Documentary

Mary Tyler Moore didn’t just toss a hat in the air—she helped blow up the rulebook for women on television. My colleague Rob Kelly ranks this doc #7 on his … Read more

Tommy Caldwell lost an index finger, survived a hostage crisis in Kyrgyzstan, and then decided to free climb a 3,000-foot wall most climbers thought was impossible. Trailer for “The Dawn … Read more

They spent $2 million over two years to record snowboarding rides in remote areas never ridden. This will certainly rank as a top 3 snowboarding documentary when I get to … Read more

Need money? Bring documents. Need documents? You need money. That’s the vicious loop at the heart of this 1975 documentary on the welfare system. Clip of “Welfare” You Can’t Make … Read more

No country locks up more people than the United States. This doc explores how America got there. My colleague Rob Kelly currently ranks this #2 on his list of The … Read more

Imagine aliens landing on Earth after the Gulf War. They’d find towering oil fires, black skies, and a desert that looks like another planet. Shout-out to Jeremy Urquhart, who listed … Read more

Before Elvis shook his hips, Little Richard was already screaming, sweating, pounding the piano, and blowing the doors off American music. Trailer for “Little Richard: I Am Everything” You Can’t … Read more

A tiny late-night college radio show became hip-hop’s secret pipeline to the world. Years before mainstream radio caught on, they were giving airtime to legends like Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, Wu-Tang … Read more

He climbed mountains because the next peak was always calling. And if that meant living out of his car for decades, skipping normal life, and still chasing summits in his … Read more

Eight artists secretly build a hidden apartment inside a busy shopping mall…and somehow live there for four years without getting caught. Lance McDaniel of OKC Friday called this his favorite … Read more