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 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
Eligible titles are ranked using TMDB popularity, audience rating, and vote count. Streaming availability and ratings can change over time.
2013 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 222 votes
Captures the laughter, energy and mayhem from Hart's 2012 "Let Me Explain" concert tour, which spanned 10 countries and 80 cities, and generated over $32 million in ticket sales. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2021 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 162 votes
The line between justice and revenge blurs when a devastated family uses social media to track down the people who killed 24-year-old Crystal Theobald. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 5.8/10 · 100 votes
Oscar-winner Michael Moore dives right into hostile territory with his daring and hilarious one-man show, deep in the heart of TrumpLand in the weeks before the 2016 election. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 5.5/10 · 292 votes
Eight people experience sleep paralysis, a condition which leaves them unable to move, speak or react. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 122 votes
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 8.3/10 · 120 votes
Join RM, Jin, SUGA, j-hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook in this special cinematic cut, re-edited and remixed for the big screen. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 237 votes
A presentation of a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 127 votes
An uplifting feature documentary highlighting the transformative power of art and the beauty of the human spirit. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 125 votes
The first documentary feature to explore the tragic and bizarre life of the late chess master Bobby Fischer. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1982 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 154 votes
The Amazon rain forest, 1979. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2004 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 162 votes
Comedian Dave Chappelle does what he does best in this outrageous and hilarious standup performance, which allows him to push the envelope far beyond what he does on his TV show. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 128 votes
A German couple and their dog travel across North America in a school bus searching for a state of pure bliss. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 167 votes
When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1938 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 123 votes
Starting with a long and lyrical overture, evoking the origins of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, Riefenstahl covers twenty-one athletic events in the first half of this two-part love letter to the human body and spirit, culminating with the marathon, where Jesse Owens became the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 147 votes
No other band in rock'n'roll history has rivaled The Stooges' combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a frontman who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 238 votes
Film from Andrew Morgan. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 218 votes
With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 146 votes
From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 133 votes
Amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2012 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 148 votes
A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.