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 you have probably never heard of. Includes Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Free Solo, 13th a...
The best films to watch with a partner are ones that spark something - a conversation, a disagreement, a moment that makes you both stop and look at each other.
The 80s and 90s are where a lot of cinema's DNA was written. Films that set the templates still running today.
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.
The documentaries that stay with you are the ones that refuse to simplify. They show you the mess of a real situation and trust you to sit with it.
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.
These films exist. They're excellent. The only reason you haven't seen them is that nobody told you to. Now someone has.
After watching a great documentary, the world looks slightly different. That's not a small thing.
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