Documentary Movies
9to5: Days in Porn

9to5: Days in Porn

9to5: Days in Porn
IMDb: 6.4
113

9to5 – Days in Porn focuses on the people behind a controversial and multi-billion dollar industry “The Adult Entertainment industry”. It depicts their stories, each one different, unadorned and authentic,…

Genre: Documentary
Dirt! The Movie

Dirt! The Movie

Dirt! The Movie
IMDb: 7.2
86

A look at man’s relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics and color –everything needed for our survival. For most of the last…

Genre: Documentary
The Summit

The Summit

The Summit
IMDb: 6.9
95

The Summit is a 2012 documentary film about the 2008 K2 disaster directed by Nick Ryan. It combines documentary footage with dramatized recreations of the events of the 2008 K2…

Wordplay

Wordplay

Wordplay
IMDb: 7.3
94

From the masters who create the mind-bending diversions to the tense competition at the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, Patrick Creadon’s documentary reveals a fascinating look at a decidedly addictive pastime….

Genre: Documentary
The Lion at World’s End

The Lion at World’s End

The Lion at World’s End
IMDb: 8.1
89

The astonishing true story of a zoo-born lion who found himself in the pet department of Harrods, then the cellar of an antique shop in London and, ultimately the wilds…

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
IMDb: 7.2
83

Errol Morris’s Fast, Cheap & Out of Control interweaves the stories of four men, each driven to create eccentric worlds from their unique obsessions, all of which involve animals. There’s…

Genre: Documentary
Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine
IMDb: 6.8
90

Garry Kasparov is possibly the greatest chess player who has ever lived. In 1997, he played a match against the greatest chess computer: IBM’s Deep Blue. He lost. This film…

Genre: Documentary
Spellbound

Spellbound

Spellbound
IMDb: 7.5
97

This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C.

Genre: Documentary
Aftermath: Population Zero

Aftermath: Population Zero

Aftermath: Population Zero
IMDb: 6.8
90

Aftermath: Population Zero investigates what would happen if every single person on Earth simply disappeared. Explore the interactive world without us.

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
IMDb: 7.8
86

Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where…

Depeche Mode: Devotional

Depeche Mode: Devotional

Depeche Mode: Devotional
IMDb: 9.2
84

This video release by Depeche Mode features almost an entire concert from their 1993-1994 Devotional Tour, filmed in Barcelona, Liévin and Frankfurt.

Earthlings

Earthlings

Earthlings
IMDb: 8.7
95

Using hidden cameras and never-before-seen footage, Earthlings chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit.

Genre: Documentary
American Pimp

American Pimp

American Pimp
IMDb: 6.7
87

Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing a woman into their group, taking a woman from…

Genre: Documentary
Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers

Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers

Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers
IMDb: 6.1
90

The Pink Panthers have stolen over £270m in diamonds in more than 241 robberies in cities from Paris to Tokyo. The film explores the rise of the group during the…

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
IMDb: 7.3
96

A documentary about the English alternative rock band, The Stone Roses. Meadows interweaves archive film, intimate behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen material, delivering the definitive account of the band and their…

Genre: Documentary
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty
IMDb: 7.6
86

By the mid-1980s, the fabled animation studios of Walt Disney had fallen on hard times. The artists were polarized between newcomers hungry to innovate and old timers not yet ready…

Genre: Documentary
War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State
IMDb: 7.5
53

War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse. It…

Genre: Documentary
Dig!

Dig!

Dig!
IMDb: 7.8
107

A documentary on the once promising American rock bands The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols. The friendship between respective founders, Anton Newcombe and Courtney Taylor, escalated into bitter…

The Perfect Human Diet

The Perfect Human Diet

The Perfect Human Diet
IMDb: 6.4
90

“The Perfect Human Diet” is an unprecedented global exploration to find a solution to our epidemic of overweight obesity and diet-related disease – the #1 killer in America. The film…

Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years

Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years

Iron Maiden: 12 Wasted Years
IMDb: 8.7
90

A documentary of the band’s first 12 years with interviews and live footage.

