
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.

611. Proserpina - Erotic Violence in Art
Documentary TV Movie History2026
Director: Mariangela Barbanente
For centuries, art has stylised violence against women - and called it beauty. Proserpina (or Persephone) frees herself from Pluto's grip and leads us through masterpieces from antiquity to the present day: from Roman sarcophagi to Bernini, from Artemisia Gentileschi to Marina Abramović. This journey through art history opens up new perspectives on the representation of sexual violence in art.

612. Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Harmony
Documentary2026•3h 44min
Director: Damiano Michieletto
The Opening Ceremony of Milano Cortina 2026 features blockbuster acts from international artists including five-time Grammy Award-winner Mariah Carey, Golden Globe winner Laura Pausini and famed Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, to the award-winning actor and producer Pierfrancesco Favino and The White Lotus’ Emmy-nominated star Sabrina Impacciatore.
In an effort to understand where she came from, Fabiola asked a question that became the central phrase of the film: what would my life have been like if I'd stayed in Haiti? Taking as her starting point her biological mother's precarious economic situation, she had no choice but to entrust her daughter to her care. Fabiola could have ended up restavek, or in a loving foster family, or on the streets abandoned to her fate, or adopted abroad.
What really happened on Finnmarksvidda on February 1, 1986? Sami political activist John-Reier Martinsen is hit and killed in a bizarre snowmobile accident that has haunted his family for decades. Was it something as rare as a political murder in Norway, or just a terrible accident? Join John-Reier's brother on a search for answers in this thrilling true crime documentary about Sami activism, inflamed political disagreement, grief and unanswered questions.







