Genre Keyword: Documentary

Rank Title Lifetime GrossMax TheatersOpeningOpen ThRelease DateDistributor
701Stolen$132,5965$6,2501Apr 19, 2006International Film Circuit
702Dawson City: Frozen Time$132,3698--Oct 2, 2016Kino Lorber
703Deep Blue$132,2615$8,3732Jun 3, 2005Miramax
704Kumaré$132,1609$9,6011Jun 20, 2012Kino Lorber
705How to Survive a Plague$132,05515$28,2504Sep 21, 2012IFC Films
706A Ballerina's Tale$131,99516$9,3882Oct 14, 2015IFC Films
707Until the Light Takes Us$130,4413$7,2461Dec 4, 2009Variance Films
708Requiem for the American Dream$130,15214--Jan 29, 2016The Film Collaborative
7094 Little Girls$130,1464$13,5281Jul 9, 1997-
710Be Here to Love Me$129,9885$9,0981Dec 2, 2005Palm Pictures
711I Called Him Morgan$128,98611$12,9021Mar 24, 2017Submarine Deluxe
712Stonewall Uprising$128,20310$15,7294Jun 16, 2010First Run
713City of Ghosts$128,01518$13,6012Jul 7, 2017IFC Films
714Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge$127,98611$18,6006Jun 30, 2017-
715Bjork: Biophilia Live$127,75427--Sep 26, 2014Cinema Purgatorio
716A Band Called Death$127,25716$34,83915Jun 28, 2013Drafthouse Films
717Dig!$127,06710$20,4372Oct 1, 2004Palm Pictures
718Unknown White Male$126,83611$24,5914Feb 24, 2006Wellspring Media
719Woodstock$126,562781--Aug 15, 2019Fathom Events
720Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare$126,23812$30,95312Oct 5, 2012Roadside Attractions
721The B-Side$125,22725$12,0353Jun 30, 2017Neon
722'85: The Greatest Team in Football History$124,573221--Jan 29, 2018Fathom Events
723The First Saturday in May$124,29420$54,55320Apr 18, 2008Truly Indie
724The Square$124,2449$16,3591Oct 25, 2013Noujaim Films
725Sigur Rós: Inni$123,4827$14,9033Oct 28, 2011Cinema Purgatorio
726Buena Vista Social Club: Adios$123,44580$64,46980May 26, 2017Broad Green Pictures
727The Last Mountain$122,9617$17,5702Jun 3, 2011Dada Films
728Manda Bala (Send a Bullet)$122,9059$14,0301Aug 17, 2007City Lights Pictures
729The Punk Singer$122,74224$24,7293Nov 29, 2013IFC Films
730The Kingmaker$122,58718$19,5232Nov 8, 2019Greenwich Entertainment
731Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train$122,0114--Jun 18, 2004First Run
732A Tuba to Cuba$121,77216$11,2702Feb 15, 2019Blue Fox Entertainment
733Fidel$121,3042$19,3202Oct 18, 2002First Run
734In Jackson Heights$121,0948$15,1501Nov 4, 2015Zipporah Films
735Finding Fela$120,98011--Aug 1, 2014Kino Lorber
736Fire at Sea$120,9337--Sep 18, 2016Kino Lorber
737Miss Sharon Jones!$120,88012$10,3231Jul 29, 2016Starz Digital Media
738Hockney$120,74510$13,6834Apr 22, 2016Film Movement
739Examined Life$120,7126$12,0851Feb 25, 2009Zeitgeist Films
740Spark: A Burning Man Story$120,4598$9,3662Aug 16, 2013-
741Citizen K$120,41115$10,5711Nov 22, 2019Greenwich Entertainment
742Do I Sound Gay?$119,38818$10,4611Jul 10, 2015IFC Films
743Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf$119,2239$7,5253Jun 13, 2018Argot Pictures
744The Great Buster$118,34414$7,1072Oct 5, 2018Cohen Media Group
745See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary$118,20621$4,9961Mar 19, 2010Worldplay
746Bisbee '17$117,47014$6,6501Sep 5, 20184th Row Films
747Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda$117,4609$12,8271Jul 6, 2018MUBI
748Storm Surfers 3D$117,0907$7,2992Apr 26, 2013XLrator Media
749Sir! No Sir!$116,9447$7,5472Apr 7, 2006Balcony Releasing
750Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché$116,73114$3,2371Apr 19, 2019Zeitgeist Films
751Beware of Mr. Baker$116,47615$12,1951Nov 28, 2012-
