Top 10 Documentaries

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Top 10 Documentaries of All Time

How do you pick the top 10 documentaries of all time? What are YOUR favorites? Tell us what you think at the bottom of the page.

Without further a do, here are the top 10 documentaries of all time compiled by IMDb. 

1. Occupation 101 (2006)

2. Heima (2007)

3. Nuit et brouillard (1955)

4. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

5. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

6. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)

7. My Flesh and Blood (2003)

8. Promises (2001)

9. American Zeitgeist (2006)

10. Chagrin et la pitié, Le (1969) 

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Top 10 Grossing Documentaries of All Time

Most documentaries are lucky to break even, much less make a profit. So it's worth noting the documentaries who not only made a profit, but made out BIG.

Below is a list of the top 10 grossing documentaries of all time compiled by boxofficemojo.com. 

1. Fahrenheit 9/11 -- $119,194,771 (2004)

2. March of the Penguins -- $77,437,223 (2005)

3. Sicko -- $24,540,079 (2007)

4. An Inconvenient Truth -- $24,146,161 (2006)

5. Bowling for Columbine -- $21,576,018 (2002)

6. Madonna: Truth or Dare -- $15,012,935 (1991)

7. Religulous -- $13,011,160 (2008)

8. Winged Migration -- $11,689,053 (2003)

9. Super Size Me -- $11,536,423 (2004)

10. Mad Hot Ballroom -- $8,117,961 (2005) 

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