Popular Documentary Movies on Amazon Prime Video - Page 118

It’s Quieter in the Twilight

2022

It’s Quieter in the Twilight

2022
6.3
In an unremarkable office space, a select group of aging engineers find themselves at the leading edge of discovery. Fighting outdated technology and time, Voyager’s flight-team pursues humankind’s greatest exploration.
The Storm

2021

The Storm

2021
7
Shot as Delhi emerged from COVID’s second wave, the film plays phone calls from the worst of the pandemic. Anonymous participants, some who lost loved ones, and others who worked on the frontlines, share their deeply personal accounts. What emerges is a story of survival, remembrance, & resilience.
SnapShots

2021

SnapShots

2021
A man watches his grandmother's photography slides and reflects on the images.
An American Prayer

2021

An American Prayer

2021
“An American Prayer” is a documentary about ordinary Americans in an extraordinary time caught between love, duty, and stereotype, in present-day America’s turmoil. The film is also a fascinating record of the greatest democracy in the world in upheaval, and an urgent prayer to save the American Dream
The Job of Songs

2021

The Job of Songs

2021
Tourists flock to the west coast of Ireland to take in the breathtaking cliffs of Moher, but the real treasure lies in the soulful, acoustic sounds wafting out of pubs and living rooms of Doolin, County Clare. The denizens of this unspoiled coastal village of tight-knit neighbors and unlocked doors revel in the passion and history of their traditional folk songs, using music as a thread through generations to create community, connection and joy.
The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages

2004

The Rose Parade: A Pageant for the Ages

2004
An entertaining look at the history of America’s greatest parade, guided by hosts and TV icons, William Shatner and Stephanie Edwards.
Fighters of WWII: Spitfire, Mustang, and Messerschmitt

2017

Fighters of WWII: Spitfire, Mustang, and Messerschmitt

2017
5
The Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, and Messerschmitt Bf 109 were exceptionally great fighters of WWII, and, with the use of authentic & rare color and B&W footage, this program details what made them so special. Also featured are the P-40 Warhawk, P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-36, Focke-Wulf 190, ME 262 Jet Fighter, Mosquito, Corsair, Hawker Hurricane, Poli Karpon 116, Fiat G.50, MC.200 & MC.202.
I Am Here

2021

I Am Here

2021
7.2
Ella is not your average 98-year-old. Her magnetic personality makes her past even more surprising. Follow this spirited South African Holocaust survivor as she reveals her astonishing life journey and unwavering appreciation of life.
Gary K. One Step at a Time

2020

Gary K. One Step at a Time

2020
The story of the actor who plays Bill W., the founder of AA, on his own personal journey of recovery.
Operation Yellow Bird

2016

Operation Yellow Bird

2016
7
The unpublished story of the secret rescue of Chinese Tiananmen dissidents who mysteriously disappeared after standing up to the Chinese government during Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. Until now, the operation of exfiltration has been attributed to the CIA, but this investigation reveals a completely different story in which a French diplomat takes the lead role.
Biebrza: The European Amazon

2016

Biebrza: The European Amazon

2016
This movie shows Biebrza Valley's wildlife during the four seasons of the year. Spectacular wildlife images, exceptional sounds of nature and specially composed music make this poetic story about the lives of rare European animals come to life. Is Biebrza the European Amazon river?
Creature from Big Muddy: An Illinois Bigfoot Legend

2021

Creature from Big Muddy: An Illinois Bigfoot Legend

2021
6
In the early 1970's in Murphysboro, Illinois, the town was terrorized by a creature that was thought to come out of a local river called the Big Muddy. This documentary explores the legend of The Big Muddy Monster.
The New Abolitionists

2020

The New Abolitionists

2020
Filmmaker Christina Zorich follows abolitionists throughout Southeast Asia that have dedicated their lives to rescuing, rehabilitating, preventing and prosecuting those involved in human sex trafficking.
Rivers and Roads: The Head And The Heart - Live from Pike Place Market

2021

Rivers and Roads: The Head And The Heart - Live from Pike Place Market

2021
8
The Head and the Heart return to their Seattle roots to play a rooftop concert at the city's infamous Pike Place Market in front of the market's iconic clock and sign. Watch as the band performs a high energy concert in front of 30,000 hometown fans, two stories from where they originally started busking for tips ten years ago.
Bread in the Bones

2020

Bread in the Bones

2020
Stories of work and play, of love and loss...and bread. Bread has been at the center of human life and creativity for at least the last ten thousand years - it is in our bones and a witness to history. This essay documentary brings bread to the front of the line and explores its relation to politics, poetry and pleasure. The loaf of bread is the vehicle through which we explore stories of sex and death, immigration and refugees, social justice and the counter-culture, and of art, work and pleasure.
In Line for Anne Frank

2014

In Line for Anne Frank

2014
10
All year long there is an 'eternal line' of people waiting to visit the Anne Frank House in the Dutch city of Amsterdam. Who are they? Where are they from? And why are they here? This film watches the line through the course of the four seasons, in search of stories from all over the world. We see people both before and after their visit to the Secret Annex, and hear what it felt like to spend a few moments in such close touch with history. Personal stories are interspersed with passages from Anne Frank's diary, read in many different languages by girls about the same age as Anne at the time. Meanwhile we get an impression of everyday life as it unfolds around those waiting in line - the canal boats, the street musicians, the ticket seller, the homeless man... For all its poignancy "In Line for Anne Frank" is a document that also inspires hope.
Finding Jay

2019

Finding Jay

2019
2
Jay Bachochin is an investigator in Wisconsin searching for the truth. He has looked for ghosts, UFOs, and took a crack at solving an unknown mystery. Now he's onto something much...bigger. Join Jay's journey as he shares his 5 years of research in his quest searching for the Wisconsin sasquatch. Experience a film that takes you beyond the woods and into the darkest part of the Kettle Moraine.
Jellyfish

2019

Jellyfish

2019
Jellyfish is a cinematic novel; a meditative approach to talk about notions of gender by translating cognitive knowledge and literary elements into filmic narrative. The film depicts two types of characters: inhabitants of the fictional planet of gender utopian society that are gender fluid, and real characters who find themselves outside of cisnormativity. It offers another way of seeing gender with its possibility to float between different forms without limitations and restrictions.
Seven Days in Mexico

2020

Seven Days in Mexico

2020
5
After years of performing countless shows, spending days traveling and nights performing, all while attending to the necessary "business" of music, Human Drama's Johnny Indovina feels burnt out and emptied. Johnny fights to fall in love with music again.
Owl's Odyssey

2013

Owl's Odyssey

2013
8
When a female barn-owl's home - an old disused barn - is demolished, she has to seek a new place to live. On the way, flying through forests and across grasslands, she encounters most of the common owl species in Central Europe.