Political Documentary Movies

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.

Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of...

A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide.

Filmmakers expose the horrifying mass executions of accused communists in Indonesia and those who are celebrated in their country for perpetrating...

Political commentator Matt Walsh explores the changing concepts of sex and gender in the digital age, particularly the transgender rights movement,...

A portrait of Argentine libertarian politician Javier Milei.

Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global...

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young female leaders from wildly different backgrounds in...

By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and hope engendered by the Chinese all-surveilling...

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing,...

With unfettered access, the film follows Baltimore's idealistic young mayor into office, where he puts his personal and political future on the line...

A documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.

The story of the last months of the 20-year war in Afghanistan through the intimate relationship between American Green Berets and the Afghan...

The documentary is an immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of American citizens from across...

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

The ex-Marine, ragin’ Cajun political operative James Carville became a legend in 1992 when he steered Bill Clinton’s unlikely candidacy...

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become...