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...

After befriending documentarian Joshua Oppenheimer, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of...

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

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

The story of the American Founding, the greatest political achievement in history. The American colonists had developed a unique way of life as they...

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

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

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...

A documentary special that provides a rare view into the real Charles behind the headlines… told in his own words.

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

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those...

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

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

This is as slick a piece of campaign film as ever came out of Hollywood -- barring, of course, the anti-Upton Sinclair stuff turned out as newsreels...

The story of January 6, 2021, where approximately 2000 people stormed the US Capitol to stop the certification of the Electoral College Votes,...

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

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.