Social Documentary Movies

The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the...

After Porn Ends 3 continues to explore whether a career as an adult performer is inherently damaging to the balance of a perfomer's life once retired.

When a feminist filmmaker sets out to document the mysterious and polarizing world of the Men’s Rights Movement, she begins to question her own...

Michael Moore comes home to the issue he's been examining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives...

The successes and failures of a couple determined to live in harmony with nature on a farm outside of Los Angeles are lovingly chronicled by...

In 1977, a book of photographs captured an awakening - women shedding the cultural restrictions of their childhoods and embracing their full...

Matt Walsh's controversial doc challenges radical gender ideology through provocative interviews and humor.

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

The definitive documentary on the history of nudity in feature films from the early silent days to the present, studying the changes in morality that...

An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in...

A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.

Poignant stories of homelessness on the West Coast of the US frame this cinematic portrait of a surging humanitarian crisis.

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated...

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

While The Rolling Stones rehearse "Sympathy for the Devil" in the studio, an alternating narrative reflects on 1968 society, politics and culture...

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of...

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in...