The House I Live In

The House I Live In

The House I Live In
IMDb: 7.9
110

In the past 40 years, the War on Drugs has accounted for 45 million arrests, made America the world’s largest jailer, and destroyed impoverished communities at home and abroad. Yet…

Genre: Documentary
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files

The Jeffrey Dahmer Files
IMDb: 6.4
76

An experimental documentary film that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer during the summer of his arrest in 1991.

Genre: Documentary
Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price

Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
IMDb: 6.8
98

This documentary takes the viewer on a deeply personal journey into the everyday lives of families struggling to fight Goliath. From a family business owner in the Midwest to a…

Genre: Documentary
Food Stamped

Food Stamped

Food Stamped
IMDb: 6.5
60

Food Stamped is an informative and humorous documentary film following a couple as they attempt to eat a healthy, well-balanced diet on a food stamp budget. Nutrition educator Shira Potash…

Genre: Documentary
Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius

Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius

Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius
IMDb: 5.1
55

Everyone knows his name but what is the true story behind the man? Inventor, innovator, iconoclast; Steve Jobs was all of these and more. Now find out the gripping truth…

Genre: Documentary
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
IMDb: 7.7
121

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel’s eclectic slate…

Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story

Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story

Freddie Mercury: The Untold Story
IMDb: 8.2
59

Freddie Mercury (1946-1991) was not just a man with one of the most pure and amazing voices this world has heard, but he was also the lead singer for Queen,…

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress

El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
IMDb: 6.4
108

For six months of the year, renowned Spanish chef Ferran Adria closes his restaurant El Bulli — repeatedly voted the world’s best — and works with his culinary team to…

Genre: Documentary
Hype!

Hype!

Hype!
IMDb: 7.6
84

This documentary examines the Seattle scene as it became the focus of a merging of punk rock, heavy metal, and innovation. Building from the grass roots, self-promoted and self-recorded until…

Kobe Doin’ Work

Kobe Doin’ Work

Kobe Doin’ Work
IMDb: 6.5
83

A documentary following Kobe Bryant during one day of the 2008 NBA playoffs.

Genre: Documentary
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation

Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
IMDb: 5.7
86

Albert Fish, the horrific true story of elderly cannibal, sadomasochist, and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Distorting biblical tales, Albert Fish takes…

Choke

Choke

Choke
IMDb: 7.5
98

Welcome to the world of no-holds-barred freestyle fighting…the fastest growing “sport” in the United States, Brazil, and Japan. CHOKE follows undisputed World Freestyle Fighting Champion Rickson Gracie as he prepares…

Genre: Documentary
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
IMDb: 7.6
98

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary is a 1997 film documenting an endurance competition that took place in Longview, Texas. The yearly competition pits twenty-four contestants against each other to…

Genre: Documentary
Occupation: Dreamland

Occupation: Dreamland

Occupation: Dreamland
IMDb: 7.2
140

This documentary of American soldiers in Falluja offers a revealing and complex portrait of Army life.

Genre: Documentary, War
Born Rich

Born Rich

Born Rich
IMDb: 6.5
75

A documentary on children of the insanely rich. Directed by one of their own, Johnson & Johnson heir, Jamie Johnson.

Genre: Documentary
iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World

iGenius: How Steve Jobs Changed the World
IMDb: 6.5
42

Steve Jobs was a creative and technological visionary who quite simply changed society as we know it. As co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer, Jobs ushered in personal computing to…

Genre: Documentary
Hashish

Hashish

Hashish
IMDb: 6.6
80

A small village high up in the mountains of Ketama, Northern Morocco. The life of the people here has been shaped by the drug hashish for centuries. Hashish as daily…

Genre: Documentary
Afghan Star

Afghan Star

Afghan Star
IMDb: 7.3
87

This documentary on the effect the talent competition “Afghan Star” has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives…

The One Percent

The One Percent

The One Percent
IMDb: 6.8
77

Jamie Johnson takes the exploration of wealth that he began in Born Rich one step further. The One Percent, refers to the tiny percentage of Americans who control nearly half…

Genre: Documentary
The Frozen North

The Frozen North

The Frozen North
IMDb: 7.6
60

For more than 30 years a man by the name of Dick Proenneke lived alone in the Alaskan Bush. His only neighbors were the wolves and grizzly bears and his…