Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
1,201Paul Goodman Changed My Life$35,6712$5,7541Oct 19, 2011Zeitgeist Films
1,202Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story$35,6475$3,7001Jun 14, 2013First Run
1,203The Year of the Yao$35,59112$27,82312Apr 15, 2005Fine Line Features
1,204Finders Keepers$35,55532$5,7405Sep 25, 2015The Orchard
1,205PGS: Intuition Is Your Personal Guidance System$35,4234--Jan 16, 2018GathrFilms
1,206Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?$35,3971$6,7421Jul 27, 2006At Risk Films
1,207Rat Film$35,1954$7,7932Sep 15, 2017The Cinema Guild
1,208Our City Dreams$34,9723$4,0561Feb 6, 2009First Run
1,209A Decade Under the Influence$34,8373$2,3201Apr 25, 2003IFC Films
1,210This Ain't No Mouse Music$34,7546$15,9824Sep 19, 2014Argot Pictures
1,211Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope$34,6656$8,2033Apr 6, 2012-
1,212Orchestra of Exiles$34,5775$6,7191Oct 26, 2012First Run
1,213That Summer$34,5565$5,9771May 18, 2018IFC Films
1,214Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam$34,4022$14,3212Feb 9, 1996-
1,215Off the Rails$34,2493$8,7951Nov 18, 2016The Film Collaborative
1,216Beautiful Darling$34,0963$12,4061Apr 22, 2011Corinth Films
1,217Hit So Hard$34,0254$6,5001Apr 13, 2012Variance Films
1,218The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu$34,0233$4,6441Sep 9, 2011The Film Desk
1,219Bert Stern: Original Madman$34,0056$4,6914Apr 5, 2013First Run
1,220Your Mommy Kills Animals!$34,0001$34,0001Jul 20, 2007Halo8 Releasing
1,221Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements$33,82312$5,4241Sep 13, 2019Abramorama
1,222My Country, My Country$33,6204$3,5461Aug 4, 2006Zeitgeist Films
1,223The Turandot Project$33,5043$7,8772Aug 10, 2001Zeitgeist Films
1,224Making the Boys$33,4433$7,5131Mar 11, 2011First Run
1,225The Winding Stream$33,4203$3,6603Dec 16, 2015Argot Pictures
1,226Sisters in Law$33,3122$4,8951Apr 12, 2006Women Make Movies
1,227Running from Crazy$33,3005$6,8221Nov 1, 2013Vitagraph Films
1,228Wasted! The Story of Food Waste$33,21111$17,18911Oct 13, 2017-
1,229American Teacher$33,1442$6,0362Sep 30, 2011First Run
1,230Dislecksia: The Movie$33,0661$2,2131Oct 4, 2013Area 23a
1,231Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber$33,0243$12,7901Sep 10, 2010Vitagraph Films
1,232No Home Movie$32,7575--Feb 18, 2016Icarus Films
1,233Of Time and the City$32,6772$5,5951Jan 21, 2009Strand Releasing
1,234Spettacolo$32,4945$4,4032Sep 8, 2017Grasshopper Film
1,235Boxing Gym$32,4767--Oct 22, 2010Zipporah Films
1,236Fuel$32,4654$12,3864Sep 18, 2009-
1,237Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo$32,3083$6,4981May 12, 2010Argot Pictures
1,238Ayurveda: Art of Being$32,2672$1,9381Jul 17, 2002Kino International
1,239Living in Emergency$32,2087$21,9057Jun 4, 2010Truly Indie
1,240Sacco and Vanzetti$32,2033$2,7781Jan 26, 2007First Run
1,241Brimstone & Glory$32,0598$2,1251Oct 27, 2017Oscilloscope
1,242Desolation Center$32,01610$4,9383Sep 13, 2019Matson Films
1,243Moynihan$31,9702$4,4161Oct 3, 2018First Run
1,244District of Corruption$31,9543$25,0863Oct 26, 2012Rocky Mountain Pictures
1,245Reel Paradise$31,9186$3,1001Aug 17, 2005Wellspring Media
1,246180° South$31,7454$10,2694May 21, 2010Magnolia Pictures
1,247At Berkeley$31,7366$5,0692Nov 8, 2013Zipporah Films
1,248Gift$31,58810$4,2552Oct 11, 2019Matson Films
1,249The Cat Rescuers$31,5403$4,2523Jul 5, 2019Balcony Releasing
1,250Forever$31,5021$5,2021Sep 12, 2007Icarus Films
1,251Whores' Glory$31,4203$5,3583Apr 27, 2012Kino Lorber
