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
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
FIFA Uncovered
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
Ancient Apocalypse
Grant
Harry & Meghan
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
The Plastic Detox
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
DEPP V HEARD
Get Gotti
The American Experiment
Will & Harper
Terrorism Close Calls
Simone Biles Rising
Churchill at War
Somebody Feed Phil
Becoming
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Thomas Jefferson
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
DEVO
Trump: An American Dream
Breakdown: 1975
Secret Mall Apartment
The Redeem Team
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Untold: Swamp Kings
The Family
Queen Cleopatra
Secrets of the Neanderthals
WHAM!
Rotten
Street Food: Asia
Food For Hungry Brains
Grant
The Plastic Detox
Harry & Meghan
Thomas Jefferson
Churchill at War
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Secret Mall Apartment
Breakdown: 1975
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
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
American Factory
Disclosure
African Queens: Njinga
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Alive and Kicking
The Black Godfather
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Three Songs for Benazir
Explained
Cooked
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
The New Yorker at 100
Stamped from the Beginning
Home Game
Working: What We Do All Day
The G Word with Adam Conover
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Will & Harper
Simone Biles Rising
Secret Mall Apartment
DEVO
The Redeem Team
Becoming
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Halftime
WHAM!
Ghosts of Sugar Land
All the Empty Rooms
American Factory
Heroin(e)
Cuba and the Cameraman
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Hip-Hop Evolution
Disclosure
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
The Black Godfather
Alive and Kicking
Best of Enemies
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
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
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Get Me Roger Stone
Living Undocumented
Pelé
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Ugly Delicious
Knock Down The House
November 13: Attack on Paris
Pretend It’s a City
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Giving Voice
Into the Inferno
Get Gotti
DEPP V HEARD
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Trump: An American Dream
Untold: Swamp Kings
Queen Cleopatra
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
African Queens: Njinga
MARINES
Chef's Table: BBQ
The Day I Met El Chapo
I Love Filipino
Naomi Osaka
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
K for Kimbap
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Street Food: USA
We Are the Champions
A Nation of Kimchi
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Working: What We Do All Day
Highland: Thailand's Marijuana Awakening
Home Game
Cooked
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
A Nation of Broth
The Principles of Pleasure
The G Word with Adam Conover
Heavenly Bites: Mexico
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike
Voir
800 Meters
Broken
A Nation of Banchan
Maradona in Mexico
November 13: Attack on Paris
Street Food: Latin America
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Rotten
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
Into the Inferno
Tales by Light
Birders
Sex, Explained
Coronavirus, Explained
Virunga
Ancient Apocalypse
The American Experiment
Somebody Feed Phil
Terrorism Close Calls
Becoming
Breakdown: 1975
Thomas Jefferson
Churchill at War
Secret Mall Apartment
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
DEVO
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Trump: An American Dream
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Untold: Swamp Kings
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
MARINES
Roman Empire
Queen Cleopatra
The Family
All the Empty Rooms
Street Food: Asia
Dirty Money
Halftime
American Factory
Rebbeca
America: Our Defining Hours
WHAM!
Rotten
Daughters of Destiny
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
The Day I Met El Chapo
Heroin(e)
The Chef Show
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
The Black Godfather
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
Dark Tourist
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The Family
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Human Playground
Daughters of Destiny
Human: The World Within
Queen Cleopatra
Street Food: Asia
Untold: Swamp Kings
MARINES
Roman Empire
I Love Filipino
100 Humans
Dirty Money
America: Our Defining Hours
Dark Tourist
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Taco Chronicles
Race: Bubba Wallace
Chef's Table: Pizza
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
African Queens: Njinga
The Chef Show
The Day I Met El Chapo
Hip-Hop Evolution
Street Food: USA
Chef's Table: BBQ
Naomi Osaka
Explained
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
Working: What We Do All Day
Cooked
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
Club América vs. Club América
Broken
Living Undocumented
The Principles of Pleasure
Babies
Maradona in Mexico
Street Food: Latin America
Documentaries & Reality TV for All Ages
Street Food: Asia
I Love Filipino
A Nation of Kimchi
Out of Many, One
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
After the Raid
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Sing, Dance, Act: Kabuki featuring Toma Ikuta
Street Food: Latin America
Little Miss Sumo
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Korean Cold Noodle Rhapsody
A Nation of Tteok
Hanwoo Rhapsody
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Korean Fried Chicken Rhapsody
Going Varsity in Mariachi
Birders
Into the Inferno
Coronavirus, Explained
Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody
Spelling the Dream
The Way We Wore
A 3 Minute Hug
Mystery Lab
Ya no estoy aquí: Una conversación entre Guillermo del Toro y Alfonso Cuarón
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Jjajangmyeon Rhapsody
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Heroin(e)
American Factory
All the Empty Rooms
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Cuba and the Cameraman
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
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Get Me Roger Stone
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
Women Behind the Camera
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
The Rachel Divide
I’m Your Venus
MARINES
Naomi Osaka
Alive and Kicking
Working: What We Do All Day
Three Songs for Benazir
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Recovery Boys
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
After Maria
Knock Down The House
Birders
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Black Barbie
Enter the Anime
Spanish-Language Movies
Found
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
The Black Godfather
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Little Miss Sumo
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
After Maria
Pelé
The White Helmets
Resurface
A 3 Minute Hug
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
Emicida: AmarElo - It’s All For Yesterday
Historical TV Shows
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Cuba and the Cameraman
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Grass Is Greener
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
The Black Godfather
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
Best of Enemies
Three Songs for Benazir
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Stamped from the Beginning
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
The New Yorker at 100
Recovery Boys
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Voyeur
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Get Me Roger Stone
A King Like Me
Knock Down The House
Resurface
Pelé
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Black Barbie
Going Varsity in Mariachi
Birders
Into the Inferno
Patria
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Virunga
Spelling the Dream
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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