Documentary movies

Fascinating real-life stories, historical accounts, and educational deep dives that reveal the truth about our world.

Subgenres include: True Crime Documentary, Biographical Documentary, Social & Political Documentary.

An interview with actress Kyôko Nakamura about her role in "An Aria on Gazes" (bonus feature on the "An Aria on Gazes" Bluray released by Vinegar Syndrome).


An interview with director Hisayasu Satô about "An Aria on Gazes" (bonus feature on the "An Aria on Gazes" Bluray released by Vinegar Syndrome).


Trapped in museum archives, Ancestors bend time and space to find their way home. History, spirituality, and the law collide as tribal repatriation specialists fight to return and rebury Indigenous human remains, offering a revealing look at the still-pervasive worldviews that justified collecting them in the first place.


To Hold a Mountain

1094. To Hold a Mountain

Documentary
7.7

20261h 43min

Director: Biljana Tutorov

In the remote highlands of Montenegro, a shepherd mother and daughter proudly defend their ancestral mountain from the threat of becoming a NATO military training ground, stirring memories of the violence that shattered their family.


Joybubbles

1095. Joybubbles

Documentary
7.5

20261h 19min

Director: Rachael J. Morrison

Joybubbles discovers he can manipulate the telephone system by whistling a magic tone. Born blind and yearning for connection, his early obsession unwittingly lays the groundwork for a subculture that shapes the future of hacking and technology.


Mouth of the Wolf: Amanda Knox Returns to Italy

1096. Mouth of the Wolf: Amanda Knox Returns to Italy

Documentary
7.0

20261h 16min

Director: Christopher Robinson

Amanda Knox returns to Italy to confront Giuliano Mignini, the prosecutor who locked her up for a murder she did not commit


Ghost in the Machine

1097. Ghost in the Machine

Documentary
6.3

20261h 50min

Director: Valerie Veatch

The untold origins of artificial intelligence lie not in machines but in power, revealing the fantasies behind the hype that got us here and where we go next.


Who Killed Alex Odeh?

1098. Who Killed Alex Odeh?

Documentary
0.0

20261h 23min

Director: Jason Osder

The assassination of a beloved Palestinian-American activist in Southern California sets off a 35-year quest for justice that exposes the transnational dimension of the Israel/Palestine conflict.


Bandits, Bandits, Brazil, Munchausen, Twelve Monkeys, not to mention the crazy Monty Python saga... With their visual extravagance and ever-fresh originality, amplifying his vision of a humanity that is as disturbing as it is comical, his films have made history. In the same baroque, zany, but also tragic vein, Terry Gilliam's work and life merge into an adventure that borders on the epic.


Sentient

1100. Sentient

Documentary
0.0

20261h 45min

Director: Tony Jones

An investigation into laboratory research on animals exposes a hidden world in which it’s not just the animals getting hurt. The story of Dr. Lisa Jones Engel, a primatologist turned animal welfare advocate, asks whether harming animals and ourselves in science’s name is justified