1,252Sidemen: Long Road to Glory$31,3996$6,1201Aug 18, 2017Abramorama
1,253Memory: The Origins of Alien$31,37819$14,70419Oct 4, 2019Screen Media Films
1,254Hats Off$31,2725$6,5701Mar 28, 2008Abramorama
1,255Buddy$31,2034--Mar 20, 2019Grasshopper Film
1,256Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird'$31,1355$5,4572May 13, 2011First Run
1,257Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)$30,9753$6,0781Sep 10, 2010Lorber Films
1,258Patti Smith: Dream of Life$30,9181$9,9931Aug 6, 2008Palm Pictures
1,259GasLand$30,8462$2,6411Sep 15, 2010-
1,260Meet the Fokkens$30,8101$7,6281Aug 8, 2012Kino Lorber
1,261Documented$30,6623$5,4221May 2, 2014-
1,262Fighting for Life$30,6062$3,4231Mar 7, 2008Truly Indie
1,263Los Reyes$30,4184$5,6612Aug 16, 2019Grasshopper Film
1,264Dealt$30,41410$4,2931Oct 20, 2017IFC Films
1,265These Birds Walk$30,4082$5,4541Nov 1, 2013Oscilloscope
1,2663 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets$30,4078$2,2381Jun 19, 2015Participant
1,267The Take$30,3801$8,6251Sep 22, 2004Icarus Films
1,268Walking on Dead Fish$30,3284$10,5241Sep 19, 2008Variance Films
1,269No Greater Love$30,24722$21,52022Nov 10, 2017Atlas Distribution Company
1,270WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception$30,2104$4,2163Dec 3, 2004Cinema Libre Studio
1,271Paul Taylor: Creative Domain$30,1687$8,1501Sep 11, 2015-
1,272American Swing$30,1562$10,1741Mar 27, 2009Magnolia Pictures
1,273The Seventh Fire$30,1123$8,2772Jul 22, 2016Film Movement
1,274The Windmill Movie$30,0504$3,8321Jun 17, 2009The Film Desk
1,275Manakamana$30,0294$3,6351Apr 18, 2014The Cinema Guild
1,276I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal$29,9769$5,0754May 23, 2007Luminous Velocity Releasing
1,277Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie$29,8933$10,9763Dec 3, 2010Argot Pictures
1,278Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story$29,8633$7,0061Oct 25, 2013Cinipix
1,279In Pursuit of Silence$29,8342$5,1411Jun 23, 2017The Cinema Guild
1,280A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for A Living Planet$29,81711--Feb 22, 2013First Run
1,281Uncertain$29,7366--Mar 6, 2017-
1,282Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye$29,7102$7,2352Jan 13, 2006Palm Pictures
1,283The Best Democracy Money Can Buy$29,5004$9,5111Sep 23, 2016Cinema Libre Studio
1,284Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art$29,4625$5,4244Jan 8, 2016First Run
1,285Romántico$29,4605$2,8081Nov 1, 2006Kino International
1,286Empathy$29,3451$11,9751Jan 21, 2004Icarus Films
1,287Cousin Jules$29,3373$5,1351Nov 29, 2013The Cinema Guild
1,288Charm City$29,3353$10,5111Oct 12, 2018PBS Distribution
1,289The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls$29,3165$2,5061May 13, 2011Argot Pictures
1,290You've Been Trumped$29,2735$4,4971Aug 3, 2012International Film Circuit
1,291Time to Choose$29,2339$12,2336Jun 3, 2016Abramorama
1,292Naked Fame$29,2202$2,8371Feb 18, 2005Regent Releasing
1,293Fire in the Blood$28,9944$4,8561Sep 6, 2013International Film Circuit
1,294Two in the Wave$28,8081$5,6761May 19, 2010Lorber Films
1,295Catwalk$28,6723$9,5601Feb 16, 1996Arrow Releasing
1,296Hitler's Children$28,6633$2,9391Nov 16, 2012Film Movement
1,297Garbo: The Spy$28,5632$5,5931Nov 18, 2011First Run
1,298Restoring Tomorrow$28,556394--Nov 13, 2018Fathom Events
1,299Stations of the Elevated$28,5161$9,4231Oct 17, 2014Cinema Conservancy
1,300The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger$28,4562$5,3041Aug 31, 2016Icarus Films