News Movies

An unprecedented undercover investigation into one of the world's most repressive regimes - Eritrea. Exclusive secret footage and testimony sheds light on shocking allegations of torture, arbitrary detention and forced conscription.

Designated a terrorist by the United States, the powerful Syrian militant Abu Mohammad al-Jolani now seeks a new relationship with the west.

FRONTLINE investigates the rise of far-right extremism and violence in Germany.

When COVID-19 struck, the Federal Reserve stepped in to try to avert economic crisis. As the country's central bank continues to pump billions of dollars into the financial system daily, who is benefiting and at what cost?

America after 9/11 traces the U.S. response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the devastating consequences that unfolded across four presidencies.

In an investigation with The New York Times, FRONTLINE examines the commercial pressures, flawed design and failed oversight behind Boeing's 737 Max jet and the crashes that killed 346 people.

Learn how athletes, vets and civilians with Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD are becoming healthy and healing their brains. A humanistic doc about the journey of ten different individuals from near suicide to recovery, and a real life

On September 17 2011, a worldwide social movement was born in New York City. This film documents who they are and what they protest.

A stylish, in depth look at the renaissance in psychedelic drug research in light of current scientific, medical and cultural knowledge.

Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a movie starring Kochi, Avijit Halder, and Shanti Das. Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of...

Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim follows Al Gore on the lecture circuit, as the former presidential candidate campaigns to raise public awareness of the dangers of global warming and calls for immediate action to curb its destructive effec

Using smuggled footage, this documentary tells the story of the 2007 protests in Burma by thousands of monks.

Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul is a movie starring Sebastian Copeland and Keith Heger. Into The Cold--A Journey of the Soul retraces the personal and harrowing expedition of two men on foot to the North Pole in sub-zero...

When Jan Peters' girlfriend accidentally takes his wallet on a trip to foreign climes, she leaves the filmmaker standing in Frankfurt Airport without a penny to his name. The only capital he possesses is a group ticket for the public

Pollen is a movie starring Meryl Streep. An intimate look at incredible-and increasingly threatened-creatures that a third of the world's food supply depends upon.

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front is a movie starring Daniel McGowan, Lisa McGowan, and Tim Lewis. A rare behind-the-curtain look at the Earth Liberation Front, the radical environmental group that the FBI calls...

Art of Conflict is a movie starring Gerry Adams, Danny Devenny, and David Ervine. The murals of Northern Ireland are an expression of the region's violent Troubles. 'The Art of Conflict' examines these murals through their painters...

Get the Picture is a movie starring John G. Morris. Meet John G Morris, 95, a legend of photojournalism, whose unerring eye for the best shot has moved and changed the world. Morris, former Picture Editor of Life Magazine & New York...

Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a movie starring Lewis Goldsmith, Wallace J. Nichols, and Angela Sun. Angela Sun's journey of discovery to one of the most remote places on Earth, Midway Atoll, to uncover the...

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer is a movie starring Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Mariya Alyokhina, and Yekaterina Samutsevich. Follows the court case of three members of the Russian feminist punk protest group Pussy Riot after their...

DATONG follows the life and work of a controversial Chinese Communist Mayor GENG YANBO to tell the story about how he takes a radical reform to demolish 140,000 households and relocate half a million people to give way to restoration

Sustainable is a movie starring Marty Travis, Dan Barber, and Rick Bayless. America is facing a food crisis driven by profitability and a lack of consumer education. While the window to transforming our heartland continues to...

The Age of Consequences is a movie starring Madeleine Albright, Michael Breen, and Sharon Burke. This Emmy® nominated investigation unpacks how climate change interacts with migration, unrest and conflict through the lens of US...

Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary is a movie starring John Perry Barlow, Dean Chamberlain, and Ram Dass. Dying to Know is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex controversial characters in an epic friendship that...

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems and native communities across the planet.

Banking on Bitcoin is a movie starring Wences Casares, Nathanial Popper, and Nick Spanos. Bitcoin is the most disruptive invention since the Internet, and now an ideological battle is underway between fringe utopists and mainstream...

Trump's Road to the White House is an episode of Frontline starring Will Lyman, Mike McNally, and Katy Tur. An investigation of how Donald Trump defied expectations to win the presidency. Through revealing interviews with campaign...

A documentary that exposes what corporations and governments learn about people through Internet and cell phone usage, and what can be done about it ... if anything.

Nearly 100 years after its creation, the power of the U.S. Federal Reserve has never been greater. Markets and governments around the world hold their breath in anticipation of the Fed Chairman's every word. Yet the average person kn

E-Motion is a factual documentary that explores how human emotions affect the physiology of the human body and how once negative emotions are replaced with positive emotions bona fide physical changes occur. A team of emotion experts

A documentary that chronicles the hunt for the notorious Mexican drug lord El Chapo.

Poverty, Inc. is a movie starring Robert Sirico. From Toms Shoes to international adoptions, from solar panels to U.S. agricultural subsidies, drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in 20 countries, Poverty, Inc. unearths an...

Can a newly married couple survive when every living necessity can only be purchased with 'cryptocurrency'? Married less than two weeks, and fresh off their honeymoon, Austin and Beccy Craig embark on an adventure to find out.

The Connection is a movie starring Herbert Benson, Alice Domar, and Craig Duncan. Diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, journalist Shannon Harvey went in search of the missing link in healthcare. Featuring interviews with leading...

The Price We Pay is a movie starring Angus Cameron, Saskia Sassen, and Brigitte Alepin. A documentary on the history and present-day reality of big-business tax avoidance, which has seen multinationals depriving governments of...

Scours the deep-seated roots of this morally induced Marijuana campaign and reveal the fascinating path it has taken to get to where it is today.

One Little Pill is a movie starring Claudia Christian. Worldwide, alcohol abuse kills more people than HIV, nearly 3.3 million per year. Profiling recovering alcoholics, medical professionals and justice practitioners, this...

Hollywood Banker is a movie starring Frans J. Afman, Dino De Laurentiis, and Martha De Laurentiis. How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in...

A documentary on the UK's ambivalent alcohol culture.

Streif: One Hell of a Ride is a movie starring Aksel Lund Svindal, Erik Guay, and Max Franz. The 75-year history of the Hahnenkamm Race in Kitzbühel, Austria, one of the most famous and dangerous World Cup races in alpine skiing, is...

India's Daughter is a movie starring Asha Devi, Badri Singh, and Satendra. The life and death of Jyoti Singh, an Indian medical student whose violation and murder by gang rapists exposed the violent misogyny of Indian society.

The document tells the story of the social media manhunt that took place in the wake of the Boston marathon bombing.

A Small Good Thing is a movie starring Stephen Cope, Tim Durrin, and Shirley Edgerton. We've sought ease, comfort and wealth - but are people happier with more money? What is the science behind a good life? Following several people...