Documentary Movies
Planet Shark

Planet Shark

Planet Shark
IMDb: N/A
N/A

For the first time, scientists are unlocking the secrets of sharks. Featuring newly discovered species, locations and behavior, The series combines stunning 4K archive footage with original content from the…

Status: Returning Series
Borscht: The Secret Ingredient

Borscht: The Secret Ingredient

Borscht: The Secret Ingredient
IMDb: 8
N/A

Meat-based or vegetarian, with or without beans, potatoes in or out, tomato sauce or real tomatoes added, dried mushrooms or smoked pears, or maybe just mom’s borsch? Which variant should…

Me and the Cult Leader

Me and the Cult Leader

Me and the Cult Leader
IMDb: 6.4
114

Atsushi Sakahara, a victim of the 1995 sarin gas attack in Tokyo’s subway system, travels with Hiroshi Araki, an executive of Aleph (formerly Aum Shinrikyo), the attack’s perpetrators, visiting their…

9 Days at Raqqa

9 Days at Raqqa

9 Days at Raqqa
IMDb: 7.4
88

Leila Mustapha is Kurdish and Syrian. Her battle was Raqqa, the former capital of the Islamic State with 300,000 inhabitants, reduced to a field of ruin after the war. An…

Bitter Love

Bitter Love

Bitter Love
IMDb: 7.1
86

A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a randy fortuneteller and a couple of doubtful, young, charismatic lovers meet in late summer on a Russian river cruise….

Martha & Niki

Martha & Niki

Martha & Niki
IMDb: 7.1
90

In 2010 Martha Nabwire and Niki Tsappos took part in the biggest international Street Dance Competition, Juste Debout in Paris. It was the first time ever two women became World…

Monsieur Mayonnaise

Monsieur Mayonnaise

Monsieur Mayonnaise
IMDb: 7.5
93

Artist and filmmaker Philippe Mora (Mad Dog Morgan; The Howling II; Swastika) is producing a graphic novel about his late father, Georges, widely known in Melbourne as a beloved contemporary…

Mama Africa

Mama Africa

Mama Africa
IMDb: 7
92

Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South African roots. Miriam Makeba was forced into…

It All Started With a Stale Sandwich

It All Started With a Stale Sandwich

It All Started With a Stale Sandwich
IMDb: 8
94

50 years ago, Sydneysiders were shocked and the art world astonished by Christo’s wrapping of the Little Bay coastline. Hungarian migrant and entrepreneur John Kaldor, who initiated this monumental work,…

Saving Brinton

Saving Brinton

Saving Brinton
IMDb: 7.5
90

In rural Iowa, a beloved history teacher uncovers the century-old showreels of one of America’s first motion picture impresarios and sets out to premiere the films at a historic local…

Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!

Persecution Blues: the Battle for the Tote!
IMDb: 7.5
57

In 2010, the iconic Tote Hotel – last bastion of Melbourne’s vibrant music counterculture – was forced to close by unfair laws. Filmed over 7 years, “Persecution Blues” depicts the…

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!

Hollywood: No Sex, Please!
IMDb: 6.9
55

Deep rooted religious beliefs seemingly going back to the Pilgrim Fathers’ puritanism dominate a society which is entertained by violence no end on a daily basis. If it is true…

The Tree in a Test Tube

The Tree in a Test Tube

The Tree in a Test Tube
IMDb: 4.6
6

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the average person carries.

Neon

Neon

Neon
IMDb: 7.3
83

A film celebrating the beauty and romance, the art and science of neon: visually stunning, one of the most environmentally friendly forms of lighting ever made, and endangered – LED…

The Sunnyboy

The Sunnyboy

The Sunnyboy
IMDb: 7.7
90

Following the Sunnyboys’ enigmatic frontman Jeremy Oxley from the band’s origins, breakthrough success and his subsequent 30-year battle with schizophrenia, The Sunnyboy is one man’s inspired story of survival and…

We’re Livin’ on Dog Food

We’re Livin’ on Dog Food

We’re Livin’ on Dog Food
IMDb: 7.9
94

Rowland S. Howard, the Primitive Calculators, Ollie Olsen, Phillip Brophy and many others proffer their recollections and air their animosities in a tribute to the underground music scene of ’77-’81…

Teenage Paparazzo

Teenage Paparazzo

Teenage Paparazzo
IMDb: 7.3
91

A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.

RocKabul

RocKabul

RocKabul
IMDb: 7.7
77

Today, Afghans are one of the largest migrant populations fleeing their country for Europe/the West. Since 2002 the international community has injected more than a trillion dollars into Afghanistan. What…

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible

Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible
IMDb: 7.8
98

With credits including Strictly Ballroom, Muriel’s Wedding, The Dish, Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet and Road to Perdition Jill Bilcock is regarded as one the world’s great film editors. Axel…

Impossible Light

Impossible Light

Impossible Light
IMDb: 7.6
71

Impossible Light reveals the drama and the daring of artist Leo Villareal and a small team of visionaries who battle seemingly impossible challenges to turn a dream of creating the…

Emergency: NYC

Emergency: NYC

Emergency: NYC
TMDb: 6.75
N/A

This gripping docuseries follows New York City’s frontline medical professionals as they balance the intensity of their work with their personal lives.

