HBO Max's greatest documentaries prove the streaming service is becoming the go-to home for movie fanatics.

While we’re always down for a good narrative film, sometimes the most compelling stories are the ones pointing the camera at our own world. From personal profiles to investigations, from stories of ...

As Timothee Chalamet likely wheezes at some point in “A Complete Unknown,” the times they are a-changin’. While decidedly not a documentary (even the songs are recorded anew), the Bob Dylan biopic and ...

Netflix has some of the best documentaries around, but sometimes it can be daunting to decide which documentary to watch. That’s where we come in. Below, we’ve put together a curated list of some of ...

Documentaries are among the most compelling — and important — forms of filmmaking, and among the most crucial. It follows many of the same techniques as narrative work, but every bit of it is true. Of ...

As industry consolidation continues, documentary films face a challenging path to supportive investors, wide distribution, and sustainable success. But the best documentaries of 2025 go a long way ...

Come See Me in the Good Light, Cutting Through Rocks, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, Oscars, The Alabama Solution, The Perfect Neighbor Best documentary has become the toughest Oscar category to predict in ...

Reality doesn’t bite. Well, okay, at times it does. A number of our choices for the best documentaries of the year capture turbulent realities, ominous politics, and, on occasion, stark tragedy.