Documentary Movies
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
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Bob Hercules and Rita Coburn Whack’s unprecedented film celebrates Dr. Maya Angelou by weaving her words with rare and intimate archival photographs and videos, which paint hidden moments of her…

Genre: Documentary
My Journey Through French Cinema

My Journey Through French Cinema

My Journey Through French Cinema
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190

Filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier examines the great directors, actors, writers, composers and cinematographers of French cinema, including Jean Renoir, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Melville, Edmond T. Gréville and Guy Gilles.

Genre: Documentary
Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai
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Nearly 20 years after his death and in the run-up to his centenary, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of Japanese cinema.

Genre: Documentary
Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience

Voyage of Time: The IMAX Experience
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A celebration of the universe, displaying the whole of time, from its start to its final collapse. This film examines all that occurred to prepare the world that stands before…

Genre: Documentary
Blue Velvet Revisited

Blue Velvet Revisited

Blue Velvet Revisited
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85

30 years after the shooting of ‘Blue Velvet’, the classic film of David Lynch, the German filmmaker Peter Braatz revisits his original Super-8 material and numerous photographies, filmed 30 years…

Genre: Documentary
Theo Who Lived

Theo Who Lived

Theo Who Lived
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86

In the late fall of 2012, Theo Padnos, a struggling American journalist, slipped into Syria to report on the country’s civil war and was promptly kidnapped by Al Qaeda’s branch…

Genre: Documentary
13th

13th

13th
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100

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.

Genre: Documentary
The Red Pill

The Red Pill

The Red Pill
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117

A feminist filmmaker follows the Men’s Rights Movement and begins to question her own beliefs. A look at gender politics.

Genre: Documentary
Divinas Divas

Divinas Divas

Divinas Divas
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90

Eight iconic performers of the first generation of Brazilian transvestite artists go on stage to celebrate their 50th career jubilee. The film depicts the human, personal dimension behind these icons,…

Genre: Documentary
Dan and Phil’s Story of TATINOF

Dan and Phil’s Story of TATINOF

Dan and Phil’s Story of TATINOF
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90

The behind-the-scenes story of Dan and Phil’s adventure on tour! An intimate and epic documentary film chronicling everything from creating their stage show, to life on the road and reflecting…

The Fourth Phase

The Fourth Phase

The Fourth Phase
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92

Iconic snowboarder Travis Rice and friends embark on a multi-year mission to follow the North Pacific Gyre’s flow. As Rice and the crew experience the highs and lows of a…

Genre: Documentary
Supersonic

Supersonic

Supersonic
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117

From award-winning director Mat Whitecross and featuring extensive unseen archive footage, Supersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts…

’85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History

’85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History

’85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History
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107

Monsters of the Midway. Da Coach. Sweetness. The Fridge. Not just Chicago sports legends, but icons of a generation. After stomping through an almost undefeated season, the 1985 Chicago Bears…

Hamilton’s America

Hamilton’s America

Hamilton’s America
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84

Hamilton’s America delves deeper into the creation of the Hamilton musical, revealing Lin-Manuel Miranda’s process of absorbing and then adapting Hamilton’s epic story into groundbreaking musical theater.

Genre: Documentary
Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story

Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story

Never Surrender: The Ed Ramsey Story
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76

Ramsey…found himself in charge of the elite 26th Calvary Regiment in the Philippines, where he was leading a ‘Gunga Din’-type existence playing polo with other officers until Japanese troops marched…

Genre: Documentary
The Fog of Srebrenica

The Fog of Srebrenica

The Fog of Srebrenica
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This is the story of survivors of the Srebrenica genocide, the only holocaust in Europe since WWII. 8,372 Bosnian men and boys were killed in one week.Heartbreaking and mind blowing…

Genre: Documentary
All About Asado

All About Asado

All About Asado
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90

All About Asado is a trip into the culinary heart of Argentina. Asado, the tradition of grilled meat, is a food and also a ritual. It is primitive and modern,…

Genre: Documentary
The Future of Work and Death

The Future of Work and Death

The Future of Work and Death
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88

In this provocative documentary, worldwide experts in the fields of futurology, anthropology, neuroscience and philosophy consider the impact of technological advances on the two certainties of human life: work and…

Genre: Documentary
The Lovers and the Despot

The Lovers and the Despot

The Lovers and the Despot
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100

After the collapse of their glamorous romance, a famous director and actress are kidnapped by movie-obsessed dictator Kim Jong-il. Forced to make films in the world’s weirdest state, they get…

