These documentary films were selected by the Moviepiq editorial team for a family movie night. Popularity and critic scores don't factor in here. Emotional fit does.
The best documentary movies with the family from the 2000s with a shocking twist ending. Includes Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Free Solo, 13th and more - curat...
A great family film isn't a compromise. It's a film that genuinely works for a mixed room - different ages, different attention spans, everyone engaged.
The 2000s feel undervalued now. A decade of films that knew what they were doing and did it without apology.
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.
A great documentary is one you find yourself thinking about weeks later. These qualify.
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