Most Popular Documentaries of All Time

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Nick Broomfield goes in search of the forces that made and then destroyed singer Whitney Houston, who has been described as having one of the greatest voices of the last 50 years.

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography

A profile of celebrated portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman, whose friends and subjects include Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan.

Bastille: ReOrchestrated

Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, archive footage and conversations with band members explore the band's adventures and themes of drive, motivation, and anxiety.

Becoming Frida Kahlo

Becoming Frida Kahlo strips away the myths to reveal the real Frida – a passionate and brilliant artist living through extraordinary times.

Betty White: First Lady of Television

This documentary on actress and television producer Betty White traces her decades-long career as a woman breaking new ground in entertainment.

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.

Cat Nation

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

The Central Park Five

Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon examine a 1989 case of five teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of raping a woman.

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.

Cobain: Montage of Heck

Filmmaker Brett Morgen uses material from the Cobains' personal archives in an in-depth examination of the Nirvana frontman's childhood, music career and untimely death.

Collective

Journalists uncover health care fraud in the wake of a deadly nightclub fire in Bucharest, Romania, in 2015.

Dark Tourist

From a nuclear lake to a haunted forest, New Zealand filmmaker and journalist David Farrier visits unusual - and often macabre - tourism spots around the world.

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Filmmakers re-examine the 1992 death of transgender legend Marsha P. Johnson, who was found floating in the Hudson River.

Dynasties

Delve into the secret lives of charismatic, captivating animals as they fight for their families against the odds.

The Family

Investigative journalists expose The Family, a Christian fundamentalist organisation quietly operating in the corridors of power in Washington, D.C.

First and Last

This docuseries takes a look at inmates on the first and last days of their incarcerations to get a sense of the emotions on both ends of the spectrum.

Flee

Amin Nawabi grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband.

Get Me Roger Stone

Roger Stone, known as a master in the dark arts of politics, plants the seeds that allow people such as Donald Trump to enter the political arena and upend the establishment.

Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story

Harold and Lillian eloped to Hollywood in 1947, where they became the film industry's secret weapons.

The House of Suh

An exploration of the tragic history of the Suh family and the murder that shocked America - when picture perfect son, Andrew, shot and killed his sister's fiancé at her bidding.

Human Nature

A breakthrough called CRISPR gives us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life - curing disease, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children.

Killing Patient Zero

In the early 1980s, a gay flight attendant's assistance in a medical study helps prove that HIV/AIDS was a sexually transmitted disease.

A Life in Ten Pictures

A series of extraordinary lives each unlocked by a just a handful of images, from iconic shots to private snaps, their secrets revealed by those who know their stories best.

No Other Land

A Palestinian-Israeli collective have documented violence and displacement in a damning new film that offers a stark insider’s look at the conflict.