Browse movies by genre: Documentary

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400 Years of the Telescope





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America the Beautiful

Does America have an unhealthy obsession with beauty?

In a society where "celebutantes" like Paris Hilton dominate newsstands and models who weigh less than 90 pounds die from malnutrition...

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American Swing (2009)

The rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat

Chronicles the rise and fall of 1970s New York City nightclub Plato's Retreat.

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Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (1998)

A Life More Compelling Than Fiction

Ayn Rand was born in 1905 in St. Petersberg, Russia. She escaped to America in 1926 amidst the rise of Soviet Communism...

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Bastardy

Addict. Homosexual. Cat burglar. Actor. Aboriginal. Jack Charles.



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The Betrayal - Nerakhoon (2008)



The epic story of a family forced to emigrate from Laos after the chaos of the secret air war waged by the U.S...

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Big Pun: The Legacy (2009)



His rhymes caught the attention of millions. His flow is un-matched by any. His story is captivating and triumphant...

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Big River Man

The film documenting Martin Strel's historic swim down the Amazon

Follows Martin Strel as he attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River in what is being billed as the world's longest swim.

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Bigger Stronger Faster*

The side effects of being American.

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world...

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Blue Gold: World Water Wars (2010)

It's not the money. It's the power.

Wars of the future will be fought over water as they are over oil today, as the source of human survival...

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Blue Planet



On several Shuttle missions, Earth has been portrayed from places that nobody else could reach. We also...

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Bombs, Bullets and Fraud (2010)



If your spouse wanted a job with the US Post Office, you may not find cause for alarm, right? But if...

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Brothers at War



BROTHERS AT WAR is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience...

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Bustin' Down the Door (2009)

In 1975 a group of young surfers revolutionized their sport. This is their untold story.

This documentary tells the story of a group of Australian and South African surfers who revolutionized their sport in Hawaii during the winter of 1975.

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Captain Mike Across America

They slept till noon... but still had time to vote

Footage from Michael Moore's 60-city tour of college campuses and other venues showcases what the filmmaker calls "the birth of a new political generation." |

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The Compass (2009)

From Where You Are . . . To Where You Want To Be

Biology governs 20 percent of our lives; the remaining 80 percent is up to us. With this in mind, wellness...

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Confessions of an Innocent Man



The shocking, heart-wrenching story of British-Canadian engineer William Sampson who lived a privileged life in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia until he was kidnapped, locked up and tortured by Saudi thugs for almost three years. |

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The Cove (2009)

Shallow Water. Deep Secret.

Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. |

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Cry for Help (2009)





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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father



A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.

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Earth 2100 (2009)

To change the future, first you must imagine it.



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Encounters at the End of the World (2008)



Filmmaker Werner Herzog travels to Antarctica to capture its landscape's rarely seen beauty on film.

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The End of America (2008)



The End of America details the ten steps a country takes when it slides toward fascism. It's not a "lefty"tot tome...

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Escape to Canada

A fight for freedom in the 21st Century

A look into Canada's incredible strides with progressive politics, while at the same time the U.S. has...

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Every Little Step (2008)

The journey of 'A Chorus Line'.

Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations. |

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Facing Ali



Ten of

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Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

The temperature where freedom burns!

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11; and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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FEMA City



In 2004, a trailer park was set-up in a field in Charlotte County, Florida after Hurricane Charley destroyed buildings and homes...

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Food, Inc. (2009)

You'll never look at dinner the same way again

An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.

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The Forgotten Woman



Inspired by the 2006 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language film, "Water," this documentary...

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Haschisch (2003)

Do you know chocolate? This is chocolate!



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His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2009)

12 films. 3 decades. Bad luck was never so bloody.



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If I Die Tonight (2009)

No Justice! No Peace!

"No Justice!" "No Peace!" This rising chant from the streets escalated in answer to the seemingly endless...

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Illuminating Angels & Demons (2005)



Join Simon Cox, author of the international best-selling "Illuminating Angels & Demons," as he and eleven...

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In Search of Beethoven (2009)

'The one film you need to see on Beethoven'

The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven. With over 60 live performances.

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I.O.U.S.A. (2008)

One Nation. Under Stress. In Debt.

Few are aware that America may be on the brink of a financial meltdown. I.O.U.S.A. explores the country's shocking current fiscal condition and ways to avoid a national economic disaster.

