swap_horiz Hearts and Minds Alternatives

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Harlan County, USA

Harlan County, USA documents the 1973 Brookside Strike involving 180 coal miners and their families protesting against t...

Movie 1970S United States

9.2 Excellent

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DW Documentary

DW Documentary is a production unit of Deutsche Welle, Germany’s international broadcaster. It creates factual documenta...

Analysis Global European Culture

9.1 Excellent

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The Civil War

The Civil War is Ken Burns's 1990 PBS documentary series on the American Civil War, noted for popularizing archival phot...

History Series 1990S America

9.1 Excellent

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13th

'13th' examines the history of racial inequality in America through the lens of mass incarceration. Ava DuVernays powerf...

Powerful Social Justice Thought Provoking America

9.0 Excellent

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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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The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War is Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's 2017 PBS series, notable for combining American, North Vietnamese, South...

Series War Vietnam Ken Burns

8.8 Great

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They Shall Not Grow Old

They Shall Not Grow Old is a 2018 documentary utilizing over century-old British Imperial War Museum footage of World Wa...

New Zealand Historical Movie War

8.6 Great

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Grey Gardens

Grey Gardens is a 1975 American documentary by Albert and David Maysles about Edith and Little Edie Beale, relatives of...

American 1970S Portrait Eccentric

8.6 Great

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Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap is Bing Liu's 2018 documentary about three skateboarders in Rockford, Illinois, linking youth, abuse, an...

Coming Of Age Skateboarding America 2010S

8.5 Great

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Connections

Connections is James Burke's 1978 BBC documentary series showing how scientific and technological developments link acro...

Technology History Science Bbc

8.5 Great

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Woodstock

Woodstock is a documentary film capturing the iconic 1969 music festival at Bethel, New York. The movie provides a compr...

Large Scale Historical Movie 1970S

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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PBS NewsHour

While primarily a news program, PBS NewsHour produces high-quality short-form documentary segments and deep dives into c...

News Educational Reliable Politics

8.3 Great

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Taxi to the Dark Side

Taxi to the Dark Side is a 2007 documentary examining the circumstances surrounding the December 2002 death of Afghan ta...

Crime Movie 2000S War

8.3 Great

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Primary

Primary is a 1960 U.S. documentary on the Kennedy-Humphrey Wisconsin primary, notable for pioneering direct cinema campa...

Campaign Politics 1960S Cinema Verite

8.3 Great

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The Century of the Self

The Century of the Self is Adam Curtis's 2002 BBC documentary series about psychoanalysis, public relations, consumer cu...

Politics Psychology Advertising Bbc

8.3 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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The War Room

The War Room is a 1993 U.S. documentary by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, notable for following Bill Clinton's 1992...

Campaign Politics 1990S America

7.7 Good

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Knock Down the House

Knock Down the House is a 2019 U.S. documentary following four insurgent Democratic primary campaigns, including Alexand...

Campaign Politics America Women

7.3 Good

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All In: The Fight for Democracy

All In: The Fight for Democracy is a 2020 U.S. documentary led by Stacey Abrams that examines voter suppression and voti...

Politics America Rights 2020S

6.9 Fair