2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Documentary20182h 59mReleasedDocumentaryThe year’s most spectacular Documentary short films.Released: Feb 27, 2018Watch NowWatch TrailerMore Like This7.9MovieJohn Candy: I Like MeThose who knew iconic funnyman John Candy best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.View2025John Candy: I Like Me2025 · Movie7.9Movie13thAn in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.View201613th2016 · Movie7.7MovieLA 92Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.View2017LA 922017 · Movie6.9MovieThe Alabama SolutionIncarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.View2025The Alabama Solution2025 · Movie7.9MovieA Decade Under the InfluenceA documentary examining the decade of the 1970s as a turning point in American cinema. Some of today's best filmmakers interview the influential directors of that time.View2003A Decade Under the Influence2003 · Movie6.4MovieFuckA documentary on the expletive's origin, why it offends some people so deeply, and what can be gained from its use.View2006Fuck2006 · Movie6.1MovieEvil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt StoryUnravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.View2025Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story2025 · Movie8.4MovieO.J.: Made in AmericaA chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.View2016O.J.: Made in America2016 · Movie7.4MovieI Am Heath LedgerThe life and career of an actor, artist, and icon. His own journey through his own camera.View2017I Am Heath Ledger2017 · Movie6.1MovieNaqoyqatsiA visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.View2002Naqoyqatsi2002 · Movie6.9MovieHarry Dean Stanton: Partly FictionAn impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs.View2013Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction2013 · Movie7.5MovieListen to Me MarlonWith exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career as an actor and his extraordinary life away from the stage and screen with Brando himself as your guide, the film will fully explore the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely from Marlon's perspective, entirely in his own voice. No talking heads, no interviewees, just Brando on Brando and life.View2015Listen to Me Marlon2015 · Movie6.0MovieAnna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know MeFrom the heights of her modeling fame to her tragic death, this documentary reveals Anna Nicole Smith through the eyes of the people closest to her.View2023Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me2023 · Movie6.4MovieThe Mystery of D.B. CooperThis documentary brings to life the stories of four people believed by their family and friends to be “DB Cooper,” a man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle and jumped from the plane over the wilds of Washington State with a parachute and $200,000, never to be heard from again.View2020The Mystery of D.B. Cooper2020 · Movie7.4MovieSidneyThis revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.View2022Sidney2022 · Movie7.4MovieLove, AntoshaFrom a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. Through his journals and other writings, his photography, the original music he wrote, and interviews with his family, friends, and colleagues, this film looks not just at Anton's impressive career, but at a broader portrait of the man.View2019Love, Antosha2019 · Movie6.5MovieHeart of a DogLyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveillance, and Buddhist teachings.View2015Heart of a Dog2015 · Movie7.1MovieDeliver Us from EvilDocumentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.View2006Deliver Us from Evil2006 · Movie6.8MovieTimeFox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate, epic, and unconventional love story, filmed over two decades.View2020Time2020 · Movie6.8MovieThe Perfect NeighborPolice bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.View2025The Perfect Neighbor2025 · MovieSimilar MoviesMovieZoot Suit RiotsOn August 1, 1942, a 22-year-old Mexican American man was stabbed to death at a party. To white Los Angelenos, the murder was just more proof that Mexican American crime was spiraling out of control. The police fanned out across LA, netting 600 young Mexican American suspects. Almost all those taken into custody were wearing the distinctive uniform of their generation: Zoot Suits. The tragic murder and the injustice of the trial that followed, coupled with sensational news coverage of both, fanned the flames of the racial hostility that was already running rife in the city. Within months of the verdict, Los Angeles was in the grip of some of the worst violence in its history.View2002Zoot Suit Riots2002 · Movie8.0MovieLast Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk GoddessHenry Rollins narrates Lilly Scourtis Ayers' no-holds-barred profile of volatile Bay Area punk legend Marian Anderson, whose hypnotic beauty, devil-may-care rebellion and shocking sexual exploits onstage launched her to infamy before tragically dying of a heroin overdose at the tender age of 33.View2011Last Fast Ride: The Life, Love and Death of a Punk Goddess2011 · Movie8.3MovieDosedThe documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.View2019Dosed2019 · Movie7.8MovieCrownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to LegacyCrownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in Crownsville, MD.View2018Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy2018 · MovieMovieHealthy Microwave CookingAn instructional video that teaches the viewer the benefits of using a microwave to cook healthy food.View1986Healthy Microwave Cooking1986 · MovieMovieAfraid of PeopleThis documentary follows the lives of several extraordinary people who have been diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. Through personal interviews, viewers learn about the symptoms, emotions, and challenges these people face and about the treatments available to help people on their road to recovery.View2002Afraid of People2002 · Movie8.0MovieDancing in A-YardIn prisons ruled by toxic masculinity, dancing is an absolute taboo. But at Lancaster’s A-Yard, near Los Angeles, a group of young men, willing