Political Documentary Movies

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...

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

Filmmakers expose the horrifying mass executions of accused communists in Indonesia and those who are celebrated in their country for perpetrating...

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

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,...

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

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

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

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global...

In recognition of the 4th of July, several celebrities and politicians of differing ideologies join to read the historic documents which laid the...

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan...

The documentary investigates the lives and characters of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump as they seek the presidency. In a historic election, those...

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

A portrait of Argentine libertarian politician Javier Milei.

In 1932, the writer Paul Nizan published "The New Watchdogs" to denounce the philosophers and writers of his time who, sheltering behind intellectual...

On January 6, 2021, Americans witnessed an attack on the U.S. Capitol without precedent in our history. Armed militiamen and QAnon followers made...

A group of students aged between 18 to 25 shares their opinion on the first thing they want to change in their country if they get the power to do so.

"If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?" Across the globe and in America, people in 2008 hungered for a leader who would unite and...