Most Popular Documentaries This Year

Senna

Ayrton Senna becomes a three-time Formula One racing champion and Brazil's national hero before his untimely death at age 34.

Seymour: An Introduction

Pianist Seymour Bernstein, who gave up performing for teaching, discusses his passion for music and his philosophy of life.

She's Beautiful When She's Angry

Filmmaker Mary Dore chronicles the events, the movers and the shakers of the feminist movement from 1966 to 1971.

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All

Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, this documentary weaves the music and images from Sinatra's life.

Sisters with Transistors

Filmmaker Lisa Rovner follows the story of electronic music's female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies.

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

This film captures the work and life of Cai Guo-Qiang, whose frequent use of gunpowder serves as both an ancestral homage and an acknowledgement of humanity's fleeting nature.

Songs of the South

Three part series in which Reginald D Hunter embarks on a road trip exploring songs of the south.

Sound City

Sound City tells the story of rock 'n roll's greatest recording studio and the musical magic it continues to inspire.

The Speed Cubers

This documentary captures the extraordinary twists and turns in the journeys of Rubik's Cube-solving champions Max Park and Feliks Zemdegs.

Spellbound

Eight youthful competitors, sponsored by their hometown newspapers, travel with their families to Washington, D.C., to compete in the 1999 Scripps National Spelling Bee.

The Square

A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience.

Sr.

Robert Downey Jr. pays tribute to his late father in this documentary chronicling the life and eclectic career of pioneering filmmaker Robert Downey Sr.

Stan Lee

An intimate portrait of Stan Lee, his philosophy and his legacy through a selection of his personal archives, interviews, and the colourful and wondrous characters he created.

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

With commentary from Hollywood stars, outtakes from his movies and footage from his youth, this documentary looks at Stanley Kubrick's life and films.

Sting: A Free Man

100 million records sold, 16 Grammy Awards and a place on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Sting is a genre-breaking paradox in the world of music. Yet we know so little about him.

The Story of Film: A New Generation

Critic and film-maker Mark Cousins offers a new instalment in his monumental Story of Film series, examining what digital technology has brought to the table.

Stray

Filmmaker Elizabeth Lo follows the plight of three stray dogs as they find human companionship on the streets of Turkey.

The Street

A study of a street in one of London’s poorest boroughs during the era of government-inflicted austerity, the Grenfell tragedy and Brexit.

Studio 54

In 1977 a nightclub in an unfashionable part of New York opened. It became the hottest spot in the world, packed with movie and rock stars. Then it all came crashing down.

Summer of Soul

After 50 years hidden away, the historic performances of the Harlem Cultural Festival are unearthed from the vault.

Surfwise

Forsaking a traditional home life, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz and his wife raise their large brood in a 24-foot camper and spend their time surfing.

Sven

A celebrated football manager's path to greatness takes a profound turn when Svennis confronts an incurable cancer diagnosis in 2024.

The Tale of Silyan

A Macedonian folktale comes to life when a wounded white stork is rescued from a landfill by an unlikely saviour, transforming both of their lives for the better.

Team Foxcatcher

With never-before seen home video, this film recounts the paranoid downward spiral of John E. du Pont and the murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz.