American documentary films

The Age of Disclosure is a 2025 American UFO documentary film directed and produced by Dan Farah, where former United States government officials and people associated with the disclosure movement claim that alien intelligence is present on Earth and has been subject to a decades-long government cover-up. Farah described "disclosure" as when governments could reveal withheld information about alien life, as described in UFO conspiracy theory claims. The film advances conspiracy theories concerning recovered alien materials, secret programs, and institutional secrecy by highlighting interviews with a wide ranging selection of participants including ufologists along with former and current US government officials and employees from the US military, the US intelligence community, and the US Congress.

2006 film by Davis Guggenheim

2004 film directed by Michael Moore

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2009 film by Michael Jackson, Kenny Ortega

2002 documentary film directed by Michael Moore

2005 film by Shaun Monson

Sicko is a 2007 American political documentary film by filmmaker Michael Moore. Investigating health care in the United States, the film focuses on the country's health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry. Moore compares the for-profit non-universal U.S. system with the non-profit universal health care systems of Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Cuba.

2010 American documentary film

2011 3-D concert film centering on singer Justin Bieber directed by Jon M. Chu

Religulous () is a 2008 American documentary film written by and starring comedian Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles. The title of the film is a portmanteau derived from the words religious and ridiculous. The documentary examines and challenges religion and religious belief.

2004 film directed by Morgan Spurlock

Citizenfour is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras, concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. The film had its US premiere on October 10, 2014, at the New York Film Festival and its UK premiere on October 17, 2014, at the BFI London Film Festival. The film features Snowden and Glenn Greenwald, and was co-produced by Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky, with Steven Soderbergh and others serving as executive producers. Citizenfour received critical acclaim upon release, and was the recipient of numerous accolades, including Best Documentary Feature at the 87th

2016 film by Fisher Stevens

2007 film by Leila Conners, Nadia Conners

2010 film directed by Charles Ferguson

1978 concert by the Band directed by Martin Scorsese

2020 film directed by Jeff Orlowski

American food industry documentary

2012 film by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz

2020 film directed by Lana Wilson

2009 film directed by Michael Moore

1992 non-narrative film

2008 documentary film directed by James Marsh

2009 film by Louie Psihoyos

1927 film by Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

2003 documentary by Errol Morris

2016 film by Raoul Peck

American TV program dedicated to the Day of Solidarity with Poland

Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (also known as simply Cowspiracy) is a 2014 American documentary film produced and directed by Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn. The film explores the impacts of animal agriculture on the environment—examining such environmental concerns as climate change, water use, deforestation, and ocean dead zones—and investigates the policies of several environmental organizations on the issue.

2003 film by James Cameron

2005 documentary film directed by Werner Herzog

1989 film by Michael Moore

Documentary film by Brett Morgen

2011 crowdsourced drama/documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald

2023 concert film

2007 nature documentary film

2015 film by Michael Moore

1953 American documentary film directed by James Algar

2024 documentary film

2018 documentary film

2006 documentary film directed by Chris Paine

1988 film directed by Errol Morris

2018 film by Julie Cohen, Betsy West

Melania is a 2026 American film directed and produced by Brett Ratner. It revolves around the experiences of Melania Trump, the first lady of the United States, in the 20 days before her husband Donald's second presidential inauguration. It was released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on January 30, 2026.

2016 film by Cassie Jaye

2010 film by Toni Myers

2004 film by Jonas Åkerlund

2011 Ron Fricke documentary film

2022 film directed by Daniel Roher

2006 US documentary film directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

2003 film by Lauren Lazin

2007 film by Alex Gibney

2017 film by Chris Moukarbel

2000 film documentary directed by Mark Jonathan Harris

2019 documentary film by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert

2004 film by Zana Briski

1976 film by Barbara Kopple

2015 film by Evgeny Afineevsky

2016 documentary film by Ava DuVernay