swap_horiz 32 Sounds Alternatives

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Navalny

This gripping documentary meticulously investigates the poisoning and subsequent imprisonment of Russian opposition lead...

Movie Biographical Democracy United States

9.8 Brilliant

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Man with a Movie Camera

'Man with a Movie Camera' is a groundbreaking experimental documentary directed by Dziga Vertov in 1929. Utilizing innov...

Avant Garde Photography Experimental Urban

9.0 Excellent

3

No Other Land

No Other Land is a 2024 documentary filmed from 2019-2023 by four directors. The film documents the destruction of a Pal...

Drama Activist Historical Movie

8.9 Great

4

20 Days in Mariupol

20 Days in Mariupol documents the initial period of the Russian invasion of Ukraine through video recorded by director M...

Real Time First Person Journalistic Movie

8.8 Great

5

Summer of Soul

Summer of Soul is Questlove's 2021 documentary about the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, built from long-unseen concert f...

Music Archive Festival 2020S

8.7 Great

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

The documentary explores the life of photographer Nan Goldin, focusing on her activism during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the...

Movie Biographical United States 2020S

8.6 Great

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The Green Planet

The Green Planet is a 2022 BBC nature documentary series presented by David Attenborough, notable for time-lapse filming...

Nature Series Bbc 2020S

8.6 Great

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Ibelin

Ibelin is a 2024 Norwegian documentary by Benjamin Ree about gamer Mats Steen, notable for reconstructing his World of W...

Gaming Internet Netflix Disability

8.6 Great

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Welcome to Chechnya

Welcome to Chechnya is a 2020 David France documentary about activists helping LGBT Chechens flee persecution, notable f...

Russia Hbo Human Rights Lgbtq+

8.5 Great

10

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself is Thom Andersen's 2003 essay documentary about how Los Angeles has been depicted and disguised...

Film 2000S Los Angeles Essay

8.4 Great

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The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust is a 2022 PBS documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein about America's respo...

Series Holocaust America Ken Burns

8.4 Great

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The Gleaners and I

The Gleaners and I is Agnes Varda's 2000 French documentary essay about gleaning, waste, and marginal lives, notable for...

Food France 2000S Essay

8.4 Great

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Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros

Menus-Plaisirs - Les Troisgros is a 2023 Frederick Wiseman documentary on the Troisgros family restaurants, notable for...

Food France Restaurant 2020S

8.4 Great

14

Koyaanisqatsi

Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 documentary directed by Godfrey Reggio, utilizing stock footage, slow motion, and time-lapse pho...

Philosophical Experimental Movie Ambient

8.3 Great

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Four Daughters

Four Daughters is a 2023 documentary examining a Tunisian family impacted by two daughters’ departure to join Daesh in L...

Movie 2020S Tunisia

8.3 Great

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Flee

Flee is Jonas Poher Rasmussen's 2021 animated documentary about Afghan refugee Amin Nawabi, the first film Oscar-nominat...

Danish Animation Refugee Memoir

8.3 Great

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Nanook of the North

Nanook of the North, released in 1922, presents a fictionalized account of an Inuk family’s life in the Canadian Arctic,...

Drama France Survival Experimental

8.2 Great

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Pina

Pina is a documentary exploring the life and artistry of Pina Bausch, a pioneering German choreographer. The film offers...

Germany Performance Dance Choreography

8.2 Great

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Dahomey

Dahomey is a 2024 documentary directed by Mati Diop that examines the return of 26 royal treasures from the Kingdom of D...

Movie 2020S Senegal

8.2 Great

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Last Flight Home

Last Flight Home is a 2022 documentary by Ondi Timoner about her father Eli's final days, notable for its intimate view...

American Personal Family 2020S

8.2 Great