Amazon Prime Documentaries

Biggie & Tupac

Nick Broomfield examines the lives and murders of rappers Biggie Smalls and Tupac Shakur and the rivalry between East Coast and West Coast music that culminated in their deaths.

Bill Cunningham New York

A profile of the noted and extraordinarily cheerful veteran New York City fashion photographer.

Billie

The definitive story of Billie Holiday, the world's greatest and most controversial jazz singer, is now revealed through a wealth of never-before heard interviews and research.

Black Box Diaries

A documentary that follows 25-year-old journalist Shiori Ito’s courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in 2015 and attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact on civil rights and American culture.

Blackfish

The story of Tilikum, a captive killer whale that has taken the lives of several people, underscores problems within the sea-park industry.

Bobby Sands: 66 Days

In 1981, an imprisoned Irish Republican Army soldier went on a hunger strike that galvanised his movement and made him a controversial global icon.

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story

The life and career of the hailed Hollywood movie star and underappreciated genius inventor, Hedy Lamarr.

Bowie: The Man Who Changed the World

An inside look at David Bowie, one of the most creative and influential rock artists of all time.

Bowling for Columbine

Michael Moore explores the circumstances that lead to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and, more broadly, the proliferation of guns and the high homicide rate in America.

Bright Lights

A touching, bittersweet, and ultimately charming love story that serves as a poignantly effective tribute to the strangely complicated, uniquely resilient mother/daughter duo.

Britain's Most Historic Towns

In this unique take on British history, Professor Alice Roberts explores Britain's rich and varied past through the stories of individual towns.

Can’t Stand Losing You

Based on the memoir "One Train Later" by guitarist Andy Summers, this documentary chronicles the rise of seminal rock band the Police.

Cartel Land

This documentary offers an up-close look at two vigilante groups that have formed in Mexico in response to the increasing dominance of drug cartels.

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won't die.

Cat Heaven Island

On a far off, rural island in Japan, hundreds of cats roam a secluded fishing village, home of an aging, beautiful, and fading culture.

Cat Nation

A film about cats. And Japan. And a bewildered British guy. But mostly cats.

Catfish

Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.

Chasing Ice

James Balog and his team on the Extreme Ice Survey assemble a multiyear chronicle of the planet's rapidly melting glaciers.

The Chernobyl Disaster

A dramatic and detailed 3-part documentary series that reveals the events that led to the 1986 nuclear accident.

Chichinette - The Accidental Spy

Marthe Cohn tells the story of how she became a spy in Nazi Germany. She never used to speak about this after the war had ended, but now she travels the globe to share her story.

Citizen Ashe

Filmmakers Rex Miller and Sam Pollard chronicle Arthur Ashe's many contributions to the sport of tennis and his human rights activism.

City of Ghosts

Syrian rebels, who call themselves Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, risk their lives to document the atrocities committed by ISIS in their homeland since 2014.

City of God: 10 Years Later

A decade after the seminal Brazilian film `City of God', this documentary reunites some of the cast and crew to find out what paths their lives took.