Documentary Movies

It Started as a Joke is a movie starring Michael Ian Black, Wyatt Cenac, and Jo Firestone. A look at the decade-long run of the Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, the alternative comedy scene in New York, and Eugene's...

An inside look into the world of taxidermy and the passionate artists from all over the world who work on the animals.

The Boy Band Con: The Lou Pearlman Story is a movie starring Ashley Parker Angel, Lance Bass, and Felix Burgos. A look at the rise and fall of boy band impresario Lou Pearlman, who not only discovered NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, but...

A filmmaker searches for scientific evidence that Moses wrote the first books of the Bible.

Boy Howdy: The Story of Creem Magazine is a movie starring Jeff Ament, Lester Bangs, and Alice Cooper. Explores the seminal music magazine from its 1969 launch in Detroit to the untimely death of its publisher Barry Kramer in 1981.

Superpower Dogs is a movie starring Chris Evans, Max Ivutin, and Surf Dog Ricochet. Discover the life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world's most remarkable dogs.

Scary Stories is a movie starring Alvin Schwartz, R.L. Stine, and Peter Schwartz. A documentary about children's horror classic Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. It includes the author's family, scholars, folklorists, artists, and...

A documentary exploring the spiritual, artistic, and personal turmoil of musician David Bazan (from the band Pedro the Lion), set against America's own crisis of faith highlighted by the 2016 presidential election.

Almost Human is a movie starring Stephen Fry. The award winning Danish director, Jeppe Rønde has invited 10 of the world's foremost scientists - and a single robot. - to zoom out at intergalactic distance and rethink our...

Millennium after the Millennium is a new documentary focused on Chris Carter's landmark television series Millennium. Set twenty years after the show ended, we look back at what makes Millennium so enduring to fans and critics alike.

In 1974, while on the way home from a gig, the apolitical rock group, The Miami Showband, fell into the crosshairs of a Protestant unionist paramilitary group that planted explosives on their bus when it was stopped at a fake checkpo

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is a movie starring Pauline Kael, Lili Anolik, and Alec Baldwin. A portrait of the work and life of controversial film critic Pauline Kael, and her battle to achieve success and influence in...

In 'School of Seduction' we follow the three Russian women Diana, Lida and Vica, who are on the same mission - they search for security, a higher social status and plain and simple happiness. This isn't an easy task in post-communist

Root Cause is a movie starring Ben Purser, Kerith Atkinson, and Oliver Bailey. Documentary featuring opinions from doctors and dentists from around the world on the health effects of the root canal procedure.

American racing legend Hurley Haywood speaks for the first time about being gay in the 1970's macho world of motor sports, and sets the record straight about his relationship with co-driver Peter Gregg.

This documentary explores the world of online video game streaming on Twitch. What is it about Twitch streaming that compels fans to tune in for hours every day, and pay monthly subscription fees and big donations to do so?

The Brink is a movie starring Steve Bannon, Louis Aliot, and Sean Bannon. A fly-on-the-wall chronicle of embattled former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon's global mission to spread extreme nationalism.

Screwball is a movie starring Frankie Diaz, Bryan Blanco, and Ian Mackles. Billy Corben's true-crime dramedy investigates the MLB's infamous doping scandal involving a nefarious clinician and his most famous client: the New York...

In Mexico City's wealthiest neighborhoods, the Ochoa family runs a private ambulance, competing with other for-profit EMTs for patients in need of urgent help.

After becoming a mother, a filmmaker uncovers the untold history of China's one-child policy and the generations of parents and children forever shaped by this social experiment.

An ambitious historian unmasks the worlds greatest spy, setting in motion the very events that lead to the spy's mysterious death.

Chuck Berry is a movie starring Themetta Berry, Ingrid Berry, and Charles Berry Jr.. Story of Chuck Berry told by his relatives and friends.

A deep sea diver is stranded on the seabed with 5 minutes of oxygen and no hope of rescue. With access to amazing archive this is the story of one man's impossible fight for survival.

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes is a TV movie starring David Attenborough. Behind the Scenes look at the hardships and drama of capturing footage from Our Planet.

A retrospective look at A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) and the life of its lead actor, Mark Patton.

A team of international scientists attempt to document the first-ever image of a black hole.

Through an ensemble cast, FOOSBALLERS not only uncovers a forgotten piece of sports history, it follows 6 of the best table soccer players in the world as they prepare for The Tornado World Championships.

A look at the quick rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple.

Climate Change: The Facts is a movie starring David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, and Michael E. Mann. David Attenborough takes a stark look at the facts surrounding climate change in today's world, detailing the dangers we are...

Brené Brown compares courage to vulnerability and gives her audience a call to take chances.

Grass is Greener is a movie starring B-Real, Steven Hager, and Damian Marley. A look at America's complicated relationship with cannabis.

He's a doctor, a lawyer, a bioethicist, a college professor, a licensed New York City tour guide, a poet, a playwright, an award-winning novelist, a devoted son and a true friend. In this upbeat documentary profile meet the most prol

Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project is a movie starring Michael Metelits, Marion Stokes, and Richard Branson. For over 30 years, Marion Stokes obsessively and privately recorded American television news 24 hours a day filling 70,000...

Trixie charmed audiences and judges as winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. But the grind of performing and the pressure of the title proves that heavy is the head that wears the tiara.

For 20 years indie record store Other Music was an influential hub of music culture in NYC. Featuring Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, Interpol and more, the film reminds us that the spirit of the much-loved destination will live

Between appearing in supporting roles in General Hospital and local TV commercials, Ryan Sexton spent the early 90s documenting the life and art of El Duce, lead singer of the notorious shock rock band The Mentors. Famous for taking

ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads is a TV movie starring Terry Harmonica Bean, Rory Block, and Yvonne Chireau. A look at the short, mysterious life of blues legend, Robert Johnson, who was said to have made a deal with the Devil...

Chronicles the rise and fall of Third Wave Ska music in the US of the 1990s.

Circus of Books is a movie starring Karen Mason, Barry Mason, and Micah Mason. In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los...

As her childhood turns into motherhood, teenage troublemaker Gemma comes of age in her fading Scottish steel town. But in a place where "you either get knocked up or locked up," innocent games can easily turn into serious crime.

17 Blocks is a movie starring Cheryl Sanford, Chris Fedderson, and Emmanuel Durant Jr.. Using two decades of intimate home video, the story of the Sanford family, whose struggles with addiction and gun violence eventually lead to a...

Slay the Dragon is a movie starring Stephen Wolf, Rick Pluta, and Charles Williams II. It influences elections and sways outcomes-gerrymandering has become a hot-button political topic and symbol for everything broken about the...

Rewind is a movie starring Sasha Joseph Neulinger and Howard Nevison. Digging through the vast collection of his father's home videos, a young man reconstructs the unthinkable story of his boyhood and exposes vile abuse passed...

You Don't Nomi is a movie starring Toon Agterberg, Nancy Allen, and Kevin Bacon. Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls (1995) was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptive journey...

A Love Song for Latasha is a short starring Tybie O'Bard, Shinese Harlins, and Zoe Flint. The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the...

A journey where the viewer can see Werner Herzog's creative and personal vision which was shared with iconic travel writer Bruce Chatwin, the prolific author of 'In Patagonia' and a champion of the nomadic life.

Mystify: Michael Hutchence is a movie starring Kylie Minogue, Helena Christensen, and Bob Geldof. A documentary feature about the troubled heart and soul of Michael Hutchence, lead singer and songwriter of INXS.