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Documentaries

Each title here is a documentary, by our description of it. Well-known titles only, best known and best rated first.

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Movie2013

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A sober, quietly enraging plunge into captivity's costs, mixing archival footage and testimony into a slow-building sense of dread and grief. It leaves you unsettled and sad rather than thrilled.

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  • documentary
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
83 min
BlackfishHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2015

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A haunting, intimate portrait that immerses you in a brilliant talent's rise and tragic unraveling, leaving a deep ache.

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  • documentary
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
128 min
AmyHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2016

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A sober, urgent history lesson that connects the dots across decades, building quiet outrage before landing with raw, devastating footage.

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  • documentary
Pacing
measured
Attention
demanding
Runtime
101 min
13thHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2017

You watch a man dissolve into another and wonder where the person went, unsettled and strangely moving.

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  • documentary
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
94 min
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony CliftonHidden from your suggestions.
Movie2007

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A rousing, funny, and infuriating tour of healthcare systems that mixes personal stories with sharp satire to provoke outrage and hope.

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  • documentary
Pacing
measured
Attention
engaged
Runtime
123 min
SickoHidden from your suggestions.
Movie1992

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A hypnotic, wordless visual meditation that immerses you in the planet's beauty and spiritual depth, demanding patience but rewarding with awe.

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Pacing
slow-burn
Attention
demanding
Runtime
97 min
BarakaHidden from your suggestions.

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