1. Running with Beto
This behind-the-scenes documentary follows Beto O'Rourke's rise from virtual unknown to national political figure through his bold attempt to unseat Ted Cruz in the US Senate.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
2. American Anarchist
The story of one of the most infamous books ever written, "The Anarchist Cookbook," and the role it's played in the life of its author, now 65, who wrote it at 19 in the midst of the counterculture upheaval of the late '60s and early '70s.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
3. 9/11: Rescue Cops
The extraordinary untold story of the heroism and sacrifice of the NYPD’s elite rescue squad - the Emergency Service Unit - on 9/11.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
4. Whistling Smith
This film is a revealing portrait of a tough cop with a big heart. Sergeant Bernie "Whistling" Smith walks the beat on Vancouver's Eastside, the hangout of petty criminals, down-and-outs and a variety of characters. His policing is unorthodox. To many drug users, petty thieves and prostitutes in this economically depressed area he is more than the iron hand of the law, he is also a counsellor and a friend.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
5. Jag Är Registrerad (Jag Är Registrerad)
The news about the Swedish police's registry of Roma people has generated very strong reactions. In this new documentary we meet some young Swedish Roma people who talk about their feelings and thoughts about the registration.
6. Obituaries
A chronicle of lives lost in a school shooting. In the wake of another tragedy, we get a glimpse of each victim and see who they were, who they loved, who they hurt, and who they wanted to be.
7. Drive-by Shooting
With a movie camera mounted in the passenger seat of his car, Andy Anderson drove around filming his local neighbourhood of Fort Worth, Texas. The procession of sunny lawns and quiet houses has a day-dreamy innocence, however on the soundtrack, a narrator recites from the police records of over 600 crimes committed in the area. Domestic violence, petty theft, drug related assault; the list of vicious and hapless actions unfolds randomly, "a woman said her husband punched her in the face when he asked her for ten dollars and she didn't have the money. theft; two lawnmowers.." In a powerful counterpoint of sound and image Drive By Shooting creates a two hour-long surveillance film that misses all the action, yet evokes a sense of vulnerability on the streets and violence behind closed doors.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
8. Four Hours at the Capitol
The documentary is an immersive chronicle of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, when thousands of American citizens from across the country gathered in Washington D.C. to protest the results of the 2020 presidential election, many with the intent of disrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s presidency.
It has an average vote of 7.513 on TMDB.
9. The Thin Blue Line
Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
It has an average vote of 7.684 on TMDB.
10. Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 2 : Sainte Rita, priez pour nous (Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 2 : Sainte Rita, priez pour nous)
(Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 2 : Sainte Rita, priez pour nous)
11. Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 3 : L'habit ne fait pas le moine (Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 3 : L'habit ne fait pas le moine)
(Le flic, la juge et l'assassin - Épisode 3 : L'habit ne fait pas le moine)
12. La Arquitectura Del Crimen (La Arquitectura Del Crimen)
(La Arquitectura Del Crimen)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
13. Dans la tête d'un flic (Dans la tête d'un flic)
Seven police officers break their code of silence to share their daily lives, expectations, and fears. An engaging documentary that explores a rare and unfiltered perspective, without idealization or preconceived judgments.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
14. The Police Tapes
The Police Tapes is a 1977 documentary about a New York City police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for public television; a one-hour version later aired on ABC. Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond spent three months in 1976 riding along with patrol officers in the 44th Precinct of the South Bronx, which had the highest crime rate in New York City at that time. They produced about 40 hours of videotape that they edited into a 90-minute documentary.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
15. America; I Too
Three arrested and detained undocumented immigrants must navigate the system to fight impending deportation.
It has an average vote of 1 on TMDB.
16. Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
Filmmaker S.R. Bindler profiles Texas contestants trying to win a truck by keeping one hand on it longer than everyone else.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
17. The Killer at Thurston High
In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”
18. Lessons from a School Shooting: Notes from Dunblane
In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter from a fellow priest in Dunblane, Scotland, whose community suffered an eerily similar fate in 1996. From across the Atlantic, the two priests forge a poignant bond through the shared experience of trauma and healing.
It has an average vote of 5.8 on TMDB.
19. Tarnation
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.
It has an average vote of 6.891 on TMDB.
20. 1320Video Texas Streets – EVADE!
Once a year Houston, Texas becomes the street racing capitol of the world. Hosting vehicular machines with upwards of upwards of 2000hp, Houston is the stage for all those whole think they have what it takes to whoop some ass on the street to show the world what they’re made of. Continuing the Texas Streets franchise, we bring you Texas Streets EVADE!