Channels
Documentary
2023
Clear All
Prime Video
Starz
Paramount+
Max
CineMAX
Shudder
Acorn TV
Paramount+
Fubo TV
Hallmark
HULU
Disney+
Netflix
HBOmax
HBOmax on Hulu
Starz on Hulu
Showtime on Hulu
STARZ
Freevee
MGM+
AMC+
BET+
Britbox
HISTORY Vault
All
Action
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Documentary
Drama
Family
Fantasy
History
Horror
Music
Mystery
Romance
Science Fiction
TV Movie
Thriller
War
Western
Channels
Clear All
Prime Video
Starz
Paramount+
Max
CineMAX
Shudder
Acorn TV
Paramount+
Fubo TV
Hallmark
HULU
Disney+
Netflix
HBOmax
HBOmax on Hulu
Starz on Hulu
Showtime on Hulu
STARZ
Freevee
MGM+
AMC+
BET+
Britbox
HISTORY Vault
Genres
All
Action
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Crime
Documentary
Drama
Family
Fantasy
History
Horror
Music
Mystery
Romance
Science Fiction
TV Movie
Thriller
War
Western
more
Year
Popular Documentary Movies
Segnali di vita
In Lignan, a village of few souls in the Saint-Barthelemy Valley in the Aosta Valley, an Astronomical Observatory scans the skies every night. Like a bell tower or a lighthouse, the large telescope marks the time of the small mountain community. In autumn, the astrophysicist Paolo Calcidese moved into the structure as the sole custodian and inhabitant to carry out his scientific research and experiment with new technologies. Due to a technical accident, however, he will be forced to put aside the stars and solitude to dedicate himself to other forms of life not yet considered: human beings.
Virenjäger Hendrik Streeck – Expedition in den Dschungel
SOERA ING BAJA: Gemuruh Resolusi '45
A description of the events that occurred after the proclamation of Indonesian independence in Surabaya until the national battle of Surabaya occurred. The central government designated November 10 as Heroes' Day and built a Heroes Monument to commemorate this great event.
Uprootings
From the Greek civil war to the war in Afghanistan, from the Franco years to the years of the pandemic, and from the French Island of Reunion to Siberia, many children have been violently uprooted from their natural environment for political reasons. Through their testimonies, terrible and often unknown aspects of history emerge.
Rodolfo - Vigyázat, csalok
A magician can never reveal the secret of his trick. The greatest Hungarian magician Rezső Gács, Rodolfó, we are trying to show the secret of the greatest magician'stricks and his life in an unusual way. It is as if life itself is the stage itself, and behindthe smile and lightness there is a lot of practice, suffering and difficulty that must beovercome and hidden. Colleagues, the family, we present Rodolfó's life as he explained his tricks with reconstructed and archival footage. I hope so.
Let's be friends
Three elementary school children who are friends with each other are accompanied in their everyday leisure time. In interviews they philosophize together about the complex topic of "friendship".
Paradox
Home - is a building intended for living, so says Wikipedia. And what is HOME for you? Why did you think a year ago that HOME was where your people were? And now you don't even understand where it is, and you can't find the boundaries of this word in yourself... Abroad is about uncertainty, about a constant feeling of guilt and an uncontrollable desire to return, but where to? HOME. Four letters. One word. War. Thousands of confusing and incomprehensible emotions that you feel for the first time. The paradox is that you had to lose everything to find these three letters in yourself. The war provided an opportunity to understand the real value of this word.
Brother Nature Takes America
Follow Kelvin Peña across America as he explores the country's natural wonders, meeting interesting individuals and various wildlife along the way.
Disco Elysium: Battle Behind the Stage
The video game Disco Elysium was released in 2019. Great sales, prestigious awards — it was a resounding success. The main character of the documentary "Disco Elysium: the battle behind the scene", a gamer, wants to meet with the creators of the game. However, gradually an unexpected truth about his favorite game opens up to him…
Going Back Home
Chilean women in prison have limited communication with their family—no visits, not even a conversation behind glass. Mothers sometimes spend years separated from their children, whom they have had to leave at home. This VR experience is the result of a project that gave a handful of these women the chance at least to have virtual contact with their loved ones.
