Social Cultural Documentary Movies

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Deep Throat, a pornographic film directed by Gerard Damiano, a film-loving hairdresser, and starring Linda Lovelace, a shy girl manipulated by a contr...

Documentary on the Mayan culture.

An account of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama broadcast that inadvertently started a mass panic.

A look-back at popular French movie "La Boum" (The Party).

From Rickrolling to viral conspiracy theories, explore how an anonymous website evolved into a hub for real-world chaos in this documentary.

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

Using his personal background, Brazilian Karim Aïnous invites the audience to follow/discover an incredible journey through space and time, with an or...

Through key testimonies, this documentary looks at a gang rape that took place during the 2016 San Fermín festival and sparked protests worldwide.

Pushed to his breaking point, a master welder in a small town at the foot of the Rocky Mountains quietly fortifies a bulldozer with 30 tons of concret...

While much of the world struggles to keep the planet going, a frighteningly large group of American fundamentalist Christians are working to promote t...

Since its release in 1968, Planet of the Apes, the masterful film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, and its subsequent s...

Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Bra...

Through the unrelenting winter in the north of Japan, a small group of workers must brave unusual working conditions to bring to life a 2,000-year-old...

Swiping. Dating. Ghosting. Have you wondered what was really going on in your date's head? "Sex, Love, Misery" reveals candid thoughts and encounters...

What does the looming A.I. revolution mean for us as individuals and as a society?

This film portrait of a new kind is a deep dive into the heart of the art scene of Los Angeles. From a ride on Sunset Boulevard in a convertible car a...

This call to arms documentary details the questionable ethics of the food supply industry, pointing out the power of huge supermarket chains to dictat...

The film takes a look at the daily lives of people in more than two dozen countries around the world during the course of a week. In the film, celebri...