Documentary Movies 2025 List

With Errol Morris

Untangles a web of conspiracy involving the CIA, LSD, Jack Ruby, the Manson Family, and Vincent Bugliosi, casting doubt on the official story of the 1960s’ most infamous killing spree.

With Bob Maddux

A look into the lives of three individuals who face an extraordinary life-altering event. Bri, once a promising student, finds her academic dreams derailed by an illness that’s deteriorating her body. For seven years, she's caught in a cycle of failed medical treatments and excruciating pain, pushing her toward assisted suicide. Steve’s life spirals out of control after a workplace accident that leaves him dependent on opioids. Jobless and desperate, he attempts to end it all with an overdose. Mary, a mother of five, faces debilitating pain from a spinal injury that leaves her unable to care for her children—until a vivid dream sparks an unexpected turning point. Unbeknownst to them, their paths are about to intersect when a traveling preacher, Mario Murillo, and his old-school tent revival happens to come to town. This chance encounter offers a glimmer of hope in their darkest hour.

With Mor Loushy • Daniel Sivan

This three part docuseries from directors Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan gives an in-depth look at how the world mobilized to hunt down Osama Bin Laden after his orchestrations of the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the United States. Featuring interviews with key people within the US government who helped in the global chase, this series focuses on the decade-long mission to capture one of the world’s most notorious terrorists.

With Debra Messing • Wendy Sachs

Documents a surge in antisemitism and anti-Israel demonstrations followed the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

With Olivia Serafini-Saul

Endless Calls For Fame takes place on the gritty streets of 1990s New York City during a time when punk and indie rock was moving from the underground into the mainstream after the cultural tsunami of Nirvana. Using her rediscovered personal archival footage, the director shares this first-hand story of a moment in the city’s musical zeitgeist through the lens of one promising band's experience, The New Rising Sons. Caught up in a major label signing spree intended to capitalize on this emerging underground sound, the band signed a million-dollar record deal and was poised for rock stardom. Endless Calls For Fame chronicles a vibrant musical era through the director and the bands’ lived experience, as the story follows the band’s brush with stardom, their dissolution, and their journey to redemption 20 years after they were formed.

With Ben Braun • Chiaki Yanagimoto

The shocking story of Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult that unleashed a deadly nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway system in 1995. Founded by disillusioned yoga teacher Shoko Asahara, Aum transformed into a terrorist organization while Japan’s police and media turned a blind eye. Featuring rare archival footage and an interview with one of Asahara’s former high-ranking disciples. A Sundance premiere.

With Jesse Eisenberg • Jeremy Workman

The unbelievable true story behind the urban legend about a group of friends who created a secret apartment in the busy Providence Place Mall in the early 2000s.

With Shim Hyeong-Jun

Fu Bao was the first giant panda born in Korea, but she was always meant to return to China someday. My Dearest Fu Bao tells the heartwarming story of her and her handlers' tearful goodbye with a mix of documentary footage and animation.

With Martin Sheen • Paula Fouce • William Haugse

Aquariums: The Dark Hobby is an expose of the death of exotic fish, the reef and the ocean at the hands of the home aquarium trade. Today Hawaii is ground zero in the worldwide struggle to save reef wildlife. The film follows Native Hawaiian Elders, conservationists and scientists who will stop at nothing to ensure the survival of these tiny creatures that are targets of a global trade worth billions. These heroes valiantly fight reef degradation, exploitation, and ensure the survival of marine habitat and species.

With Kei Pritsker • Michael T. Workman • Matthew Belen • Munir Atalla • Macklemore • Benjamin Haggerty • Ben Becker

With raw, emotional footage and in-depth interviews with whistleblowers, professors, and the central organizers, The Encampments tells the full story of the Columbia encampment and the global movement it spawned. The film chronicles the protest’s escalation from Columbia’s administration banning student organizations for Palestine to the mass arrests that broke a 50-year police ban on campus.

With Ben Braun • Chiaki Yanagimoto

The shocking story of Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult that unleashed a deadly nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway system in 1995. Founded by disillusioned yoga teacher Shoko Asahara, Aum transformed into a terrorist organization while Japan’s police and media turned a blind eye. Featuring rare archival footage and an interview with one of Asahara’s former high-ranking disciples. A Sundance premiere.

With Viola Davis • Whoopi Goldberg • Halle Berry • Angela Bassett • Bryan Smiley • Reginald Hudlin • Liz Garbus • Mark Monroe • Shola Lynch • Mishka Brown • Nanette Nelms • Candice Wilson Cherry • Mala Chapple

Celebrates Black achievement in the film industry and what it takes for Black women actors to find success in Hollywood.

With Kevin Hart • Jamie Foxx • Reginald Hudlin • Dan Cogan • Datari Turner

Celebrates Black achievement in the film industry and what it takes for Black male actors to find success in Hollywood, featuring the stories and experiences of Black male actors of the past who paved the way for Jamie Foxx, Kevin Hart and more.