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The majesty of the natural world and the incomprehensible vastness of space are almost infinitely rearrangeable variables for documentarians. We are lucky to have a long (and still-growing) library of ...

Who really was Hulk Hogan? It feels like everyone knows the man behind “Hulkamania.” A larger-than-life, muscular superhero that conquered evil in the ring, inspiring generations of people as he ...

Director Morgan Neville's wide-ranging documentary about Saturday Night Live's coolly enigmatic creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels, begins with an odd admission. Even with cameras in his ...

Some of the most essential documentaries infuriate you to the point of wanting to take action. The Alabama Solution is one of them, centering on systemic abuse within the Easterling Correctional ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Notorious thrill-seeker and extreme athlete Dean Potter had always walked a fine line between life ...

The streaming landscape can feel endless. It’s not and we’re here to help. Netflix has hundreds of documentaries in its streaming library, but they’re not all created equal, and we’ve narrowed down ...

The year is just getting started, but there are already several compelling documentaries in the pipeline for the months ahead. Landing on Netflix next month is a long-awaited, three-part docuseries ...

In 2019, documentary filmmaker Alan Zweig’s friend Jim took his own life. Love, Harold, added this week to the NFB app and YouTube channel, is a collection of snippets of conversations that Zweig has ...

After a few quiet months in 2026, Amazon Prime Video is finally giving sports fans the big-name documentaries that they deserve. NBA fans have already flocked to Jerry West: The Logo, a retrospective ...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard has been the subject of movies, TV shows and fascination for years. Since her release from prison in 2023, she has been documenting her new experiences on social media. Now, she ...

When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to find the cause for the unrest. Their findings offered an unvarnished ...