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One Hundred Crowded Years: The Centennial Film
6.0
1940

One Hundred Crowded Years: The Centennial Film

The coming of the pioneer settlers in 1840, the making of their first homes in the wilderness, the gold rushes, the Maor...

Melania
3.3
2026

Melania

Offering unprecedented access to the 20 days leading up to the 2025 Presidential Inauguration — through the eyes of the ...

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
2026

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere

With rare access and no holds barred, the acclaimed documentarian investigates a growing ultra-masculine network and its...

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
8.2
1986

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper
7.2
1992

The Beatles: The Making of Sgt. Pepper

This was an official documentary shown on television featuring George Martin taking us through the album tracks and Paul...

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
6.4
2018

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, write...

The Voice of Hind Rajab
8.1
2025

The Voice of Hind Rajab

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A five-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire...

The White House Effect
5.7
2024

The White House Effect

Exploring the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administrat...

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
8.1
2020

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy.

Diabolical: The Epstein Files
2026

Diabolical: The Epstein Files

It's the scandal that has shocked Americans and rocked the Trump administration. A legal and political saga that has sha...

The Figo Affair: The Transfer That Changed Football
7.0
2022

The Figo Affair: The Transfer That Changed Football

This documentary spotlights one of the most contentious deals in football history and the extraordinary player at the ce...

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare
6.4
2026

Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare

The definitive account of Japan’s struggle as it faced a nuclear catastrophe while still reeling from the devastation of...

The Earth Day Special
6.3
1990

The Earth Day Special

The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored ...

The Great Flood
6.7
2012

The Great Flood

The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the...

Raw Spice
7.8
2001

Raw Spice

Raw Spice is a fly-on-the-wall documentary like no other. It charts the formation of a girl band in 1994, a group who wo...

The End of Cruising
4.0
2013

The End of Cruising

A documentary about gay male cruising and public sex and how it has changed over the years.

The Great Hip Hop Hoax
6.3
2013

The Great Hip Hop Hoax

Scottish rappers Billy Boyd and Gavin Bain reinvent themselves as West Coast Homeboys after they were signed by Sony.

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
8.0
1988

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and...

You Were My First Boyfriend
5.0
2024

You Were My First Boyfriend

In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia Aldarondo relives her tortured adolescence, wonde...

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
7.2
1997

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz

"It must schwing!" was the motto of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff, two German Jewish immigrants who in 1939 set up Blue ...