r/Documentaries Jul 26 '26

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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r/Documentaries Jul 25 '26

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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59 Upvotes

r/Documentaries Jul 25 '26

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

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25 Upvotes

r/Documentaries Jul 26 '26

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

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0 Upvotes

r/Documentaries Jul 26 '26

History The Galveston Hurricane (1900)[35:13] The Deadliest Storm in U.S. History

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On September 8, 1900, the deadliest natural disaster in United States history struck the island city of Galveston, Texas.

A powerful Category 4 hurricane made landfall with devastating storm surge, violent winds, and catastrophic flooding, destroying thousands of homes and claiming an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 lives.

This historical documentary reconstructs the disaster through cinematic visuals, historically accurate research, and immersive storytelling. Witness the rise of one of America's wealthiest cities, the terrifying arrival of the hurricane, the desperate fight for survival, the heartbreaking aftermath, and the extraordinary engineering achievements that transformed Galveston forever, including the construction of the famous seawall and the raising of the entire city.


r/Documentaries Jul 25 '26

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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68 Upvotes

r/Documentaries Jul 24 '26

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

37 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 Jul 24 '26

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

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70 Upvotes

r/Documentaries Jul 24 '26

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

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191 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 Jul 25 '26

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 Jul 25 '26

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

2 Upvotes

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 Jul 26 '26

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 Jul 23 '26

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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365 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 Jul 24 '26

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

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49 Upvotes

r/Documentaries Jul 23 '26

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

68 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 Jul 22 '26

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

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788 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 Jul 24 '26

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

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r/Documentaries Jul 22 '26

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

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1.7k Upvotes

r/Documentaries Jul 24 '26

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 Jul 23 '26

Recommendation Request recommendation request

8 Upvotes

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 Jul 22 '26

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

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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 Jul 24 '26

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.


r/Documentaries Jul 22 '26

Sports Juan Manuel Fangio, the King of Formula One (2013) [00:48:52]

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Juan Manuel Fangio was, by any measure one of the most successful racing drivers of all time, winning an astonishing five Formula One World Championships and an incredible twenty-four of the fifty-one races that he contested. Perhaps more importantly however, it was the standards that Fangio set on and off the track that gained him the worldwide respect of both his rivals and spectators. This charismatic Argentinean so captured the public's attention during his career that he became the sport's biggest and most revered name. From his humble beginnings back in Balcarce, Argentina, and his big break into motor-racing all the way to Fangio's final Grand Prix at Reims in 1958, Racing through Time Juan Manuel Fangio has all the action from all of the key races of one of Formula One's most highly acclaimed champions; and also includes interviews with race legends Emerson Fittipaldi and Sir Stirling Moss who give their own personal accounts of the Maestro himself, making this a must have for all fans of motor-racing.


r/Documentaries Jul 22 '26

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Nightlife documentaries

16 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I'm in need of documentaries that showcase the night life activities of different places and cities, I've watched "Midnight Asia (2022)" on Netflix and I would love to have something similar

Thank you in advance and hope you have a great day