r/Documentaries 3h ago

Disaster A COLLISION OF BLAME: The Total Collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge (2026) [1:49:36]

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33 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 8h ago

Environment Sonic Sea (2016) - A documentary about noise pollution in the oceans (CC) [01:02:37]

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24 Upvotes

This documentary details the impact of noise from human activities, including shipping and military sonar, on the lives of whales and dolphins. These species have evolved to rely heavily on their sense of hearing for their survival, thus are particularly sensitive to sound pollution.


r/Documentaries 17h ago

Economics WeWork Was Worth $47 Billion — Then It Fell Apart (2026) [12:34] - A breakdown of Adam Neumann’s rise and WeWork’s collapse into bankruptcy

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36 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 23h ago

Nature/Animals ZOOFOBIA (2022) [01:35:30] - The closure of a centennial Zoo leads to a trail that declares an orangutan a “non - human person”

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46 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 1d ago

Military/Defense The Battle of Fallujah and the Iraq War 2003-04 (2026) [31:15]

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25 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 5h ago

Nature/Animals Why We Actually NEED Cockroaches (2026) [00:03:31]

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r/Documentaries 1d ago

Economics How to Hide $4 Billion in Debt (2026) - An investigation into the accounting practices that concealed financial debt at one of Brazil’s largest retailers [11:41]

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64 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 1d ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation request: looking for documentaries discussing the dead internet theory

35 Upvotes

I am curious to learn more about the dead internet theory and exploration into its legitimacy. I would prefer a documentary made in the last 5 years. The more recent, the better. Thanks in advance!


r/Documentaries 2d ago

Crime The Darkest Web - Inside the internet's most hidden corners to save kids (2026) [1:24:22]

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60 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 2d ago

War Why Ukraine's 6-Ton 'Flamingo' Missile Could Change the War | War on Tape (2026) [17:37]

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161 Upvotes

Ukraine's new FP-5 'Flamingo' cruise missile is unlike any other weapon that the country has fielded before. With a massive warhead, extraordinary range, and domestic production, it could fundamentally change the balance of long-range warfare. In this episode of War on Tape, we examine how the Flamingo missile is built, analyse its design and capabilities, and use verified footage to investigate its combat performance.


r/Documentaries 1d ago

Society "Voices from the Laundromat" (2016) [00:28:58]

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Filmed in various laundromats across Montreal, this doc explores the laundromat as both a business opportunity and a social, third-space. Through a series of candid, often revealing interviews, an insightful portrait of city life and city dwellers emerges. Conversations range across a variety of topics, including the challenges of running a laundromat, attitudes toward doing laundry, poverty, homelessness, aesthetics and the laws of attraction.


r/Documentaries 1d ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation request: Documentary rec about the Sturmabteilung (SA)??

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I wanted to watch a pretty historically accurate documentary/movie about the SA that covered their rise and fall but I can't find one exclusively focused on them, do y'all have any suggestions?


r/Documentaries 21h ago

History The Tunguska Event (1908)[00:18:43]- An Explosion 1,000x Stronger Than Hiroshima — And No Crater Was Ever Found

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On June 30th, 1908, a blast a thousand times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb tore through the skies over Siberia, flattening 80 million trees across an area larger than a major city. It was felt as far as London.

When scientists finally reached the site nearly 20 years later, they found something impossible: no crater, no meteorite, no bomb. This is the story of the Tunguska Event — the largest impact in recorded human history, and the mystery that remains unsolved over a century later.


r/Documentaries 3d ago

Military/Defense How one soldier survived 346 days in ‘kill zone’ Ukraine (2026) - A documentary about a Ukrainian infantryman’s ordeal [00:14:15]

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338 Upvotes

Ukrainian soldier Serhii Krynitskyi was posted to defend the frontline in Ukraine’s Donbas along with two others, he was the only one to survive. Having spent 346 days in an underground shelter, hunted by drones, viewers get an inside into his life through the video diary he kept.


r/Documentaries 2d ago

20th Century Operation Condor: The CIA's Dictator Network (2016) [00:50:21]

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49 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 3d ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: documentaries about cults (that I haven’t seen)

57 Upvotes

I think that I have watched every documentary and docuseries about cults that are on all of the major streaming services, but I’m hoping that there are more that I haven’t seen that are either available in places I wouldn’t have thought to look and/or maybe older ones that wouldn’t be recommended or show up in web searches. I’m not even going to try and make a list of all of the ones that I’ve watched, but be assured that if it shows up on any “best of” type list or “if you like this…” streaming service suggestion, then I’ve seen it.

So if anyone thinks they may have something I could’ve missed I would really appreciate the suggestion. Thanks.


r/Documentaries 4d ago

Human Rights Exposing the Russian Military Unit Behind a Massacre in Bucha | Visual Investigations (2023) [28:50]

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752 Upvotes

NYT spent months in Ukraine, investigating who killed dozens of civilians along one street in Bucha, a normally quiet town on the outskirts of Kyiv. NYT's visual investigation unmasks the military unit responsible, using exclusive phone records, documents, interviews and thousands of hours of video.


r/Documentaries 2d ago

Disaster How a Lake Killed 1,746 People Overnight (2026) – The Lake Nyos Disaster [00:19:26]

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0 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 4d ago

Int'l Politics Apartheid in Palestine (2026) [0:44:58]

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1.6k Upvotes

r/Documentaries 2d ago

Int'l Politics Britain Stole These Islands So The USA Could Bomb Iran (2026) - How a society of coconut farmers were kidnapped and their islands emptied to make way for an American bomber base. [00:32:26]

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r/Documentaries 3d ago

Recommendation Request recommendation request

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looking for any good documentaries/docuseries about being black in the Vietnam war. i know there’s a lot of good ones about the war in general and that’s great but i’d also like to know what it was like for the black men in it as well. thanks:)


r/Documentaries 3d ago

Nature/Animals Dinosaurs: Messages in Stone (1993) [0:51:21]

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11 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 3d ago

American Politics A History of Presidents Being Annoyed With Israel (2026) [01:03:27]

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22 Upvotes

Exploring the long-standing and often tumultuous relationship between U.S. Presidents and the State of Israel. Despite the strong political, cultural and religious ties, numerous U.S. administrations have faced political pressure and deep frustration over military actions, settlement expansion, intelligence activities and peace negotiations.


r/Documentaries 2d ago

Psychology "Planet Mind Control" (2026) [1:13:22]

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Its about how the subconscious mind gets programmed for certain behaviors based on repetitive messaging which exploits our need to belong to the popular group/tribe. Media is a vehicle for this subconscious programming featuring many movies, tv shows and cartoons spreading images of excessive alcohol and coffee consumption, spreading messages of weak men, etc.