Favorite Documentaries

A filmmaker decides to memorialize a murdered friend when his friend's ex-girlfriend announces she is expecting his son.

Tells the story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised like a human child by a family in a brownstone on the upper West Side in the 1970s.

Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.

While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald's food for one month.

Birth is a miracle, a rite of passage, and a natural part of life but it's also a business. After a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake teams up with filmmaker Abby Epstein to investigate the maternity.

Documentary about Father Oliver O'Grady, a Catholic priest who was relocated to various parishes around the United States during the 1970s in an attempt by the Catholic Church to cover up his rape of dozens of children.

A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.

A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.

A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.

A documentary that explores the question: In the age of manscaping, metrosexuals, and grooming products galore - what does it mean to be a man?

According to homeless people and experts alike, St. Petersburg, Florida is one of the best places to be if you're homeless. ''Easy Street'' documents the daily existence of homeless people throughout the city over the course of one year.

A graphic documentary on both sides of the abortion debate.

Every day in America 10,000 teenagers catch a sexually transmitted disease, 2,400 young girls get pregnant and 55 young people are infected with HIV. LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX takes a revealing look at how American attitudes toward adolescent sexuality impact today's teenagers. Director James Houston takes us on a journey to examine trends in American society as personified by a cast of diverse characters. At a high school for pregnant teens in Los Angeles, young girls are contemplating teen parenthood. In Washington, D.C., where HIV infection rates rival several African countries, community outreach workers are trying to save lives. The film also travels to the Netherlands, where Houston compares European attitudes with those in America, then concludes in Oregon, where the lessons learned in Western Europe are helping to create practical solutions. Real parents and youth, compelling statistics, animation and archival material all combine to paint an urgent picture of American youth in crisis, one that not enough people are talking about.

American Meth is more than a movie, it's a movement. Narrated by Val Kilmer this documentary explores the devastation this drug is unleashing on America, and it looks at how it dismatles an American family.

Filmmakers use hidden cameras to capture the various suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.

The bizarre true story of Linda Riss and Burt Pugach.

A devastating and heart-rending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzly bears in Alaska.

Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.

BUSTING OUT will challenge how you think about breasts. Filmmaker Francine Strickwerda lost her mother to breast cancer as a child, and then was the first in her class to 'develop.' She's been haunted by 'the boobs of doom' ever since. Francine takes us on a journey to explore how attitudes about breasts affect Americans -- diving into the history and politics surrounding this American icon.

Explorer examines the powerful and highly addictive drug methamphetamine also known as "meth". Correspondent Lisa Ling charts meth's impact in the United States and in the world.

Expedition Week follows explorer Piers Gibbon as he travels to Papua New Guinea to explorer cannibalism. He visits the Samo people and discovers that they no longer practice cannibals though they once did. He then visits a native Biami tribe to explore their belief in sorcery and to examine the cannibal practices once used in the village.

Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead is an American documentary that chronicles Australian Joe Cross's 60-day journey across the United States, where he embarks on a juice-only fast in a quest to reclaim his health.

An exploration of the lives of several former adult performers who have retired from the porn industry.

Explores the marriage of a young couple with Down syndrome, and the family who strives to support their needs.

A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.