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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.

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Drama Documentary
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20266min

Director: Alexander Mooney

Two siblings living in different cities try to make up for lost time during a week-long visit.


Skin of Glass

162. Skin of Glass

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20261h 30min

Director: Denise Zmekhol

A poetic and personal cinematic meditation on displacement and loss, SKIN OF GLASS follows filmmaker Denise Zmekhol’s journey after discovering that her late father's most celebrated work as an architect, a modernist glass skyscraper in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless families.


sr

163. sr

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20261h 43min

Director: Lea Hartlaub

sr draws a panorama of human activity spanning centuries and continents. In 16 fragmentary episodes the film reports of political and societal conditions, of theoretical discourses, human creations and realities of everyday life.


On the Border

164. On the Border

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20261h 43min

Director: Gerald Igor Hauzenberger

The desert city of Agadez in Niger has been a hub of trade routes since time immemorial. The local Tuareg population always earned a good living by transporting goods and people across the Sahara. But Agadez is also a place where migrants pass through on their way to Europe.


Manhood

165. Manhood

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20261h 31min

Director: Daniel Lombroso

A Texas businessman strives to make penis enlargement as common as Botox. Along the way, an OnlyFans star and a father of five put their bodies—and their insecurities—on the line. Blending dark humor with unexpected empathy, "Manhood" examines shame, addiction, and the fragile myths of American masculinity. From Executive Producers World of Wonder ("RuPaul’s Drag Race"), Sheila Nevins ("Real Sex"), Penny Lane ("Hail Satan"), and Director Daniel Lombroso ("White Noise").


No Tears on the Field

166. No Tears on the Field

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20261h 33min

Director: Lisa Burd

In New Zealand’s heartland, teams of aspiring female rugby players must shatter glass ceilings both on and off the field to achieve their improbable dream of international glory.


Ein Sommer in Italien - WM 1990

167. Ein Sommer in Italien - WM 1990

Documentary
Upcoming

2026

Director: Nadja Kölling

Documentary from Nadja Kölling and Vanessa Nöcker about the soccer world championship 1990 in Italy.


Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story

168. Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story

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20261h 44min

Director: Ayden Mayeri

Four friends reunite when the album they made as pre-teens becomes a cult hit on the internet and scores a record deal twenty years later. Together, they revisit their friendship and early 2000s girlhood.


The Life We Leave

169. The Life We Leave

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20261h 27min

Director: J.J. Gerber

When Washington legalizes human composting, entrepreneur Micah bets everything on a new vision of deathcare. With funeral directors Brie and Katey, he builds the first large-scale terramation facility, reshaping how we grieve and return to the Earth.


The Ascent

170. The Ascent

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20261h 42min

Director: Edward Drake

The Ascent is the inspiring true story of Colorado Springs bilateral-amputee climber Mandy Horvath's record-breaking attempt to crawl to the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro and the mysterious circumstances under which she lost her legs at the age of 21.