Documentaries movies

Invisible Children (2006)

documentary film

In the spring of 2003, Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey, and Laren Poole traveled to Africa to document the War in Darfur. Instead, they changed their focus to covering the conflict in northern Uganda, Africa's second longest-running conflict after the Eritrean War of Independence. The documentary depicts the abduction of children who are used as child soldiers by Joseph Kony and his Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

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Marilyn (1963)

documentary film

Art & Copy (2009)

Documentation, documentary film

Inside 9/11 (2005)

documentary film

Small Wonders (1995)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film

Belfast, Maine (1999)

documentary film

N.Y.H.C. (1999)

documentary film

One of the few documentaries focusing on the hardcore music scene of one city, N.Y.H.C. featured seven bands prominent in the mid-90s scene. A diverse grouping was selected, from Long Island suburbanites to Bronx inner-city youth to Hare Krishna devotees.

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Teenage Superstars (2017)

documentary film

I for India (2005)

Documentation, documentary film

Red Obsession (2013)

Documentation, documentary film

A.K. (1985)

Making-Of Documentary

A.K. is a documentary by Chris Marker about Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, mostly filmed at the sets of the 1985 movie Ran.

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Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry (2009)

documentary film

Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview (2012)

documentary film

The C Word (2016)

documentary film

The director began making the film after surviving Stage 3 breast cancer. The film identifies four factors to reduce the risk of cancer— diet, exercise, stress management, and toxin avoidance.

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Human Harvest (2014)

crime film, documentary film

S&Man (2006)

documentary film

Under the Boardwalk: The MONOPOLY Story (2011)

documentary film

Under the Boardwalk depicts the Monopoly national and world championships that are held around the world every four years. Leading up to crowning of a new champion at the World Championship in Las Vegas, the filmmakers follow some of the players in the game, including: Matt, the defending U.S. champion, who tries to earn another trip to the World Championship, along with his girlfriend, a Las Vegas showgirl.

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The War You Don't See (2010)

documentary film

The film begins with footage of an unreported July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike and black and white stills of the victims of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq. In his opening narration Pilger quotes World War I British Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s comment to Guardian editor C.

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Marlene (1984)

Documentation, biographical film, documentary film

A Letter To David (2025)

documentary film

The documentary unfolds as a cinematic letter from director Tom Shoval to David Cunio, an Israeli man abducted from Nir Oz during the October 7, 2023 attacks and still held in Gaza. Shoval revisits his earlier feature film Youth (2013), in which Cunio starred as a teenager involved in a fictional kidnapping, and juxtaposes that narrative with Cunio's real‑life fate. Drawing on behind‑the‑scenes footage, audition tapes, and personal reflections, the film explores the unsettling overlap between cinema and reality.

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Stop Genocide (1971)

documentary film

Debbie Does Dallas Uncovered (2005)

documentary film

Dust to Glory (2005)

Documentation, documentary film

With Byrd at the South Pole (1930)

Documentation, documentary film