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Top Grossing Documentary Films

1 Fahrenheit 9/11 $119,194,771
2 March of the Penguins $77,437,223
3 Sicko $24,540,079
4 An Inconvenient Truth $24,146,161
5 Bowling for Columbine $21,576,018
6 Madonna: Truth or Dare $15,012,935
7 Winged Migration $11,689,053
8 Super Size Me $11,536,423
9 Mad Hot Ballroom $8,117,961
10 Hoop Dreams $7,830,611
11 Tupac: Resurrection $7,718,961
12 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed $7,499,617
13 Roger and Me $6,706,368
14 The Aristocrats $6,377,461
15 Spellbound (2003) $5,728,581
16 Shine a Light $5,129,873
17 Touching the Void $4,593,598
18 The Fog of War $4,198,566
19 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
20 Paris is Burning $3,779,620
21 Imagine: John Lennon $3,753,977
22 Step Into Liquid $3,681,803
23 Born Into Brothels $3,515,061
24 The Corporation $3,493,516
25 Rize $3,336,391
26 Grizzly Man $3,178,403
27 Wordplay $3,121,270
28 Capturing the Friedmans $3,119,113
29 The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill $3,058,527
30 Crumb $3,041,083
31 Unzipped $2,875,086
32 When We Were Kings $2,789,985
33 Comedian $2,751,988
34 My Architect $2,750,707
35 Freeriders $2,750,064
36 Control Room $2,589,616
37 The Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure $2,453,083
38 Snowriders 2 $2,287,639
39 A Brief History of Time $2,279,692
40 Riding Giants $2,276,368
41 Rivers and Tides $2,200,276
42 The Endless Summer II $2,155,385
43 Snowriders $2,068,490
44 Beyond the Mat $2,053,648
45 Young@Heart $2,005,718
46 Endless Winter $1,966,454
47 Vertical Reality $1,951,429
48 The Story of the Weeping Camel $1,763,052
49 Koyaanisqatsi $1,723,872
50 Life & Times of Hank Greenberg $1,712,385
51 Who Killed the Electric Car? $1,678,874
52 Black Diamond Rush $1,634,386
53 Rhyme & Reason $1,608,277
54 Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh $1,577,480
55 Murderball $1,531,154
56 Why We Fight $1,439,972
57 The Kid Stays in the Picture $1,439,232
58 No End in Sight $1,433,319
59 Microcosmos $1,433,210
60 Looking for Richard $1,408,575
61 The Celluloid Closet $1,400,591
62 Hearts of Darkness $1,318,449
63 Anne Frank Remembered $1,310,200
64 Brother's Keeper $1,305,915
65 Dogtown and Z-Boys $1,300,682
66 Startup.com $1,283,356
67 Metallica: Some Kind of Monster $1,222,708
68 Shut Up and Sing $1,215,045
69 The Thin Blue Line $1,209,846
70 Festival Express $1,174,079
71 American Movie $1,165,795
72 In the Shadow of the Moon $1,134,358
73 Paper Clips $1,121,744
74 The U.S. Vs. John Lennon $1,109,146
75 Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man $1,044,254
76 The Eyes of Tammy Faye $1,029,591
77 35 Up $922,872
78 Jesus Camp $902,544
79 The War Room $901,668
80 Fast, Cheap and Out of Control $878,960
81 Marlene $852,676
82 Sharkwater $850,920
83 Arctic Tale $833,532
84 Ballets Russes $815,848
85 Visions of Light $799,856
86 Into Great Silence $790,452
87 Trembling Before G-d $788,896
88 To Be and to Have $777,129
89 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones $776,699
90 The Girl Next Door (2000) $771,712
91 For All Mankind $770,132
92 First Descent $750,805
93 Lost in La Mancha $732,393
94 The Big One $720,074
95 The 11th Hour $707,343
96 Inside Deep Throat $691,880
97 Wigstock: The Movie $686,152
98 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters $677,914
99 Kurt and Courtney $668,228
100 Dust to Glory $640,013

Top 25 Documentaries

In honor of its 25th anniversary, the International Documentary Association has released its list of the 25 best documentaries of all time, as determined by voting among its 2,800 members. They had an original ballot of 700 titles to choose from, and they were allowed up to five write-in votes.

