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Kanopy
88
8.3
/29829/
79
/707/
78
/775/
4.3
/78492/
98
/43/
88
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96
/16/

Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.
poster
87
7.9
/20917/
78
/824/
77
/378/
4.2
/81208/
98
/198/
89
/68/
91
/33/
cc age 14+

Flee (2021)
Recounted mostly through animation to protect his identity, Amin looks back over his past as a child refugee from Afghanistan as he grapples with a secret he’s kept hidden for 20 years.
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Criterion Channel
87
8.2
/7240/
82
/232/
75
/110/
4.3
/22626/
100
/22/
92
/186/
80
/5/
cc age 15+

Harlan County U.S.A. (1977)
This film documents the coal miners' strike against the Brookside Mine of the Eastover Mining Company in Harlan County, Kentucky in June, 1973. Eastover's refusal to sign a contract (when the miners joined with the United Mine Workers of America) led to the strike, which lasted more than a year and included violent battles between gun-toting company thugs/scabs and the picketing miners and their supportive women-folk. Director Barbara Kopple puts the strike into perspective by giving us some background on the historical plight of the miners and some history of the UMWA. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with New York Women in Film & Television in 2004.
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Netflix
86
8.2
/38971/
81
/2462/
78
/771/
4.3
/115785/
97
/105/
90
/240/
81
/29/
cc age 16+

13th (2016)
An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
85
7.8
/3832/
76
/123/
72
/47/
4.0
/5623/
100
/25/
90
/116/
88
/16/

4 Little Girls (1997)
On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of the civil-rights movement. Spike Lee re-examines the full story of the bombing, including a revealing interview with former Alabama Governor George Wallace.
poster
84
7.8
/1103/
71
/43/
73
/15/
4.0
/1749/
100
/13/
88
/19/

American Dream (1990)
When workers at the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota are asked to take a substantial pay cut in a highly profitable year, the local labor union decides to go on strike and fight for a wage they believe is fair. But as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies, families are divided and the very future of this typical mid American town is threatened.
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Criterion Channel
84
8.2
/20499/
83
/1037/
80
/520/
4.5
/201027/
98
/65/
88
/215/
82
/22/

Paris Is Burning (1991)
Where does voguing come from, and what, exactly, is throwing shade? This landmark documentary provides a vibrant snapshot of the 1980s through the eyes of New York City's African American and Latinx Harlem drag-ball scene. Made over seven years, PARIS IS BURNING offers an intimate portrait of rival fashion "houses," from fierce contests for trophies to house mothers offering sustenance in a world rampant with homophobia, transphobia, racism, AIDS, and poverty. Featuring legendary voguers, drag queens, and trans women — including Willi Ninja, Pepper LaBeija, Dorian Corey, and Venus Xtravaganza.
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Amazon Prime Video
84
8.5
/42701/
84
/1308/
82
/651/
4.3
/38272/
81
/26/
96
/21691/

Baraka (1992)
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
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Netflix
82
7.7
/11452/
77
/678/
76
/116/
3.8
/20787/
93
/14/
93
/73/
cc age 14+

Take Care of Maya (2023)
When Jack and Beata Kowalski are wrongfully accused of child abuse after their 10-year-old daughter Maya visits the ER, a nightmare unfolds.
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Netflix
82
7.6
/2933/
76
/122/
75
/34/
3.9
/8917/
100
/23/
87
/16/
cc age 15+

To Kill a Tiger (2023)
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
poster
The Roku Channel
82
8.1
/2820/
76
/86/
70
/42/
4.0
/1745/
94
/53/
91
/314/
83
/15/

Lake of Fire (2006)
An unflinching look at the how the battle over abortion rights has played out in the United States over the last 15 years.
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Kanopy
82
8.0
/9543/
79
/320/
76
/157/
3.9
/6748/
100
/70/
89
/140/
84
/21/
cc age 16+

The Square (2013)
The Square looks at the hard realities faced day-to-day by people working to build Egypt’s new democracy. Cairo’s Tahrir Square is the heart and soul of the film, which follows several young activists. Armed with values, determination, music, humor, an abundance of social media, and sheer obstinacy, they know that the thorny path to democracy only began with Hosni Mubarak’s fall. The life-and-death struggle between the people and the power of the state is still playing out.
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Kanopy
80
7.8
/1836/
79
/91/
70
/18/
3.4
/3899/
98
/56/
86
/4/
75
/15/

