Curated by SceneIt · United States
Discover popular and highly rated documentary movies. This page focuses on useful, popular choices for viewers in the United States.
Updated 2026-08-03 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
2022 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 125 votes
When the young founder of a collapsing cryptocurrency exchange dies unexpectedly, irate investors suspect there's more to his death than meets the eye. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 160 votes
Max S. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1964 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 112 votes
A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.8/10 · 141 votes
An in-depth and intimate portrait of Coldplay's spectacular rise from the backrooms of Camden pubs to selling out stadiums across the planet. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 6.1/10 · 235 votes
From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, "Video Games: The Movie" is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to multi-billion dollar industry. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 213 votes
As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2009 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 121 votes
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 112 votes
The passion the original Star Wars trilogy inspires in its fans is unparalleled; but when it comes to George Lucas himself, many have found their ardor has cooled into a complicated love-hate relationship. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 163 votes
Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 121 votes
You will see Travis Pastrana and the whole Nitro Circus crew perform some of the most ridiculous, awe-inspiring, and simply insane stunts ever caught on camera. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 155 votes
It is happening all across America-rural landowners wake up one day to find a lucrative offer from an energy company wanting to lease their property. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 113 votes
Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 264 votes
Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 151 votes
A journey into the labyrinthine heart of ideology, which shapes and justifies both collective and personal beliefs and practices: with an infectious zeal and voracious appetite for popular culture, Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek analyzes several of the most important films in the history of cinema to explain how cinematic narrative helps to reinforce prevailing ethics and political ideas. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 419 votes
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 7.9/10 · 128 votes
Never-before-seen footage shows how our living in lockdown opened the door for nature to bounce back and thrive. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2018 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 120 votes
After the coup d'État of the Democratic government of Allende, the embassy of Italy in Santiago played a major role in helping the opposers of the regime, and extradited many of them to Italy. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 167 votes
This award-winning, thrilling story is about a group of discarded kids who revolutionized skateboarding and shaped the attitude and culture of modern day extreme sports. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 138 votes
The Death of 'Superman Lives': What Happened? This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1983 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 268 votes
A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Iceland, and San Francisco. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.