Documentary Movies
Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?

Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?

Dr. Feelgood: Dealer or Healer?
IMDb: 7.2
81

Dr. Feelgood shares several perspectives on prescription drug use, exploring the issues involved when doctors are faced with patients seeking help for chronic pain.

Genre: Documentary
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire

Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire
IMDb: 8.0
68

This documentary places the Bush Administration’s original justifications for war in Iraq within the larger context of a two-decade struggle by neo-conservatives to dramatically increase military spending while projecting American…

Genre: Documentary
The Hard Stop

The Hard Stop

The Hard Stop
IMDb: 7.1
85

Delves into the shooting death of Mark Duggan, a young black British man, by London Metropolitan Police in 2011.

Genre: Documentary
Air Sex: The Movie

Air Sex: The Movie

Air Sex: The Movie
IMDb: 4.9
N/A

Air Sex: The Movie is a documentary about the American social phenomenon known as The Air Sex Championships. Think Air Guitar, but instead of pretending to play a musical instrument,…

Genre: Documentary
Dirty Dancing Concert Tour

Dirty Dancing Concert Tour

Dirty Dancing Concert Tour
IMDb: 6.5
N/A

Not Available

Genre: Documentary
Gold Rush

Gold Rush

Gold Rush
TMDb: 6.4
45 min

Follow the lives of ambitious miners as they head north in pursuit of gold. With new miners, new claims, new machines and new ways to pull gold out of the…

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Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog

Charles Mingus: Triumph of the Underdog
IMDb: 7.2
78

Don McGlynn’s uncompromising and soulful documentary look at the tumultuous life of musician and rebel Charles Mingus is fascinating stuff. Mingus said of himself “I am half black man, half…

Genre: Documentary
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron

Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron

Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
IMDb: 7.7
47

For the 20th anniversary of “Titanic,” James Cameron reopens the file on the disaster.

Genre: Documentary
Unzipped

Unzipped

Unzipped
IMDb: 7.9
73

Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection.

Genre: Documentary
Adult Rappers

Adult Rappers

Adult Rappers
IMDb: 7.2
58

This documentary feature pulls back the curtain on the world of ‘working class’ rappers. The film spotlights independent artists struggling to find a balance between making a living and pursuing…

Genre: Documentary
Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen

Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen

Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen
IMDb: 7.3
94

Cleopatra, the last Egyptian queen and one of the most legendary women in history. A beautiful seductress who used her sex appeal in order to manipulate the most powerful men…

Genre: Documentary
Startling Proofs

Startling Proofs

Startling Proofs
IMDb: 5.1
60

It is the demand of every skeptic: prove to me that God exists. Of course making a decision to accept the Gospel of Christ is a matter of faith.

Genre: Documentary
Jan Saudek – V pekle svých vásní, ráj v nedohlednu

Jan Saudek – V pekle svých vásní, ráj v nedohlednu

Jan Saudek – V pekle svých vásní, ráj v nedohlednu
IMDb: 6.2
96

Jan Saudek, Czechoslovakia’s most famous living photographer, is the subject of this often-shocking kaleidoscopic biopic by friend and colleague Adolf Zika. With an unblinking eye, Zika chronicles the drama-filled life…

Genre: Documentary
Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard
IMDb: 7.3
112

Al Pacino’s deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare’s significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of “Richard III.”

Genre: Documentary
Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist

Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist
IMDb: 7.6
90

The story of Robert Flanagan, a man who was born with cystic fibrosis and told he wouldn’t live past 20, who through a unique odyssey of masochism, art and love…

Genre: Documentary
Children Underground

Children Underground

Children Underground
IMDb: 8.4
104

Children Underground follows the story of five street children, aged eight to sixteen who live in a subway station in Bucharest, Romania. The street kids are encountered daily by commuting…

Genre: Documentary
Samurai Warrior Queens

Samurai Warrior Queens

Samurai Warrior Queens
IMDb: 7.5
N/A

Not Available

The Billion Dollar Car

The Billion Dollar Car

The Billion Dollar Car
IMDb: 8.0
46

The Billion Dollar Car: Is the Electric Car going to change the future of urban mobility? For years companies have been manufacturing and selling electric and hybrid cars. But is…

Genre: Documentary
Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Divide

Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Divide

Kaz: Pushing the Virtual Divide
IMDb: 7.3
84

This film is about drive. It’s about the passion and creative drive of Kazunori Yamauchi, the architect behind Gran Turismo’s birth and breath-taking fifteen-year evolution.

Genre: Documentary
Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
IMDb: 5.9
145

Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersberg, Russia. She escaped to America in 1926 amidst the rise of Soviet Communism. She remained in the United States for the…

Genre: Documentary
Regarding Susan Sontag

Regarding Susan Sontag

Regarding Susan Sontag
IMDb: 6.9
101

An intimate study of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century tracking feminist icon Susan Sontag’s seminal, life-changing moments through archival materials, accounts from friends,…

Genre: Documentary
Diana: In Her Own Words

Diana: In Her Own Words

Diana: In Her Own Words
IMDb: 8.1
113

Using home videos recorded by her voice coach, Diana takes us through the story of her life.

