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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.

With his ultra-conservative policies, US President Donald Trump is disrupting the global order as well as US institutions and society. Filmed less than one year after the start of his second mandate, this documentary analyses the concrete impact of his policies on the American people.


The Beauty Queen and the Catfish

1312. The Beauty Queen and the Catfish

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20262h 12min

Director: Alana McVerry

The women work together to reveal the true identity of their catfish. However, as more victims and evidence come to light, the women are forced to take matters into their own hands.


In 1997, the feminist punk poet and experimental writer Kathy Acker interviewed the Spice Girls for the Guardian (not, as has passed into legend, US Vogue). The Spice Girls were at the height of their fame, flicking peace signs at us from every teenage girl’s bedroom wall on posters ripped from magazines. Acker on the other hand was an unapologetic weirdo in the same vein as William S Burroughs, writing books so filled with sex, incest and violence that West Germany banned Blood and Guts in High School for being too pornographic. SEE THIS NEVER SEEN BEFORE EVA BERRY EXCLUSIVE NOW! NOW! NOW!


The film follows the Maestro's work on the concert program "Shakespeare. Sonnets. Pauls. Busulis. Keišs" during rehearsals, radio recordings, and the premiere. The camera also follows Raimonds Pauls during the creation of the Midsummer Eve and Christmas programs, capturing the Maestro's insights, conversations with colleagues, instructions to young soloists and actors, and his inevitable jokes.


be my banarsnip

1315. be my banarsnip

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20265min

Director: Tilly Edney Harrison

another petite butch Christmas


Courtney Barnett performs live for Triple J's 50th Tour. Recorded on 15th November 2025, on the lands of the Nipaluna people of the Lutruwita Nation at the Odeon in Hobart.


Long Live

1317. Long Live

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20261h 7min

Director: Maria Petersen

5 people talk about everyday life in a village in Berlin's affluent suburbs during the GDR era.


An inside look at the years of effort and craft that went into the final installment of the Duffer Brothers' generation-defining series.


In southern Peru stands an Inca city, uninhabited for several centuries but still virtually intact: Machu Picchu. Discovered in the early 20th century, it attracts a million visitors every year from the four corners of the globe to admire the skills of the powerful civilization that built it. At an altitude of more than 2,400 metres, the Incas managed to carve out a deep ridge to erect a masterpiece of architecture and engineering in perfect harmony with nature. Despite their engineering prowess, the Incas had no writing system to speak of. Still, they managed to devise a complex water drainage system and to design buildings according to a sky map. Now, thanks to insights from experts and spectacular 3D animation, you will discover the secrets behind the construction of Machu Picchu and the genius of the Inca builders.


Another Country

1320. Another Country

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20269min

Director: John Winn

"A supplementary country called cinema … I began collecting stamps in my passport, with this infan­tile, idiotic, idea that I could set foot in all the countries of the world … Where I almost stumbled into catastrophe was when the postcard, a strange clandestine umbilical chord, couldn't be found." – Serge Daney