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Ric Burns

Director · 29 credits · 4 in highly-rated films

Best known for New York Underground (1997)

Directed movies (28 total, ranked by score)

  1. New York Underground

    1997

    Documentary, History

    1

  2. Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World

    2010

    Documentary, History

    2

  3. Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    2006 · ★ 8.2 (12 votes)

    Documentary

    3

  4. Oliver Sacks: His Own Life

    2021 · ★ 7.6 (13 votes)

    Documentary

    4

  5. Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

    2020 · ★ 7.0 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. New York: The City of Tomorrow

    2001 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    6

  7. New York: The Country And The City (1609-1825)

    1999 · ★ 9.0 (1 votes)

    7

  8. The Donner Party

    1992 · ★ 6.8 (11 votes)

    Documentary, History

    8

  9. Made for Each Other: A History of the Bond Between Humans and Dogs

    2019

    Documentary

    9

  10. New York: The City and the World

    2001 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    10

  11. The Pilgrims

    2015 · ★ 7.7 (3 votes)

    History, Documentary

    11

  12. Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film

    2006

    Documentary

    12

  13. New York: Order and Disorder (1825–1865)

    1999

    Documentary

    13

  14. New York: Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)

    1999

    14

  15. The Chinese Exclusion Act

    2017 · ★ 8.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary, History

    15

  16. Ansel Adams

    2002 · ★ 8.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    16

  17. The Concert for New York City

    2001 · ★ 5.1 (16 votes)

    Music, Documentary, TV Movie

    17

  18. Enquiring Minds: The Untold Story of the Man Behind the National Enquirer

    2014 · ★ 7.2 (6 votes)

    Documentary

    18

  19. Death and the Civil War

    2012

    Documentary

    19

  20. American Ballet Theatre: A History

    2015

    20

  21. Coney Island

    1991 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)

    History, Documentary

    21

  22. New York: The Center of the World

    2003

    Documentary

    22

  23. Aufbruch in die neue Welt

    2016

    Documentary

    23

  24. New York: A Documentary Film

    2001

    Documentary, History

    24

  25. Nantucket

    2011

    Documentary

    25

  26. The Mayflower Pilgrims: Behind The Myth

    2016

    Drama, Documentary

    26

  27. The People of the Standing Stone: The Oneida Nation, The War for Independence, And The Making of America

    2017

    Documentary

    27

  28. New York: A Documentary Film

    1999

    28

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 30, 2026.