Cheese & Crackers
“Cheese & Crackers” is the legendary 2006 skate short where Daewon Song and Chris Haslam take a mini-ramp in a garage and turn it into their own physics-defying playground. It’s … Read more
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
Everyone knows Katrina was a Category 5 storm, but this documentary proves the real disaster started after the levees broke, when time, race, and power collided. You’ll never look at … Read more
Amy Bradley Is Missing
Amy Bradley was 23, barefoot, and standing on the balcony of her Royal Caribbean cabin — and by sunrise near Aruba, she was gone. More than two decades later, she’s … Read more
Black Barbie: A Documentary
Before Beyoncé was on the cover of Vogue and Michelle was in the White House, Black girls had to imagine themselves as Barbies that didn’t look like them. Thanks to … Read more
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders
JonBenét had tabloids, O.J. had helicopters—this one had DNA on a knife sheath, 12 camera sightings of a white Elantra, and a suspect who studied criminology and allegedly graded papers … Read more
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
It starts with one priest in Wisconsin—and ends with a paper trail to the Pope. Alex Gibney delivers a devastating reckoning that starts in a Milwaukee school and ends in … Read more
Simone Biles Rising
Nike. NBC. USA Gymnastics. The whole machine wanted Simone Biles to be perfect, until she reminded them she was human. Most Simone Biles documentaries get lukewarm audience scores despite solid … Read more
Chalk – Bedrock of Fly Fishing
Come for the trout, stay for the calm of watching British dudes wax poetic about chalk and water. If you love fly fishing docs, check out this list of the … Read more
The Conservation Game
What if Steve Irwin wasn’t saving animals, but selling them to the highest bidder? This doc rips the warm-and-fuzzy mask off wildlife TV and shows what really happens to those … Read more