Documentaries
Watch documentaries online, chosen for the way they look at the world rather than for the headlines they follow. This collection brings together art documentaries, independent documentary films and classic documentaries: portraits of artists and outsiders, investigations into history and society, observational cinema that lets reality unfold without commentary, and essay films where the filmmaker’s own voice shapes what we see. Some are patient and contemplative, others urgent and politically charged, but all of them treat documentary as a form of authorship and not just as information. You will find work from every continent and from every era, from early non-fiction pioneers to contemporary filmmakers working far from the mainstream. If you want to go further, explore our foreign films, short films and arthouse collections, where many of these directors also appear.
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MovieHome
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Documentary, by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, France, 2009.
Spectacular documentary on environment and climate change with the narration voice of Glenn Close, produced by Luc Besson, Home shows us the exploitation of natural resources, lifestyles and destructive habits of man and the repercussions on the... -
Memories, on the road to Auschwitz
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Documentary, by Danilo Monte, Italy, 2015.
Intimate and powerful documentary on the journey made by the director together with his brother in search of a memory. Roberto spent the last years of his life in prison, drugs, community and history books and dialogue in the family was often lacking. Da... -
Hampi - Valley of the Kings
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Documentary, by Ramsay S. James, Tom Sands, UK/India, 2012.
The small village of Hampi was once the capital of an empire stretching across the whole of Southern India. But with the ancient city's fortifications in ruins, Hampi has little defence against the invading forces of development. In the ... -
MovieThe Last Resort
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Documentary, by Ramsay S. James, Tom Sands, United Kingdom, 2014.
When Andrew Miners first arrived on the Indonesian island village Babitim, he was struck by two things: the tropical paradise surrounding him and the corpses of the mutilated sharks strewn around the beach. Andrew decided to build ... -
MovieUbuntu
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Documentary, by Tom Sands, United Kingdom, 2011.
Four years ago, Marieke de Lange co-founded a travelling theatre to empower underprivileged children by staging theatrical performances in their communities that address issues pertinent to the problems they face. Now Marieke travels to Ghana to se...
