This year’s crop of top documentary contenders includes films about racism, war, America’s corrupt prison system and George Orwell.

The documentary "Love+War" follows photojournalist Lynsey Addario as she captures war across the world. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Addario about the balance between her work and life.

A first-of-its-kind documentary set to premiere in spring 2026 is pulling back the curtain on what cybersecurity journalist ...

Few things have the power to shift our perspective as profoundly as a well-made documentary. They transport us to distant places, reveal hidden truths, and challenge what we think we know about the ...

“War does not determine who is right—only who is left,” someone once said. War reshapes lives, leaving stories of courage, loss, and survival. Filmmakers have made countless great war movies — but ...

The Age of Disclosure,' Dan Farah's buzzy SXSW documentary about non-human intelligent life, will premiere in theaters and on ...

The word “samurai” is thrown around a lot in popular culture, but this six-part series gets down to the brass tacks of what it actually means. Covering the era of feudal Japan from 1551 to 1616, the ...

EXCLUSIVE: A new feature-length documentary exploring the making of Stanley Kubrick’s seminal Vietnam War film Full Metal ...