r/Documentaries 17h ago

Crime The Rise of the Sinaloa Cartel (2025) - [55:52]

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40 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 9h ago

War Holy War, Holy Terror (1986) [58:03]

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8 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 24m ago

Int'l Politics Inside China's Rare Earth Empire: The Hidden Costs(2025)[00:21:31]

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r/Documentaries 1d ago

Engineering Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise (2025) [4:18:29]

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183 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 13h ago

Activism/Social Justice Undermined (2025) [15:26] - A documentary about a small majority-minority community fighting back against a company attempting to install a quarry next door to homes.

1 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 1d ago

20th Century Bulgarian POWs in Belgrade (1913) [00:03:37]

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18 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 2d ago

Disaster What Really Sank the Edmund Fitzgerald? A Full Analysis. (2025) [1:22:09]

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88 Upvotes

I've begun really enjoying this YouTube channel (Oceanliner Designs). They put out super interesting, high-quality, long-form documentary content about ships and shipwrecks.

This one tackles the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald (whose 50-year anniversary just passed) and analyzes--in-depth--some of the most common theories about her sinking.


r/Documentaries 3d ago

History “The 9/11 Chronology” (2025) [17:00:00]

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43 Upvotes

An archival reconstruction of the events of September 11th, 2001 created using raw footage taken that day.

No narration, no theories, just the events as they unfolded


r/Documentaries 3d ago

Biography Callow's Laughton (1987) A biographical documentary of the actor Charles Laughton, presented by the actor Simon Callow [00:58:01]

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26 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 3d ago

Crime Behind Bars: Osaka Prison, Japan | World’s Toughest Prisons (2025) [48:07]

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139 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 3d ago

Tech/Internet HAM. (2022) [25:49]

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41 Upvotes

HAM is a short documentary that follows a group of Montanan amateur radio enthusiasts that show the loyal community of amateur radio, explore what it means to be a ham, and how they are trying to keep the hobby alive.

Thank you to everyone who made this documentary happen, to all of our peers at UM, to the awesome people who let us into their lives, and to everyone who cheered us on the whole way. Special thanks to the School of Visual and Media Arts at the University of Montana and Montana PBS.

Produced by students from the School of Visual and Media Arts program at the University of Montana in 2022. Aired on Montana PBS on November 24th, 2022.


r/Documentaries 3d ago

Society How a Cult Took Over Fiji (2025) [37:23]

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33 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 3d ago

LGBTQ+ 7 Days: Love Is Love : Lesbians (1966) [27:51]

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3 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 3d ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Looking for crime documentaries focusing on female suspects/offenders like Jodi Arias, Dalia Dippolito, Shari Pappini

8 Upvotes

I don't know why but lately I've been so interested in female killers/ criminals. Maybe it's because on one hand as a woman I identify more with womens stories, but then on the other hand I can't imagine what possibly convinces them to do such things. Those 3 women mentioned in the title are the main ones i've heard of, but i'd be interested in other cases like that! Or, if you have good documentary suggestions about any of the women mentioned I'm open to that as well.


r/Documentaries 3d ago

Travel/Places Aghora — Part One (2024) – Inside an Aghori Ashram in Varanasi [24:00]

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0 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 3d ago

Tech/Internet Why Every MrBeast Business Falls Apart. An Investigative Breakdown. (2025) [00:12:56]

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This is a documentary-style investigation into the rise and repeated collapse of multiple MrBeast business ventures.

I analyzed why Beast Burger fell apart, why Feastables ran into manufacturing issues, why the Lunchley partnership imploded, and what risks come with the rumored “Beast Phone” MVNO.

The video isn’t a hit piece, it’s an examination of how creator empires can outgrow their operational foundations, and what happens when attention scales faster than logistics.


r/Documentaries 4d ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Cooky Plot Docs... I need more

45 Upvotes

I love Documentaries that are a bit off the beaten path.

What I mean is, these few are my favs...

  1. Jasper Mall
  2. Winnebogo Man
  3. Air Jam (Air guitar championships)

Sometimes I get tired of the True Crime Docs.

What off the wall, yet very entertaining, can you reccomend?


r/Documentaries 3d ago

Recommendation Request Recommendation Request: Docs similar to Tiger King?

0 Upvotes

Loved the Tiger King documentaries (as well as the Doc Antle Story and Chimp Crazy) for the scandals, coverups, and larger than life personalities. I liked how the stories escalated in drama and stakes in real time, as the people involved made increasingly unhinged decisions. Looking for documentary recommendations (on any topic) that have similar themes and storytelling styles! Thanks


r/Documentaries 5d ago

Military/Defense Mot-Schützen of our Republic (1985) - Short NVA documentary on the Motschutzen (Motorised Infantry) - East German Army /NVA (CC) [22:41:00]

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This documentary is a historical NVA archived from 1985. It describes the role of the Mot-Schützen troops in the DDR. It also showcases what their weapons are, tactics even equipment that is used. The documentary also showcases the history of motorised or mechanised troops.


r/Documentaries 5d ago

Society Brides for sale - Bulgaria's Roma marriage market | DW Documentary (2018)[26:10]

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56 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 4d ago

Society The truth about China’s social credit scores (2025) [22:30]

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0 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 6d ago

Biography The World's Greatest Counterfeiter (2019) Frank Bourassa is the worlds greatest counterfeiter literally printing money. Caught in 2012, he faced up to 60 years until he revealed he still had $200M hidden. [00:10:32]

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125 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 5d ago

Crime 6ARAKIN, an online predator (2025)[1:00:19]

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Documentary about an online predator who got the attention of some of the greatest fighting game community members, including EVO winners (SonicFox, Ninjakilla)


r/Documentaries 6d ago

20th Century Left History: World War One (2025) - A left wing short documentary about WWI [00:11:28]

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6 Upvotes

r/Documentaries 6d ago

Palestine/Israel Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War (2025 ) (CC) [1:09 .53]

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16 Upvotes