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Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)



A 3-D concert film of the 2008 Jonas Brothers "Burning Up" concert tour, as well as documentary footage on the lives of the three brothers. |

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Killer at Large



An overview of the politics, social effects and problems associated with the rising epidemic of American obesity. |

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La marche de l'empereur (2005)

In the harshest place on Earth, love finds a way

A look at the annual journey of Emperor penguins as they march -- single file -- to their traditional breeding ground.

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Le dernier trappeur (2004)





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Let's Make Money (2008)

Let your money work !

Most of us don't know where their money is. However, one thing is for certain, it's is not in the bank to which we entrusted it. The bank and our money is already a part of the cycle of the global money market. |

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Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009)

Does History Repeat Itself?



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Man on Wire (2008)

1974. 1350 feet up. The artistic crime of the century.

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century."

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The Meerkats (2008)





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Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (1996)

It's Jurassic Park in your own back yard.

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography...

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Morning Light (2009)

A 2500 mile journey that will change the course of their lives forever.

Fifteen young sailors... six months of intense training... one chance at the brass ring. This documentary...

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Nostradamus: 2012 (2009)





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Objectified (2009)



A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. |

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Ocean's Deadliest (2007)



Host Steve Irwin, "The Crocodile Hunter," in his last documentary, teams up with oceanographer Phillippe Cousteau to explore the deadliest sea creatures living in the waters between Australia's Gold Coast and the Great Barrier Reef. |

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Of Time and the City (2008)



A filmmaker looks at the history and transformation of his birthplace, Liverpool, England. |

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Pregnant in America (2010)

A Nation's Miscarriage

Pregnant In America is the true story of Steve and Mandy Buonaugurio, a young, adventurous, expectant couple...

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Processed People

The antidote to America's toxic lifestyle.

When they're not busy picking our pockets, or telling us we have to give up liberties to have freedom...

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Quest for Dragons (2007)



Dragon images and stories abound in ancient literature, archeology, mythology, and science. From as far back as 4000BC Sumeria to today, dragons have pervaded human cultures worldwide. But are they real? |

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Religulous (2008)

Do you smell something burning?

Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.

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Run for Your Life (2008)



Without one eccentric first-generation Jewish immigrant from Transylvania, the New York City Marathon simply wouldn't exist...

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Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure (2007)

82 million years in the making

Brings to life some of the most bizarre, ferocious and fascinating creatures to ever inhabit the ocean...

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Second Skin (2009)



An intimate, fascinating look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging, hugely popular genre of computer games.

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Secrecy (2008)



Amidst the American hunger for instantaneous news and up-to-date "facts," this unflinching film uncovers the vast, invisible world of government secrecy. |

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The Secret (2007)

The Secret has traveled through centuries ...to reach you.

Interviews with leading authors, philosophers, scientists, with an in-depth discussion of the Law of Attraction. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.

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The September Issue (2009)

Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.

A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.

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Sicko (2007)

This might hurt a little.

A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories.

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Sleep Furiously (2009)



A poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire.

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Solo



Andrew McAuley attempted what many believed was impossible - a solo kayak expedition across the world's most treacherous ocean.

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The Soviet Story (2008)

An Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews.

The Soviet Story offers an alternative history of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.

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Space Station 3D (2002)

A Select Few Have Been Aboard... Now It's Your Turn!



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Super High Me (2008)



Determined to find out the true effects of marijuana on the human body, stand-up comedian and former...

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This Is It (2009)

Like You've Never Seen Him Before

A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London. |

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Trouble the Water (2008)



An aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, armed with a video camera, show what survival is all about when they are trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters, and seize a chance for a new beginning. |

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Tyson (2009)

The man. The legend. The truth.

A mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs sheds light on the life experiences of Mike Tyson. |

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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High (2007)



BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union'...

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The Voyage That Shook the World

If Darwin had known what we now know...

In 1831 a young amateur scientist, Charles Darwin, boarded HMS Beagle on an epic five-year voyage of discovery...

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The Way We Get By (2010)

Sometimes all it takes is a handshake to change a life.

On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S...

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Witch Hunt

Some convictions are criminal

The story of several families who have their lives destroyed when their hometown is whipped into a frenzy by allegations of child molestation.

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"Strange Days on Planet Earth" (2005)

In this confusing era, only one thing is certain: These are Strange Days on Planet Earth

Around the globe, scientists are racing to solve a series of mysteries. Unsettling transformations are sweeping across the planet...

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