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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Food For Hungry Brains
Grant
The Plastic Detox
Harry & Meghan
Thomas Jefferson
Churchill at War
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Secret Mall Apartment
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Breakdown: 1975
The Family
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Daughters of Destiny
America: Our Defining Hours
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Human: The World Within
Rotten
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Human Playground
Cuba and the Cameraman
I Love Filipino
Disclosure
American Factory
African Queens: Njinga
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Alive and Kicking
The Black Godfather
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Three Songs for Benazir
Explained
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
The New Yorker at 100
Cooked
Home Game
Stamped from the Beginning
Working: What We Do All Day
The G Word with Adam Conover
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Will & Harper
Secret Mall Apartment
DEVO
Becoming
The Redeem Team
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
WHAM!
Halftime
Ghosts of Sugar Land
All the Empty Rooms
Heroin(e)
American Factory
Cuba and the Cameraman
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Disclosure
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
The Black Godfather
Alive and Kicking
Best of Enemies
Stamped from the Beginning
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Get Me Roger Stone
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Pelé
Knock Down The House
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Into the Inferno
Giving Voice
The White Helmets
The American Meme
Virunga
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
The Last Dance
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
Ancient Apocalypse
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Harry & Meghan
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
DEPP V HEARD
FIFA Uncovered
Get Gotti
The Plastic Detox
Somebody Feed Phil
Simone Biles Rising
The American Experiment
Terrorism Close Calls
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Becoming
Will & Harper
Thomas Jefferson
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
The Redeem Team
Churchill at War
Breakdown: 1975
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Secret Mall Apartment
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Trump: An American Dream
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Untold: Swamp Kings
Secrets of the Neanderthals
MARINES
Roman Empire
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Queen Cleopatra
All the Empty Rooms
The Family
Street Food: Asia
Halftime
Dirty Money
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FIFA Uncovered
Get Gotti
DEPP V HEARD
Terrorism Close Calls
Somebody Feed Phil
Simone Biles Rising
Becoming
Churchill at War
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Thomas Jefferson
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Trump: An American Dream
Breakdown: 1975
The Redeem Team
Secret Mall Apartment
Untold: Swamp Kings
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
The Family
Queen Cleopatra
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Halftime
Street Food: Asia
MARINES
Daughters of Destiny
Rebbeca
Roman Empire
Human: The World Within
All the Empty Rooms
100 Humans
American Factory
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
America: Our Defining Hours
Dirty Money
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison
The Day I Met El Chapo
Street Food: USA
Longest Third Date
Historical TV Shows
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Breakdown: 1975
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
The Redeem Team
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
The Rachel Divide
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
I’m Your Venus
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
WHAM!
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Longest Third Date
Halftime
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison
All the Empty Rooms
Cuba and the Cameraman
Heroin(e)
Rebbeca
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
American Factory
Grass Is Greener
Disclosure
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Found
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
The Black Godfather
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
Best of Enemies
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Three Songs for Benazir
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Rotten
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
100 Humans
Human: The World Within
Virunga: Gorillas in Peril
Explained
The Principles of Pleasure
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
The Mind, Explained
Babies
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak
Tales by Light
Into the Inferno
Birders
Coronavirus, Explained
Sex, Explained
Virunga
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Trump: An American Dream
Untold: Swamp Kings
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
MARINES
Naomi Osaka
Chef's Table: BBQ
I Love Filipino
The Day I Met El Chapo
K for Kimbap
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
Street Food: USA
We Are the Champions
A Nation of Kimchi
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal
Home Game
Highland: Thailand's Marijuana Awakening
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Working: What We Do All Day
Cooked
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
A Nation of Broth
The G Word with Adam Conover
The Principles of Pleasure
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike
Voir
800 Meters
Heavenly Bites: Mexico
Broken
A Nation of Banchan
Maradona in Mexico
November 13: Attack on Paris
Street Food: Latin America
The Mind, Explained
Pretend It’s a City
A Nation of Tteok
Coronavirus, Explained
Hanwoo Rhapsody
Money, Explained
The Family
Daughters of Destiny
Street Food: Asia
I Love Filipino
Dirty Money
Race: Bubba Wallace
Taco Chronicles
Dark Tourist
Chef's Table: Pizza
The Day I Met El Chapo
The Chef Show
We Are the Champions
Street Food: USA
African Queens: Njinga
Hip-Hop Evolution
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Chef's Table: BBQ
Naomi Osaka
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
Explained
Cooked
The G Word with Adam Conover
Club América vs. Club América
800 Meters
Broken
Living Undocumented
The Principles of Pleasure
Babies
Maradona in Mexico
Heavenly Bites: Mexico
Street Food: Latin America
History 101
The Root Of The Game
November 13: Attack on Paris
Ugly Delicious
Money, Explained
Korean Fried Chicken Rhapsody
The Mind, Explained
Pretend It’s a City
Spanish-Language Movies
Women Behind the Camera
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
The Rachel Divide
I’m Your Venus
Heroin(e)
American Factory
Alive and Kicking
Out of Many, One
Working: What We Do All Day
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Three Songs for Benazir
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Recovery Boys
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
After Maria
Knock Down The House
Birders
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Black Barbie
Enter the Anime
The Stories Behind the Headlines
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
The Day I Met El Chapo
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
The New Yorker at 100
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Get Me Roger Stone
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
After the Raid
The G Word with Adam Conover
Living Undocumented
The Principles of Pleasure
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Little Miss Sumo
800 Meters
November 13: Attack on Paris
Broken
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Knock Down The House
After Maria
Maradona in Mexico
Patria
Into the Inferno
The White Helmets
Live to Lead
The American Meme
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Black Beauty Effect
We Are One
As Though Nothing Happened
Emicida: AmarElo - It’s All For Yesterday
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Get Me Roger Stone
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Little Miss Sumo
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Pelé
Maradona in Mexico
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Patria
Knock Down The House
Pretend It’s a City
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
GIMS: On the Record
Sangre del Toro
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Virgilio
Captains
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
Provocative Documentary Series
All the Empty Rooms
Cuba and the Cameraman
Disclosure
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
The Black Godfather
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Best of Enemies
Stamped from the Beginning
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Working: What We Do All Day
Living Undocumented
Get Me Roger Stone
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Pelé
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Knock Down The House
November 13: Attack on Paris
Ugly Delicious
Pretend It’s a City
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Giving Voice
Into the Inferno
The White Helmets
The American Meme
Virunga
Abstract: The Art of Design
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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