Genre: Documentary
Audrie & Daisy

Audrie & Daisy

Audrie & Daisy
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95

A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults,…

Genre: Documentary
Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War

Defying the Nazis: The Sharps’ War
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Join an American couple’s courageous mission in 1939 to help refugees escape Nazi-occupied Europe. Over the course of two years, the pair will risk their lives so that hundreds can…

Genre: Documentary
Safari

Safari

Safari
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90

Africa. In the wild expanses, where bush-bucks, impalas, zebras, gnus and other creatures graze by the thousands, they are on holiday. German and Austrian hunting tourists drive through the bush,…

Genre: Documentary
The White Helmets

The White Helmets

The White Helmets
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40

As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.

Genre: Documentary, War
Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys

Silicon Cowboys
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78

Launched in 1982 by three friends in a Houston diner, Compaq Computer set out to build a portable PC to take on IBM, the world’s most powerful tech company. Many…

Genre: Documentary
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years
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The band stormed Europe in 1963, and, in 1964, they conquered America. Their groundbreaking world tours changed global youth culture forever and, arguably, invented mass entertainment as we know it…

Command and Control

Command and Control

Command and Control
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92

September 18, 1980, 6:25 p.m., Titan II base in Damascus, Arkansas. On this fateful night an explosion kills an Air Force member and transforms the lives of everyone on the…

Genre: Documentary
Captain America: The Road to Civil War

Captain America: The Road to Civil War

Captain America: The Road to Civil War
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This short explores the evolution of Evans’ Captain America character, from scrawny, scrappy fighter to supersoldier and, ultimately, rebellious hero. It also gives detailed look at Cap’s role in the…

Genre: Documentary
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
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60

Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a trip through the comedy archive in…

Ice Guardians

Ice Guardians

Ice Guardians
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108

On-ice enforcers struggle to rise through the professional ranks of the world’s most prestigious hockey league, only to be confronted with a new found fight for the existence of the…

Genre: Documentary
Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox
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92

This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.

Genre: Documentary
For the Love of Spock

For the Love of Spock

For the Love of Spock
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105

A documentary film about the life of Star Trek’s Mr. Spock as well as that of Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr. Spock for almost fifty years, written and…

Genre: Documentary
Magnus

Magnus

Magnus
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76

From a young age Magnus Carlsen had aspirations of becoming a champion chess player. While many players seek out an intensely rigid environment to hone their skills, Magnus’ brilliance shines…

Genre: Documentary
Into the Inferno

Into the Inferno

Into the Inferno
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104

Werner Herzog and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer embark upon a global journey exploring some of the world’s most mythical volcanoes in Indonesia, Ethiopia, Iceland and North Korea. Speaking with scientists and…

Genre: Documentary
I Called Him Morgan

I Called Him Morgan

I Called Him Morgan
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91

Part jazz history, part true-crime tale, Kasper Collin’s new documentary employs extensive archival footage and new interviews to tell the tragic story of the magnificently talented trumpeter Lee Morgan and…

Genre: Documentary
Dawson City: Frozen Time

Dawson City: Frozen Time

Dawson City: Frozen Time
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120

Dawson City: Frozen Time pieces together the bizarre true history of a collection of some 500 films dating from 1910s to 1920s, which were lost for over 50 years until…

Genre: Documentary
Building Star Trek

Building Star Trek

Building Star Trek
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92

When “Star Trek” first aired in 1966, it expanded the viewers’ imaginations about what was possible in their lifetimes. Today, many of the space-age technologies displayed on the show, like…

Genre: Documentary
The Ivory Game

The Ivory Game

The Ivory Game
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112

Wildlife activists and investigators put their lives on the line to battle the illegal African ivory trade, in this suspenseful on-the-ground documentary.

Genre: Documentary
Titanic: Sinking the Myths

Titanic: Sinking the Myths

Titanic: Sinking the Myths
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A docudrama that dives into the political and economic factors of 1912 that lead to the TITANIC disaster and appalling loss of life.

Jackson

Jackson

Jackson
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92

With a single abortion clinic remaining in the state of Mississippi, the city of Jackson has become ground zero in the nation’s battle over reproductive health-care. Jackson is an intimate…

Genre: Documentary
Gulîstan, Land of Roses

Gulîstan, Land of Roses

Gulîstan, Land of Roses
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84

They belong to the armed wing of the PKK, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, which is also an active guerrilla movement. The mission of these female fighters? Defend Kurdish territory in…

Genre: Documentary, War