These documentary picks were hand-selected for watching with your partner, 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 with your girlfriend from the 2000s that will restore your faith in humanity. Includes Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Free Solo, 13th...
Watching a film with someone you care about changes the film. Pick something worth experiencing together - not just background noise.
The 2000s feel undervalued now. A decade of films that knew what they were doing and did it without apology.
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.
The best hopeful films aren't naive. They acknowledge the difficulty and find the humanity anyway. These do that.
The best documentaries don't resolve neatly. They give you something to carry. These do that.
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