: Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich
50. King Lines (2007)
USA / Canada, Adventure / Sports
Directed by: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer
Cast: Chris Sharma
51. Facing Ali (2009)
USA / Canada, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Pete McCormack
Cast: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman
52. Tepuy - Cesta do hlbín Zeme (2006)
Slovakia, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Pavol Barabáš
Cast: Michal Hudák, Pavol Barabáš
53. The Light Bulb Conspiracy (2010)
Spain / France, Documentary
Directed by: Cosima Dannoritzer
Cast: Casey Neistat
54. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Sacha Gervasi
Cast: Steve 'Lips' Kudlow, Robb Reiner
55. In the Shadow of the Moon (2006)
UK, Documentary
Directed by: David Sington
Cast: Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins
56. The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (2008)
UK / USA, Documentary
Directed by: Matthew Aeberhard, Leander Ward
Cast: Karoline Herfurth, Zabou Breitman
57. It Might Get Loud (2008)
USA, Music / Documentary
Directed by: Davis Guggenheim
Cast: Jimmy Page, The Edge
58. Nightwish: End of Innocence (2003)
Finland, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Arto Halonen, Timo Halonen
Cast: Tarja Turunen, Tuomas Holopainen
59. Until the Light Takes Us (2008)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell
Cast: Fenriz, Varg Vikernes
62. The Besieged Fortress (2006)
France, Documentary
Directed by: Philippe Calderon
Cast: Christian Brückner
63. No Distance Left to Run (2010)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern
Cast: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon
64. Daddy (2004)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Jan Svěrák, Martin Dostál
Cast: Zdeněk Svěrák, Jan Svěrák
66. Classic Albums: Judas Priest - British Steel (2001)
UK, Music / Documentary
Directed by: Tim Kirkby
Cast: Rob Halford, K.K. Downing
67. King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Michael Pellerin
Cast: Jack Black, Andy Serkis
68. Deep Blue (2003)
UK / Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Alastair Fothergill, Andy Byatt
Cast: Michael Gambon, Pierce Brosnan
69. Progression (2009)
Belgium / Slovenia, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Josh Lowell
Cast: Chris Sharma, Adam Ondra
71. Clarkson: Thriller (2008)
UK, Documentary
Directed by: Brian Klein, Phil Churchward
Cast: Jeremy Clarkson
72. March of the Penguins (2005)
France, Documentary / Family
Directed by: Luc Jacquet
Cast: Jules Sitruk, Romane Bohringer
73. Sniper: Inside the Crosshairs (2009)
USA, Documentary / War
Directed by: Emre Şahin
Cast: Scott Levy, Marco Morales
75. Milos Forman: What Doesn't Kill You... (2009)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Miloslav Šmídmajer
Cast: Miloš Forman, Petr Forman
76. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
USA / UK, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: Banksy
Cast: Banksy, Thierry Guetta
78. White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Steven Okazaki
79. The Eastwood Factor (2010)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Richard Schickel
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman
80. Porcupine Tree: Anesthetize (2010)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Lasse Hoile
Cast: Steven Wilson
81. Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002 (2002)
UK, Documentary
Cast: Eric Cantona, Queen Elizabeth II
82. 911 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions (2006)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Sofia Shafquat
Cast: Rudy Giuliani
83. Petr Novák - Klaunova zpověď (2006)
Czech Republic, Music / Documentary
Directed by: Marie Motejlová-Manolová
Cast: Petr Novák, Zdeněk Juračka
84. Liverpool FC: Champions of Europe 2005 (2005)
UK, Documentary / Sports
Cast: Djibril Cissé, Milan Baroš
85. Lost In La Mancha (2002)
UK / USA, Documentary
Directed by: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Cast: Tony Grisoni, Terry Gilliam
86. Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007)
UK / USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Murray Lerner, Parris Patton
Cast: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend
87. Indiana Jones: Making the Trilogy (2003)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Laurent Bouzereau
Cast: Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw
89. New World Disorder VIII - Smack Down (2007)
Canada, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Derek Westerlund
92. Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)
Ireland / UK, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Julien Temple
Cast: Bono, John Cusack
94. Xzibit: Restless Xposed (2001)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Devin Dehaven, Gregory Dark
Cast: Xzibit, Snoop Dogg
96. Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 (2008)
Italy, Documentary
Directed by: Franco Fracassi, Francesco Trento
Cast: Dario Fo, Gore Vidal
98. An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006)
USA, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: J.M. Kenny
Cast: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes
99. The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
USA, Documentary / War
Directed by: Errol Morris
Cast: Robert McNamara, Errol Morris
100. Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Mac Carter
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Neil Gaiman