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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.

Give Me the Ball!

1101. Give Me the Ball!

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20261h 41min

Director: Liz Garbus

World champion tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King has had a game-changing impact on culture and sports. Rare archive and candid interviews with Billie Jean and those closest to her reveal how one woman put changing the world ahead of saving herself.


Birdie

1102. Birdie

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202621min

Director: Praise Odigie Paige

In 1970, a 16-year-old Nigerian refugee in Virginia tries to keep her family together when a newcomer draws her sister away.


CRASH

1103. CRASH

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202619min

Director: Gabriela Mureb

The film follows a day's work at the BMW Recycling and Dismantling Center in Munich, documenting step-by-step the final stage of a car's dismantling process.


Keeping Kenneth Quiet

1104. Keeping Kenneth Quiet

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20264min

Director: Neasa Ellen O'Brien

A feel good mini documentary about a girl coming to terms with having OCD.


I Looked Outside and Saw Us All

1105. I Looked Outside and Saw Us All

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202611min

Director: Jelle Wernik

A variety of storefront mannequins look at, contemplate on, and talk about public space.


My AI Election

1106. My AI Election

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202618min

Director: Håvard Bustnes

A Trump supporter and election denier joins Georgia’s election board to expose fraud but, through conversations with a ChatGPT assistant and firsthand experience, he discovers the system’s surprising integrity — and realizes large-scale voter fraud is far harder than he believed.


Artemis 2 - Zurück zum Mond

1107. Artemis 2 - Zurück zum Mond

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202645min

Director: Dorothea Nölle

For the first time since the legendary Apollo missions, humans are once again setting out for the Moon. NASA’s Artemis II mission marks the beginning of a new era in space exploration, with Germany playing a key role. The documentary follows the four astronauts during their preparations and offers exclusive insights into the Orion spacecraft. German astronauts Alexander Gerst and Matthias Maurer, together with other spaceflight experts, explain how the mission works and why it is being carried out. A journey between science and adventure — and a search for answers to the question: Why do humans risk their lives to reach other worlds?


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The Maine Event: A short film

1109. The Maine Event: A short film

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20268min

Director: Maggie Freeman

A group of friends attempt to escape the monotony of their mid 20s by renting a cabin in Maine.


My Uncle with the Camera

1110. My Uncle with the Camera

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20261h 11min

Director: Bernard Lessa

"My Uncle with the Camera" follows 30 years of home movies shot by Paulo Henrique of his family in Vitória—an upper-middle-class family from Espírito Santo growing up in Brazil during the 1990s and 2000s. Through the intimate gaze of his camera, a political panorama of Brazil emerges, shaped by masculine family affectivity.