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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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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

This six-part HBO documentary series chronicles the bizarre life and suspected crimes of Robert Durst, a real estate hei...

New York Crime True Crime Real Estate

9.5 Brilliant

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Making a Murderer

This Netflix docuseries follows the case of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man convicted of murder after previously being exo...

Complex Long Form Netflix Crime

9.2 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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The Up Series

The Up Series is a British longitudinal documentary project following people from childhood into adulthood, beginning wi...

Life Classic Series Britain

9.1 Excellent

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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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Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

This Netflix docuseries is a uniquely disturbing and captivating exploration of how an online community tracked down a m...

Internet Netflix True Crime True Crime Documentary

8.8 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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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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Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 crime drama depicting the intertwined lives of Jewish gangsters in New York City....

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8.7 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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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 Staircase

The Staircase is Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's documentary series on Michael Peterson's trial, notable for its long-form vie...

Trial Crime Series 2000S

8.2 Great

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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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Abstract: The Art of Design

Abstract: The Art of Design is a Netflix documentary series begun in 2017, profiling leading designers across fields suc...

Creative Design Netflix Series

7.7 Good

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Dirty Money

Dirty Money is a Netflix documentary series launched in 2018, with episodes investigating corporate fraud, corruption, a...

Business Netflix Crime Series

7.6 Good

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Jane Goodall: The Hope

Jane Goodall: The Hope is a 2020 documentary following Jane Goodall's later conservation work and global youth advocacy.

Nature Conservation Biography 2020S

7.2 Good

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Miss Americana

The documentary Miss Americana offers an intimate look at Taylor Swift’s evolution as a musician and public figure betwe...

Netflix Intimate Movie Female Artist

7.1 Good

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Seaspiracy

Seaspiracy is a 2021 documentary by Ali Tabrizi that criticizes industrial fishing, ocean plastics, and the seafood indu...

Netflix Fishing Environment Ocean

5.9 Mediocre