Highest Rated Documentaries

Hello I Am David!

Featuring the Australian piano prodigy David Helfgott and his unique views on life, love and imagination.

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.

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.

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.

Paper & Glue

Using unexpected canvasses, artist JR intends to give a global voice to everyday people through a genre-blending combination of public art, photography and large format spectacle.

ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke

While Sam Cooke rose to stardom as a soul singer, his outspoken views on civil rights drew attention that may have contributed to his death at age 33.

Thatcher: A Very British Revolution

Thatcher's inner circle discuss how she managed to overcome her outsider status to become a key political figure in Britain, at a time of great social and economic upheaval.

Wild London

Sir David Attenborough explores the wildlife of his hometown, from deer to rooftop peregrines and many others, revealing how nature thrives in the world’s greenest major city.

20 Days in Mariupol

As the Russian invasion begins, a team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggles to continue their work documenting the war's atrocities.

Becoming Cousteau

A look at the life, passions, achievements and tragedies surrounding the famous explorer and environmentalist Jacques Cousteau, featuring an archive of his newly restored footage.

How To with John Wilson

Documentary filmmaker John Wilson embarks on an odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation by covertly filming the lives of fellow New Yorkers while trying to share advice.

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.

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.

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.

Penguin Town

In a picturesque South African town, an eclectic group of endangered penguins flocks together to find mates, raise families and mix with the locals.

The 80's: The Decade That Made Us

The defining biography of a decade, as told through exclusive interviews with more than 40 icons, entertainers and innovators who shaped its identity.

Behind the Curve

Meet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it.

Birdsong

Ornithologist Seán Ronayne from Cobh, Co. Cork is on a mission to record the sound of every bird species in Ireland – that’s nearly 200 birds.

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

This joint portrait of two icons floats on stunning archival images and stings with questions of what might have been.

Bowling for Columbine

Michael Moore explores the circumstances that lead to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre and, more broadly, the proliferation of guns and the high homicide rate in America.

A Bunch of Amateurs

Bradford Movie Makers is one of the oldest amateur clubs in the world. Once a thriving community, these days the membership is dwindling and the group struggles to keep afloat.

Hoop Dreams

A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

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.