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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.

Who Killed Alex Odeh?

821. Who Killed Alex Odeh?

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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

823. Sentient

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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


Give Me the Ball!

824. 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

825. 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

826. 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

827. 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

828. 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

829. 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

830. 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?