This dataset contains information about various documentary films, providing key details such as their titles, directors, release years, subjects, platforms for viewing, durations, and languages. It is useful for analyzing trends in documentary filmmaking and distribution across different years and topics.
| Title | Director | Year Released | Subject | Platform | Duration (minutes) | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Social Dilemna | Jeff Orlowski | 2020 | Technology | Netflix | 94 | English |
| 13th | Ava DuVernay | 2016 | Social Justice | Netflix | 100 | English |
| Planet Earth II | David Attenborough | 2016 | Nature | BBC | 400 | English |
| Inside Job | Charles Ferguson | 2010 | Economics | Hulu | 108 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Jiro Dreams of Sushi | David Gelb | 2011 | Food | Netflix | 81 | English |
| March of the Penguins | Luc Jacquet | 2005 | Nature | Amazon Prime | 80 | French |
| Fine Line: Saturated Fat | Dr. Eric D. D. Son | 2019 | Health | YouTube | 68 | English |
| Human Planet | BBC | 2011 | Nature/Humanity | BBC | 360 | English |
| Before the Flood | Fisher Stevens | 2016 | Climate Change | National Geographic | 96 | English |
| What the Health | Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn | 2017 | Health | Netflix | 96 | English |
| American Factory | Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar | 2019 | Business | Netflix | 115 | English |
| Blackfish | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | 2013 | Animal Rights | Amazon Prime | 83 | English |
| Make It So: A Star Trek Documentary | J. A. E. M., K. T. R. M. M. | 2019 | Film | Vimeo | 120 | English |
| Saving Space: The Challenge of Space Debris | Various | 2021 | Science | YouTube | 50 | English |
| Inside the Mind of a Cat | Elizabeth Lo | 2022 | Animals | Netflix | 75 | English |
| The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer | 2012 | History | Amazon Prime | 159 | English |
| Planet Earth | Alastair Fothergill | 2006 | Nature | BBC | 540 | English |
| Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | Seth MacFarlane, Ann Druyan | 2014 | Science | Fox | 600 | English |
| Seaspiracy | Ali Tabrizi | 2021 | Environment | Netflix | 89 | English |
| Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father | Kurt Kuenne | 2008 | True Crime | Amazon Prime | 95 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Chasing Ice | Jeff Orlowski | 2012 | Environment | Netflix | 75 | English |
| The Ivory Game | Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani | 2016 | Conservation | Netflix | 112 | English |
| 13th | Ava DuVernay | 2016 | Social Justice | Netflix | 100 | English |
| The Game Changers | Louie Psihoyos | 2018 | Health | Netflix | 78 | English |
| Citizenfour | Laura Poitras | 2014 | Privacy | HBO | 114 | English |
| Super Size Me | Morgan Spurlock | 2004 | Health | Amazon Prime | 100 | English |
| The Fog of War | Errol Morris | 2003 | War | Amazon Prime | 107 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Harlan County, USA | Barbara Kopple | 1976 | Labor Rights | Criterion Channel | 103 | English |
| The Last Dance | Jason Hehir | 2020 | Sports | Netflix | 500 | English |
| Zeitgeist: The Movie | Peter Joseph | 2007 | Philosophy | YouTube | 129 | English |
| Inside the Vatican | Peter Coyote | 2019 | Religion | PBS | 120 | English |
| RBG | Betsy West, Julie Cohen | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 97 | English |
| The White Helmets | Orlando von Einsiedel | 2016 | Humanitarian | Netflix | 40 | English |
| Food, Inc. | Robert Kenner | 2008 | Food Industry | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| 20 Feet from Stardom | Morgan Neville | 2013 | Music | Amazon Prime | 91 | English |
| The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann | Chris Smith | 2019 | True Crime | Netflix | 295 | English |
| Grizzly Man | Werner Herzog | 2005 | Nature | Amazon Prime | 103 | English |
| Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjelloul | 2012 | Music | Amazon Prime | 86 | English |
| Born into Brothels | Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman | 2004 | Social Issues | Amazon Prime | 85 | English |
| Exit Through the Gift Shop | Banksy | 2010 | Art | Amazon Prime | 87 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| The Kingmaker | Lauren Greenfield | 2019 | Politics | Showtime | 100 | English |
