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Leaving Neverland
2019 documentary film
Citizenfour
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
The Social Dilemma
2020 film directed by Jeff Orlowski
Virunga
2014 British documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
Free Solo
2018 film by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
RBG
2018 film by Julie Cohen, Betsy West
American Factory
2019 documentary film by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
O.J.: Made in America
2016 American documentary film
Gasland
Gasland is a 2010 American documentary film written and directed by Josh Fox. It focuses on communities in the United States where natural gas drilling activity was a concern and, specifically, on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"), a method of stimulating production in otherwise impermeable rock. The film was a key mobilizer for the anti-fracking movement, and "brought the term 'hydraulic fracturing' into the nation's living rooms" according to The New York Times.
The 13th
2016 documentary film by Ava DuVernay
He Named Me Malala
2015 film by Davis Guggenheim
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week
2016 documentary film directed by Ron Howard about The Beatles’ career during their touring years from 1962–1966
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011 film by Martin Scorsese
Apollo 11
2019 film directed by Todd Douglas Miller
Cartel Land
2015 film by Matthew Heineman
9/11
2002 documentary film directed by Jules and Gedeon Naudet
The Square
2013 Egyptian film by Jehane Noujaim
Strong Island
2017 film by Yance Ford
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
2015 film by Alex Gibney
The Cave
2019 Syrian film
Moonage Daydream
2022 film directed by Brett Morgen
What Happened, Miss Simone?
2015 film directed by Liz Garbus
I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School
1993 film
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 film by Marina Zenovich
One Survivor Remembers
1995 film by Kary Antholis
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987 film by Bill Couturié
Jim: The James Foley Story
2016 film by Brian Oakes
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 film directed by Fax Bar, George Hickenlooper and Eleanor Coppola
Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?
1977 film by John Korty
He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
1983 film by Emile Ardolino
Scared Straight!
1978 film by Arnold Shapiro
Adele One Night Only
television special
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
2023 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
2020 film directed by Frank Marshall
Without Pity: A Film About Abilities
1996 film directed by Michael Mierendorf
Jane
2017 film by Brett Morgen
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
1998 film
The Farm: Angola, USA
1998 film
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
2018 documentary film by Judd Apatow
Pearl
2016 short film directed by Patrick Osborne
The Betrayal – Nerakhoon
2008 film by Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 English produced documentary film by Ron Howard
When the Levees Broke
2006 documentary film directed by Spike Lee
76 Days
2020 documentary film on COVID-19
102 Minutes That Changed America
2008 television film
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
2001 documentary film
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007 film by Steven Okazaki