Observational Documentary Movies

The story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food...

For forty days, a group of fourteen volunteers led by explorer and researcher Christian Clot lived independently in a cave in Ariège. Immersed...

Roger Boussinot directed this episode of the French television show Italiques, which features an overview of the art and career of Fantastic Planet...

Features gourmets chowing down on bats, voodoo practitioners, a chap who has a fetish for being covered in bees and a gal who has the Eiffel Tower...

The White Planet or in French, La Planète Blanche, is a 2006 documentary about the wildlife of the Arctic. It shows interactions between...

The night is falling and Montreal is under the snow. People line up at the lost and found office of the city’s transit company. They all have...

Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such...

After Porn Ends 2 picks up where its predecessor left off and not only turns back the clock to meet the oldest living stars in adult film's history,...

Ghost nation? Violent home? Traumatised country? What does the horror of one of the most famous writers of our time hide? What does his fictional...

The beauty of the Arctic is breathtaking. For as long as we can remember, the Arctic has been associated with inhospitable cold. But the climate is...

Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting...

This documentary draws on new evidence to reveal that a fire was raging in Titanic's boiler rooms before she left port, that it was kept secret and,...

What really happens inside the walls of an American high school? Famed documentarian Frederick Wiseman answers that question in this peek inside...

Portrait of Andy Goldsworthy, an artist whose specialty is ephemeral sculptures made from elements of nature.

Since 2000, a woman among women upset the world and its inhabitants. This is probably the most popular woman on the planet. It is the origin of the...

Shark filmmakers hunt for "Air Jaws" breaching in New Zealands hidden "launch pad".

Steel: The Blood of Us is a cinematic love letter to the end of the industrial revolution, capturing the community of Port Talbot, Wales, in the...

For more than 50 years, we’ve been unsuccessfully searching for any evidence of intelligent extraterrestrial life. But, the discovery of...