| Pumping Iron | George Butler, Robert Fiore | 1977 | Sports | Amazon Prime | 85 | English |
| Three Identical Strangers | Tim Wardle | 2018 | Psychology | Amazon Prime | 96 | English |
| Spinning Plates | Erin Lee Carr | 2012 | Food | Netflix | 83 | English |
| The Before Times: Then and Now | They Don't Know Us | 2022 | Society | YouTube | 72 | English |
| Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution | Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht | 2020 | Disability Rights | Netflix | 106 | English |
| The Way I See It | Ava DuVernay | 2020 | Politics | Peacock | 100 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Miss Representation | Jennifer Siebel Newsom | 2011 | Gender Equality | Amazon Prime | 90 | English |
| Time | Garrett Bradley | 2020 | Justice | Amazon Prime | 81 | English |
| Bobby Kennedy for President | David Leaf, Dayna Goldfine | 2018 | Politics | Netflix | 220 | English |
| Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened | Chris Smith | 2019 | Business | Netflix | 97 | English |
| The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer | 2012 | History | Amazon Prime | 159 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| The Secret Life of Pets | Joan Lo, Jon Kauffman | 2016 | Animals | PBS | 90 | English |
| The Great Hack | Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim | 2019 | Technology | Netflix | 113 | English |
| Life, Animated | Roger Ross Williams | 2016 | Autism | Hulu | 90 | English |
| Miss Americana | Laurie Collyer | 2020 | Music | Netflix | 85 | English |
| The Game Changers | Louie Psihoyos | 2018 | Health | Netflix | 78 | English |
| The Farthest: Voyager in Space | Emer Reynolds | 2017 | Space | PBS | 113 | English |
| The Cove | Louie Psihoyos | 2009 | Animal Rights | Netflix | 92 | English |
| Bill Nye: Science Guy | David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg | 2017 | Education | Netflix | 101 | English |
| Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution | Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht | 2020 | Disability Rights | Netflix | 106 | English |
| Knock Down the House | Rachel Lears | 2019 | Politics | Netflix | 84 | English |
| 13th | Ava DuVernay | 2016 | Social Justice | Netflix | 100 | English |
| The Truth About Alcohol | Various | 2020 | Health | YouTube | 60 | English |
| The Challenges of Monumentalism | Various | 2020 | Art | YouTube | 90 | English |
| A Plastic Ocean | Craig Leeson | 2016 | Environment | Amazon Prime | 102 | English |
| Life Below Zero | Various | 2013 | Nature | National Geographic | 150 | English |
| Plastic Planet | Werner Boote | 2009 | Environment | Amazon Prime | 95 | German |
| The Beatles: Eight Days a Week | Ron Howard | 2016 | Music | Hulu | 138 | English |
| Do You Trust This Computer? | Chris Paine | 2018 | Technology | Amazon Prime | 88 | English |
| The Kill Team | Dan Krauss | 2019 | War | Hulu | 77 | English |
| Bill Gates: Inside the Mind of a Genius | NaN | 2019 | Biography | Netflix | 84 | English |
| Sharkwater Extinction | Rob Stewart | 2018 | Conservation | Amazon Prime | 90 | English |
| Epoch of Untruth | Robert T. M. V., Various | 2020 | Media | YouTube | 75 | English |
| Leaving Neverland | Dan Reed | 2019 | Biography | HBO | 300 | English |
| Life in a Day | Kevin Macdonald | 2011 | Human Experience | YouTube | 95 | English |
| Happy | Roko Belic | 2011 | Happiness | Amazon Prime | 76 | English |
| Into the Abyss | Werner Herzog | 2011 | Crime | Amazon Prime | 107 | English |
| The Truth About Robots | Various | 2018 | Technology | YouTube | 55 | English |
| Bill Nye: Science Guy | David Alvarado, Jason Sussberg | 2017 | Education | Netflix | 101 | English |
| Born to Be Wild | David Lickley | 2011 | Animals | Amazon Prime | 80 | English |
| The Game Changers | Louie Psihoyos | 2018 | Health | Netflix | 78 | English |
| Documentary Now! | Fred Armisen, Bill Hader | 2015 | Comedy | IFC | 30 | English |
| The Social Dilemna | Jeff Orlowski | 2020 | Technology | Netflix | 94 | English |
| The Act of Killing | Joshua Oppenheimer | 2012 | History | Amazon Prime | 159 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Harlan County, USA | Barbara Kopple | 1976 | Labor Rights | Criterion Channel | 103 | English |
| Chasing Ice | Jeff Orlowski | 2012 | Environment | Netflix | 75 | English |
| Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint | Halina Dyrschka | 2019 | Art | Amazon Prime | 90 | English |
| Belly of the Beast | Erin Lee Carr | 2020 | Justice | Amazon Prime | 75 | English |
| Time | Garrett Bradley | 2020 | Justice | Amazon Prime | 81 | English |
| Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Marilyn Agrelo | 2021 | Education | HBO Max | 107 | English |
| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 2019 | Inspiration | Netflix | 113 | English |
| Our Planet | Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey | 2019 | Nature | Netflix | 401 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| National Parks: America's Best Idea | Ken Burns | 2009 | Nature | PBS | 720 | English |
| Interstellar | Christopher Nolan | 2014 | Science | Various | 169 | English |
| The True Cost | Andrew Morgan | 2015 | Fashion | Amazon Prime | 92 | English |
| Jordan: The Comeback | Brent Hodge | 2020 | Sports | Amazon Prime | 103 | English |
| A Beautiful Planet | Toni Myers | 2016 | Space | Netflix | 100 | English |
| Simon Amstell: Carnage | Simon Amstell | 2017 | Comedy | Netflix | 80 | English |
| Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! | Morgan Spurlock | 2017 | Health | Amazon Prime | 100 | English |
| The Road to Tahrir | Tamer El Said, Tamer Nabil | 2013 | Documentary | YouTube | 111 | Arabic |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Photographing Fairies | Terry Gilliam | 1997 | Photography | Various | 87 | English |
| American Factory | Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar | 2019 | Business | Netflix | 115 | English |
| The Age of Stupid | Franny Armstrong | 2009 | Climate Change | Amazon Prime | 89 | English |
| Inside the Vatican | Peter Coyote | 2019 | Religion | PBS | 120 | English |
| Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! | Morgan Spurlock | 2017 | Health | Amazon Prime | 100 | English |
| Jane | Brett Morgan | 2017 | Wildlife | National Geographic | 90 | English |
| Knock Down the House | Rachel Lears | 2019 | Politics | Netflix | 84 | English |
| Free Solo | Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin | 2018 | Adventure | Disney+ | 100 | English |
| Hamilton's America | Alex Horwitz | 2016 | Theater | Disney+ | 89 | English |
| Paris is Burning | Jennie Livingston | 1990 | LGBTQ+ | Amazon Prime | 76 | English |
| The Great British Baking Show | NaN | 2010 | Food | Netflix | 59 | English |
| Food Choices | Mia Feroleto | 2016 | Health | Amazon Prime | 93 | English |
| The Queen of Versailles | Lauren Greenfield | 2012 | Wealth | Amazon Prime | 100 | English |
| Many Rivers to Cross | Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 2013 | History | PBS | 180 | English |
| Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind | Yuval Noah Harari | 2016 | History | Netflix | 88 | English |
| The First Angry Man | NaN | 2015 | Social Justice | YouTube | 56 | English |
| Earthlings | Shaun Monson | 2005 | Animal Rights | Amazon Prime | 95 | English |
| Miss Representation | Jennifer Siebel Newsom | 2011 | Gender Equality | Amazon Prime | 90 | English |
| The Great Hack | Karim Amer, Jehane Noujaim | 2019 | Technology | Netflix | 113 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| The Science of Us | NaN | 2018 | Education | YouTube | 60 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Exit Through the Gift Shop | Banksy | 2010 | Art | Amazon Prime | 87 | English |
| 13th | Ava DuVernay | 2016 | Social Justice | Netflix | 100 | English |
| The Hunting Ground | Kirby Dick | 2015 | College Rape | Amazon Prime | 103 | English |
| Sicko | Michael Moore | 2007 | Health | Amazon Prime | 123 | English |
| Blackfish | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | 2013 | Animal Rights | Amazon Prime | 83 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| The Social Dilemma | Jeff Orlowski | 2020 | Technology | Netflix | 94 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | Morgan Neville | 2018 | Biography | Amazon Prime | 94 | English |
| Our Planet | Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey | 2019 | Nature | Netflix | 401 | English |
| American Factory | Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar | 2019 | Business | Netflix | 115 | English |
| A Beautiful Planet | Toni Myers | 2016 | Space | Netflix | 100 | English |
| Making a Murderer | Laura Ricciardi, Moira Demos | 2015 | True Crime | Netflix | 700 | English |