Observational Documentary Movies

A showcase for breathtaking shark behaviour, covering a wide variety of species across the coastal waters of the US.

Director Dominique Leclerc spent years depending on medical devices for her survival. Then, looking for alternative solutions, she entered the world...

The world's most beloved and scorned cephalopod, whose remarkable string of 8 correct 'predictions' during the 2010 Soccer World Cup made him a...

THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie...

Filmed over 23 years, Rise of the Warrior Apes tells the epic story of an extraordinary troop of chimpanzees in Ngogo, Uganda – featuring four...

Tracing the process through which cattle and sheep become consumer goods, Frederick Wiseman's deep dive depicts the processing and transportation of...

The Allies dropped over 5 million bombs on Nazi Germany. One out of every ten didn't explode. The men of bomb disposal teams in Germany risk their...

Tobacco, climate change, pesticides,... Never has scientific knowledge seemed so vast, detailed and shared. And yet it appears to be increasingly...

Digital advertising algorithms curate content precisely for users. Major tech firms claim to restrict disinformation yet still profit from harmful...

Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting...

As an orphan, for Jana, motherhood has always been priceless. When years later, she is raising a kid, single and homeless, Jana becomes a surrogate...

A poetic exploration of three subterranean telescopes in remote regions of Canada, Japan, and Antarctica that reveal a new way of perceiving the...

In Japan, thousands of people disappear voluntarily every year. And there are companies ready to help those who want to disappear without a trace and...

The two-part documentary Pop & Passion tells of power and magic, but also of the pressure and excess that prevails in the pop business.

Facing a mid-life crisis, a journalist discovers the regular folk moonlighting as indie wrestlers, who help him transform his childhood dream into...

Documentary film recounting the story of Ten House, the fire station right next to the World Trade Center, and the experiences of its firefighters on...

Between 1907 and 1909, Robert Lohmeyer (1879-1959), a German pioneer of color photography, traveled through the German colonies in Africa and...

What does it take to raise an American family today? What kind of values should be instilled into children? Is the future too dangerous,...