Most Popular Documentaries Today

Let's Get Lost

Whatever his age, legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's musical virtuosity always shone through. In this frank and revealing documentary made a year before his death

The Librarians

Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.

Life

This programme chronicles some of the most unusual, if not downright bizarre, behaviours that living organisms have devised to keep their species alive.

Life After Flash

Actor Sam J. Jones discusses the ups and downs of his life since starring in the 1980 cult film `Flash Gordon'.

Life After the Navigator

A celebration of the 1986 classic `Flight of the Navigator', and a look at the life of child star, Joey Cramer, and his roller-coaster life since that breakthrough role.

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.

Life Itself

The 70-year life of legendary film critic Roger Ebert, charted and celebrated. With contributions from his friends, family, peers and those he reviewed.

Life, Animated

"The Little Mermaid," "The Lion King" and other animated Disney movies help a young autistic man to develop reading, writing and communication skills.

Limited Partnership

The love story between Filipino-American Richard Adams and Australian Tony Sullivan, who, in 1975, became one of the first same-sex couples in the world to be legally married.

Little White Lie

Eight years in the making and put together by Lacey herself, Little White Lie tells the compelling story of an uncomfortable, unacknowledged truth.

Living on One Dollar

In rural Guatemala, four friends battle illness, parasites and hunger as they experiment with living on just $1 a day for eight weeks.

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.

London: 2,000 Years of History

London's evolution from Roman outpost to modern megacity, as experts examine its battles with invasions, fires and plague while becoming capital of the British Empire.

The Look of Silence

A family that survived the genocide in Indonesia confronts the men who killed one of their brothers.

Looking for Light: Jane Bown

In the almost six decades that Jane Bown worked for the Observer newspaper, she became renowned for insightful, highly individualistic portraits of the famous.

A Love Song For Latasha

A reimagined narrative of Latasha Harlins through intimate memories shared by her cousin and best friend.

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

Writer Neil Gaiman, filmmaker John Carpenter, and others discuss the life and legacy of horror author H.P. Lovecraft, creator of Cthulhu.

Lynch/Oz

Documenting director David Lynch's obsession with `The Wizard of Oz' and its influence on his films.

Mad Women

The story of pioneering women making iconic TV ads that changed the world: from Shake n' Vac and Levi's, to the Flake girl in the bath and the Lynx effect.

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Eminent American filmmaker Martin Scorsese shares his lifelong love affair with the films of Powell and Pressburger.

Made in the 80s: Decade That Shaped Our World

The extraordinary story of how a Britain in turmoil changed the world by stealth through its politics, culture and technology.

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.

Making a Murderer

Filmed over 13 years, this real-life thriller follows the unprecedented story of two men accused of a grisly crime they may not have committed.

Man Made

An affecting and honest portrait of four transgender men as they prepare to step on stage at the only all-trans bodybuilding competition in the world.