Status: Returning Series
RapCaviar Presents

RapCaviar Presents

RapCaviar Presents
IMDb: N/A
N/A

It goes through some of today’s most provocative issues through the stories of the hip hop visionaries currently who rule the charts and influence our culture.

Status: Returning Series
Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold

Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold

Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold
IMDb: 7.1
90

A man is convicted of a robbery he didn’t commit and spends nine years in jail. Decades later, he becomes a suspect again — but is he still innocent?

Godard Cinema

Godard Cinema

Godard Cinema
IMDb: 7
101

Jean-Luc Godard is cinema, its quintessence. Just turned 91, he has made more than 140 films. We hate him as much as we worship him. Where does his aura come…

A Run for More

A Run for More

A Run for More
IMDb: 8.7
82

As a transgender woman in Texas, Frankie Gonzales-Wolfe expected to encounter resistance to her campaign for city council. She did not anticipate questioning her relationship to identity, activism and civic…

From Meir, to Meir

From Meir, to Meir

From Meir, to Meir
IMDb: 8.1
62

The filmmaker goes to discover Meir the village where her great-grandparents were born, the place her grandparents left, but continued to love. When she goes, she discovers a village that…

Cartas mojadas

Cartas mojadas

Cartas mojadas
IMDb: 6.7
N/A

Thousands of people have crossed the Mediterranean Sea these years trying to reach Europe. Through a mysterious voice from the bottom of the sea, Drowning Letters tells the most tragic…

Midnight Oil: 1984

Midnight Oil: 1984

Midnight Oil: 1984
IMDb: 7.4
89

In 1984, Midnight Oil released their iconic record Red Sails in the Sunset. They embarked on a relentless tour around the nation performing raw and electrifying music that reignited the…

Whiteley

Whiteley

Whiteley
IMDb: 7.9
90

A visual journey into the life and legacy of one of Australia’s most celebrated artists, Brett Whiteley.

Growing Up Down’s

Growing Up Down’s

Growing Up Down’s
IMDb: 7.6
57

The incredible story of a group of young actors with Down’s syndrome who set out to create a touring production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

Best Food Ever

Best Food Ever

Best Food Ever
TMDb: 7
N/A

The South’s best BBQ…The Big Apple’s most delicious delis…and the most fabulous food on wheels in the fifty states. Ever wonder where the USA’s tastiest treasures are located? Or who…

Status: Ended
Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease
IMDb: 6
86

Charming, intelligent and iconoclastic, Ben Lee is an Australian singer-songwriter whose creative growth since his early adolescence has undergone almost relentless media scrutiny. This is a playful yet deeply intimate…

The First Movie

The First Movie

The First Movie
IMDb: 7.3
76

An innovative ‘magic realist’ documentary set in Iraq. Filmmaker Mark Cousins, who was brought up in a Northern Irish war zone, travels to Goptapa, a Kurdish-Iraqi village of just 700…

Bastardy

Bastardy

Bastardy
IMDb: 7.3
83

Provocative, funny and profoundly moving, Bastardy is the inspirational story of a self proclaimed Robin Hood of the streets. For Forty years and with infectious humour and optimism, Jack Charles…

Words from the City

Words from the City

Words from the City
IMDb: 7.5
90

Words from the City is a feature length documentary that explores contemporary Australian hip hop through intimate and candid observations of some of the nations most potent and compelling artists….

Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey

Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey

Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey
IMDb: 8
100

Legendary martial artist Bruce Lee is the subject of this thoughtful documentary by Lee aficionado John Little. Using interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and action sequences from Lee’s last (unfinished) film, Game…

The Big Fix

The Big Fix

The Big Fix
IMDb: 7.7
89

THE BIG FIX uncovers one of the greatest environmental coverups in recent history – the 2010 BP oil spill. Critically acclaimed, The Big Fix was the only documentary selected by…

Avatar: The Deep Dive – A Special Edition of 20/20

Avatar: The Deep Dive – A Special Edition of 20/20

Avatar: The Deep Dive – A Special Edition of 20/20
IMDb: 6.4
41

An inside look at one of the most anticipated movie sequels ever with James Cameron and cast.

No End in Sight

No End in Sight

No End in Sight
IMDb: 8.2
102

Chronological look at the fiasco in Iraq, especially decisions made in the spring of 2003 – and the backgrounds of those making decisions – immediately following the overthrow of Saddam:…

El Mar La Mar

El Mar La Mar

El Mar La Mar
IMDb: 7
94

An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, El Mar La Mar weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of…