DOCUMENTARY Movies

Alan Bennetts Diaries (2016) Documentary following Bennett over the course of year as he publishes his latest volume of diaries. Features a trip to New York to receive an award from the city's public library, a national radio appearance and a visit to his local community-run library in Primrose Hill

Godfrey: Regular Black (2016) The comic performs in his hometown of Chicago. (Showtime special info)

Life in the Snow (2016) Wildlife cameraman and television presenter Gordon Buchanan travels to northern Norway and the Austrian Alps to search for animals that have adapted to the snowy conditions and cold weather. The programme features polar bears raising their cubs, owls keeping their food suppli

Thunderbirds 1965 (2016) The crew behind three new episodes of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's classic series Thunderbirds discuss the challenges of bringing the show back with puppets after five decades.

Hitlers Olympics (2016) In 1930, Germany was awarded the privilege of hosting the 1936 Olympic Games. However, that gesture to bring Germany back into the world community became problematic when the Nazis took over the nation in 1933, both domestically and internationally. However, a reticent Hitler

Strange Occurrences in a Small Irish Village (2016) In 1879, fifteen people in the small Irish village of Knock, County Mayo bore witness to an apparition of the Virgin Mary. The village was declared a Marian Shrine and today welcomes more than one million pilgrims annually. The film builds a vibran

Counting (2015) Fifteen distinct but interconnected chapters, shot in locations from Russia to New York City to Istanbul. Together, these build to a reckoning at the intersection of city symphony, diary, and essay film. Perhaps the most personal of Cohen's documentary works, COUNTING measures street

A documentary about Anneli Auer, who is accused of murdering her husband

Convento (2010) A Dutch family left Holland to transform a 400 year old monastery into a home, artist's workshop, and nature preserve. Filmed entirely in remote village in Portugal, Convento bends the ...

Micky Flanagan: Back in the Game Live (2013) Recorded live at London's Hackney Empire, join one of the nation's best-loved comedians performing to his home crowd in this hilarious brand new DVD packed full of guaranteed laughter.

Beware the Slenderman (2016) Lurking in the shadows of the Internet, a faceless modern-day bogeyman has attracted the attention and fear of a young generation who whisper his name online. Slenderman lives on the dark pages of the web, where impressionable youth create and cultivate his mythos in mes

The Killing$ of Tony Blair (2016) Ex-Labour and Respect MP George Galloway presents The Killing$ of Tony Blair, a documentary film which highlights former UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair's, alleged destruction of the Labour party, the hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians who died during the Ira

The Hard Stop (2015) A documentary that reflects on the 2011 killing of Mark Duggan, a young, black, British man, at the hands of London's Metropolitan Police. Duggan was pulled over by police early one morning, and minutes later, was shot dead. This event sparked the now-infamous Tottenham riots an

The Guvnor (2016) A feature documentary about the life of Lenny McLean, as seen through the eyes of his only son, Jamie.

The Atheist Delusion (2016) From Living Waters, creators of the award-winning TV program "The Way of the Master" and the hit movies "180" and "Evolution vs. God," comes the powerful film "The Atheist Delusion." Executive produced by TV co-host and best-selling

Peter and the Farm (2016) Peter Dunning is the proud proprietor of Mile Hill Farm, which sits on 187 acres in Vermont. The land's 38 harvests have seen the arrivals and departures of three wives and four children, leaving Peter with only animals and memories. The arrival of a film crew causes him to

Humpback Whales (2015) An in-depth look at the lives of humpback whales and the challenges they face to avoid extinction.

Discovering the Real World of Harry Potter picks up where the blockbuster film and bestselling books leave off. This critically-acclaimed documentary explores the myths and legends that inhabit the real world of Harry Potter. Follow award-winning documentary filmmakers as they offer insights to witc

Director and Writer Eric Dow ("Honor in the Valley of Tears") brings us his second documentary as he goes behind the scenes of the fan fiction short film, "Batman: Dead End." In the winter of 2003 commercial director Sandy Collora and some of his friends set out to make a low-budget short film for h

The Mystery of Van Goghs Ear (2016) Jeremy Paxman joins forces with 'art sleuth' Bernadette Murphy to try and solve one of the greatest and bloodiest mysteries of the art world - why Vincent Van Gogh cut off his own ear in December 1888?

The Day Hitler Died (2016) Filmed interviews with the survivors of the Berlin Bunker in which Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun and the Goebbels family killed themselves in the final days of World War II. The interviews were made in 1948 by Captain Michael Musmanno, a US Navy Lawyer and Nuremberg Judge, and t

The Bandit (2016) Burt Reynolds and other crew members from the 1977 classic "Smokey and the Bandit" share their experiences with the late director and stuntman Hal Needham.

The Walkers Among Us (2015) With The Walking Dead franchise at the peak of it's popularity, Documentarians Cris Macht and Ian Vacek explore and examine why humanity is obsessed with the "zombie apocalypse". Cris and Ian interview fans that have been there since the comic book debuted in 20

Hidden Colors 4: The Religion of White Supremacy (2016) Hidden Colors is a documentary about the real and untold history of people of color around the globe. This film discusses some of the reasons the contributions of African and aboriginal people have been left out of the pages of history. Traveli

Bending Steel (2013) An intimate documentary exploring the lost art of the oldetime strongman and one man's struggle to overcome limitations of body and mind.

