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.

Mondo Mondrian

1431. Mondo Mondrian

Documentary

20263h

United States

Director: Dan Kapelovitz

The very first film lawfully using Piet Mondrian's painting "Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow," which entered the public domain on January 1, 2026.


Endurance athlete Damien Rider paddleboards 480km across nine remote Maldives islands, facing shifting currents, scorching sun, and a grueling 100km open-ocean crossing in a journey of resilience and discovery.


A covert space program in chaos: the old 20 and Back boss fades, the new guys fight for the alien spotlight, and the whole saga gets buried under drama, deception, and a fresh batch of self-proclaimed space heroes. Who will reign supreme?


The Pentagon UFO Tapes

1434. The Pentagon UFO Tapes

Documentary

202645min

Director: Justin Jordan

The truth takes flight. For decades, the U.S. military denied the truth. Now, declassified footage reveals an unidentified, craft-defying explanation. This film uncovers America’s UFO secrets from Roswell to the latest Pentagon leaks. Declassified military footage. Unexplained aerial encounters. From Roswell to the Pentagon’s shocking leaks, this gripping doc exposes decades of UFO secrets the government tried to hide.


Abraços, João

1435. Abraços, João

Documentary

202612min

Director: Fernanda Mendez

I try to get closer to a man I know only by omission: my grandfather. Through kept letters, a few photographs, and other people’s memories, I explore the gaps and silences that make up the life of a man I never knew.


Playing?

1436. Playing?

Documentary

20263min

Director: Miller Martins

A curious child interrupts a camera test.


Student Cultural Center

1437. Student Cultural Center

Documentary

20261h 30min

Director: Marija Vukić

The film is a tribute to the alternative art scene that ‘internationalized’ the Yugoslav cultural landscape over 30 turbulent years of social changes.


The Tuners

1438. The Tuners

Documentary

202620min

Director: Paweł Piotr Chorzępa

In the shadows of the world's most important piano competition, a group of expert tuners spend a month vying to achieve the perfect pitch so that the champion pianist will win on their instrument.


It's Over Now

1439. It's Over Now

Documentary War

2026

Director: Yelyzaveta Ihnatieva

A woman recalls Nova Kakhovka—now occupied and ravaged by the Russians—the city where she spent her childhood, where it was always summer, and where her grandfather helped build the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant.


My Father, the BTK Killer

1440. My Father, the BTK Killer

Crime Documentary
6.2

20251h 34min

United States

Director: Skye Borgman

Raised by a man leading a monstrous double life, the daughter of the BTK serial killer shares her chilling story.