Documentary Movies

In a moving portrait of resilience, Alex Holmes chronicles the unprecedented journey of 24-year-old Tracy Edwards and the first all-female sailing crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World Race.

Riders of Destiny follow several child jockeys from the remote Indonesian Island of Sumbawa as they go through a season of racing horses. Child horse racing is a cultural pastime…

Becoming LESLIE reveals the inner and bizarre world of Leslie Cochran, a cross-dressing homeless misfit who became the most iconic and unlikely civic symbol of Austin, Texas.

With only sixty years of farmable soil left on Earth, and the increased threats of climate change, the need to rethink how we use earth’s natural resources has never been…

“With an A.I., you have to keep your sentences short and to the point.” – This piece of advice is given to Chuck as he’s picking up his new robot…

Louis Theroux heads to American college campuses and comes face-to-face with students whose universities are accusing them of sexual assault.

In this gripping investigation, archaeologist Pepi Papakosta is on a hunt for Alexander the Great’s lost tomb, and she makes an extraordinary discovery.

A documentary revisiting the career of a feisty activist musician, who never quite achieved the same recognition as her similar contemporaries Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell. Experience the power of…

With narration from Paul McGann, this ground-breaking film sets out to solve one of nature’s mysterious phenomena: the Bewick swan’s dramatic decline. A pioneering group of scientists and conservationists sets…

August 25th 1991 at 3.55am saw the inevitable end to Lee Duffy’s life. Everyone knew Lee’s existence on this planet would be brief, but the news Teesside was waking up…

Medieval monasteries, historic German villages, and breweries from across the world serve as the backdrop for four people immersing themselves in their passion for beer.

Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy. This is the…

Rosine Mbakam is invited to step in Sabine’s small hairdresser’s because it is dangerous in the street. She accepts and pushes in with her camera. Sabine’s stories and the customers’…

This documentary explores Scientology as a young religion through the eyes of its believers. By showcasing interviews with active and inactive members of the church, the film presents broader questions…

The documentary story of Madonna’s struggling days in New York with her first band “Breakfast Club,” leading up to her first solo record deal.

On January 29, 2017, a lone gunman entered a mosque in Quebec City, took the lives of six people, injured 19 others and left an entire community in complete shock…

This documentary takes audiences into the heart of Africa’s Congo Basin to meet the men and women trying to save the forest elephant from extinction.

A documentary about Harry Birrell, an amateur film-maker who documented his life extensively on film. The documentary focuses specifically on the films he shot, and diary entries he wrote during…

An exposé on the public health impact of factory farming across the United States, told through the eyes of residents in five rural communities. When pushed to their limit, these…

Sean and Adrian, a Two-Spirit couple, are determined to rewrite the rules of Native American culture through their participation in the “Sweetheart Dance.” This celebratory contest is held at powwows…

VESTIGE is a revealing of human crave and interconnection amid the fraught race against time of another collapsing species – the rhinoceros. In the embattled provinces surrounding Kruger National Park,…

Every February, four dozen athletes are invited to Alaska to undertake a journey which will challenge their bodies and minds, their wills to succeed, and their wills to live. The…

In 1999 Wales faced England in the final ever Five Nations clash at Wembley. It was an historic and unforgettable game that paved the way for a new era of…

A bold, feminist film about how the vagina has shaped our view of the world and the shame around female sexuality. Women from 19 to 77 years old talk about…

Thomas looks for love in all the wrong places and struggles to find someone who will commit. Will he learn to love himself by opening night? Thomas Banks searches on…

An exclusive look at the hard but rewarding life of The World’s Strongest Man & WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry.

The extraordinary story of General Qassem Suleimani with first-hand accounts of his secret deals and shifting alliances across Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

In Iceland, volcanoes line up like pearls on a string. In the mountains and valleys the ground boils. It smokes, hisses and bubbles. Although rising from the sea as a…

The uncensored story of the infamous New Jersey based horror and custom video company W.A.V.E. Productions, who allows its fans to script and finance custom features tailored specifically to satiate…

In his first-ever stand-up special, Ken Jeong shares hilarious stories from his Hollywood career — and reveals how “The Hangover” saved his life.

In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move…

In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experiment exploring the origins of violence and sexual attraction. Nobody expected…

The story of Pro Football Hall of Famer Nick Buoniconti, whose resume encompasses turns as a linebacker, lawyer, sports agent, broadcaster, executive and philanthropist.

Ella Fitzgerald was a 15-year-old street kid when she won a talent contest in 1934 at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Within months she was a star. Over the next…

Marc Hauser is a visionary. Or is he mad? A record-holding skydiver, Hauser has a grand ambition: to become the first man to jump into a hurricane force jet stream…

A feature length documentary exploring violence and social change through the stories of ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War.

The wastelands and crowded streets of an African country are traversed by a woman bearing a wooden cross on her back. She is followed by sellers, beggars and passersby, outraged…

A look at one of Chicago’s more troubled South Side neighborhoods from the point of view of two young boxers and their families.

Since 2015, the Landless Workers Movement has been occupying an indebted sugarcane factory’s land to press for its redistribution through land reform. Grandma, P.C. and their encamped fellows struggle to…

Sven Marquardt might be the most famous bouncer worldwide. But beside standing in front of the legendary techno club Berghain in Berlin, he is also a well-known and skilled photographer….