752The Undefeated$116,38114$65,13210Jul 15, 2011Arc Entertainment
753Blank City$116,0373$13,9891Apr 6, 2011-
754War Dance$115,21010$15,4713Nov 9, 2007THINKFilm
755Mantra: Sounds Into Silence$115,0139--Apr 20, 2018GathrFilms
756Sound and Fury$114,8826$7,1042Oct 25, 2000Artistic License
757Ballerina$114,5075$2,6561Jan 16, 2009First Run
758After Innocence$114,2644$10,1941Oct 21, 2005New Yorker Films
759Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm$113,96610$7,9371Apr 19, 2013Kino Lorber
760The Woman Who Loves Giraffes$113,85822$1,8102Oct 4, 2019Zeitgeist Films
761Abacus: Small Enough to Jail$113,2788$12,5281May 19, 2017PBS Distribution
762God the Father$113,27615$15,0371Oct 17, 2014Rocky Mountain Pictures
763Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story$112,67919$7,8821May 4, 2012International Film Circuit
764Spinning Plates$112,4496$20,7173Oct 25, 2013The Film Arcade
765Killing Kasztner$112,3135$5,5131Oct 23, 2009Sky Island Films
766Hale County This Morning, This Evening$112,2828$8,6402Sep 14, 2018The Cinema Guild
767Penton: The John Penton Story$112,15914--Jun 23, 2014GathrFilms
768Marwencol$112,0366$3,2761Oct 8, 2010The Cinema Guild
769Rich Hill$111,37628$9,6351Aug 1, 2014The Orchard
770Wild Horse, Wild Ride$111,20521$3,6101Aug 24, 2012Screen Media Films
771The Overnighters$110,76323$4,3241Oct 10, 2014Drafthouse Films
772Duran Duran: Unstaged$110,746---Sep 10, 2014Phase 4 Films
773Word Wars$110,6175$7,5591May 28, 2004Seventh Art Releasing
774In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed$110,57715$46,9756Oct 1, 2004-
7755 Broken Cameras$109,9839$6,6741May 30, 2012Kino Lorber
776Best Worst Movie$109,8952$5,5031Apr 23, 2010Abramorama
777Zero Days$109,64920$49,11018Jul 8, 2016Magnolia Pictures
778Bustin' Down the Door$109,42717$17,3175Jul 25, 2008Screen Media Films
779Darfur Now$109,10724$23,2173Nov 2, 2007Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
780The Look of Silence$109,08914$6,6161Jul 17, 2015Drafthouse Films
781Trumbo$109,0576$28,1253Jun 27, 2008The Samuel Goldwyn Company
782Jimmy Carter Man from Plains$108,80721$10,4137Oct 26, 2007Sony Pictures Classics
783Bettie Page Reveals All$108,11821$4,8461Nov 22, 2013Music Box Films
784Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of a Sorcerer$107,0402$4,2362Mar 5, 2004Indican Pictures
785Best Worst Thing That Ever Could Have Happened$106,9867$23,4902Nov 18, 2016Abramorama
786Ivory Tower$106,77112$17,8572Jun 13, 2014The Samuel Goldwyn Company
787Fellini: I'm a Born Liar$106,6865$8,9811Apr 2, 2003First Look International
788The Way We Get By$106,5427$7,1491Jul 17, 2009International Film Circuit
789Love, Cecil$106,0578$9,3311Jun 29, 2018Zeitgeist Films
789The Brink$106,057124$18,0634Mar 28, 2019Magnolia Pictures
791Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me$105,9989$15,0962Jul 3, 2013Magnolia Pictures
792Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview$105,71013--Nov 16, 2011Magnolia Pictures
793A Jihad for Love$105,6515$10,5191May 21, 2008First Run
794King Corn$105,4228$6,7531Oct 12, 2007Balcony Releasing
795Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst$105,0549$22,4444Nov 26, 2004Magnolia Pictures
796Under the Sun$105,0366$15,4542Jul 6, 2016Icarus Films
797Cold Case Hammarskjöld$104,96515$18,28510Aug 16, 2019Magnolia Pictures
798Anthropocene: The Human Epoch$104,806110$16,0387Sep 25, 2019Kino Lorber
799Mr. Untouchable$104,67826$48,28026Oct 26, 2007Magnolia Pictures
800Stevie$103,40113$9,3834Mar 28, 2003Lionsgate