Documentary Movies

In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.

A look at the career of Jeremy Clarkson and the many controversies surrounding him.

A single mother of two from small town Canada looks for her missing father in Mexico and ends up taking on one of the most corrupt justice systems in the…

One summer day in Marseille. The boxers of the “Boxe Massilia” collective are about to enter the ring in front of a cheering crowd. Behind this ancient spectacle of hand-to-hand…

Show creator Nicolas Winding Refn and his team detail how they brought the stoic heroine and dark fairy tale version of Copenhagen’s netherworld to life.

The life and provocative work and writings of First Nations artist, Richard Bell. The film reveals the “two Richards” – “Richie” the provocateur and enfant terrible of the art world…

Music for Black Pigeons is the first collaboration between Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed. The film poses existential questions to influential jazz players such as Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Midori…

Featuring the breakout stars from the series and returning legends, this documentary takes viewers behind the scenes for an in-depth look at the making of the hit original series.

An access-all-areas look at the life of global megastar KSI as he goes through the most momentous year of his life. At the height of his fame, spurred on by…

The ongoing relationship between the worlds of punk rock and animal rights and how the music became a breeding ground for vegan activism.

After a near-fatal accident, filmmaker Guido van der Werve muses about the highs and lows of his own life as he endures a long process of recovery. Instead of a…

Family memories and personal art movingly portray author and motivational speaker Aisha Chaudhary’s journey with an immune disorder and terminal illness.

Historian James Bulgin reveals the origins of the Holocaust in the German invasion of the Soviet Union, exploring the mass murder, collaboration and experimentation that led to the Final Solution.

Exceptionally talented actor and bridge-builder between black and white, a political icon and artist at the same time: that was Sidney Poitier. He made Hollywood history in 1964 when he…

When Reza is jailed on drug charges under mysterious circumstances, his wife is forced to uproot the lives of their four children. Under Iran’s strict drug laws, Reza faces execution…

The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade,…

Toronto Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard — Canada’s greatest showman – He didn’t invent greed. He perfected it.

A year in the life of an underdog competitive high school mariachi band in the Texas borderlands.

When the Muscogee Nation suddenly begins censoring its free press, a rogue reporter fights to expose her government’s corruption in a historic battle that will have ramifications for all of…

Bonded by their love of freediving, a record-setting champion and a heroic safety diver try to make history with a remarkable feat, ready to risk it all.

They have no roots, no seeds, no flowers, but mosses show immense survival capacities and can suspend their biological activity for long periods. Today, researchers are exploring the exceptional resistance…

Peabody Award winner Linda Moulton Howe and other experts explore the enigma of the colossal stone pyramids encircling our planet, both their purposes and the incomprehensible technology behind their creation.

The radical honesty of the books by young adult fiction pioneer Judy Blume changed the way millions of readers understood themselves, their sexuality, and what it meant to grow up,…

A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What…

Two friends, both Indigenous fishermen, are driven to desperation by a dying sea. Their friendship begins to fracture as they take very different paths to provide for their struggling families.

A documentary about nuclear fallout in the United States, specifically members of the Shoshone Nation whose sacred land continues to be cordoned off as a nuclear test site.

The fate of the planet’s last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is under threat as a secretive organization is about to allow massive extraction of seabed metals to address the…

Freddie Mercury was known for his flamboyant stage persona and four-octave vocal range – the lead singer of Queen defied the conventions of a typical rock frontman. He paved the…

A man is convicted of a robbery he didn’t commit and spends six years in jail. Decades later, he becomes a suspect again — but is he still innocent?

Documentary that follows Damian Browne and Fergus Farrell as they attempt the impossible: traversing the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean in a small two-person rowboat.

Can exercise sharpen the brightest minds? In this ground-breaking experiment, four world-class gamers, competing in eSports, Chess, Mahjong and Memory Games, put this to the test.

Has Disney lost its way? Many Disney fans have noticed a sharp increase in the company’s political and social activism. This film reveals how Disney pushes an activist agenda and…

In Canada and Alaska, the consequences of global warming are being keenly felt by brown bears – but in different ways by different populations. Their survival depends mainly on the…

In Canada and Alaska, the consequences of global warming are being keenly felt by brown bears – but in different ways by different populations. Their survival depends mainly on the…

A true story about one community, one high school, and one coach; how he produced a winning football season and hit record numbers of first-generation students attending university.

For the first and last time, Amber Hagerman’s mother details her daughter’s shocking murder and shares chilling documentary footage that captures the 9-year-old’s final days; Amber’s legacy is an alert…

Discover the story of Punchdrunk, the pioneering and hugely secretive theatre company whose productions have reinvented an art form and changed the rules of theatre.

The Nazi regime lasted from 1933 to 1945 and was undoubtedly one of the most horrific periods of history. The Nazi Party and its immoral leader instilled one of the…

Candid and exclusive testimony from Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan, Heather Mills and others on claims of unlawful information gathering at some of UK’s biggest papers. The documentary unpicks…

Hancock fan Jack Dee presents Tony Hancock: Very Nearly An Armful. Taking its title from celebrated Hancock episode The Blood Donor, this two-hour retrospective features previously unseen scripts, scrapbooks and…