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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The Last Dance
Ancient Apocalypse
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
America: Our Defining Hours
The Plastic Detox
DEPP V HEARD
Get Gotti
Somebody Feed Phil
Harry & Meghan
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Queen Cleopatra
MARINES
Churchill at War
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Roman Empire
Human: The World Within
Becoming
Trump: An American Dream
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Street Food: Asia
Rebbeca
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Halftime
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
The Redeem Team
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Grass Is Greener
Simone Biles Rising
Untold: Swamp Kings
Breakdown: 1975
Chef's Table: Pizza
America: Our Defining Hours
DEPP V HEARD
Somebody Feed Phil
Get Gotti
Harry & Meghan
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
MARINES
Queen Cleopatra
Roman Empire
Churchill at War
Trump: An American Dream
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Human: The World Within
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Street Food: Asia
Simone Biles Rising
Untold: Swamp Kings
Chef's Table: Pizza
Dirty Money
The Day I Met El Chapo
Terrorism Close Calls
The Mind, Explained
Rotten
Dark Tourist
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Hip-Hop Evolution
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
FIFA Uncovered
The Chef Show
I Love Filipino
The Family
Street Food: Latin America
History 101
African Queens: Njinga
Chef's Table: BBQ
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Taco Chronicles
Street Food: USA
A Nation of Broth
Babies
History Documentaries
Roman Empire
Queen Cleopatra
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Churchill at War
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
The Redeem Team
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Grass Is Greener
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Breakdown: 1975
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
History 101
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
African Queens: Njinga
Taco Chronicles
Cuba and the Cameraman
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Pelé
The New Yorker at 100
Get Me Roger Stone
The Black Godfather
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Stamped from the Beginning
Patria
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
A King Like Me
Supreme Models
Black Barbie
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Club América vs. Club América
The Way We Wore
Best of Enemies
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
Mystery Lab
1 in 7641
Inspiring Documentaries
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Becoming
Rebbeca
The Redeem Team
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Halftime
Simone Biles Rising
Chef's Table: Pizza
Resurface
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Secret Mall Apartment
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
I Love Filipino
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Pelé
Human Playground
The Black Godfather
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Abstract: The Art of Design
Sunderland 'Til I Die
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Daughters of Destiny
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Disclosure
Captains
Supreme Models
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Club América vs. Club América
Home Game
Sangre del Toro
Race: Bubba Wallace
The Claudia Kishi Club
Tales by Light
The Plastic Detox
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Human: The World Within
Rotten
The Mind, Explained
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Babies
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
100 Humans
Into the Inferno
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak
Virunga: Gorillas in Peril
Explained
Coronavirus, Explained
Virunga
Tales by Light
Birders
The Principles of Pleasure
Sex, Explained
MARINES
Trump: An American Dream
Street Food: Asia
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Halftime
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Grass Is Greener
Simone Biles Rising
Untold: Swamp Kings
Chef's Table: Pizza
Breakdown: 1975
Dirty Money
Terrorism Close Calls
Dark Tourist
The Day I Met El Chapo
The Mind, Explained
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Rotten
Hip-Hop Evolution
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Secret Mall Apartment
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Street Food: Latin America
The Chef Show
WHAM!
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
FIFA Uncovered
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
The Family
African Queens: Njinga
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison
Taco Chronicles
Chef's Table: BBQ
All the Empty Rooms
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Street Food: USA
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Heartfelt Movies
Resurface
WHAM!
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Will & Harper
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Butterfly in the Sky: The Story of Reading Rainbow
Black Barbie
The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo
Who We Become
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
A 3 Minute Hug
Emicida: AmarElo - It’s All For Yesterday
We Are One
Asian TV Shows
I Love Filipino
A Nation of Tteok
A Nation of Broth
A Nation of Kimchi
Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody
Soju Rhapsody
Korean Fried Chicken Rhapsody
Highland: Thailand's Marijuana Awakening
Korean Cold Noodle Rhapsody
Hanwoo Rhapsody
Jjajangmyeon Rhapsody
Paik's Spirit
K for Kimbap
Midnight Asia: Eat · Dance · Dream
A Nation of Banchan
1 in 7641
Food For Hungry Brains
Breakdown: 1975
Secret Mall Apartment
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
History 101
The Family
Cuba and the Cameraman
Babies
Three Songs for Benazir
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
African Queens: Njinga
Abstract: The Art of Design
The Black Godfather
The New Yorker at 100
American Factory
Money, Explained
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Broken
Human Playground
Patria
Stamped from the Beginning
Captains
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Daughters of Destiny
Disclosure
The G Word with Adam Conover
A King Like Me
Explained
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak
Into the Inferno
Tales by Light
Cooked
Home Game
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Working: What We Do All Day
Coronavirus, Explained
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Grass Is Greener
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Secret Mall Apartment
Recovery Boys
DEVO
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
Longest Third Date
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
WHAM!
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Will & Harper
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Heroin(e)
Cuba and the Cameraman
All the Empty Rooms
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Three Songs for Benazir
Pelé
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Voyeur
Get Me Roger Stone
The New Yorker at 100
American Factory
After the Raid
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
The Black Godfather
Patria
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Stamped from the Beginning
Found
Provocative TV Shows
Women Behind the Camera
Recovery Boys
Untold: Swamp Kings
Heroin(e)
Three Songs for Benazir
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
American Factory
A Tale of Two Kitchens
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
I’m Your Venus
Black Barbie
Naomi Osaka
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
After Maria
The Rachel Divide
Working: What We Do All Day
Enter the Anime
Alive and Kicking
Birders
Knock Down The House
Out of Many, One
DEVO
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
All the Empty Rooms
Cuba and the Cameraman
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Pelé
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
American Factory
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Stamped from the Beginning
Get Me Roger Stone
The Black Godfather
Disclosure
Into the Inferno
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Virunga
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Best of Enemies
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
The White Helmets
Knock Down The House
Alive and Kicking
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Giving Voice
Award-winning Documentaries
A Plan To Suit Your Needs
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