The Moviepiq team picked these documentary films specifically for a long flight. No filler. Every film on this list earns its place for exactly this occasion.
The best documentary movies on a long flight from the 80s and 90s with a shocking twist ending. Includes Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Free Solo, 13th and more ...
A long flight is one of the few times you have no choice but to sit still and actually watch a film - no phone calls, no errands, nothing to do but commit. Use it wisely.
Go back far enough and you find films that had no idea they'd become classics. The 80s and 90s produced more of them than any other era.
A great documentary finds the universal in the specific. One person's story becomes everyone's story.
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.
The twist endings that hold up aren't tricks - they're revelations. Everything was there. You just didn't see it yet.
After watching a great documentary, the world looks slightly different. That's not a small thing.
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