Political Documentary Movies

He's devoted his career to uncovering stories the powerful want buried. From My Lai to Abu Ghraib, dig into the life's work of journalist Seymour...

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in...

A Southern Indiana man endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.

They Break the Tree of Peace explores the reality of life under military occupation in Masafer Yatta, documenting the violence, intimidation, and...

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in...

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various...

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global...

The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line...

Examines the implications of Christian Nationalism, how it distorts not only our constitutional republic, but Christianity itself, and asks the...

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

A variety of experts, authors, and reporters discuss the murder of JFK. If one were to select the ten most significant events in American history,...

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump — one the President of the United States, the other the President of Russia. Two men at the pinnacle of global...

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

The whole world envies it; it is the symbol of a united France, a source of national pride, almost an idol! The french Social Security system is...

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

The assassination of Charlie Kirk exposes decades of polarisation, revealing how media, power and fear fractured America.

The documentary is an immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of American citizens from across...

An intimate portrait of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov — once Deputy Prime Minister and “an heir of President Yeltsin”,...

Much-censored documentary encompassing thirty years of Italian politics under the governance of the Christian Democracy (DC), entirely composed of...