The Automat (2021)
The 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. From the perspective of former customers, we watch a business climb to its peak success and then grapple with fast food in a forever changed America.
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Kanopy
80
7.6
/18758/
74
/539/
76
/420/
4.0
/56073/
93
/29/
81
/287/

Häxan (1922)
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's legendary film uses a series of dramatic vignettes to explore the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious-- instead it's a witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
79
6.7
/1093/
64
/34/
60
/13/
3.8
/1861/
98
/44/
96
/15/
77
/17/
cc age 15+

Every Body (2023)
Three intersex individuals overcame shame, secrecy and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods, choosing to ignore medical advice to conceal their bodies and coming out as who they truly are.
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Kanopy
79
7.7
/1045/
80
/21/
75
/10/
3.9
/1496/
100
/42/
62
/1/
87
/17/

My Journey Through French Cinema (2016)
Famous French director Tavernier tells us about his fantastic voyage through the cinema of his country.
poster
79
7.0
/126/
65
/5/
3.5
/762/
97
/34/
74
/7/

I Didn't See You There (2022)
As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport is often either the subject of an unwanted gaze — gawked at by strangers — or paradoxically rendered invisible, ignored or dismissed by society. The arrival of a circus tent just outside his apartment prompts him to consider the history and legacy of the freak show, in which individuals who were deemed atypical were put on display for the amusement and shock of a paying public. Contemplating how this relates to his own filmmaking practice, which explicitly foregrounds disability, Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world from his wheelchair without having to be seen himself.
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Kanopy
79
7.6
/44549/
76
/2457/
73
/773/
3.7
/107682/
96
/190/
88
/265/
81
/30/
cc age 11+

Three Identical Strangers (2018)
New York, 1980. Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they're identical triplets, separated at birth. The 19-year-olds' joyous reunion catapults them to international fame, but also unlocks an extraordinary and disturbing secret that goes beyond their own lives – and could transform our understanding of human nature forever.
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Netflix
78
7.1
/1547/
69
/123/
63
/28/
3.8
/4306/
100
/69/
64
/15/
87
/13/
cc age 10+

Descendant (2022)
History exists beyond what is written. The Africatown residents in Mobile, Alabama, have shared stories about their origins for generations. Their community was founded by enslaved ancestors who were transported in 1860 aboard the last known and illegal slave ship, Clotilda. Though the ship was intentionally destroyed upon arrival, its memory and legacy weren’t. Now, the long-awaited discovery of the Clotilda’s remains offers this community a tangible link to their ancestors and validation of a history so many tried to bury.
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Amazon Prime Video
78
7.7
/9414/
75
/268/
72
/134/
3.9
/9068/
88
/49/
77
/76/
74
/16/
cc age 10+

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010)
In the center of the story is the life of the indigenous people of the village Bakhtia at the river Yenisei in the Siberian Taiga. The camera follows the protagonists in the village over a period of a year. The natives, whose daily routines have barely changed over the last centuries, keep living their lives according to their own cultural traditions.
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Kanopy
78
7.4
/11744/
74
/346/
69
/140/
3.3
/4577/
89
/122/
84
/1315/
81
/31/
cc age 12+

Waiting for "Superman" (2010)
Gripping, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful, Waiting for Superman is an impassioned indictment of the American school system from An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim.
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Hoopla
77
7.1
/1546/
68
/83/
67
/21/
3.9
/12118/
99
/79/
71
/7/
79
/20/

Kokomo City (2023)
Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profession.
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HBO Max
77
7.2
/904/
68
/47/
64
/20/
4.0
/3894/
95
/40/
68
/5/
76
/12/

The Stroll (2023)
The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker Kristen Lovell, who walked “The Stroll” for a decade, reunites her community to recount the violence, policing, homelessness, and gentrification they overcame to build a movement for transgender rights.
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Hulu
77
7.8
/439/
72
/26/
53
/3/
4.0
/1736/
100
/24/
77
/10/
85
/6/

Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022)
Poet Layli Long Soldier crafts a searing portrait of her Oyate’s connection to the Black Hills, through first contact and broken treaties to the promise of the Land Back movement, in this lyrical testament to resilience of a nation.
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Kanopy
77
7.5
/573/
67
/28/
62
/6/
3.8
/1579/
82
/11/

Bad Axe (2022)
A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Cambodian Killing Fields.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
7.6
/1613/
73
/88/
56
/42/
3.9
/4486/
100
/67/
68
/12/
81
/18/

The Janes (2022)
Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and the Chicago Mob that was profiting from it, the members of “Jane” risked their personal and professional lives to support women with unwanted pregnancies. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era — a time when abortion was a crime in most states and even circulating information about abortion was a felony in Illinois — the Janes provided low-cost and free abortions to an estimated 11,000 women.
poster
77
7.0
/1511/
69
/73/
63
/36/
3.5
/1813/
95
/21/
75
/10/
80
/9/

Pervert Park (2014)
Florida Justice Transitions is home to 120 convicted sex offenders. Like in many other U.S. states, sex offenders are not allowed to live within 1000 feet of places frequented by children. Because of this, many sex offenders live under bridges or in woods – or in Palace Mobile Home Park – known as Pervert Park. The crimes committed by the residents range from simple misdemeanors to horrendous acts unbearable to contemplate.
poster
76
7.7
/331/
70
/10/
63
/3/
3.9
/2066/
83
/9/

The Librarians (2025)
Librarians unite to combat book banning, defending intellectual freedom on democracy's frontlines amid unprecedented censorship in Texas, Florida, and beyond.
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Kanopy
76
7.2
/2367/
69
/47/
71
/39/
3.7
/3515/
93
/59/
68
/127/
81
/9/

Of Time and the City (2008)
British director Terence Davies reflects on his birthplace of Liverpool - his memories of growing up there and how it has changed in the years since - in the process meditating on the internal struggles and conflicts that have wracked him throughout his life and the history of England during the second half of the 20th century.
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Kanopy
76
7.3
/19099/
72
/1240/
72
/363/
3.8
/12101/
90
/98/
82
/180/
76
/27/

Cartel Land (2015)
In the Mexican state of Michoacán, Dr. Jose Mireles, a small-town physician known as "El Doctor," shepherds a citizen uprising against the Knights Templar, the violent drug cartel that has wreaked havoc on the region for years. Meanwhile, in Arizona's Altar Valley—a narrow, 52-mile-long desert corridor known as Cocaine Alley—Tim "Nailer" Foley, an American veteran, heads a small paramilitary group called Arizona Border Recon, whose goal is to halt Mexico’s drug wars from seeping across our border.
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
80
75
7.2
/6825/
73
/721/
69
/69/
3.6
/62429/
100
/5/
94
/26/

This Place Rules (2022)
Acclaimed for his unfiltered reporting and deadpan humor, Andrew Callaghan brings his gonzo style reporting to the undercurrents that led to the January 6 Capitol Riot. As one of the best-known and hardest working journalists of his generation, the 25-year-old ventures on a wild RV journey through America to take the pulse of a divided nation.
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Disney Plus
75
7.5
/1494/
72
/71/
68
/24/
3.9
/4921/
97
/74/
82
/9/
83
/19/
cc age 10+

The Territory (2022)
The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people have seen their population dwindle and their culture threatened since coming into contact with non-Native Brazilians. Though promised dominion over their own rainforest territory, they have faced illegal incursions from environmentally destructive logging and mining, and, most recently, land-grabbing invasions spurred on by right-wing politicians like President Jair Bolsonaro. With deforestation escalating as a result, the stakes have become global.
poster
75
7.1
/455/
57
/21/
54
/16/
3.6
/415/
100
/31/
76
/4/
86
/11/

Dreamcatcher (2015)
Longinotto's documentary is about Brenda Myers-Powell, who fights against sexual exploitation and supports prostitutes in Chicago. Brenda knows what she is talking about: her own story, involving teenage prostitution and a life of violence and abuse, is in stark contrast to her dauntless energy and optimism.
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Netflix
74
7.4
/2616/
72
/247/
77
/29/
3.8
/5565/
cc age 12+

Grenfell: Uncovered (2025)
Survivors, witnesses, and experts tell the story of the tragic fire that engulfed a residential tower block in London — and the investigation that ensued.
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Hulu
74
7.3
/647/
68
/63/
71
/22/
3.5
/906/
100
/27/
73
/2/
77
/8/
cc age 13+

