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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.

Tafers Code

11. Tafers Code

Comedy Drama Documentary
Upcoming

20262h 27min

Director: Gustavo Fernando

Tafers Code follows five teenagers at the T.A.F. language school in Itaquaquecetuba, guided by the charismatic Teacher Gilmar. Each episode explores the unique challenges and strengths of the students as they discover how learning English can transform their lives. With humor, emotion, and a touch of documentary style, the series culminates in a final project that inspires not only the characters but everyone to take the first step toward a brighter future through language learning.


Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down

12. Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down

Documentary
Upcoming

20261h 6min

Director: Christoph Farwig

"Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down" is a documentary film about British social policy. The focus is on the political struggle against neoliberal austerity policies, which have their origins in the hated Thatcher government. The film features the former socialist MP Dave Nellist, who is now the national chair of the Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition and Hannah Sell, the general secretary of the Socialist Party. The film features a local election campaign in the miners' town of Nuneaton, students campaigning against an increase in tuition fees and refuse workers from Birmingham striking against massive cuts to their wages.


Biermann

13. Biermann

Documentary
Upcoming

2026

Director: Jens Meurer

Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.


Are We Monsters?

14. Are We Monsters?

Documentary
Upcoming

202648min

Director: Thunska Pansittivorakul

A gay radical outsider, a flamboyant Muslim, and a nasty single mom live in a devout Muslim area on the Thai border under decades of martial law.


Carlo Acutis: The Millennial Saint

15. Carlo Acutis: The Millennial Saint

Documentary
Upcoming

2026

Director: Luca Salmaso

A high-profile documentary about 15-year-old Carlo Acutis, who, in 2025, become the Roman Catholic Church’s first millennial saint.


Meet the inspiring individuals and communities who work to protect our most beloved UK wildlife.


Discover the hidden stories Britain's southwest has to offer. From Foxes fighting on the streets of Bristol to Puffins looking for love on Skomer Island.


If You Can Make It Here

18. If You Can Make It Here

Documentary
Upcoming

202659min

Director: Jaclyn Boudreau

Kingsley, Kevin, and Hailey are three ambitious eighth graders preparing for a single exam that could determine their futures. They’re competing for admission to New York City’s Specialized High Schools, elite public institutions that have produced Nobel Prize laureates, astronauts, judges, artists, and national leaders. But as the kids await their test results, a citywide battle is raging over who should attend these schools—the kids who score highest on the entrance exam or the kids who improve diversity. Featuring interviews with kids, parents, and education leaders, If You Can Make It Here places young students at the center of a high-stakes cultural conflict over the future of equity and excellence in public education.


Super Nature

19. Super Nature

Documentary
Upcoming

20261h

Director: Ed Sayers

We’re invited on a journey across 25 different countries, with people embracing both abundance and loss, to feel a sense of togetherness with our fellow dwellers on earth, human and non-human. Celebrating all we have and reflecting on all we have to lose, Super Nature proposes a new way of seeing.


Have you ever thanked God?

20. Have you ever thanked God?

Documentary
Upcoming

20263min

Director: Jude nasser

Have You Ever Thanked God is a short reflective film that gently reminds us of the blessings we often overlook. Through calm visuals and heartfelt narration, the film invites the viewer to pause, breathe, and notice the simple miracles hidden in everyday life.