How to Win the Ashes
A deep dive into one of the fiercest rivalries in sport. Unearthing stories from the most unforgettable series, a look at what it takes to lift the most famous cricket trophy, the Ashes urn. Through in-depth interviews with cricket legends including Ben Stokes, Jimmy Anderson and Glenn McGrath, this documentary relives the on-field heroics and lifts the lid on the behind-the-scenes turmoil, revealing a darker side to the pursuit of success.
Mother's Ruin: Unmasking the WMSCOG
In this investigative exposé, award-winning journalist Harry Robinson goes toe-to-toe with the WMSCOG; a South Korean church 'cult' that believes an elderly Korean woman is God on Earth - all whilst the church watch from the shadows.
Home Ground
‘Chanel’ in Myeong-dong in the 1970s was the secret hideout for Butches and Femmes. In 1996, young lesbians opened Korea’s first lesbian bar, Lesbos. In the early 2000s, queer teens looking for a community gathered in a small park in Sinchon. Myung-woo, who ran ‘Lesbos’ nearby, was still guarding the place 20 years later. As the coronavirus crisis hit, the bar has lost its customers. Will she able to protect the place this time?
The Hunt for America's Deadliest Hitman
The gripping YouTube video delves into the intense pursuit of America's deadliest hitman. Filled with suspense and investigative depth, it explores the challenges faced by law enforcement in tracking down this elusive figure. The video provides a chilling glimpse into the criminal underworld and the tireless efforts to bring a dangerous individual to justice.
getty abortions
What images do we associate with abortion and why? Where do these images and the emotional scripts in our head come from? How do they influence women who (want to) have an abortion, how do they shape the general discussion? Franzis Kabisch’s personal desktop documentary investigates these questions with great precision, clarity and humour (yes, humour, too!).
Solaris Mon Amour
An extraordinary found footage documentary inspired by Stanisław Lem’s “Solaris”. A trance-like, personal story about loss, mourning & memory. The film consists of excerpts from 70 films produced by the Educational Film Studio in Lodz in the 1960s and the first radio adaptations of "Solaris". Lem begins writing “Solaris” the same year that Resnais' “Hiroshima Mon Amour” is released – says Kuba Mikurda – Like Resnais' film, I find “Solaris” a fascinating study of post-traumatic memory – repressed memories that pave their way into consciousness and demand to be expressed.
Nuclear Fallout: The forgotten veterans who cleaned it up and their fight for justice
Nuclear Fallout follows the quest of two army veterans fighting for access to health care for fellow service members exposed to cancer-causing radiation while serving on a top-secret nuclear cleanup operation in the Marshall Islands.
(Im)possible to Stay
Today, liberated Kherson experiences constant shelling from Russian troops, making it perilous to open the theater's doors and welcome people inside. The theater stands empty, or so it appears.
However, the theater troupe is rehearsing a play in Kyiv. They no longer need scripted roles; instead, they portray themselves in a documentary-style show, recounting their own story of how the people of Kherson resisted the Russian occupation and how they were leaving the Russian occupation because of their pro-Ukrainian stance. For those who remain in Kherson, most of their time is spent in the theater's basement, which once served as a refuge for townspeople during the early days of the full-scale invasion. It has now become the heart of the Kulish theater. Has this war separated people not only physically?
A Cat Called Dom
Scottish animators Will Anderson and Ainslie Henderson star in and co-direct this inventive documentary. Albeit framed as a film for Will’s mother, we too are invited to witness how Will deals with the grief of his mother’s cancer. The duo work on their animations and face the frustrations of trying to make this documentary. Whilst alone, Will turns to DOM, the animated cat that lives on his laptop screen.
A Picture to Remember
An essay-style account of the war from the perspective of three generations of women - those of the director, her mother, and that of her grandmother. Originally from Donetsk - an industrial city in eastern Ukraine - the family was uprooted in 2014 when the Russian war against Ukraine first commenced. By 2022, the same enemy once again began knocking on the door of their new home -which was now in Kyiv- and once again destroyed everything that the family had worked so hard to rebuild. Thrown into the limbo of exile, the director (she is also the narrator of the film) dives into a kaleidoscope of memories and chronicles both her personal and collective familial search for something to hold on to amid these turbulent times.
