Documentary Movies

With a rare gift for unflinching impartiality, director Arthur Dong delves into the lives and attitudes of fundamentalist families who actively oppose homosexuality, despite having gay offspring themselves.

This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. Featuring old skool skating footage,…

Some 220 miles above Earth lies the International Space Station, a one-of-a-kind outer space laboratory that 16 nations came together to build. Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of…

“Guaranteed to be the most hilariously shocking video you’ve ever seen, Bumfights will piss on any other ruckus video ever made. You’ll see drunk bums beating each other silly, real…

Autopsy examines how forensic examiners can help solve crimes. “Pure Evil” looks at the case of Canadian serial rapists and murderers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. “The Lady Vanishes” examines…

FOREIGNERS OUT! SCHLINGENSIEFS CONTAINER is a thrilling, insightful, funny chronicle and reflection of one of he biggest public pranks and acts of art terrorism ever committed. Austria 2000: Right after…

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.

An on-the-scene documentary following the events of September 11, 2001 from an insider’s view, through the lens of two French filmmakers who simply set out to make a movie about…

Documentary account of George W. Bush’s presidential campaign during the 2000 election.

Follows five trekkers and a local Chagga guide to the top of Kilimanjaro, the largest freestanding mountain in the world. Along their journey this diverse group of trekkers encounter strange…

A documentary about the life of Pope John Paul II

Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, and producer Fred Caruso are interviewed for this 68-minute documentary about the making of David Lynch’s Blue Velvet

This collection of David Lynch’s short films cover the first 29 years of his career. Each film is given a special introduction by the director himself. His earliest underground films…

Fulton and Pepe’s 2000 documentary captures Terry Gilliam’s attempt to get The Man Who Killed Don Quixote off the ground. Back injuries, freakish storms, and more zoom in to sabotage…

A meditation on the human quest to transcend physicality, constructed from decaying archival footage and set to an original symphonic score.

The Devil’s Playground is a fascinating and moving documentary about a little-known aspect of Amish life. Amish are not permitted to join the church until their late teens, and have…

In 1997, rap superstars Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace (aka Biggie Smalls, The Notorious B.I.G.) were gunned down in separate incidents, the apparent victims of hip hop’s infamous east-west rivalry….

A documentary on the making of “Pumping Iron” to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Aired on Cinemax.

A look inside the Playboy mansion around the year 2000. Features Hugh Hefner and his 7 girlfriends pre-Girls Next Door.

This documentary follows various migratory bird species on their long journeys from their summer homes to the equator and back, covering thousands of miles and navigating by the stars. These…

In 1972, Lou Reed’s second solo album Transformer elevated him from a minor cult figure to one of the best known and most talked about artists in rock & roll,…

The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.

Alegría is a mood, a state of mind. The themes of the show, whose name means “jubilation” in Spanish, are many. Power and the handing down of power over time,…

Shooters is a drama documentary film, directed by Dan Reed for Suspect Device Films. The film is set in Liverpool and used local criminals as actors depicting the lives of…

George Carlin performs a hilarious set of never-before released material in “Complaints and Grievances.” His 12th HBO special was recorded live at the Beacon Theater in New York City on…

Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told…

A feature-length documentary film about hip-hop DJing, otherwise known as turntablism. From the South Bronx in the 1970s to San Francisco now, the world’s best scratchers, beat-diggers, party-rockers, and producers…

An unprecedented examination of the impact the Star Trek experience has had on the franchise’s most celebrated participants: William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. These two stars have arguably embodied the…

Documentary about war photographer James Nachtwey, considered by many the greatest war photographer ever.

Abbas Kiarostami shoots a documentary about the AIDS crisis in Uganda.

An author spends a year and a half filming what happens as a new apartment building is built in a neighborhood of Barcelona.

A campy look at the making of the 1964-67 TV series, as told by stars Bob Denver, Dawn Wells and Russell Johnson, as well as in flashbacks (actors play the…

In 1996, Tsurisaki Kiyotaka, one of Japan’s most infamous death photographers, ventured into the center of Hell itself – the Rue Morgue neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. With death and murder…

A rare behind the scenes look at the tragedies and bitter disappointments that plagued one of MGM’s most popular leading ladies

The record label Death Row Records has, since its creation in 1993, been synonymous with the American hip-hop climate. Formed by ex-bodyguard Suge Knight, the label has released seminal rap…

In Search of Peace: 1948-1967 chronicles Israel’s first two decades, offering new insights on the origins of the Middle East conflict. Combining a rich tapestry of rare archival film and…

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…

2001 French documentary about the murder trial of a 15 year old black teen accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida. Winner of 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary.

David Lynch discusses the making of the film “Eraserhead.”