We Feed People (2022)
We Feed People spotlights renowned chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen’s incredible mission and evolution over 12 years from being a scrappy group of grassroots volunteers to becoming one of the most highly regarded humanitarian aid organizations in the disaster relief sector.
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Kanopy
74
7.5
/134533/
71
/2570/
70
/1475/
3.6
/61740/
82
/235/
70
/7071/
67
/43/
cc age 16+

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Kanopy
73
7.4
/29362/
71
/913/
69
/367/
3.6
/32892/
89
/105/
80
/4923/
62
/28/
cc age 15+

Jesus Camp (2006)
Jesus Camp is a Christian summer camp where children hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled in how to "take back America for Christ". The film is a first-ever look into an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future.
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Kanopy
73
7.0
/13750/
71
/842/
65
/314/
3.5
/17374/
92
/144/
68
/75/
76
/28/
cc age 12+

Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016)
Werner Herzog's exploration of the Internet and the connected world.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
6.8
/300/
68
/37/
70
/5/
3.4
/559/
95
/44/
53
/6/

Hold Your Fire (2021)
In 1973, four young African-American men stealing guns for self-defense in Brooklyn were cornered by the NYPD. A violent gun battle killed a police officer, beginning the longest hostage siege in NYPD history. The NYPD’s 130-year-old policy was to deliver an ultimatum, then respond with deadly force. Could visionary police psychologist Harvey Schlossberg convince his superiors to do the unthinkable – negotiate with “criminals” – and save twelve hostages from an impending bloodbath? In never-before-seen film and gripping interviews with survivors, HOLD YOUR FIRE uncovers what really happened in this landmark event with the potential to revolutionize American policing.
poster
Criterion Channel
72
6.7
/1191/
69
/35/
70
/43/
3.4
/2239/
93
/46/
76
/4/
75
/7/

The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018)
A poetic journey into the visual world of the legendary filmmaker and actor Orson Welles (1915-85) that reveals a new portrait of a unique genius, both of his life and of his monumental work: through his own eyes, drawn by his own hand, painted with his own brush.
poster
73
72
7.6
/15747/
74
/410/
72
/241/
3.7
/5777/
79
/76/
79
/578/
58
/18/
cc age 12+

Life in a Day (2011)
A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.
poster
Netflix
81
71
7.5
/10689/
74
/421/
72
/133/
3.8
/26176/
100
/6/
89
/13/
cc age 8+

The Elephant Whisperers (2022)
Bomman and Bellie, a couple in south India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other.
poster
Netflix
71
6.5
/3817/
67
/275/
66
/100/
3.3
/11270/
92
/49/
78
/15/
76
/11/
cc age 15+

Pray Away (2021)
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay" movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.
poster
78
71
7.3
/6596/
68
/142/
71
/163/
3.6
/10165/
100
/5/
84
/61/

Land Without Bread (1933)
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.
poster
Netflix
69
6.9
/2545/
70
/209/
69
/34/
3.3
/3662/
79
/34/
74
/14/
67
/5/
cc age 15+

Victim/Suspect (2023)
Investigative journalist Rae de Leon travels nationwide to uncover and examine a shocking pattern: Young women tell the police they’ve been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they’re charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested, and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them.
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Kanopy
69
6.7
/251/
69
/10/
58
/8/
3.3
/1285/
81
/42/
69
/9/

Framing Agnes (2022)
After discovering case files from the UCLA gender clinic from the 1950s, a group of trans actors confronts the legacy of young trans women being forced to choose between honesty and access.
poster
Netflix
76
68
7.4
/9383/
74
/597/
72
/164/
3.5
/12514/
83
/18/
84
/14/
cc age 13+

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari (2022)
A close examination of the Whakaari / White Island volcanic eruption of 2019 in which 22 lives were lost, the film viscerally recounts a day when ordinary people were called upon to do extraordinary things, placing this tragic event within the larger context of nature, resilience, and the power of our shared humanity.
poster
Kanopy
73
68
7.0
/3784/
73
/241/
71
/115/
3.5
/2966/
81
/16/
76
/146/

Objectified (2009)
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.


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