Social & Cultural Documentaries
Some stories are too riveting to be true – yet they are. These documentaries tackle some deeply important topics, from war to politics to sports and so much more.
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Katrina: Come Hell and High Water
The American Experiment
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
Ancient Apocalypse
Thomas Jefferson
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy
The Last Dance
Get Gotti
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
Breakdown: 1975
Harry & Meghan
Untold: Swamp Kings
Somebody Feed Phil
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
The Plastic Detox
Churchill at War
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Grant
The Queen of Versailles
Roman Empire
FIFA Uncovered
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
DEPP V HEARD
The Redeem Team
Trump: An American Dream
African Queens: Njinga
Dirty Money
MARINES
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Queen Cleopatra
Human: The World Within
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Will & Harper
Simone Biles Rising
America: Our Defining Hours
Secret Mall Apartment
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Longest Third Date
Get Gotti
The Last Dance
Harry & Meghan
American Manhunt: O.J. Simpson
Breakdown: 1975
Somebody Feed Phil
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
The Queen of Versailles
Untold: Swamp Kings
Roman Empire
Churchill at War
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
The Plastic Detox
Grant
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
The Redeem Team
MARINES
DEPP V HEARD
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
Dirty Money
FIFA Uncovered
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Trump: An American Dream
African Queens: Njinga
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Queen Cleopatra
Will & Harper
America: Our Defining Hours
Simone Biles Rising
Longest Third Date
Secret Mall Apartment
Human: The World Within
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Rotten
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
Becoming
Untold: Swamp Kings
Grant
Roman Empire
Churchill at War
DEPP V HEARD
MARINES
Dirty Money
FIFA Uncovered
Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Queen Cleopatra
Trump: An American Dream
America: Our Defining Hours
Simone Biles Rising
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan
Human: The World Within
African Queens: Njinga
Instadocs: The Prediction Games
Street Food: USA
The Chef Show
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Dark Tourist
Hip-Hop Evolution
Rotten
The Family
Street Food: Asia
The Day I Met El Chapo
Taco Chronicles
Daughters of Destiny
Sunderland 'Til I Die
Working: What We Do All Day
100 Humans
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
The Root Of The Game
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Terrorism Close Calls
Heavenly Bites: Mexico
Street Food: Latin America
Club América vs. Club América
Cooked
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The Stories Behind the Headlines
Trump: An American Dream
FIFA Uncovered
Dirty Money
Heroin(e)
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
The Family
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Daughters of Destiny
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
Rotten
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
The Rachel Divide
The Day I Met El Chapo
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Terrorism Close Calls
Halftime
Making The Billion Dollar Code
After the Raid
Living Undocumented
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
After Maria
The New Yorker at 100
Broken
Maradona in Mexico
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Into the Inferno
Knock Down The House
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
As Though Nothing Happened
The G Word with Adam Conover
Little Miss Sumo
November 13: Attack on Paris
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Black Beauty Effect
The Principles of Pleasure
800 Meters
Get Me Roger Stone
Patria
The White Helmets
The American Meme
Award-winning Documentaries
The Queen of Versailles
The Redeem Team
Will & Harper
Bad Boy Billionaires: India
Hip-Hop Evolution
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
All the Empty Rooms
American Factory
Working: What We Do All Day
Ghosts of Sugar Land
Resurface
Knock Down The House
Giving Voice
Virunga
Disclosure
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Race: Bubba Wallace
Best of Enemies
The White Helmets
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
The Plastic Detox
Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds
Human: The World Within
Rotten
Secrets of the Neanderthals
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
100 Humans
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Coronavirus, Explained
Babies
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
Birders
Into the Inferno
The Mind, Explained
Virunga: Gorillas in Peril
Explained
The Principles of Pleasure
Virunga
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak
Sex, Explained
Tales by Light
Food & Travel TV
Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones
Street Food: USA
The Chef Show
Dark Tourist
Street Food: Asia
Taco Chronicles
Heavenly Bites: Mexico
Street Food: Latin America
Chef's Table: BBQ
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The Philosopher's Kitchen Jeong Kwan
Garnachas: Glorious Street Food!
