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¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!
¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! (2024) is Arthur Bradford's Paramount+ documentary following South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's $40 million renovation of the bankrupt Casa Bonita restaurant in Lakewood, Colorado.
Adam Sandler: Love You
Adam Sandler: Love You is Adam Sandler's 2024 Netflix stand-up special, his second after 100% Fresh, directed by Josh Safdie, taped at the Nocturne Theatre in Glendale, California, with 29 original songs and a closing comedy tribute.
American Movie
American Movie is a 1999 documentary by Chris Smith, produced by Sarah Price, following Mark Borchardt making the horror short Coven in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin; it won the 1999 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Documentary and was distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.
Are We Good?
Are We Good? is a 2025 Steven Feinartz documentary about comedian and WTF podcaster Marc Maron grieving the death of his partner, filmmaker Lynn Shelton; premiered SXSW 2025, 97 minutes, 97% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Arirang (아리랑) (2011 film)
Arirang (아리랑) is Kim Ki-duk's 2011 autobiographical documentary, a 100-minute one-man film made after a three-year hiatus, which won the 2011 Cannes Un Certain Regard Prize ex aequo and the Tokyo Filmex audience award.
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story
Bang My Box: The Robin Byrd Story is a 2026 HBO documentary by Jyllian Gunther and Stephanie Schwam about public access host Robin Byrd, her 1977-1998 show on Channel J, her Time Warner free-speech case, and her 600-tape archive.
Being Eddie
Being Eddie is a 2025 Netflix documentary about comedian Eddie Murphy, directed by Angus Wall. It premiered November 12, 2025, runs about 103 minutes, features interviews with Chappelle, Rock, Seinfeld and others, and scored 74% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Boorman and the Devil
Boorman and the Devil is David Kittredge's 2025 documentary about John Boorman's disastrous 1977 sequel Exorcist II: The Heretic; it premiered at Venice, was released by Yellow Veil Pictures in 2026, and holds 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Brats (2024 film)
Brats (2024) is a 92-minute documentary directed and written by Andrew McCarthy, premiering at Tribeca and streaming on Hulu from June 13, 2024, in which Brat Pack members including Estevez, Moore, Lowe, and Sheedy reflect on the label David Blum coined in 1985.
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg is a 2024 documentary directed by Alexis Bloom and Svetlana Zill about the model-actress and Rolling Stones muse, built on her unpublished memoir Black Magic voiced by Scarlett Johansson.
Chambre 666
Chambre 666 (Room 666) is Wim Wenders' 1982 documentary made in room 666 of Cannes' Hotel Martinez, where 16 directors including Godard, Herzog, Spielberg, and Antonioni answered whether cinema was an art about to die.
Cheech & Chong's Last Movie
Cheech & Chong's Last Movie (2024) is David Bushell's documentary debut about the stoner comedy duo, framed as a desert road trip; premiered at SXSW 2024, released theatrically April 25, 2025, streaming on Paramount+.
Child Star (film)
Child Star (2024) is a Hulu documentary, Demi Lovato's directorial debut co-directed with Nicola Marsh, interviewing former child stars like Drew Barrymore, Christina Ricci, and JoJo Siwa about childhood fame's harms and child-performer protections.
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived is a 2023 HBO/Sky documentary directed by Dan Hartley about Daniel Radcliffe's Harry Potter stunt double, paralyzed in a 2009 Deathly Hallows rehearsal accident; BAFTA-nominated, 93% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Faye (film)
Faye (2024) is Laurent Bouzereau's 91-minute HBO documentary, the first feature documentary on actress Faye Dunaway. Premiered at Cannes 2024, released July 13, 2024 on HBO/Max, covering her career, bipolar diagnosis, and difficult reputation.
Getting Lost (film)
Getting Lost (2024) is a Taylor Morden-directed, Indiegogo-funded 120-minute documentary about the TV series Lost, its cast, crew, and fandom, timed to the show's 20th anniversary and distinct from a 2026 animated film of the same name.
Grand Theft Hamlet
Grand Theft Hamlet (2024) is a British documentary by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane about staging Hamlet inside Grand Theft Auto Online during COVID lockdown, shot entirely in-game; SXSW Grand Jury winner.
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) is Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper's documentary on the chaotic Philippines shoot of Apocalypse Now, built from Eleanor Coppola's 60 hours of 16mm footage, covering Sheen's heart attack, typhoons, and the budget spiral.
I Am Chris Farley
I Am Chris Farley is a 2015 Canadian documentary directed by Brent Hodge and Derik Murray about comedian Chris Farley, featuring interviews with Sandler, Spade, Myers, and family, released via Spike TV and VOD.
In Search of Darkness
In Search of Darkness: crowdfunded horror documentary series by CreatorVC, written and directed by David A. Weiner. Began 2019 with a 4h24m '80s horror retrospective; expanded to an '80s trilogy, 1990-1994 and 1995-1999 editions, and a 1970s entry.
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) is a Netflix documentary by Chris Smith, produced by Spike Jonze, using 100 hours of buried footage of Jim Carrey staying in character as Andy Kaufman during Man on the Moon.
Jodorowsky's Dune
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013), Frank Pavich's documentary about Alejandro Jodorowsky's failed 1974 film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune, premiered at Cannes, scored 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, and chronicles the 3,000-storyboard project that collapsed $5 million short of its $15 million budget.
John Candy: I Like Me
John Candy: I Like Me is a 2025 Prime Video documentary directed by Colin Hanks and produced by Ryan Reynolds about comedian John Candy, premiering at TIFF 2025 and titled after his Planes, Trains and Automobiles line.
Kim Novak's Vertigo
Kim Novak's Vertigo is a 2025 documentary by Alexandre O. Philippe about actress Kim Novak, her Vertigo role, and leaving Hollywood; premiered out of competition at Venice 2025.
Life After the Navigator
Life After the Navigator is a 2020 documentary directed by Lisa Downs about Joey Cramer, child star of Flight of the Navigator, tracing his fall into addiction and recovery.
Love, Antosha
Love, Antosha is a 2019 documentary by Garret Price about actor Anton Yelchin, who died at 27 in a 2016 Jeep accident; it reveals his cystic fibrosis and uses his journals, narrated by Nicolas Cage.
Megadoc
Megadoc (2025) is Mike Figgis's fly-on-the-wall documentary about Francis Ford Coppola making his $120 million self-financed epic Megalopolis, from Atlanta production through its Cannes premiere; screened at Venice 2025 and released by Utopia.
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! is a two-part, four-hour HBO documentary directed by Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio profiling Mel Brooks, the EGOT and PEGOT comedy legend, premiering January 22, 2026 before his 100th birthday.
Misery Loves Comedy (film)
Misery Loves Comedy is a 2015 American documentary, Kevin Pollak's directorial debut, in which comedians like Tom Hanks and Amy Schumer discuss whether misery is required for comedy.
Mockbuster (film)
Mockbuster (2025) is Anthony Frith's feature documentary about directing The Land That Time Forgot for The Asylum, the Sharknado mockbuster studio, in six days in Adelaide; it won the Adelaide Film Festival Audience Award and released in 2026.