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.
2018 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 315 votes
Meet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2006 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 210 votes
Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 127 votes
Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2003 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 179 votes
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2010 · TMDB 7.0/10 · 182 votes
Fresh off the heels of appearing in movies like Superhero Movie and The 40 Year-Old Virgin, fast-talking comedian Kevin Hart stars in his second live stand-up performance in Cleveland, Ohio, where he makes fun of everything and everybody - especially himself. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 160 votes
The life and tragic death of Whitney Houston. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2008 · TMDB 6.3/10 · 156 votes
A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1895 · TMDB 6.0/10 · 116 votes
In a long, diaphanous skirt, held out by her hands with arms extended, Broadway dancer Annabelle Moore performs. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 5.9/10 · 198 votes
Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2013 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 169 votes
Tim Jenison, a Texas based inventor, attempts to solve one of the greatest mysteries in all art: How did Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer manage to paint so photo-realistically 150 years before the invention of photography? This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2022 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 451 votes
Ahead of the release of upcoming fantasy film ‘Black Adam’, sit down with Dwayne Johnson as he discusses his starring role as the eponymous superhero. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 7.4/10 · 102 votes
This Oscar-winning documentary recounts the harrowing stories of five Hungarian Jews who endured the horrors of the Holocaust and Hitler's reign. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 8.1/10 · 100 votes
Elite athletes and insiders reflect on the Paralympic Games and examine how they impact a global understanding of disability, diversity and excellence. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 6.4/10 · 106 votes
Granted unprecedented access, director Berlinger captures renowned life and business strategist Tony Robbins behind the scenes of his mega seminar Date with Destiny, pulling back the curtain on this life-altering and controversial event, the zealous participants and the man himself. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1978 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 111 votes
A documentary about a pet cemetery in California, and the people who have pets buried there. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2015 · TMDB 7.3/10 · 141 votes
Adopted from South Korea, raised on different continents & connected through social media, Samantha & Anaïs believe that they are twin sisters separated at birth. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 7.6/10 · 145 votes
Viewers will get a look at Parker and Stone's thought process as they approach a new episode and the 24/7 grind they subject themselves to each time the show is in production. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2014 · TMDB 6.6/10 · 240 votes
The Xbox Originals documentary that chronicles the fall of the Atari Corporation through the lens of one of the biggest mysteries of all time, dubbed “The Great Video Game Burial of 1983.” Rumor claims that millions of returned and unsold E.T. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2016 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 127 votes
Controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman is on a crusade to expose global nutritional giant Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history while Herbalife execs claim Ackman is a market manipulator out to bankrupt them and make a killing off his billion dollar short. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2023 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 127 votes
When Jack and Beata Kowalski are wrongfully accused of child abuse after their 10-year-old daughter Maya visits the ER, a nightmare unfolds. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.