These documentary films were selected by the Moviepiq editorial team for when sleep won't come. Popularity and critic scores don't factor in here. Emotional fit does.
The best documentary movies when you cant sleep from the 2010s perfect for when you need a good cry. Includes Hot Girls Wanted and more - curated by Moviepiq.
The film you watch at 2am when sleep has given up on you should earn your full attention without demanding you pay for it the next morning.
The 2010s were defined by a wave of filmmakers who understood that the best genre films work on multiple levels simultaneously.
A great documentary finds the universal in the specific. One person's story becomes everyone's story.
A first-ever look at the realities of the professional "amateur" porn world and the steady stream of 18-to-19-year old girls entering into it.
The films that give you a good cry do so because they've earned it. Not through sadness alone - through care. These films care.
The best documentaries don't resolve neatly. They give you something to carry. These do that.
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