Highest Rated Documentaries

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.

The Wolfpack

Locked away from the outside world in a Manhattan apartment, the Angulo siblings satisfy their curiosity, imagination and need to explore by re-enacting their favourite movies.

Amanda Knox

The story of the trial, conviction and acquittal of Amanda Knox for the murder of an exchange student in Italy.

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography

A profile of celebrated portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman, whose friends and subjects include Allen Ginsberg and Bob Dylan.

Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley

Using incredible colour archive film capturing ordinary moments of people on the streets, Blitz Spirit shows the remarkable resilience and terrible suffering that people endured.

Cassette: A Documentary Mixtape

Cassette inventor Lou Ottens digs through his past to figure out why the audiotape won't die.

Catfish

Young filmmakers document their colleague's budding online friendship with a young woman and her family which leads to an unexpected series of discoveries.

The Chernobyl Disaster

A dramatic and detailed 3-part documentary series that reveals the events that led to the 1986 nuclear accident.

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.

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Filmmakers re-examine the 1992 death of transgender legend Marsha P. Johnson, who was found floating in the Hudson River.

Duran Duran: There's Something You Should Know

Celebrating Duran Duran with exclusive backstage access, interviews with the band and rare footage charting their rise to fame, and the highs and lows of their career.

I Am Ali

Muhammad Ali's own audio journals, friends, family and fellow boxers provide insight into the extraordinary life and legendary career of the pugilist.

Journal de France

Travelling alone, internationally acclaimed and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and filmmaker Raymond Depardon spent six years capturing France with a large format camera.

Living on One Dollar

In rural Guatemala, four friends battle illness, parasites and hunger as they experiment with living on just $1 a day for eight weeks.

Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art

Filmmaker Barry Avrich chronicles the events of the largest art fraud in American history, when Knoedler & Company unwittingly purchased and sold fake works by famed artists.

Power of Grayskull

This colourful documentary explores the origins and impact of He-Man, a character whose power stretched well beyond a toy line and children's TV show.

Return to the Wild: The Chris McCandless Story

A journey in the footsteps of the enigmatic young American named Chris McCandless, who vanished and ultimately perished in the Alaskan wilderness.

Skeletons of the Mary Rose: The New Evidence

A cutting-edge scientific investigation reveals surprising new information about the crew of Henry VIII's favourite warship, redefining what we thought we knew about Tudor England.

Whitney: Can I Be Me

Nick Broomfield goes in search of the forces that made and then destroyed singer Whitney Houston, who has been described as having one of the greatest voices of the last 50 years.

16 Acres

This alternately amusing and heartbreaking documentary coherently chronicles the endless process of rebuilding Ground Zero.

Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me

An unflinching and humanising examination of the life, death and secrets of Vickie Lynn Hogan, better known as model and actress Anna Nicole Smith.

Banned! The Mary Whitehouse Story

Armed with just a typewriter, Mary Whitehouse began a 30-year campaign to turn back the tide of the permissive culture she saw sweeping through society.

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 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.