Highest Rated Documentaries

Welcome to Leith

White supremacist Craig Cobb tries to take over a small town in North Dakota. As his behaviour becomes more threatening, residents try to get rid of their unwanted neighbour.

The Wrecking Crew

The Wrecking Crew were a group of session musicians who worked with all the greats (Sinatra, Elvis, The Beach Boys) and yet remain largely unknown.

The Age of Stupid

A man living in the devastated world of 2055, looking at footage from 2008 and asks: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?

Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

Aileen Wuornos was dubbed the world's first female serial killer and ended up on death row. After her arrest, her lover began negotiations to sell her story.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson examines the rise of the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and its impact on civil rights and American culture.

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.

A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

Aardman Animations icons Wallace & Gromit, Morph and more join fans and collaborators for a retrospective celebrating the studio's 40th anniversary.

Happy

Happy explores human happiness through interviews with people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest findings of positive psychology.

Harry Dean Stanton Partly Fiction

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.

Human Nature

A breakthrough called CRISPR gives us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life - curing disease, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children.

The Ivory Game

Filmmakers went under cover for 16 months, infiltrating and documenting the deep-rooted corruption at the heart of the global ivory trafficking crisis.

Kedi

A profile of an ancient city and its unique people, seen through the eyes of the most mysterious and beloved animal humans have ever known, the cat.

Kimono: From Kyoto to Catwalk

Exploring the sartorial, aesthetic and social significance of kimono from the 1660s to the present day, both in Japan and the rest of the world.

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.

Milli Vanilli

This documentary pulls back the curtain on the story that we thought we knew, but didn't, and delivers a compelling look at the price of fame.

Miss Representation

Exploring how the mainstream media's often disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of females in positions of leadership.

MLK/FBI

Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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.

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.

The Queen of Versailles

A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles.

ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre

The killing of three members of the Miami Showband sent shock waves across Ireland in 1975. Now one survivor doggedly pursues the truth.

Rubble Kings

Nicholson tells the story of the real Warriors that walked the streets of New York City in the 1970s and the harsh reality of gang life in a city that seemed to be falling apart.

Sample This

Tracing the impact of the Incredible Bongo Band's "Apache", which played a key role in the birth of hip-hop after Kool Herc began sampling it.