1. Hoop Dreams (1994), Steve James
2. The Thin Blue Line (1988), Errol Morris
3. Bowling for Columbine (2002), Michael Moore
4. Spellbound (2002), Jeffrey Blitz
5. Harlan County U.S.A. (1976), Barbara Kopple
6. An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Davis Guggenheim
7. Crumb (1994), Terry Zwigoff
8. Gimme Shelter (1970), Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin
9. The Fog of War (2003), Errol Morris
10. Roger & Me (1989), Michael Moore
11. Super Size Me (2004), Morgan Spurlock
12. Don't Look Back (1967) D.A. Pennebaker
13. Salesman (1968), Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin
14. Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (1982), Godfrey Reggio
15. Sherman's March (1986), Ross McElwee
16. Grey Gardens (1976), Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer
17. Capturing the Friedmans (2003), Andrew Jarecki
18. Born into Brothels, (2004), Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski
19. Titicut Follies (1967), Frederick Wiseman
20. Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Wim Wenders
21. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Michael Moore
22. Winged Migration (2002), Jacques Perrin
23. Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog
24. Night and Fog (1955), Alain Resnais
25. Woodstock (1970), Michael Wadleigh

Documentary Film Festivals

Or at least festivals with documentary film categories...

Academia Film Olomouc Festival
AFI Fest
AFIAFilm Festival
Agon Archaeological Film Festival
American Conservation Film Festival
Angelus Student Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Arizona International Film Festival
Artivist Film Festival
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Atlanta Urban Media Film Festival
Austin Jewish Film Festival
Baltimore Jewish Film Festival
Baltimore Women's Film Festival
Berlin Film Festival
Beverly Hills Short Festival
Big Muddy Film Festival
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Black Earth Film Festival
Black International Cinema Berlin, Warsaw,
Black Maria Film Festival
Boston Jewish Film Festival
Cannes International Film Festival
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival
Celebration of Shorts!
Cinematexas International Short Film Festival
Cinequest Film Festival
Cinestud, Amsterdam
Cleveland International Film Festival
Columbus International Film and Video Festival
Columbus Jewish Film Festival
Cyprus International Short film Festival
Dawson City International Short Film Festival
Delta International Film and Video Festival
Detroit Docs
DocsBarcelona
Docudays, Beruit, Israel
Dox Leipzig
Durango Independent Film Festival
East Lansing Film Festival
Edmonton International Film Festival
FESTIVAL
Florida Documentary Film Festival
Florida Film Festival
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival
Full Frame
Girl Fest Film Festival
Globian World and Culture Film Festival
Golden Chest International TV Festival
Gulf Coast Film Festival
Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival
Hearts and Minds Festival
Hollyshorts
Hollywood Black Film Festival
Hot Docs
Hot Springs Film Festival
Houston International Film Festival
Humbolt Film Festival
IDFA (International Doc. Film Festival Amsterdam)
IFP Market
Independent Spirit Awards
International Black Docufest
International Student Film Festival
International Wildlife Film Festival
Jacksonville Film Festival
Jewish Documentary Film Festival
Johnson Film annd Wine Festival
Lake Forest Film Festival
London International Documentary Festival
Long Beach Film Festival
Long Island Maitine Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Lower Westside Film Festival
Maine Jewish Film Festival
Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival
Maryland Film Festival
Media That Matters Festival
Milwaukee International Film Festival
MIP TV
MIPCOM
NALIP Conference
Nantucket Film Festival
Nashville Independent Film Festival
New Hampshire Film Festival
New Touch Film Festival
New York International Children's Film Festival
New York Jewish Film Festival
New York Underground
Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Next Frame
Ohio Independent Film Festival
Ojai Film Festival
On the Water Film Festival
Palm Beach Internatonal Film Festival
Pan African Film Festival
Phoenix Film Festival
Phoenix Jewish Film Festival
Pioneer Film Festival
Planete Doc Review
Portland Documentary & Experimental Film Festival
Portland Women's Film Festival
Punky Lil Kid Independent Film Festival
Punto de Vista Documentary Film Festival
Reality Bytes Student Doc.
Real Screen Summit
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival
Reggae Film Festival
Reno International Film Festival
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Rotterdam International Film Festival
San Francisco Documentary Film Festival
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Seattle Jewish Film Festival
Sedona Film Festival
Sehsuechte International Student Film Festival
Sheffield Doc/fest
Sidewalk Film Festival
Silver Lake Film Festival
SKIP City Int'l City Digital Cinema Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
Sonoma Valley Film Festival
South by Southwest Film Festival
Stinkwater! International Short Film Festival
Stony Brook Film Festival
Strasbourg International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Sunnyside of the Doc
SXSW
Tambay Film Festival
The My Hero Short Film Festival
Toronto Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
Tupelo Film Festival
U. S. DocuFilmFest
UNIFEM Women's International Film Festival
Vail Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Washington Jewish Film Festival
Westside Film Festival
WGBH Lab Open Call
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
Wisconsin Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Woodstock Film Festival
World Congress of Science & Factual Producers

IFC Back to Basics Documentary Challenge

Submit your three-minute documentary for a chance to win cash.
1st prize is $7500. Runner-up prize is $2500. Good Luck!

www.ifc.com/backtobasics_rules