to take a chance to be mocked in the yard, start a dance class led by French choreographer Dimitri Chamblas. This class quickly becomes an intoxicating escape from their grim reality so they decide to create a dance show. In this exceptional context, the inmates engage with overwhelming sincerity, evoking their childhood, ganglife, the crimes, the prison, and their desire for transformation. Beyond damaged lives and a prison system on the edge of the abyss, DANCING IN A-YARD explores redemption and the capacity of human beings to reinvent themselves, when given a chance. And more importantly, how art and introspection can help see the light.View2023Dancing in A-Yard2023 · Movie7.3MovieSalamIn the French music world, the beginning of the 2000s was marked by the arrival of a young rapper, Diam's. Over the course of three albums, she has become a phenomenon in France, as well as in many countries around the world. Diam's has won some of the most prestigious awards in French music, graced the covers of countless magazines, and sold millions of records. However, in 2010, at the height of her fame, Diam's made a life choice that shocked the French: she converted to Islam. How did a tortured and suicidal artist find her way to peace? For the first time Diam's, known to her family as Mélanie, tells us the real story.View2022Salam2022 · Movie6.8MovieThe BridgeThe Bridge is a controversial documentary that shows people jumping to their death from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.View2006The Bridge2006 · Movie5.6MovieHow to Cook Your LifeA Zen priest in San Francisco and cookbook author use Zen Buddhism and cooking to relate to everyday life.View2007How to Cook Your Life2007 · Movie8.2MovieGordon Ramsay: Shark BaitIn this one-hour special, Gordon investigates the history, culture and controversy surrounding the shark fishing industry. Each year, nearly 100 million sharks worldwide are killed for use of their fins in the traditional Chinese delicacy, driving a third of the world's shark species towards extinction. Gordon also goes diving in an attempt to gain a full understanding of the majestic animal.View2011Gordon Ramsay: Shark Bait2011 · MovieMovieFearIn Fear, documentary filmmaker Michiel van Erp creates a collage of inhabitants of the city of Amsterdam who struggle with various anxiety disorders. Today, more patients with anxiety disorders seek professional help than those who suffer from depression, making anxiety the number one mental illness in the Netherlands. This film will show how a small number of those patients attempt to overcome their fears, in order to get on with their lives in the crowded cosmopolitan city that Amsterdam is today.View2009Fear2009 · Movie7.0MovieWèAs Black and LGBTQ+ History Month begin this February, material science clothing brand PANGAIA leads celebrations with a poetic film that honors these two communities. Following a year of isolation, and with it a deeper understanding of the importance of outdoor spaces and the environment, Wè is a portrait of the self-love and acceptance we have learned to show others and gift to ourselves.View2021Wè2021 · MovieMovieWilliam et Harry : de l'amour à la haineWar has been declared between William and Harry, who are no longer on speaking terms. The elder brother, temperamental and ultra-traditionalist, was raised by his grandmother, for whom only the crown mattered. Harry, on the other hand, is the unloved one. He was the most popular member of the family before he left for the United States with his wife Meghan. Who will win the battle for the hearts and minds of the British people?View2023William et Harry : de l'amour à la haine2023 · Movie7.3MovieBus 174Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.View2002Bus 1742002 · MovieMovieBeyond SilenceThe lives of Jeff, Lauren and Lloyd—three very different people who share one common experience—have been transformed by speaking up for mental health. These inspiring stories depict what mental health in America really looks like and highlights just how important it is to speak up and seek help.View2017Beyond Silence2017 · Movie7.6MovieThe Price of ProtestUnited States, September 1st, 2016. American football player Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem, protesting police brutality against black people. Part of the population regards the gesture as an unacceptable affront to the flag. Later, he loses his place on his team. Today, however, he is considered by many as a true hero.View2019The Price of Protest2019 · MovieMovieThe Blinding of Isaac WoodardIn 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind. The shocking incident made national headlines and, when the police chief was acquitted by an all-white jury, the blatant injustice would change the course of American history. Based on Richard Gergel’s book Unexampled Courage, the film details how the crime led to the racial awakening of President Harry Truman, who desegregated federal offices and the military two years later. The event also ultimately set the stage for the Supreme Court’s landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, which finally outlawed segregation in public schools and jumpstarted the modern civil rights movement.View2021The Blinding of Isaac Woodard2021 · Movie5.2MoviePolice State 2000Alex Jones exposes the growing militarization of American law enforcement and the growing relationship between the military and police. Witness US training with foreign troops and learning how to control and contain civilian populations. You will see Special Forces helicopter attacks on South Texas towns, concentration camps, broad unconstitutional police actions, search and seizure and more.View1999Police State 20001999 · Movie4.6MoviePolice State II: The Take OverAlex Jones exposes the problem-reaction-solution paradigm being used to terrorize the American people into accepting a highly controlled and oppressive society. From children in public schools being trained to turn in their peers and parents, to the Army and National Guard patrolling our nation's highways, Police State: The Takeover reveals the most threatening developments of Police State controlView2000Police State II: The Take Over2000 · Movie
