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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.

Luigi

891. Luigi

Documentary
0.0

20268min

Director: Liza Mandelup

When Luigi Mangione is charged with murder, he becomes the subject of fevered obsession. Through letters, fantasies, and conspiracies, strangers turn Luigi into a cultural sensation and a canvas for their rage, desire, and misplaced hope.


STILL STANDING

892. STILL STANDING

Documentary
10.0

202610min

Director: Victor Tadashi Suarez

On January 7, 2025, the Eaton fire destroyed over 9,000 structures in Altadena, California. Thousands more were left standing but contaminated with toxic ash. Residents face the impossible decision of whether they should risk their health to return home.


Imagine Peace

893. Imagine Peace

Documentary
0.0

20261h 35min

Director: Fabian Chiquet

Hundred-year-old Edith Ballantyne fled from the Nazis in 1938 and found her purpose as president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. As an ally of the United Nations, she influenced the international peace movement and brought millions of people onto the streets for disarmament. Horrified by the escalating conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, she now joins fellow activists in calling for dialogue.


14 Year Old Snowcross Racer

894. 14 Year Old Snowcross Racer

Documentary
0.0

202615min

Director: Olena Hætta

We follow Čan Martin, a 14-year-old snowcross rider from Kautokeino, as he navigates the challenges of this high-risk sport with the dedicated support of his family and local community. This short documentary is an inspiring story about pursuing dreams, overcoming obstacles, and the strength of family unity.


Our image of short men is clichéd. But isn't there a grain of truth in every cliché? Tall men are successful, short men have problems.


Today, 66 sisters with an average age of 86 still live in the Ilanz convent. Their communal life is coming to an end. Two central wishes accompany this change: to remain in the convent and to find a new use for it that preserves their spiritual heritage –prayer, care, and education.


A sort of non-narrative itinerary between Lyon, Vienne and Valence-Ville that goes exploring the relationships between the interactions and the light it exposes, a reflection of identity and beauty that the shadows goes preserving the perceptions of new space.


When I'm Gone

898. When I'm Gone

Drama Documentary
8.0

20262min

Director: Zeynep Asude Demir

A movie including footages of nature talking about the journey of life


Galicia! A Better World Is Possible

899. Galicia! A Better World Is Possible

Documentary Horror Comedy
0.0

20261h 10min

Director: Anna Maguire

Natural wine and the end-of-the-world.


O Fantasma da Ópera

900. O Fantasma da Ópera

Documentary
0.0

202624min

Director: Júlio Bressane

We see the film, not the cinema; cinema remains hidden within the film. Cinema is the Phantom of the Opera. A movement and a moment of transition, the Phantom fades away with each opera. It disappears and then reemerges in another, and another, and another, and yet another opera.