HBO Documentary Films Popular Movie

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Edward Snowden

Using the book 'Fragments', which collects Marilyn Monroe's poems, notes and letters, and with participation from the Arthur Miller and Truman Capote...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elizabeth Banks

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steven Spielberg

Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tina Turner

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would...

Genre: History

Cast: Dennis Hopper

This documentary looks at the surge in political violence through the story of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, showing the roots of anti-government...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kathy Sanders

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Baby Peggy

With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elizabeth Holmes

Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kurt Cobain

A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adrian Grenier

An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: André Roussimoff

In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Richard Dawkins

A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Rasmussen

The first documentary portrait of fashion icon Ralph Lauren, reveals the man behind the icon and the creation of one of the most successful brands in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Ralph Lauren

GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Paul Haggis

A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Fran Lebowitz

Oliver Stone spends three days filming with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discussing an array of subjects with the president such as his rise to power,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Oliver Stone

An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Arnold Friedman

The history of New York’s Meatpacking District, told from the perspective of transgender sex workers who lived and worked there. Filmmaker...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kristen Parker Lovell

As the muse of Hal Hartley’s indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adrienne Shelly