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Frontline

Frontline is the flagship documentary series of PBS, renowned for its uncompromising investigative journalism. It tackle...

High Quality Journalism Critical Political

9.8 Brilliant

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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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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

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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

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Summer of Soul

The Summer of Soul documentary explores the groundbreaking 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, a three-day music celebration...

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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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat is a 2024 documentary by Johan Grimonprez linking jazz diplomacy to Patrice Lumumba's 1961 a...

Music History Politics 2020S

8.5 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

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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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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

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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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The Rescue

The Rescue is a 2021 documentary by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin about the 2018 rescue of a Thai youth socce...

Rescue Thai 2020S Caving

8.3 Great

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All That Breathes

All That Breathes is a 2022 Indian documentary by Shaunak Sen about two Delhi brothers who rescue black kites amid pollu...

Nature India Conservation 2020S

8.3 Great

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Porcelain War

Porcelain War, a 2024 documentary by Brendan Bellomo and Slava Leontyev, examines the impact of the Russian occupation o...

Australia Movie 2020S

8.2 Great

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To Kill a Tiger

To Kill a Tiger is a 2022 Canadian documentary by Nisha Pahuja about an Indian father's fight for justice after his teen...

India Family Justice 2020S

8.2 Great

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Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus is a 2023 concert documentary recording Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto performing selected wo...

Music Japan Concert 2020S

8.2 Great

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Black Box Diaries

Black Box Diaries is a 2024 documentary by Japanese journalist Shiori Ito about her own sexual assault case, nominated f...

Personal Japan Justice 2020S

8.2 Great