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Sicko
Sicko is a 2007 American documentary film written, directed, and narrated by Michael Moore, examining harms from private health insurance and contrasting US care with Canada, Britain, France, and Cuba.
Soleil Ô
Soleil Ô (Oh, Sun), Med Hondo's 1970 Mauritanian-French debut feature, follows an African immigrant facing racism in Paris; Golden Leopard at Locarno 1970, later banned in several countries, restored by the African Film Heritage Project.
Taxi to the Dark Side
Taxi to the Dark Side is Alex Gibney's 2007 Oscar-winning documentary about the torture-killing of Afghan taxi driver Dilawar at Bagram Air Base and US interrogation policy at Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo Bay.
The Bridge (2006 documentary film)
The Bridge (2006) is Eric Steel's documentary filming the Golden Gate Bridge every daylight day of 2004, capturing 23 of 24 suicides, with family interviews, ethical controversy, and the barrier campaign it spurred.
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍)
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (ゆきゆきて、神軍, Yuki Yukite Shingun) is Kazuo Hara's 1987 Japanese documentary following veteran Kenzo Okuzaki's violent investigation into post-surrender executions and cannibalism in his New Guinea unit; Caligari Film Prize winner.
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Падение династии Романовых)
The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Падение династии Романовых) is Esfir Shub's 1927 Soviet silent documentary, compiled entirely from pre-revolutionary newsreels and Nicholas II's palace archive, founding documentary-historical cinema.
The Fog of War
The Fog of War (2003) is Errol Morris's Oscar-winning documentary interview with former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, covering the Tokyo firebombing, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and Vietnam, organized as eleven lessons.
The Interrupters (2011 film)
The Interrupters (2011) is a Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz documentary, 125 minutes, following CeaseFire violence interrupters Ameena Matthews, Cobe Williams, and Eddie Bocanegra in Chicago; Sundance premiere, Independent Spirit and Emmy winner.
The Look of Silence
The Look of Silence (Senyap) is Joshua Oppenheimer's 2014 Oscar-nominated companion documentary to The Act of Killing, following optometrist Adi Rukun confronting the men who killed his brother Ramli in Indonesia's 1965-66 massacres.
The Man Who Saved the World
The Man Who Saved the World is a 2014 Danish docudrama by Peter Anthony about Stanislav Petrov, the Soviet officer who judged the 26 September 1983 Oko early-warning alert of five US missiles a false alarm; distinct from PBS and 2025 works of similar titles.
The Queen of Versailles
The Queen of Versailles is Lauren Greenfield's 2012 documentary about Jackie and David Siegel, whose planned $100 million, 90,000-square-foot Orlando mansion stalled when the 2008 financial crisis hit their Westgate Resorts timeshare empire.
The Road to Guantanamo
The Road to Guantánamo (2006) is a British docudrama by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the Tipton Three, British Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay for two years without charge; it won the Berlin Silver Bear for Best Director.
The Sorrow and the Pity
The Sorrow and the Pity (Le Chagrin et la Pitié), Marcel Ophüls's 1969 two-part documentary on Clermont-Ferrand under Nazi occupation, shown on French TV only in 1981, Oscar-nominated, and pivotal in breaking the Gaullist resistance myth.
The Square (الميدان) (2013 film)
The Square (الميدان, Al Midan) is Jehane Noujaim's 2013 documentary on Egypt's Tahrir Square revolution through Morsi's ouster; Oscar-nominated, Sundance and Toronto audience award winner, three Emmys, Netflix release.
The Thin Blue Line (1988 film)
The Thin Blue Line (1988) is Errol Morris's documentary investigating Randall Dale Adams's wrongful conviction for the 1976 murder of Dallas officer Robert Wood; its release led to Adams's 1989 exoneration.
The True Cost
The True Cost is a 2015 documentary by Andrew Morgan on fast fashion's human and environmental toll, triggered by the 2013 Rana Plaza collapse; distinct from true-cost accounting calculators and the True Price nonprofit.
The War Game
The War Game: 1965 BBC docudrama by Peter Watkins depicting a nuclear attack on Kent. Withdrawn as 'too horrifying', released in cinemas 1966, won the 1967 documentary Oscar, first televised 31 July 1985.
The War Room
The War Room (1993) is a 96-minute cinéma-vérité documentary by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker about Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, focusing on James Carville and George Stephanopoulos; Oscar-nominated, released by October Films.
Titicut Follies
Titicut Follies, Frederick Wiseman's 1967 debut documentary, records conditions at Bridgewater State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Massachusetts; banned by state courts from 1967 until 1991, it became the landmark documentary-ethics case.
Unity (film)
Unity (2015) is a documentary by Shaun Monson, sequel to Earthlings, in five chapters (Cosmic, Mind, Body, Heart, Soul) narrated by 100 celebrities, released August 12, 2015 in over 1,000 theaters, advocating compassion for all beings.
Vaxxed
Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, also called Vaxxed, is a 2016 anti-vaccine documentary directed by Andrew Wakefield and produced by Del Bigtree, alleging a CDC cover-up of MMR vaccine-autism data; pulled from Tribeca, it premiered April 1, 2016 in New York.
Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר)
Waltz with Bashir (ואלס עם באשיר) is Ari Folman's 2008 Israeli animated documentary about recovering suppressed memories of the 1982 Lebanon War and the Sabra and Shatila massacre; Golden Globe winner, Oscar-nominated, restored in 4K in 2026.
West of the Tracks
West of the Tracks (铁西区, Tiexi qu) is Wang Bing's nine-hour, three-part DV documentary (1999–2001 filming, released 2002–2003) on the collapse of Shenyang's Tiexi state-owned industrial district and its laid-off workers.
Where to Invade Next
Where to Invade Next is Michael Moore's 2015 documentary comedy in which he "invades" Italy, France, Finland, Norway, Iceland and other countries to take their social policies back to America; premiered at TIFF 2015, grossed $3.8 million.