Chutzpah – Something About Modesty and Shame
In the midst of a personal and work crisis, I begin to film everything obsessively: my parents, grandparents, children, friends and lovers, but also myself and psychotherapy. Some footage is consensual, some is “stolen.” This way my personal-intimate becomes narrative: the recent separation, the pain of my children’s being apart, my parents’ separation, my inadequacy as a mother. But in this autobiographical process of “coming out” I inevitably clash with the privacy of those close to me. The result is a kind of intimate diary that, in becoming public, is perhaps shameless and obscene. But where are the boundaries between what should remain private, offstage, and what can be made public and shared?
Everybody Dies Trying to Make a Masterpiece
A fictionalized documentary about a group of artists in residence at the Yaddo Foundation, one of the oldest artist residencies in the USA, located in Saratoga Springs, Upstate New York. Through this film, the group made a collective experiment that deals with the individual experience of the process of creating a masterpiece. As the movie unfolds, the characters go crazy with their own questions, revealing the anguish of artistic creation.
Behind the Crime: The Nipsey Hussle Murder
As told by the people involved, and using real footage from the tragic event, we take a deep dive into the murder trial, story, and case of rap icon and street legend Nipsey Hussle.
The Mysterious Mr. Lagerfeld
A look at the fashion icon that was Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most flamboyant and recognisable figures in fashion - and one of the most mysterious. His influence was immeasurable, from the Chanel catwalk to the high street - but how many people ever really knew the real Karl Lagerfeld? Weaving investigations in the present with Lagerfeld’s biography – illustrated by illuminating and much unseen archive footage – this film shows his profound and lasting effect on those around him, including his beloved cat Choupette.
Precious. Rare. For Sale.
Precious. Rare. For Sale. takes a broad sweep at the presentation of nature in Vietnamese moving images from the 1990s. From being an abode for majestic and magical beasts, to serving as a backdrop for war heroics and social realist tragedies, representations of nature have been shaped by Vietnam’s changing socio-political contexts. Reflecting on how filmmakers have portrayed the environment, Bùi questions the ethics of exploiting nature for the camera. While early ethnographic films shot by the French depicted the Vietnamese jungle as an untouched, primitive landscape, today’s images of razed forests and neatly-partitioned land plots reveal how nature has become a commodity for a rising middle-class. Captured on screen by property developers and thrill-seeking vloggers alike, nature’s images shapeshift constantly, feeding into an endless loop of mediated consumption.
HumaniTree: A Story of us Humans, from the roots to the fruits around the world
One planet, one human race and so many problems. The HUMANiTREE is a 90 minute documentary that is the most up to date film on humanities collective story on earth. It explains the evidence of human origins in Africa, and how black people spread across the globe seeding civilizations before we became so many different ethnicity's. Today the earth is at a tipping point from human activity, learn the story of how cultures evolved, survived, thrived, clashed, mixed, learned and innovated so we may build a better world for tomorrow. 8 young people from south Wales worked alongside a professional film crew to embark on an incredible journey of research and investigation.
Sur la piste du lynx
Fascinated by lynxes since childhood, the naturalist tracker Neil Villard undertook to follow their tracks from the Swiss Jura to the Chartreuse massif.
The House with the Pomegranates
Our coincidental meeting with the writer’s granddaughter sparked our interest in a cardboard box. Inside it there was a treasure of old letters, newspaper clippings, personal documents, and half a dozen canisters of super 8mm film. Fifty years after his passing, his granddaughter Christina shares with us Stratis Myrivilis’s poetic inner world.
Hlemmur Foodhall
Follows the life of people inside and outside of Hlemmur Foodhall. An old bus stop in Reykjavík, Iceland that has been converted into a fancy foodhall.
Twin City Twist
A silent dance documenting a brief visit to Minneapolis in the fall of 2022. A reflection on the sleeping city's tumultuous recent history through a recollected interaction and a plea for continued disturbance. An entry in an ongoing video and film series, Twin City Twist was shot on Kodak Tri-X reversal super 8 film with kaleidoscopic lenses. The film was scanned and edited digitally.
Branded & Brainwashed: Inside NXIVM
At first glance, it seemed completely innocent: Keith Raniere’s self-help group had numerous celebrity and everyday devotees. All were looking to improve their lives. But among the group’s inner sanctum something much more sinister was at play. Driven by lust, greed, and a desire to dominate, Raniere blackmailed, brainwashed, and branded handpicked female members who he subjugated and pushed into sexual slavery. Join us on a two-hour journey into the origins of a 21st Century cult.