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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.

Strangers

1421. Strangers

Drama Music Documentary
10.0

20267min

Director: Mouhamed Hesham

Strangers is a reflective film that explores memory and the lingering echoes of our last happy moments memories that continue to follow us long after they have passed. The film delves into unfinished dreams and the emotional weight they carry, while observing the current state of the world and the growing difficulty of human connection compared to the past, when interaction felt simpler and more genuine. Through the protagonist’s memories, we witness a time when dreams were modest and people felt familiar. As he comes to understand the reality of the world around him, he finds himself transformed no longer belonging, but becoming a stranger.


Indie Author

1422. Indie Author

Documentary

20261h 29min

Director: Adam Grandy

Indie Author is a movie for the dreamers of the world. They say that if you do what you love for a living, you'll never work a day in your life. For most authors, writing is their passion, but the odds have always been stacked against them. Enter the underdogs, the people who didn't let anything stand between them and the impossible. They are the daydreamers, the romantics, and the storytellers who found what it takes to earn a full-time living from their craft and have built a community to help each other and defy the odds. Through their stories, you might find answers to launch your own writing career. At a minimum, you'll be entertained, inspired, and well-armed with the hard truths and inside facts if you choose the adventure of a writer's life.


The Silo and Us

1423. The Silo and Us

Documentary

20261h 17min

Director: Carina Randløv

In a tiny Danish town, an abandoned grain silo is to become an artistic landmark with an observation tower and international art center, aiming to revitalize the town which is caught in a downward spiral of depopulation and store closures. But not everyone shares the enthusiasm. "The Silo and Us" a warm portrait of the urbane and the provincial, of highbrow and low key, of horn-rimmed glasses and flannel shirts. And everything in between.


Endurance athlete Damien Rider paddleboards 480km across nine remote Maldives islands, facing shifting currents, scorching sun, and a grueling 100km open-ocean crossing in a journey of resilience and discovery.


A covert space program in chaos: the old 20 and Back boss fades, the new guys fight for the alien spotlight, and the whole saga gets buried under drama, deception, and a fresh batch of self-proclaimed space heroes. Who will reign supreme?


The Pentagon UFO Tapes

1426. The Pentagon UFO Tapes

Documentary

202645min

Director: Justin Jordan

The truth takes flight. For decades, the U.S. military denied the truth. Now, declassified footage reveals an unidentified, craft-defying explanation. This film uncovers America’s UFO secrets from Roswell to the latest Pentagon leaks. Declassified military footage. Unexplained aerial encounters. From Roswell to the Pentagon’s shocking leaks, this gripping doc exposes decades of UFO secrets the government tried to hide.


Abraços, João

1427. Abraços, João

Documentary

202612min

Director: Fernanda Mendez

I try to get closer to a man I know only by omission: my grandfather. Through kept letters, a few photographs, and other people’s memories, I explore the gaps and silences that make up the life of a man I never knew.


Playing?

1428. Playing?

Documentary

20263min

Director: Miller Martins

A curious child interrupts a camera test.


Student Cultural Center

1429. Student Cultural Center

Documentary

20261h 30min

Director: Marija Vukić

The film is a tribute to the alternative art scene that ‘internationalized’ the Yugoslav cultural landscape over 30 turbulent years of social changes.


The Tuners

1430. The Tuners

Documentary

202620min

Director: Paweł Piotr Chorzępa

In the shadows of the world's most important piano competition, a group of expert tuners spend a month vying to achieve the perfect pitch so that the champion pianist will win on their instrument.