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Nonfiction - Documentary

Nonfiction - Documentary

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Nonfiction - Documentary
  • American Animals

    Movie

    This incredible true story follows four disillusioned friends as they attempt to pull off the most daring art heists in U.S. history. But as their plot takes on a life of its own, will the group be able to pull off their crime and escape unscathed?

  • Art and Craft

    Movie

    Mark Landis, a prolific art forger, has duped curators with imitations of works for over 30 years. But he's met his match in Matthew Leininger, a registrar from Cincinnati, who was conned by Landis years ago and has been pursuing him ever since.

  • Badlands, Texas

    1 season

    Life is uneventful in Terlingua-population: 58-until a beloved bar owner is brutally murdered. The trial tears the town apart and forces its residents to reevaluate their off-the-grid ways.

  • Behind The Bridge

    Movie

    An exclusive behind-the-scenes look at everything that went into making The Bridge (Bron/Broen) the iconic Nordic Noir series that it is, from story development to set design, to how Saga's infamous leather pants were chosen.

  • Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World

    Movie

    Corrupt governments hate them. The future of journalism needs them. Bellingcat's independent collective of citizen journalists uses groundbreaking investigation tactics to uncover earthshaking truths about everything from war zones to drug cartels.

  • Belly of the Beast

    Movie

    An ex-convict searches for justice after suffering an illegal hysterectomy while in prison. But her investigation uncovers an epidemic of inadequate health care, sexual assaults, and forced sterilizations-primarily targeting women of color.

  • Cartel Land

    Movie

    Executive produced by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow of The Hurt Locker. Filmmaker Matthew Heineman rides along with two vigilante groups hellbent on exposing the horrors of the Mexican drug cartel and the crisis along the US-Mexico border.

  • Catching A Killer

    1 season

    Not-your-average police series. Each installment offers unfiltered access to the inner workings of a true crime case told by the investigators themselves. No detail is spared in this devastatingly raw, voyeuristic, and oftentimes gruesome series.

  • Christine

    Movie

    Based on a true story, a reporter's journalistic ethics are challenged by the difficulties of being a working woman in the 1970s: balancing a career in the shadow of a tumultuous homelife and facing the consequences of unbridled ambition.

  • Dear Zachary - 10th Anniversary Edition

    Movie

    Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne's poignant tribute to his murdered childhood friend, Andrew Bagby, tells the story of a child custody battle between Bagby's grieving parents and Shirley Turner, Bagby's pregnant ex-girlfriend and suspected killer.

  • Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?

    Movie

    "In 1946, my great-grandfather murdered a black man named Bill Spann and got away with it." So begins Travis Wilkerson's documentary, a journey through the American South to uncover the societal mores that allowed this brutal crime to go unpunished.

  • Ghost Fleet

    Movie

    A group of activists fight to free enslaved fishermen working around remote Indonesian islands to feed a global appetite for seafood. Facing serious personal peril, the activists' stories serve as a torch point for their country and the world.

  • How To Make Money Selling Drugs

    Movie

    Want to make millions in a $400 billion global industry? Find out why no one is winning the war on drugs in this provocative investigation, featuring Russell Simmons, Susan Sarandon, David Simon (creator of "The Wire"), and 50 Cent.

  • Hunting the Essex Lorry Killers

    Movie

    A 911 call from a delivery truck driver leads to the discovery of 39 deceased Vietnamese migrants. This documentary looks inside the perils of human trafficking in what became the UK's largest international smuggling ring bust.

  • Kate Plays Christine

    Movie

    A gripping nonfiction thriller which follows actress Kate Lyn Sheil as she prepares to play Christine Chubbuck, a real-life newscaster who committed suicide on live television in 1974. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

  • Landfall

    Movie

    After surviving Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans were left to weather an entirely different type of storm: Disaster capitalism. In this gripping documentary, filmmakers explore the road to recovery and Puerto Rico's fraught relationship with the US.

  • Los Ultimos Frikis

    Movie

  • Murder at the Cottage

    1 season

    Directed by Jim Sheridan, this documentary miniseries takes a unique and poetic approach to investigating the notorious unsolved 1996 murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier in the countryside of Ireland.

  • Murder On a Sunday Morning

    Movie

    Academy Award winner for Best Documentary Film, the story follows the murder of a white woman and the Black teen that everyone-from officers to journalists-was ready to condemn. When his defense lawyer joins the case, everything changes.

  • Once Upon a Time in Venezuela

    Movie

    Once prosperous, the village of Congo Mirador is now rotting away. At the center are two women on opposing sides of Venezuelan politics. As national elections approach, can the village survive corruption, pollution, and economic decay?

  • Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook

    Movie

    America's democracy is threatened. Narrated by Jeffrey Wright, Rigged tells the story of how the principle of "one person, one vote" is being compromised and how American citizens are fighting back.

  • Smash + Grab

    Movie

    A documentary told by the world's most successful diamond thieves themselves.

  • Softie

    Movie

    Political activist Boniface "Softie" Mwangi runs for office in a regional Kenyan election, but learns that running a clean campaign against corrupt opponents is an uphill battle when based on idealism alone.

  • The Act of Killing

    Movie

    Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer and documentary titans, Werner Herzog and Errol Morris examine a country where Indonesian death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings.