Every documentary film here was chosen with watching with your partner in mind. These aren't algorithmically ranked, they were chosen because they actually work for this.
The best documentary movies with your girlfriend from the 80s and 90s that will make you think for days. Includes Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Free Solo, 13th ...
Watching a film together is one of the simplest and best things you can do. Pick something with enough texture that you'll want to pause it and argue about it.
The 80s and 90s remain a goldmine. Films that were commercially dismissed on release and now considered essential.
The best documentaries don't just inform - they change how you see something you thought you already understood.
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.
What makes a documentary essential viewing is specificity. These films don't deal in generalities - they follow real people making impossible choices in real moments.
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 films that stay with you aren't always the ones that answer every question. Sometimes it's the ones that leave you with better questions.
The best documentaries don't resolve neatly. They give you something to carry. These do that.
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