Most Popular Documentaries of All Time

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story

A heart-warming story of love between a wild otter and a man set in the remote Scottish islands of Shetland.

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.

Brothers on the Line

At the height of the Great Depression, the Reuthers are among a small band of trade unionists that take a stand against oppressive working conditions in the auto factories.

Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women

The rise and smash success of Elite modeling agency founder John Casablancas is chronicled in this biography of the man who invented the supermodel.

Casting JonBenét

After two decades of media speculation and public fascination, filmmakers explore the macabre legacy of the world's most famous child-murder case.

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.

Challenger: The Final Flight

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and its aftermath.

Disclosure

An eye-opening look at transgender depictions in film and television, revealing how Hollywood simultaneously reflects and manufactures our deepest anxieties about gender.

Dreaming Murakami

Mette Holm has been translating the work of Haruki Murakami for many years. This lovingly crafted glimpse into Holm’s life follows her on a trip to Japan.

The Fear of 13

After more than 20 years on death row, a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed.

Food, Inc.

Robert Kenner examines how corporations have taken over the food chain in the US, from the farms where our food is grown to the chain restaurants and supermarkets where it's sold.

Gimme Danger

The Stooges' blew a crater in the musical landscape of the late 1960s. They planted the seeds for what would be called punk and alternative rock in the decades that followed.

Hip-Hop Evolution

This docuseries traces the genre's dynamic evolution from the 1970s through the 1990s.

Holy Hell

An inside look at Buddhafield, a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.

How to Win the US Presidency

This whimsical look at rough-and-tumble American politics examines the roll of money, religion and even ancient Rome on Presidential campaigns.

The Innocent Man

The story of Ron Williamson, a man who sat on Oklahoma's death row for 11 years for a crime he didn't commit.

Inside Chernobyl's Mega Tomb

Follow the construction of a trailblazing 36,000-tonne steel structure to entomb the ruins of the nuclear power plant destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

The Ivory Game

Filmmakers went under cover for 16 months, infiltrating and documenting the deep-rooted corruption at the heart of the global ivory trafficking crisis.

Janis: Little Girl Blue

Archival footage and interviews highlight the life and career of singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, from her musical rise in the 1960s to her battle with alcohol and heroin addiction.

The Keepers

A seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death.

Killing for Love

A scholarship student and her boyfriend, the son of a German diplomat, are at the centre of a media frenzy as they are tried and convicted of double homicide.

Liyana

Five children in the Kingdom of Eswatini turn past traumas into a tale of a Swazi girl named Liyana who embarks on a dangerous mission to save her twin brothers.

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art

Filmmaker Barry Avrich chronicles the events of the largest art fraud in American history, when Knoedler & Company unwittingly purchased and sold fake works by famed artists.

Notes on Blindness

In 1983, when writer John Hull goes blind just before the birth of his son, he starts making a diary on audio cassette to make sense of all the changes.