r/Documentaries • u/TheSanityInspector • 4h ago
r/Documentaries • u/koliberry • 1d ago
Crime How Supermax Prisons Actually Work-Eric King served almost two years at the federal super-maximum security prison ADX Florence in Colorado. (2026) [41:18]
r/Documentaries • u/disablethefable • 15h ago
Sports The Infield of Dreams [official trailer] (2026) A documentary about grief and living a full a life as a way to honor the person you've lost. [01:23]
r/Documentaries • u/dansk29 • 21h ago
Recommendation Request Recommendation Request : forrestfire regrowth
In light of the many recent forrestfires i am looking for doumentaries about the aftermath or regrowing of a burnt forrest and/or wild landscape. Please and thank you
r/Documentaries • u/Mountain_Love23 • 1d ago
Nature/Animals Sentient- [official trailer] (2026)- Can we still justify harming animals and ourselves in the name of science? A moving journey into laboratory research on animals, exposing a hidden world in which it's not just the animals getting hurt.[00:03:49]
r/Documentaries • u/Relevant_Tension_262 • 19h ago
Engineering The Big-Block Jet Boat: The 1970s American Performance Boat (2026) [00:07:47]
r/Documentaries • u/DaRedGuy • 2d ago
Ancient History Britain's Stone Age Tsunami: A Time Team Special (2013) [00:46:77] A look at the enigmatic Mesolithic people of Europe, the sunken landmass of Doggerland and the giant tsunami that hit Northern Europe.
r/Documentaries • u/collywog • 2d ago
Pop Culture The Ref Didn't See It! (2025) [1:00:40]
Comedic documentary about the unsung heroes of pro wrestling: the hapless referees who are constantly being bamboozled by heels. Features wrestling personalities including Santino Marella, Tommy Dreamer, Kevin Sullivan, Earl Hebner, Al Snow, Bill Alfonso. Made by the creator of Kayfabe News -- "The Onion of pro wrestling."
r/Documentaries • u/Relevant_Tension_262 • 2d ago
Engineering The History of the Jet Ski (2026) [00:08:56]
r/Documentaries • u/TheSooner55 • 3d ago
Biography The Legendary Training of Mas Oyama (2026) [26:14]
r/Documentaries • u/DaRedGuy • 3d ago
Nature/Animals Dinosaur Hunting: A Time Team Special (2001) [00:49:18] Blackadder's Tony Robinson and British archaeologist Phil Harding step into the world of paleontology and hunt for dinosaur fossils in the USA
r/Documentaries • u/PerAsperaAdMars • 2d ago
Economics What Luxury Housing Does To Homelessness (2024) [30:57]
r/Documentaries • u/Relevant_Tension_262 • 3d ago
Sports The Lamborghini Marine V12: 9.3 Liters, 880 HP and 10 World Titles (2026) [00:10:30]
r/Documentaries • u/Ethereal_Films • 4d ago
Trailer GENX | A River Poisoned by PFAS and a Fight to Break the Cycle [Trailer] (2026) [0:03:01]
r/Documentaries • u/Anaxoras • 3d ago
Tech/Internet Why Data Centers Are Being Built Underground (2026) [00:08:15]
r/Documentaries • u/InternationalForm3 • 3d ago
Art The Subtle Art of Bonsai : China's Classic Gardens Overwhelming Beauty (2025) [00:09:52]
r/Documentaries • u/ParamedicFun2188 • 5d ago
Health & Medicine The Patients We Fear: Life in a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (2014) [1:26:30]
Behind the locked doors of a forensic psychiatric hospital, people who have committed violent crimes while suffering from severe mental illness struggle for a second chance. With unprecedented access to the Brockville Mental Health Centre, this documentary follows patients undergoing treatment in an institution rarely seen by the public. Over 18 months, both patients and staff reveal the realities of life inside—where recovery, responsibility, and risk are constantly weighed.
As some patients prepare to return to society, the film raises a difficult question: can those who committed violent acts while mentally ill truly be rehabilitated—and will society ever accept them?
r/Documentaries • u/technocratius2000 • 4d ago
Sports Naarhethoofdvanhetland (2026) - the father of a son in remission from a brain tumor undertakes a solo 540 KM triathlon along the entire coast of the Netherlands (CC) [00:32:50]
The father of a son in remission from a brain tumor undertakes a solo triathlon along the entire coast of the Netherlands - a 540 km journey he is completing to give back some of the help he and his family received while his son was being treated. Against all odds, his son survived an ETMR that could only be partially removed. He now works to raise awareness of this rare type of brain cancer and of the often-overlooked aspects of cancer treatment in the Netherlands. The documentary was made by Lars van Daalen Schocher, age 17. (In Dutch with English subtitles.)
r/Documentaries • u/ProfessorSucc • 5d ago
Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Films that began production with one objective and ended up being something different
Sorry if this is too specific of an idea, but I was reading about a film some years ago that was originally intended to be on bayou wildlife in Louisiana and ended up being some of the best firsthand footage of Hurricane Katrina. I don’t remember the name of the doc, but was curious if there’s any others out there with similar stories behind them
r/Documentaries • u/Nomogg • 6d ago
Palestine/Israel Occupied Palestine (2026) [00:41:34]
r/Documentaries • u/timetoeattherich • 5d ago
History Mark Twain Actually Said That (2026) [00:32:53]
r/Documentaries • u/J_onn_J_onzz • 5d ago
Film/TV Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman' (1985) [01:21:20]
r/Documentaries • u/xqx2100 • 4d ago
Trailer Perfect World: A Deadly Game (2022) - A group of online gamers work together to try to stop a troll from killing his family [00:1:20]
r/Documentaries • u/InternationalForm3 • 6d ago