Genre: Documentary
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
IMDb: 6.6
60

The story of how one of American television’s brightest and wealthiest stars finally came to face a criminal trial for sexual assault a decade after the accusations were first made.

Genre: Documentary
Ryan Gander: The Idea of Japan

Ryan Gander: The Idea of Japan

Ryan Gander: The Idea of Japan
IMDb: 7.9
60

Artist Ryan Gander explores Japan’s highly sophisticated visual culture, expressed through images and symbols. He makes unexpected connections between everything from geisha to tattoo art.

Genre: Documentary
Antarctica: Ice & Sky

Antarctica: Ice & Sky

Antarctica: Ice & Sky
IMDb: 6.9
89

Documentary about the work of Claude Lorius, who began studying Antarctic ice in 1957, and, in 1965, was the first scientist to be concerned about global warming.

Genre: Documentary
Rocky IV: The American Punch

Rocky IV: The American Punch

Rocky IV: The American Punch
IMDb: 6.9
N/A

Rocky IV is dually symbolic – it embodies both the victory of the American boxer over the Soviet one and the victory of neo-liberalism over a dwindling socialism. Today, Rocky…

Bruce Springsteen: In His Own Words

Bruce Springsteen: In His Own Words

Bruce Springsteen: In His Own Words
IMDb: 8.6
72

Revealing bio-documentary giving an exclusive look into the life of one of the world’s most admired and respected musicians as Bruce Springsteen explores and explains his greatest influences

Genre: Documentary
What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music

What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music

What Difference Does It Make? A Film About Making Music
IMDb: 7.0
95

A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.

Genre: Documentary
Dying to Live

Dying to Live

Dying to Live
IMDb: N/A
94

Australia is well behind the Western world in organ and tissue donor rates, causing immense suffering for those awaiting organs, while donors inspire us with their gift of life.

Genre: Documentary
The Jihadis Next Door

The Jihadis Next Door

The Jihadis Next Door
IMDb: 7.0
47

Jamie Roberts’ documentary filmed over the course of two years, which takes an intimate look at the people spreading extremist fundamentalism in Britain. In 2014 Roberts filmed Islamic extremist Abu…

Genre: Documentary
Regret to Inform

Regret to Inform

Regret to Inform
IMDb: 7.6
72

In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow)…

Genre: Documentary
The Anatomy of a Great Deception

The Anatomy of a Great Deception

The Anatomy of a Great Deception
IMDb: 7.7
92

The Anatomy of a Great Deception is a quasi-political, spiritual documentary following businessman-turned-filmmaker, David Hooper as he deals with the emotions of his own investigation into the events of 9/11.

Genre: Documentary
That’s Not Funny

That’s Not Funny

That’s Not Funny
IMDb: 6.9
90

That’s Not Funny is an examination of the history of taboo subjects and controversy in comedy, and one comedy fan’s heartfelt and passionate defense of an art form.

Genre: Documentary
Wild Flight: Conquest of the Skies 3D

Wild Flight: Conquest of the Skies 3D

Wild Flight: Conquest of the Skies 3D
IMDb: 7.8
40

The ability to fly is one of the greatest miracles in the natural world. Millions of creatures soar above our heads today, using a fabulous variety of techniques to defy…

Genre: Documentary
Icebound

Icebound

Icebound
IMDb: 7.4
60

The gripping true-life story of the legendary 1925 “Serum Run,” in which 34 men and more than 150 dogs, rushed life-saving anti-toxin across the frozen arctic to save the children…

Genre: Documentary
The Story of Technoviking

The Story of Technoviking

The Story of Technoviking
IMDb: 6.6
90

Imagine this: you go dancing at a parade, there you will be filmed and suddenly this movie appears on the net. An artist makes art out of these images. From…

Genre: Documentary
My Own Man

My Own Man

My Own Man
IMDb: 6.4
82

Rattled by the prospect of becoming a dad, a 40-year-old filmmaker begins to consider what “manhood” really means for him, prompting him to pursue an array of interests and reexamine…

Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer

Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer

Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer
IMDb: 7.8
N/A

For the first time on film desert hermits, monks and nuns share their practices and invite us into their private cells, caves and sanctuaries in the Middle East, Mediterranean, Eastern…

Genre: Documentary
Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story

Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story

Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine Story
IMDb: 3.4
89

Back Issues is the definitive documentary of porn magazine Hustler, from its nightclub inception as it adapts to pornography in the 21st century. Director Michael Lee Nirenberg’s father was was…

Genre: Documentary
Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster

Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster

Titanic: Anatomy of a Disaster
IMDb: 7.0
105

“Titanic – Anatomy of a Disaster” is an original Discovery Channel production that looks into not only the history but the mystery surrounding the sinking of Britain’s most luxurious passenger…