These documentary picks were hand-selected for a rainy night in, not pulled from a popularity chart. Every pick is chosen for emotional and situational fit, not streaming popularity or critic scores.
The best documentary movies alone on a rainy night from the 80s and 90s that will make you cry. Includes Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Free Solo, 13th and more ...
There's a particular kind of film for a rainy night alone - absorbing enough to pull you fully in, good enough that you don't check your phone once.
The 80s and 90s remain a goldmine. Films that were commercially dismissed on release and now considered essential.
Documentaries work when they trust their subjects. The best ones get out of the way and let reality speak.
An intimate look at America's favourite neighbor and the life, lessons, and legacy of Fred Rogers.
Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's El Capitan.
An in-depth look at the US prison system and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock musician Rodriguez.
A great documentary doesn't tell you what to think. It shows you something true and gets out of the way.
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, and illegal, high-wire routine performed between the World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974.
When Bryan Fogel sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his project into a geopolitical thriller.
A documentary about the 1965-66 Indonesian mass killings, in which former paramilitary leaders re-enact their crimes.
A film earns your tears by making you believe in its characters first. These films do that work thoroughly, then use it.
A great documentary is one you find yourself thinking about weeks later. These qualify.
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