Social & Cultural Documentaries
Some stories are too riveting to be true – yet they are. These documentaries tackle some deeply important topics, from war to politics to sports and so much more.
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Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
The Last Dance
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
Thomas Jefferson
Ancient Apocalypse
Untold: Swamp Kings
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
The American Experiment
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy
DEPP V HEARD
Grant
Somebody Feed Phil
Get Gotti
Trump: An American Dream
Roman Empire
Harry & Meghan
Street Food: Asia
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Simone Biles Rising
Churchill at War
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Rotten
Queen Cleopatra
The Plastic Detox
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
FIFA Uncovered
Secret Mall Apartment
DEVO
Becoming
The Redeem Team
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Dirty Money
Breakdown: 1975
Grass Is Greener
MARINES
America: Our Defining Hours
Will & Harper
The American Experiment
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy
DEPP V HEARD
Somebody Feed Phil
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Grant
Untold: Swamp Kings
Trump: An American Dream
Harry & Meghan
Get Gotti
Roman Empire
Street Food: Asia
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Simone Biles Rising
Churchill at War
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
The Plastic Detox
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Queen Cleopatra
Rotten
Secret Mall Apartment
FIFA Uncovered
Becoming
MARINES
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
The Redeem Team
Dirty Money
Breakdown: 1975
Will & Harper
Daughters of Destiny
DEVO
America: Our Defining Hours
Grass Is Greener
Halftime
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
The Day I Met El Chapo
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
Grant
Roman Empire
Harry & Meghan
Trump: An American Dream
Get Gotti
Street Food: Asia
Queen Cleopatra
Simone Biles Rising
Churchill at War
FIFA Uncovered
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Rotten
Daughters of Destiny
Dirty Money
MARINES
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
America: Our Defining Hours
The Day I Met El Chapo
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
Hip-Hop Evolution
The Family
Naomi Osaka
Street Food: USA
Dark Tourist
Terrorism Close Calls
The Mind, Explained
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
African Queens: Njinga
Race: Bubba Wallace
Babies
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Explained
The Chef Show
Chef's Table: Pizza
Chef's Table: BBQ
100 Humans
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
Living Undocumented
Human: The World Within
I Love Filipino
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Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Simone Biles Rising
DEVO
Secret Mall Apartment
Becoming
Halftime
The Redeem Team
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Will & Harper
Disclosure
Get Me Roger Stone
Hip-Hop Evolution
American Factory
Heroin(e)
All the Empty Rooms
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Living Undocumented
WHAM!
Cuba and the Cameraman
Ugly Delicious
The Black Godfather
Stamped from the Beginning
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Working: What We Do All Day
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Pretend It’s a City
Abstract: The Art of Design
Into the Inferno
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Pelé
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Alive and Kicking
Giving Voice
The American Meme
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Best of Enemies
Documentaries & Reality TV for All Ages
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
A Nation of Kimchi
Street Food: Latin America
Human: The World Within
I Love Filipino
Into the Inferno
Coronavirus, Explained
Hanwoo Rhapsody
Out of Many, One
Spelling the Dream
Birders
Going Varsity in Mariachi
A 3 Minute Hug
Korean Fried Chicken Rhapsody
After the Raid
Little Miss Sumo
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Sing, Dance, Act: Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta
Ya no estoy aquí: Una conversación entre Guillermo del Toro y Alfonso Cuarón
A Nation of Tteok
The Way We Wore
Mystery Lab
Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Korean Cold Noodle Rhapsody
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Jjajangmyeon Rhapsody
Churchill at War
Queen Cleopatra
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
FIFA Uncovered
MARINES
The Day I Met El Chapo
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
A Nation of Kimchi
Street Food: USA
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
The Mind, Explained
African Queens: Njinga
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal
Naomi Osaka
Chef's Table: BBQ
We Are the Champions
K for Kimbap
Supreme Models
I Love Filipino
Street Food: Latin America
Working: What We Do All Day
Money, Explained
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Voir
A Nation of Broth
The Root Of The Game
Pretend It’s a City
Cooked
800 Meters
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Sex, Explained
Coronavirus, Explained
Hanwoo Rhapsody
Heavenly Bites: Mexico
Highland: Thailand's Marijuana Awakening
Maradona in Mexico
Korean Fried Chicken Rhapsody
The G Word with Adam Conover
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
The Plastic Detox
Three Songs for Benazir
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Found
Breakdown: 1975
The Redeem Team
Grass Is Greener
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Disclosure
Halftime
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Will & Harper
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
American Factory
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Get Me Roger Stone
All the Empty Rooms
Longest Third Date
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Heroin(e)
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
The Rachel Divide
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Voyeur
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Cuba and the Cameraman
The Black Godfather
WHAM!
I’m Your Venus
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Recovery Boys
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Daughters of Destiny
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Will & Harper
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Naomi Osaka
Get Me Roger Stone
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
WHAM!
The Rachel Divide
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Pelé
Pretend It’s a City
Sangre del Toro
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Maradona in Mexico
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Little Miss Sumo
Knock Down The House
Captains
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
GIMS: On the Record
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Patria
Virgilio
The Stories Behind the Headlines
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Dirty Money
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Heroin(e)
Terrorism Close Calls
Get Me Roger Stone
The Family
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
The Rachel Divide
Living Undocumented
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
The New Yorker at 100
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
800 Meters
Into the Inferno
After Maria
The American Meme
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
The Principles of Pleasure
Maradona in Mexico
The G Word with Adam Conover
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
After the Raid
Little Miss Sumo
Knock Down The House
November 13: Attack on Paris
Broken
The White Helmets
Black Beauty Effect
Live to Lead
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Making The Billion Dollar Code
We Are One
Patria
Emicida: AmarElo - It’s All For Yesterday
As Though Nothing Happened
Historical TV Shows
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Get Me Roger Stone
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Cuba and the Cameraman
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Stamped from the Beginning
WHAM!
The Black Godfather
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Into the Inferno
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Alive and Kicking
Giving Voice
The American Meme
Pelé
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Best of Enemies
Knock Down The House
Virunga
The White Helmets
Women Behind the Camera
Recovery Boys
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
The Rachel Divide
Working: What We Do All Day
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
I’m Your Venus
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Alive and Kicking
Out of Many, One
Birders
After Maria
Black Barbie
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Knock Down The House
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Enter the Anime
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Heartfelt Movies
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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