Reality doesn’t bite. Well, okay, at times it does. A number of our choices for the best documentaries of the year capture turbulent realities, ominous politics, and, on occasion, stark tragedy.

Year 2024 has officially come to a close, which means it’s time to recap some of the best documentaries, and there were a lot. From the top of the year all the way down to December, the documentary ...

The International Documentary Association has released the shortlists for its upcoming 40th ceremony. On the list are Oscar frontrunners like "Sugarcane" and unique picks like "Brisa." The ...

Dawn Porter will also receive the Career Achievement Award during the awards ceremony on December 5. The 40th annual IDA Documentary Awards has officially unveiled its list of nominees, including this ...

If you’re still on an Olympic-high from the Paris 2024 Games, get ready to binge Simone Biles’ documentary on Netflix this weekend. “Simone Biles Rising Part 2” begins airing on Friday with an epic ...

The home decor and cooking legend thought the 2024 documentary made her appear close to retirement.

The winner of best documentary counts Mark Ruffalo and Marisa Tomei among its executive producers. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital Lakota Nation vs. United States was named best ...

It wasn’t long ago that the documentaries at the top of the box office each year were also the films on everyone’s lips. Think of Hoop Dreams or Roger and Me or, more recently, Won’t You Be My ...

Trains, the Polish documentary that offers “a collective portrait of people in 20th century Europe, capturing their hopes, desires, dramas, and tragedies” has won Best Film in the International ...

In some years, a single film seemingly dashes unimpeded to the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature — Summer of Soul in 2022, for instance, or Citizenfour in 2015. This is not one of those years. In a ...

We now live in a world where documentary filmmaking is constant. Through TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, many of us are fed a near-ceaseless stream of moving images drawn from the everyday, ...