The Moviepiq team picked these documentary films specifically for a Friday night with friends. No filler. Every film on this list earns its place for exactly this occasion.
The best documentary movies with friends on a friday from the 80s and 90s that will restore your faith in humanity. Includes Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Free ...
Friday night with friends is about energy. You want something that earns its place in the conversation - a film that people are still talking about on the way home.
The 80s and 90s are where a lot of cinema's DNA was written. Films that set the templates still running today.
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 best hopeful films aren't naive. They acknowledge the difficulty and find the humanity anyway. These do that.
After watching a great documentary, the world looks slightly different. That's not a small thing.
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