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Two cat families in East Africa teach survive on their power and their cunning, while they protect and teach their cubs the ways of the wild.

G Documentary

  • 4.3 / 5

86%

14%

A documentary made over the course of 15 years telling the story of Victor DeNoble's journey from research scientist to star informant against the tobacco industry.

PG Documentary

  • 4 / 5

68%

32%
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Turtle: The Incredible Journey is an award-winning film that follows the life and migration of a loggerhead turtle from hatching to maturity and a return to its original Florida nesting grounds. The loggerhead turtle, a threatened species, has one of the longest and most difficult migratory patterns of any marine animal: Sea turtles newly hatched on the East Coast of the United States (usually in Florida) make their way from the sand into the ocean, and then begin a voyage that can span the entire Atlantic Ocean, only to return decades later to that same beach.

G Family Documentary

  • 4.5 / 5

85%

15%

Funnyman Kevin Hart is back and starring in the theatrical version of his 2011 LAUGH AT MY PAIN comedy tour. Catch the original, never-before-seen Raw and Uncut backstage footage, and travel back to Philly with Kevin Hart where he began his journey to become one of the funniest and most successful comedians of all time.

Comedy Documentary

  • 3.5 / 5

93%

7%
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A documentary about the psychedelic 1960s cross-country bus tour taken by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters.

R Documentary

  • 4 / 5

28%

72%

The salacious adventures of a beauty queen with an IQ of 168, whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine crusade for love. Down a surreal rabbit hole of kidnapping, masochistic Mormons, risque photography, magic underwear, celestial sex, jail time and a cloning laboratory in South Korea, Joyce's fantastic exploits were constant headlines.

R Documentary 1 hr, 28 mins

  • 3.8 / 5

40%

60%
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Focuses on a group of students who discover what they believe is a government conspiracy to keep the existence of trolls in the north of Norway hidden from the general public.

PG-13 Thriller Horror 1 hr, 30 mins

  • 3.6 / 5

63%

37%

This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them--saving endangered species one life at a time.

G Documentary 3D

  • 4.1 / 5

88%

12%

From a snowy small town in Northern Michigan to the mountains of Afghanistan and back, the film follows the four-year journey of childhood friends and their town, forever changed by a faraway war. At its heart a story about growing up, the film is an intimate look at the young men who fight our wars, the families and town they come from, and the everyday struggles of their return.

NR Documentary 1 hr, 31 mins

  • 4 / 5

81%

19%
  • 4.5 / 5

0%

100%

Kevin Clash, the man behind Elmo of Sesame Street, as he chases and ultimately achieves his childhood dream of working with master puppeteer Jim Henson.

PG Documentary 1 hr, 20 mins

  • 4.2 / 5

82%

18%

A disparate crew of renegade filmmakers who emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history.

Documentary 1 hr, 34 mins

  • 4.1 / 5

100%

0%

Documentary on the legal battle to free Debbie Peagler, a woman imprisoned for over a quarter century due to her connection to the murder of the man who abused her. She finds her only hope for freedom when two rookie attorneys with no background in criminal law step forward to take her case.

Crime Documentary 1 hr, 35 mins

  • 4.3 / 5

36%

64%

A look at the Vent Haven Convention, which bills itself as the ventriloquism capital of the world.

PG Documentary

  • 4 / 5

14%

86%

A 3D IMAX movie about the prehistoric world inhabited by pterosaurs -- flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived alongside dinosaurs.

Documentary 3D

  • 4 / 5

75%

25%

An examination of a horrible crime through intimate conversations with those involved, including 28-year-old death row inmate Michael Perry, scheduled to die eight days after his interview.

PG-13 Documentary 1 hr, 47 mins

  • 3.7 / 5

67%

33%

A documentary on the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships.

PG Documentary

  • 3.7 / 5

100%

0%

Features Fran Lebowitz expressing insights on social issues in an onstage discussion with longtime friend Toni Morrison, and on the streets of New York.

Documentary 1 hr, 24 mins

  • 3.8 / 5

35%

65%

Senna's remarkable story, charting his physical and spiritual achievements on the track and off, his quest for perfection, and the mythical status he has since attained, is the subject of SENNA, a documentary feature that spans the racing legend's years as an F1 driver, from his opening season in 1984 to his untimely death a decade later. Far more than a film for F1 fans, Senna unfolds a remarkable story in a remarkable manner, eschewing many standard documentary techniques in favor of a more cinematic approach that makes full use of astounding footage, much of which is drawn from F1 archives and previously unseen.

PG-13 Biography Sports 1 hr, 46 mins

  • 4.4 / 5

62%

38%

The stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once employed.

Documentary

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