swap_horiz Flee 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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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

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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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 Missing Picture

The Missing Picture chronicles the Khmer Rouge regime and its devastating impact through a combination of archival news...

Animation Historical Movie War Drama

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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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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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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Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir is Ari Folman's 2008 Israeli animated documentary about memory and the Lebanon War, noted for its Acad...

Israel Animation Memory 2000S

8.2 Great

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Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour is a 2023 concert film capturing performances from the Los Angeles leg of Swift’s sixth head...

Movie Concert United States 2020S

8.1 Great

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Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Mr. Nobody Against Putin is a 2025 documentary directed by David Borenstein and Pavel Talankin. The film observes Talank...

Russia Germany Activism Journalistic

8.0 Great

15

Dick Johnson Is Dead

Dick Johnson Is Dead is Kirsten Johnson's 2020 documentary staging imagined deaths for her father while confronting deme...

Netflix Family Portrait 2020S

7.9 Good

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Fire at Sea

Fire at Sea documents life on the Italian island of Lampedusa during the 2015 European migrant crisis. The film observes...

Contemporary Drama France Movie

7.8 Good

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The Alpinist

The Alpinist is a 2021 documentary about Canadian climber Marc-Andre Leclerc, notable for capturing his solo alpine asce...

Adventure Portrait Climbing 2020S

7.8 Good

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Putin's Palace

Putin’s Palace is a 2021 documentary examining the construction of a residence near Gelendzhik, Russia. The film alleges...

Russia Luxury Real Estate Movie

7.6 Good

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Can't Get You Out of My Head

Can't Get You Out of My Head is Adam Curtis's 2021 BBC documentary series linking modern politics, individualism, empire...

History Politics Bbc 2020S

7.6 Good

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Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty is Don Hahn's 2009 documentary about Disney Animation's 1984 to 1994 revival, using archival foot...

History Animation Disney Film

7.5 Good