Fifty years after NASA put the first men on the moon, this 2019 history documentary was released to celebrate the essential wonder of that historic space mission, without extraneous commentary.

Unlike action movies, documentaries have a unique ability to make us smarter on a topic, nearly instantly. They can also make us feel deeply, like a good novel or fictional film. Not every documentary ...

Documentaries and historical dramas offer those who witnessed major events firsthand the opportunity to see familiar times through new perspectives, enriched by archival materials that weren’t ...

A furious political leader shouting a message of hate to an adoring audience. A child crying over the massacre of her family. Emaciated men in prison uniforms, starved to the edge of death because of ...

If you’re looking for a great documentary to watch on HBO Max, you’ve come to the right place. The streaming service not only plays host to a library of great HBO documentaries, but some streaming ...

This month’s picks look at a political convention, the work of a cinematographer and the films of a revered pair of directors. By Ben Kenigsberg The proliferation of documentaries on streaming ...

As Timothee Chalamet likely wheezes at some point in “A Complete Unknown,” the times they are a-changin’. While decidedly not a documentary (even the songs are recorded anew), the Bob Dylan biopic and ...

The world is a weird and wonderful place full of weird and wonderful people, stories and things. And, thanks to some of the best documentaries out there, we get a chance to grab a peek at them all.