Most Popular Documentaries This Week

The Mole Agent

A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Comedians and lifelong friends Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse share their personal and hilarious life experiences while travelling around the UK fishing for elusive species.

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

50 years ago, Björn Andrésen was plucked from obscurity to star in Visconti’s Death in Venice and hailed “the most beautiful boy in the world”.

The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

A look at the role of military strategist Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers. This led to speculation of deception about the Vietnam War and a media circus.

The Movies That Made Us

These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.

Mr Nobody Against Putin

A Russian teacher secretly documents his school becoming a war recruitment centre during the Ukraine invasion, revealing the ethical dilemmas educators face.

Murderball

Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Muscle Shoals

Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative music in American history.

My Beautiful Broken Brain

After suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write.

My Dead Body

The extraordinary story of Toni Crews, a young mum with a rare terminal cancer who charted her illness online before donating her body for medical research and public dissection.

My Life as a Rolling Stone

One by one the extraordinary, exhilarating stories of each of The Rolling Stones are vividly told with exclusive interviews from the band and a stellar cast of rock stars.

My Name Is Pauli Murray

A look at the life and ideas of Pauli Murray, a non-binary Black lawyer, activist and poet who influenced both Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall.

My Octopus Teacher

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.

My Old School

In 1993, a boy named Brandon Lee enrolls at the Bearsden Academy secondary school in Glasgow, Scotland. Over time, it is revealed that Brandon Lee is not who he seems.

Mysterious Hanging Coffins of China

In the mountains of China's Sichuan Province is the sight of hundreds of ancient wooden coffins hanging precariously from a cliff face.

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

Michael was flying high as the lead singer of INXS until his untimely death in 1997. This documentary examines Hutchence’s deeply felt life through his many loves and demons.

Navalny

Alexei survived an assassination attempt by poisoning in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries and decides to return home.

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

Neil Gaiman discusses his early years and how he went on to become one of the most popular writers in the world.

Nero's Golden House

At the centre of the Roman Empire, It was the grandest building on Earth. Built by the infamous Nero, the house was a place of violence, perversion, and the art of ancient Rome.

Never Surrender: A Galaxy Quest Documentary

Years after the premiere of Galaxy Quest, the original filmmakers and cast discuss the film's effect on society and the process of creating it.

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media.

North Korea: The Great Illusion

A four-year journey of filmmakers trying to get into the country and discover how North Korean people live.

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.

One of Us

Three Hasidic Jews face ostracism, anxiety, and danger as they attempt to leave their exteme Orthodox community. They must escape the violent trauma and abuse.