One Strange Rock (2018) From the award-winning team of filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (`Black Swan') and producer Jane Root (`America the Story of Us'), this 10-part cinematic event series explores the fragility and wonder of planet Earth -- one of the most peculiar, unique places in the universe. Host

Born Strong (2017) The four strongest men on the planet compete for the crown. We meet each 400-pound giant in his home country, then on to The Arnold Strongman Classic. Starring Eddie Hall, Hafthor Bjornsson, Brian Shaw and Zydrunas Savickas.

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers Story (2009) A documentary about Robert B. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman -- aka The Sherman Brothers -- the Academy Award and Grammy-winning songwriters.

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011) WHILE DINOSAURS WALKED THE EARTH, MONSTERS RULED THE SKIES...For thousands of years, humans have believed that there were once flying monsters. But did they really exist beyond our ...

Superheroes (2011) 'Superheroes' will introduce us to several of the country's most famous masked heroes including, Mr. Xtreme, a 33-year-old security guard officer by day, but a goon's worst nightmare by night. We'll follow Mr. Xtreme on his nightly patrols through the streets of San Diego, as he t

Tabloid (2010) Tabloid stories centered on the activities of Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen with a self-reported IQ of 168, over her life are presented. Beyond her beauty pageant days, McKinney first hit the tabloid pages in Britain in what was largely coined "The Case of the Manacled Mormon"

Metallica: Live Shit Binge & Purge, San Diego (1993) Metallica performs live during their Black Album tour. This concert was recorded in San Diego 1993, near the end of the tour.

Patton Oswalt: No Reason to Complain (2004) Stand-up special from Patton Oswalt.

Lee Evans: XL Tour Live 2005 (2005) A DVD containing the comedy antics of Lee Evans on his live stand-up tour in Cardiff, Wales.

A Map for Saturday (2007) On a trip around the world, every day feels like Saturday. A MAP FOR SATURDAY reveals a world of long-term, solo travel through the stories of trekkers on four continents. The documentary finds backpackers helping neglected Thai tsunami victims. It explains why Nepal's gues

Noam Chomsky: Rebel Without a Pause (2003) Linguist, intellectual and activist, Noam Chomsky discusses and reflects on the state of world events including the War in Iraq, September 11th, the War on Terror, Media Manipulation and Control, Social Activism, Fear, and American Foreign Policy in both la

The Aristocrats (2005) Comedy veterans and co-creators Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza capitalize on their insider status and invite over 100 of their closest friends--who happen to be some of the biggest names in entertainment, from George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Carey to Gilbert Gottfried

Metal: A Headbangers Journey (2005) Sam Dunn is a 30-year old anthropologist who wrote his graduate thesis on the plight of Guatemalan refugees. Recenly he has decided to study the plight of a different culture, one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam se

Michael Jacksons Journey from Motown to Off the Wall (2016) A look at the life of the late pop star Michael Jackson from his early days at Motown Records to the release of his hit 1979 album, Off the Wall.

Marvels Captain America: 75 Heroic Years (2016) Marvel celebrates the history of Captain America, both in the comics and on TV and film, and examines the character as a reflection of American culture throughout the years.

Vaxxed: From CoverUp to Catastrophe (2016) In 2013, biologist Dr. Brian Hooker received a call from a Senior Scientist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who led the agency's 2004 study on the Measles-Mumps-Rubella (MMR) vaccine and its link to autism. The scientist, Dr. Wi

Dawn of the Justice League (2016) Kevin Smith hosts a look behind the scenes of upcoming movies from the DC Films universe, featuring the trailer for "Suicide Squad."

Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016) The story behind literary persona JT LeRoy, the fictional writer created by American author Laura Albert.

Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru (2016) TONY ROBBINS: I AM NOT YOUR GURU, a feature documentary film about internationally renowned life and business strategist Tony Robbins, is a revelatory cinéma vérité film that goes behind the scenes of his mammoth seminar "Date With Destiny,"

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2010) This documentary follows one year in the life of Joan Rivers, who sees herself first and foremost as an actress, with her life as a comedienne/writer just an extension of being an actress. Now at age 75, Rivers has faced her ups and downs in her forty plus year ca

Payback (2012) An adaptation of Margaret Atwood's book examining the metaphor of indebtedness.

The War Tapes (2006) Straight from the front lines in Iraq, THE WAR TAPES is the first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves. These soldiers bypassed Pentagon supervised media to share their experience like never before. Funnier, spicier, and more gut wrenching than news reports, this is Operation

Darwin (2011) Darwin is a documentary feature about an isolated community at the end of a weathered road in Death Valley, California. Propelled from society by tragic turns, the people of Darwin (population 35) must now find ways to coexist in a place without a government, a church, jobs, or childre