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October 8 (film)
October 8 (originally October H8te) is a 2025 American documentary directed by Wendy Sachs, executive produced by Debra Messing, about the surge of antisemitism in the US after Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack; released by Briarcliff Entertainment March 14, 2025.
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Once Upon a Time in Harlem is a 2026 documentary by William and David Greaves built from 16mm footage of a 1972 cocktail party of Harlem Renaissance figures at Duke Ellington's townhouse, completed 54 years later and winner of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize.
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust" (Ganz normale Männer) is a German ZDF documentary by Manfred Oldenburg on Reserve Police Battalion 101, based on Christopher Browning's book, released on Netflix in 2023 with Brian Cox narrating.
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk is a 2025 documentary by Sepideh Farsi built on a year of video calls with Gaza photojournalist Fatma Hassona, killed in an Israeli airstrike on April 16, 2025, a day after the film's Cannes ACID selection was announced.
Russians at War
Russians at War (2024) is Anastasia Trofimova's documentary, also called a Canada-France co-production, following seven months embedded without authorization with a Russian battalion in Ukraine; it premiered at Venice 2024 and sparked propaganda-versus-anti-war-film controversy at TIFF and other festivals.
Sarajevo Safari (film)
Sarajevo Safari is a 2022 Slovenian-Bosnian 75-minute documentary by Miran Zupanič alleging wealthy foreigners paid to snipe civilians in besieged Sarajevo; it prompted investigations in Milan and Austria but evidence remains unproven.
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (Bande-son pour un coup d'Etat) is Johan Grimonprez's 2024 archival documentary, 150 minutes, on the 1960 Congo Crisis, Patrice Lumumba's 1961 assassination, and jazz used as CIA-backed diplomacy; Sundance Special Jury Award winner and 2025 Oscar nominee.
Sugarcane (film)
Sugarcane (2024) is a documentary by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie on the Williams Lake First Nation investigation into St. Joseph's Mission residential school; Sundance Directing Award winner and Oscar-nominated.
Teenage Wasteland (2025 film)
Teenage Wasteland, aka Middletown, is a 2025 documentary by Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss about Middletown, NY high schoolers who exposed toxic waste dumping and corruption in the 1990s; Sundance premiere, Netflix release.
The Age of Disclosure
The Age of Disclosure is a 2025 Dan Farah documentary in which 34 senior U.S. officials allege an 80-year cover-up of non-human intelligent life; it premiered at SXSW and streamed on Prime Video from November 21, 2025.
The Alabama Solution
The Alabama Solution is a 2025 HBO documentary by Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman exposing violence and cover-ups in Alabama prisons through contraband cellphone footage; Sundance premiere, Peabody winner, 2026 Oscar nominee.
The Devil Next Door
The Devil Next Door is a 2019 five-part Netflix documentary by Yossi Bloch and Daniel Sivan about John Demjanjuk, the Cleveland autoworker tried as the Nazi guard Ivan the Terrible, covering his Israeli death sentence, 1993 acquittal, and German Sobibor conviction.
The Great Hack
The Great Hack is a 2019 Netflix documentary by Karim Amer and Jehane Noujaim, premiered at Sundance, about the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data scandal, following Brittany Kaiser, David Carroll, and Carole Cadwalladr; Emmy and BAFTA nominated.
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is Alex Gibney's 2019 HBO documentary on Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos fraud, featuring Carreyrou, Shultz, and Cheung, without a Holmes interview.
The Problem with Apu
The Problem with Apu is Hari Kondabolu's 2017 truTV documentary, directed by Michael Melamedoff, critiquing the Simpsons character Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as a harmful stereotype and examining South Asian American media representation, leading to Hank Azaria stepping down and Apu's 2026 recast return.
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (里斯本丸沉没)
The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru (里斯本丸沉没) is Fang Li's 2024 Chinese documentary about the 1942 torpedoing of a Japanese ship carrying 1,816 British POWs, the deaths of 828, and the rescue of 384 by Zhoushan fishermen.
The Six Billion Dollar Man
The Six Billion Dollar Man is Eugene Jarecki's 2025 documentary about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, named for the price Ecuador allegedly charged the Trump administration for his extradition; also the title of an unmade Mark Wahlberg feature remake of The Six Million Dollar Man.
The Social Dilemma
The Social Dilemma is a 2020 Netflix documentary-drama directed by Jeff Orlowski-Yang, also called a docudrama on the attention economy, in which former Google, Facebook, and Twitter employees describe how algorithms manipulate users; it drew 38 million viewers in four weeks and won two Primetime Emmy Awards.
They Shall Not Grow Old
They Shall Not Grow Old is Peter Jackson's 2018 WWI documentary restoring, colorizing and retiming Imperial War Museum footage to 24 fps with 3D, veteran audio from 120 soldiers, lip-read dialogue, and a four-year Park Road Post restoration.
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster
Titan: The OceanGate Disaster is Mark Monroe's 2025 Netflix documentary about the 2023 Titan submersible implosion, Stockton Rush, and OceanGate's carbon fiber hull failures, premiered at Tribeca June 6, 2025.
Union (film)
Union (2024) is an American documentary by Stephen Maing and Brett Story about Chris Smalls and the Amazon Labor Union's campaign to unionize the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island; Sundance Special Jury Award winner and Oscar shortlist.
Union Town (film)
Union Town (2026) is Barbara Kopple's documentary completing her labor trilogy after Harlan County U.S.A. and American Dream, following New York UPS Teamsters, Amazon workers, and migrant deliveristas organizing, including the six-day 2024 Christmas Amazon strike; premiered at Venice 2026.
Videoheaven
Videoheaven is a 2025 essay film directed by Alex Ross Perry and narrated by Maya Hawke, built entirely from clips of video stores in movies and TV.