Cooked
Ugly Delicious
Korean Cold Noodle Rhapsody
Midnight Asia: Eat · Dance · Dream
A Nation of Broth
Chef's Table: Pizza
I Love Filipino
Sue Perkins: Perfectly Legal
A Nation of Kimchi
Korean Fried Chicken Rhapsody
Paik's Spirit
A Nation of Banchan
1 in 7641
Soju Rhapsody
A Nation of Tteok
Hanwoo Rhapsody
Tales by Light
K for Kimbap
Jjajangmyeon Rhapsody
Korean Pork Belly Rhapsody
Sunday Best: The Untold Story of Ed Sullivan
Becoming
Secret Mall Apartment
The Black Godfather
All the Empty Rooms
Cuba and the Cameraman
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
WHAM!
Halftime
Stamped from the Beginning
Pelé
American Factory
Alive and Kicking
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Into the Inferno
Ghosts of Sugar Land
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
DEVO
Knock Down The House
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Giving Voice
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Disclosure
Virunga
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
Best of Enemies
Get Me Roger Stone
The White Helmets
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press
Longest Third Date
Rebel Royals: An Unlikely Love Story
Unknown: The Lost Pyramid
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Black Barbie
Cuba and the Cameraman
Found
The Rachel Divide
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Lorena, Light-Footed Woman
Ya no estoy aquí: Una conversación entre Guillermo del Toro y Alfonso Cuarón
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
All the Empty Rooms
WHAM!
Stamped from the Beginning
Halftime
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison
The Minimalists: Less Is Now
Grass Is Greener
American Factory
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Pelé
Voyeur
After Maria
Ghosts of Sugar Land
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
Recovery Boys
I’m Your Venus
Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Rebbeca
Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
Into the Inferno
The New Yorker at 100
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
Food For Hungry Brains
African Queens: Njinga
America: Our Defining Hours
The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
Hello, Privilege. It's Me, Chelsea
Working: What We Do All Day
Daughters of Destiny
Stamped from the Beginning
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
The Root Of The Game
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
Coronavirus, Explained
American Factory
Alive and Kicking
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Knock Down The House
Making The Billion Dollar Code
Human Playground
Babies
Cooked
History 101
Broken
The New Yorker at 100
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Into the Inferno
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Enter the Anime
Birders
Money, Explained
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
The Mind, Explained
The G Word with Adam Conover
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Little Miss Sumo
Three Songs for Benazir
All In My Family
Abstract: The Art of Design
Captains
I Love Filipino
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
Historical TV Shows
Provocative TV Shows
Simone Biles Rising
ReMastered: Tricky Dick & The Man in Black
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
ReMastered: The Two Killings of Sam Cooke
Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion
Pelé
WHAM!
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos
Los Tigres del Norte at Folsom Prison
Halftime
Maradona in Mexico
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado
GIMS: On the Record
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
DEVO
Captains
Sangre del Toro
Naomi Osaka
Race: Bubba Wallace
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Pretend It’s a City
Women Who Rule The Screen
Daughters of Destiny
The Day I Met El Chapo
Black Barbie
Halftime
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
Rebbeca
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Little Miss Sumo
Black Beauty Effect
Supreme Models
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker
Who We Become
Pretend It’s a City
History Documentaries
Is That Black Enough for You?!?
Grass Is Greener
Stamped from the Beginning
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Making The Billion Dollar Code
The New Yorker at 100
History 101
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
A King Like Me
Supreme Models
Get Me Roger Stone
Best of Enemies
Patria
The Way We Wore
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen
Mystery Lab
1 in 7641
ReMastered: The Lion's Share
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Never Stop Dreaming: The Life and Legacy of Shimon Peres
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Heartfelt Movies
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