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.

Metanoia

451. Metanoia

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2026

Director: Bigum

A realm of light and shadow blending with sound textures. Moving images and material collages create a dreamlike landscape, awakening something undiscovered and untamed.


Karp

452. Karp

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202658min

Director: Keiti Väliste

Architect Raine Karp has designed some of the most monumental buildings in Estonia. Yet he himself says that he does not shape cityscapes or create art — he simply solves problems. This film takes the viewer on a journey into Raine’s world of ideas and his creative process.


Hyodo's Paradise

453. Hyodo's Paradise

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202622min

Director: Jacque Rabie

Hyodo lives near Tokyo in a vibrant house filled with hundreds of sex dolls. An unconventional character living amidst the normalcy and conformity of Japan, his life blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. Hyodo’s hedonistic, imaginative world is explored unflinchingly in an affectionate portrait of a deeply complex man.


On Silver Heels

454. On Silver Heels

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20261h 10min

Director: Anastasia Zazhitskaya

Determined amateur female hockey players revive Estonia's national team to make history at the World Championships.


Bex

455. Bex

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20269min

Director: Wiley Kaupas

Bex Clayman, a grad student who has found herself behind on life is in the middle of a huge step into adulthood. A move from Brooklyn to Denver, and a return to school have led to the beginning of a new journey to heal childhood scars left behind by the darkest depths of mental illness.


A Documentary on the humanitarian organization, Youthlinc.


How Not to Die Documentary

457. How Not to Die Documentary

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20261h 18min

Director: Shaun Monson

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the publication of How Not to Die, a documentary about my life and work.


What Will I Become?

458. What Will I Become?

Documentary Animation Drama Music
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20261h 30min

Director: Lexie Bean

More than 50% of transgender boys have attempted suicide. Through two life stories, directors Lexie and Logan unravel why their community is particularly vulnerable to living and dying quietly.


A Russian Winter

459. A Russian Winter

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20261h 27min

Director: Patric Chiha

After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many people in Russia faced a brutal choice: prison, the army – or exile. Margarita, Yuri and their friends are caught in the crosscurrents of history, with no way to return home, but also no place where they feel truly welcome.


Memories of a Window

460. Memories of a Window

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202619min

Director: Mehraneh Salimian

Following crackdowns on protests in Iran, civilians begin documenting the unrest from behind windows. When a woman is shot while recording, a film student writes her a letter raising the question: Can revolution emerge from behind windows?