2026 Movies : Documentary

With Maddie Close • James Brickell • Spencer Millsap • Mark McClean • Bertie Gregory • Jigar Ganatra

Bertie arrives in the Serengeti as the spectacular wildebeest migration kicks off. He’s here to film the fastest land animal on Earth: the cheetah. As he gets close to a mother caring for her tiny cubs and a young group of males executing phenomenal hunts as a team, he learns about the unexpected challenges the species endures.

With Anthony Ing • Charlie Shackleton • Catherine Bray

The true crime genre’s ubiquity is driven by people’s endless fascination, disgust, and — bizarrely — search for comfort in genre conventions that still have the ability to generate complex emotions despite their predictability and familiarity.

With Michael Premo

Homegrown is an unflinching chronicle of Americans at war with each other. Three conservative activists—a newly politicized father-to-be in New Jersey, an Air Force veteran organizing conservatives in New York City, and a charismatic activist from Texas—crisscross the country in the summer of 2020, campaigning for Donald Trump and building a movement they hope will outlast him. When they become convinced that the election is stolen, they take their fight to the streets.

With Stephen King • Patton Oswalt • Karyn Kusama • Alexandre O. Philippe • Takashi Miike

Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, Chain Reactions charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence.

With Kevin Hart • Marina Stadler • Dana Olkkonen • Adam Bhala Lough • Scoop Wasserstein • Bryan Smiley • Luke Kelly-Clyne • Harold Berón III • Joey Lyons • Elizabeth Weil • Mark Olsen

Follow director Adam Bhala Lough as he sets out to better understand the technology and people at the center of the AI boom. His quest sends him on a path towards the father of AI, OpenAI CEO, Sam Altman. When he isn’t able to sit down with Altman himself, Adam travels to India to create an AI version of him to interview instead. Sam Bot is a new kind of documentary subject and collaborator, who challenges Adam in surprising and hilarious ways. Together, Adam and Sam Bot explore what it means to be alive, create art, and understand each other in an increasingly artificial world.

With Alexander Bocchieri

Where did the Shaka come from? Shaka, A Story of Aloha takes you on a joyful, eye-opening journey to uncover the origins of Hawai‘i’s most iconic hand sign. From surfers and pageants to leprosy colonies and war stories, filmmaker Steve Sue follows a trail of legends and living memory—leading to North Shore folk hero Hamana Kalili. Part detective story, part cultural celebration, this uplifting documentary is a tribute to the true spirit of Aloha.

With Patrick Gregory • Sally O’Grady

Set inside the Richmond City Jail, The Trouble I See… follows two incarcerated fathers chosen to participate in a powerful father-daughter dance. Spanning five years, this deeply moving documentary explores generational cycles of incarceration, gun violence, and systemic inequality—while celebrating the unbreakable bonds of family, love, and resilience.

With Morgan Matthews • Benedict Sanderson • Claire Goodlass • Sophie Jones

In the early hours of June 5, 2002, 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart was abducted from her bedroom in Salt Lake City, Utah, igniting one of the most intense and widely covered missing-person cases in American history. Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart is a gripping documentary feature that takes viewers inside the real story — told in Elizabeth’s own words and through exclusive interviews with her family, investigators, and those closest to the case. Blending archival footage and never-before-seen material, the film traces the harrowing nine months of Elizabeth’s captivity at the hands of Brian David Mitchell and Wanda Barzee. It explores the psychological and emotional toll on Elizabeth and her family, the relentless media attention, and the community’s tireless search for answers that recounts the indefatigable resolve to survive that kept Elizabeth alive, and her spirit strong — even 20 years later. The documentary not only revisits the events that shocked a nation but also spotlights Elizabeth’s journey of healing and her ongoing mission to inspire and protect others.

With Casey Tebo

A cinematic legacy event in which Dave Mustaine pulls back the curtain on 40 years of Megadeth, sharing untold stories of the band’s incredible past, and the creative fire that drives the band.

With Brett Ratner

With exclusive footage capturing critical meetings, private conversations, and never-before-seen environments, ‘Melania’ showcases Mrs. Trump’s return to one of the world’s most powerful roles.

With Paris Hilton • J.J. Duncan • Bruce Robertson

This film traces Paris’s music journey—from her childhood dreams to her club-going adolescence, from her debut album to her musical reinvention—weaving together concert footage, unfiltered moments, archival clips, never-before-seen home videos, original narration, and new interviews. Paris showcases how music “saved her life” following her abuse in troubled teen treatments and by the media in the early 2000’s.

With Max Gershberg • Jake Rogal

This is the story of the “Miracle on Ice,” when the 1980 US Hockey Team beat the USSR in the Olympic semi-finals at the height of the Cold War to bring home a gold medal. Their iconic underdog story is told with never-before-seen 16mm footage and firsthand reflections from the players who were brought back to the scene of their historic victory.