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Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999· 1h 5m· Documentary· en
7.010
Best Documentary Movies Starring Peter Fonda
This collection ranks 19 documentary movies starring Peter Fonda. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage tops the list with a 7.0/10 audience score. The qualifying titles span 1968–2025. The most widely seen film here is No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (12 votes).
19 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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The Fondas: A Cinematic Dynasty
2023· 53m· Documentary, History, TV Movie· fr
10.02 - 3
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
1997· 45m· Documentary· en
—0 - 4
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
2004· 1h 0m· Documentary· en
5.58 - 5
The New Cinema
1968· 26m· TV Movie, Documentary· en
—0 - 6
Henry Fonda for President
2025· 3h 5m· Documentary· de
7.01 - 7
Nice to Meet You, Please Don't Love Me!
2004· 1h 8m· Documentary· en
—0 - 8
Harley-Davidson: The Spirit of America
2005· 1h 0m· Documentary· en
—0 - 9
Becoming John Ford
2007· 1h 33m· Documentary· en
6.33 - 10
Off The Boulevard
2011· 1h 36m· Documentary· en
—0 - 11
Signatures of the Soul
1984· 1h 0m· Documentary· en
—0 - 12
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009· 1h 26m· Documentary· en
5.912 - 13
It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
1987· 1h 45m· Documentary, Music· en
8.02 - 14
Harley-Davidson: The American Motorcycle
1993· 1h 13m· Documentary· en
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Close Encounters with Vilmos Zsigmond
2016· 1h 20m· Documentary· en
6.95 - 16
Fonda on Fonda
1992· 46m· Documentary, TV Movie· en
6.01 - 17
Warren Oates: Across the Border
1993· 54m· Documentary· en
6.54 - 18
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
1978· 58m· Documentary· en
7.45 - 19
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
2012· 59m· Music, Documentary· en
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Frequently asked questions
How many documentary movies has Peter Fonda made?
19 documentary movies starring Peter Fonda carry real rating data in this catalog.
How are these Peter Fonda films ranked?
By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.
What is the best Peter Fonda documentary movie?
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage currently holds the #1 position in this collection.
Which Peter Fonda documentary movie is the most popular?
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos has the largest audience (12 votes) among these titles.