Showing 105 documentaries

Inside Job
film
3h 29m
Historical
2010
Complex economics made crystal clear. This Oscar-winning exposé reveals who caused the 2008 crisis and why they got away with it. Essential, enraging, empowering viewing.

20 Days in Mariupol
film
1h 35m
Historical
2023
Oscar-winning documentation from besieged Mariupol. The only footage that made it out from inside the siege—20 days capturing what Russian forces wanted the world never to see.

To Kill a Tiger
film
2h 5m
Narrative
2022
Oscar-nominated chronicle of love over tradition. A father's refusal to marry his daughter to her rapist sparks a justice fight that challenges centuries of patriarchal culture in rural India.

Citizenfour
film
1h 54m
Topical
2014
The whistleblower moment that exposed the extent of mass government surveillance. Essential for understanding privacy, democracy, and power in a world where surveillance shapes daily life.

Icarus
film
2h 0m
Topical
2017
Starts as a doping experiment, becomes a geopolitical thriller. This Oscar-winning documentary exposes state-sponsored corruption at a scale that will leave you stunned.

Attica
film
1h 56m
Topical
2021
Oscar-nominated documentary that puts you inside five days that ended in massacre. Unflinching survivor accounts and rare footage capture the full weight of what happened.

We Need to Talk About Cosby
series
4
Topical
2022
A Sundance award-winner that doesn't shy from complexity—believing survivors while honestly examining what we do with an icon's tainted legacy and the entertainment industry that enabled him.

The Alpinist
film
1h 33m
Narrative
2021
Maybe the best alpine climbing film ever made, but that misses the point. It's about Marc-André Leclerc—his legacy, what drove him. What you see stays with you.

Searching for Sugar Man
film
1h 25m
Narrative
2012
How does an unknown artist become a legend in a country he's never visited? This Oscar-winning mystery delivers a story with a truly magical ending.

Mr. Nobody Against Putin
film
1h 30m
Topical
2025
Oscar-winning inside look at Putin's Russia through undercover footage from a teacher who risked everything. Rare, authentic view of how totalitarian regimes manufacture loyalty.

Navalny
film
1h 38m
Narrative
2022
Oscar-winning documentary filmed in real time as Navalny investigates his own poisoning—and chooses to return to Russia despite the risks. A portrait of courage that ended in tragedy.

The Untold History of the United States
series
10
Historical
2012
Ten hours of meticulously researched counter-narrative to mainstream American history. Shows how perspective fundamentally shapes what we accept as historical truth.

All the Empty Rooms
short
0h 34m
Topical
2025
Oscar-winning short that bears witness to loss through silence and absence. Thirty-four devastating minutes documenting what school shootings truly cost—told through rooms frozen in time.

Mark Twain
series
2
Narrative
2001
Ken Burns delivers a thorough portrait of the writer who changed American literature—the first to turn American speech into art and wield humor as a weapon for change.

Bring Them Home
film
1h 25m
Topical
2024
Eight years following the Blackfeet fight to bring buffalo home—not against outsiders, but within their own community. How restoring the land restores a people.

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
film
1h 37m
Narrative
2000
History's greatest survival story told through stunning 1914 footage. Twenty-seven men, two years stranded in Antarctica, zero lives lost—a masterclass in leadership when failure means death.

No Other Land
film
1h 36m
Topical
2024
Oscar-nominated for capturing five years of forced displacement in the West Bank. Palestinian-Israeli filmmakers bearing witness to what most of the world never sees.

The Alabama Solution
film
1h 54m
Topical
2025
Oscar-nominated for exposing Alabama's prison crisis from the inside. Inmates filmed what the state conceals—a system where 1,380 have died and truth-tellers face retaliation.

Exit Through the Gift Shop
film
1h 27m
Topical
2010
Oscar-nominated and endlessly debated. Banksy's directorial debut is a witty, layered examination of street art, authenticity, and what happens when the counterculture goes mainstream.

Man on Wire
film
1h 34m
Historical
2008
An audacious crime that was pure art. This Oscar-winning documentary captures human ambition at its most beautiful and reckless—you'll be holding your breath the entire time.

Prohibition
series
3
Historical
2011
You know Prohibition failed—but do you know how women's suffrage and income tax made it possible? Ken Burns reveals the surprising story behind America's boldest experiment.

The Poison Squad
film
1h 50m
Historical
2020
Before the FDA, America's food was a toxic gamble. This PBS documentary reveals the shocking experiments that changed everything—a fascinating history lesson with modern urgency.

The Rise and Fall of Penn Station
short
0h 53m
Historical
2014
The engineering marvel that connected the eastern United States—and the architectural masterpiece demolished after just 53 years. A cautionary tale about corporate profit versus public good.

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
series
5
Historical
2025
Critics Choice Award winner marking Katrina's 20th anniversary. Told through survivors' voices, this unflinching series exposes how government failure turned a natural disaster into tragedy.

The Tillman Story
film
1h 35m
Narrative
2010
Award-winning documentary about the NFL star who gave up millions to serve—and the family who fought the government's cover-up of his death. A portrait of sacrifice and truth.