1. The True Story of Pirates (La Véritable histoire des pirates)
Thanks to new excavations in Mauritius and Madagascar, as well as archival and museum research in France, Spain, England and Canada, a group of international scholars paint a new portrait of the world of piracy in the Indian Ocean.
It has an average vote of 7.864 on TMDB.
2. Die Stadt der Pyramiden - Caral, Wiege der Andenkultur (Die Stadt der Pyramiden - Caral, Wiege der Andenkultur)
(Die Stadt der Pyramiden - Caral, Wiege der Andenkultur)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
3. BTK: A Killer Among Us
For 31 years Dennis Rader aka BTK killer was able to live a double life. This documentary chronicle's comprehensive interviews with law enforcement, victim's family members, reporters and his daughter Kerri Rawson.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
4. THE DOUBLE FEELING
A visit to the factory in Las Vegas, Nevada, where the world's best-selling male adult toy is produced, the Fleshlight.
5. No Māori Allowed
When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their personal stories before, confront its deep and dark racist past.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
6. La bataille de Jérusalem (La bataille de Jérusalem)
This documentary, filmed after October 7, places recent events in context and retraces the extraordinary history of this region to shed light on the present, interviewing actors and witnesses to this conflict: Islamists, Jewish nationalists, imams, rabbis, intellectuals, urban planners, soldiers, etc.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
7. A Little Love
Through interspersed conversation and prose, this experimental documentary follows a poet and a neuroscientist as they explore the definition of love, what it means, and why it matters.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
8. Alice is Still Dead
In an intimate and unflinching account dealing with grief, 'Alice is Still Dead' tells the story of a murdered loved one from the victim's family perspective. From the detective's notification to her family to facing the killer in court, we see the pain, anger and heartbreak a family must endure while the nightmare is investigated. The filmmaker is the brother of the late Alice Stevens and, in this tribute, ultimately asks if it's even possible to move forward after such a traumatic event.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
9. The Mind of a Murderer: Part 1
A look into the mind of one of the Hillside Strangler murderers, Kenneth Bianchi.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
10. Ford at Pearl
A look at the recently discovered fascinating behind the scenes footage shot by the legendary Hollywood director John Ford at Pearl Harbor in 1942 while filming his popular World War II documentaries December 7th and The Battle of Midway.
11. Sous le bio, la malbouffe (Sous le bio, la malbouffe)
Sales of organic products have increased tenfold in 20 years. In 2020, the market will have exceeded 13 billion euros in sales. The heavyweights of the food industry are surfing on this consumer craze for healthy food by offering more and more "green" products. But organic does not necessarily mean nutritionally balanced.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
12. POSERS - The New Romantics
Shot in a single day, POSERS captures a thriving subculture in Kings Road, London: the style, music, and expression of the New Romantics.
13. Stasi, un État contre son peuple (Stasi, un État contre son peuple)
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six million pieces of paper were found. Thanks to the meticulous work of technology, the destinies of men and women who had been spied on and recorded without their knowledge could be reconstructed.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
14. Dead Asleep
Did a remorseful Randy Herman Jr. really commit a brutal murder in his sleep, or was it a convenient cover story? Exclusive access to Herman and his family, the defense and prosecution attorneys, journalists who covered the case, forensic psychiatrists and world experts in violent parasomnia give an inside look at the shocking twists and turns of the controversial crime.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
15. Incident at Oglala
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agents, only one, Leonard Peltier, was found guilty. This film describes the events surrounding the shootout and suggests that Peltier was unjustly convicted.
It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.
16. Deep Water: The Real Story
In the 1980s and 1990s a wave of murders bloodied the idyllic coastline of Sydney’s eastern suburbs. The victims: young gay men. Disturbing gang assaults were being carried out on coastal cliffs around Sydney, and mysterious deaths officially recorded as "suicide", "disappearance" and "misadventure". Individual stories are woven together by first person interviews and detailed re-enactments, piecing together the facts of these unsolved cases, decades later.
It has an average vote of 5.1 on TMDB.
17. I Refuse to Kill: He Went to War with War
At the risk of a 5-year prison term, Francesco Da Vinci struggles with his Virginia draft board to be recognized as a sincere conscientious objector to the Vietnam war.
18. 530 Days: The Unsolved Case of Jessica Easterly
Youtuber, Kendall Rae, investigates the unsolved murder of Jessica Easterly with her family.
19. Seduced by Evil
“Seduced by Evil” delves into the world of the wickedly smart and dangerously evil Derek Alldred, a criminal mastermind who sought out relationships with unsuspecting women and entangled them in a web of lies to deplete their savings and support his fabricated life.
20. The Creepypasta Episodes: Remastered
A documentary covering the remastering process of first season of the horror anthology series that adapts internet horror stories into short, interconnected films.
