Documentary Movies

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013

star 8.4
A documentary about the making of season five of the acclaimed AMC series Breaking Bad.
star 7.6

Athlete A

2020

Athlete A

2020

star 7.6
Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.
star 7.5

Diego Maradona

2019

Diego Maradona

2019

star 7.5
Constructed from over 500 hours of never-before-seen footage, this documentary centers on the personal life and career of the controversial football player Diego Maradona who played for SSC Napoli and Argentina in the 1980s.
star 7.6

Häxan

1922

Häxan

1922

star 7.6
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
star 7.4

Meru

2015

Meru

2015

star 7.4
Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

2004

star 7.7
From the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debuts, explore the creation of the Star Wars Trilogy.

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

2023

star 7.7
A short kid from a Canadian army base becomes the international pop culture darling of the 1980s—only to find the course of his life altered by a stunning diagnosis. What happens when an incurable optimist confronts an incurable disease?

Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

2023

star 7
Through revealing interviews with experts and victims' families, this gripping documentary examines the problem of deadly foodborne illness in the US.
star 6.8

Tyson

2008

Tyson

2008

star 6.8
Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the controversial boxer addressing the camera and shots of the champion's fights to create an arresting picture of the man.
star 7.8

Home

2009

Home

2009

star 7.8
In 200,000 years of existence, man has upset the balance on which the Earth had lived for 4 billion years. Global warming, resource depletion, species extinction: man has endangered his own home. But it is too late to be pessimistic: humanity has barely ten years left to reverse the trend, become aware of its excessive exploitation of the Earth's riches, and change its consumption pattern.

OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

2022

star 7.9
Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo recounts the memories of writing and creating her record-breaking debut album and shares her feelings as a young woman navigating a specific time in her life. Through new live arrangements of her songs, intimate interviews and never-before-seen footage from the making of the album, audiences will follow Olivia along on a cinematic journey exploring the story of “SOUR.”

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

2000

star 7.3
Documentary on the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, with a focus on the production of his unfinished film Game of Death. Using interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, Lee aficionado John Little paints a portrait of the world's most famous action hero, concluding with a new cut of Game of Death's action finale, reconstructed from Lee's notes and recently-recovered footage.
star 8.3

Stop Making Sense

1984

Stop Making Sense

1984

star 8.3
A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.
star 8.2

Night and Fog

1956

Night and Fog

1956

star 8.2
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
star 7.2

20 Feet from Stardom

2013

20 Feet from Stardom

2013

star 7.2
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
star 7.1

Fahrenheit 9/11

2004

Fahrenheit 9/11

2004

star 7.1
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
star 6.3

Jackass 3.5

2011

Jackass 3.5

2011

star 6.3
Johnny Knoxville of 'Jackass' releases unused material of stunts, tricks, antics and shenanigans shot during the production of 'Jackass 3D' that didn't make it into the film, as well as the hilarious outtakes.
star 7.5

Touching the Void

2003

Touching the Void

2003

star 7.5
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
star 7.9

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013

star 7.9
Shot in France, England, Switzerland and the United States, this documentary covers director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre) and his 1974 Quixotic attempt to adapt the seminal sci-fi novel Dune into a feature film. After spending 2 years and millions of dollars, the massive undertaking eventually fell apart, but the artists Jodorowsky assembled for the legendary project continued to work together. This group of artists, or his “warriors” as Jodorowsky named them, went on to define modern sci-fi cinema with such films as Alien, Blade Runner, Star Wars and Total Recall.
star 6.4

Jackass 4.5

2022

Jackass 4.5

2022

star 6.4
Through outrageous, never-before-seen footage, witness the making of the Jackass crew's last go at wild stunts.