Most Popular Documentaries This Year

Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

Writers, directors and actors come together in a conversation about the extraordinary artistic process of Chadwick Boseman.

Challenger: The Final Flight

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

Chasing Ice

James Balog and his team on the Extreme Ice Survey assemble a multiyear chronicle of the planet's rapidly melting glaciers.

Chasing Trane

The life and work of legendary jazz musician John Coltrane, including commentary from Denzel Washington, Carlos Santana, Common, Cornell West, Bill Clinton and others.

Chichinette - The Accidental Spy

Marthe Cohn tells the story of how she became a spy in Nazi Germany. She never used to speak about this after the war had ended, but now she travels the globe to share her story.

City of Ghosts

Syrian rebels, who call themselves Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, risk their lives to document the atrocities committed by ISIS in their homeland since 2014.

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.

Closure

A story about identity, the complexities of trans-racial adoption, and most importantly, closure.

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.

Copa 71

The pioneering footballers of the 1971 Women's World Cup tell their story, giving insight into a tournament that witnessed record crowds but is written out of sporting history.

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, igniting a landmark movement.

Cuba and the Cameraman

Life in Cuba over the course of 45 years, from the cautious optimism of the early 1970s to the harrowing 1990s.

Cutie and the Boxer

This candid New York love story explores the chaotic 40-year marriage of famed boxing painter Ushio Shinohara and his wife, Noriko.

Dark Net

The dark web was intended to be a hidden area where members of the intelligence community could privately meet, but it is being exploited by online predators and criminals.

Dark Side of the 90s

A look at the most captivating pop-culture moments, trends and personalities of the decade through interviews with people who studied the time period.

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.

Dear Mr. Watterson

A look at Calvin & Hobbes comic strip creator, Bill Watterson, the origins of the work, its meaning, and the influence it has had on the rest of his colleagues.

The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened?

Jon Schnepp delves into the story behind the proposed film to be directed by Tim Burton, with Nicolas Cage starring as Superman.

Diana: In Her Own Words

Diana, Princess of Wales, participated in a series of secret interviews, recorded with her permission by a close friend on behalf of journalist Andrew Morton.

Dick Johnson Is Dead

As her father nears the end of his life, filmmaker Kirsten Johnson stages his death in inventive and comical ways to help them both face the inevitable.

Diego Maradona

Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centres on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona.

Disclosure

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

The Dissident

An investigation into the assassination of Saudi Arabian writer and Washington Post  columnist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. 

Dolly Parton: Here I Am

Dolly Parton leads a moving, musical journey in this documentary that details the people and places who have helped shape her iconic career.