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Documentary movies

Fascinating real-life stories, historical accounts, and educational deep dives that reveal the truth about our world.

Subgenres include: True Crime Documentary, Biographical Documentary, Social & Political Documentary.

Mass migration is completely reshaping the West. And it’s happening at an unprecedented scale. Replacing Europe: Following the World's Deadliest Migration Route documents what nobody is meant to see. Filmmakers follow one of the deadliest routes on Earth from Africa to the Canary Islands, Spain, and France, ending in the United Kingdom. By speaking directly with migrants, local residents, and government officials, we expose what is meant to be hidden from the public: European governments are not merely tolerating this shift. They are facilitating, encouraging, and funding it. This is not ideology. It is reality.


Shame And Pride In History

1252. Shame And Pride In History

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202613min

Director: Mark Kvitko

This film explores the issues of pride and shame in the national histories of states, addressing topics that spark debate in contemporary societies, such as colonial legacies, wars, religious conflicts, and economic exploitation. As demands for reparations grow in number and intensity, monuments are toppled, and moral values are reassessed, the need to distinguish between personal and collective responsibility becomes increasingly important, as does the need to address whether progress can ever justify atrocities.


The story of the Sosúa settlement, the refugee colony created on land donated by Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo that saved hundreds of European Jews at a moment when few countries would accept them.


Confessions of a Killer

1254. Confessions of a Killer

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20261h 56min

Director: Michael Fanning

Two stolen lives and a 'suicide pact' that never was. In previously unbroadcast tapes, a killer coldly recounts how he got away with a double murder for 18 years.


The Abnormal Beauty Company

1255. The Abnormal Beauty Company

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4.5

20261h 38min

Director: Aref Mahabadi

The Abnormal Beauty Company offers a raw, rare glimpse into the meteoric rise of The Ordinary, the price of transparency, and the enduring legacy of one of the world’s most disruptive skincare brands and the enduring legacy of its troubled, genius founder.


A Tattoo

1256. A Tattoo

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20269min

Director: Kamil Dobrosielski

In a tattoo studio in Medellín, Sandro, a non-binary artist and rapper, sits down to get a new tattoo. As the needle moves across their skin, Sandro recalls their past: the murder of their brother, the years of anger and violence that followed, and the moment of transformation that came in prison.


Love of the Game

1257. Love of the Game

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202623min

Director: Brant Peije Teunis

In search of material for the book she was writing, Sandra was simultaneously ruining the lives of several men and her own. We were fortunate enough to turn that delicious clusterfuck into a beautiful film.


In the Arctic Circle, Jason Fox and an elite team of military veterans open up to each other about men’s mental health while taking on one of the world’s toughest ultramarathons.


A political documentary advocating for the candidacy of Laura Fernández, highlighting her platform as a continuation of the policies and administration of President Rodrigo Chaves.


Cult Philadelphia shoegaze band TAGABOW bring their crushing, maximalist sound to the chaos of the junkyard on their NTS Session.