Popular Documentary Movies on Amazon Video - Page 252

The Gullspång Miracle

2023

The Gullspång Miracle

2023
6.6
Two Norwegian sisters receive a premonition from God that makes them buy an apartment in a tiny Swedish town, Gullspång. Meeting the seller, she is a dead-ringer of their older sister, who committed suicide 30 years ago.
Burden

2016

Burden

2016
5.8
A probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.
Ninth Floor

2015

Ninth Floor

2015
5.7
In her first feature-length documentary, director Mina Shum (Double Happiness) takes a penetrating look at the Sir George Williams University riot of February 1969, when a protest against institutional racism snowballed into a 14-day student occupation at the Montreal university.
Maybe Die

2019

Maybe Die

2019
A bike messengers crew based in Madrid, specialized in long-distance travels, fly to Japan with their fixed-gear bikes. Inspired by the legendary Japanese Odyssey, they ride without any assistance through 22 stages and more than 1,200 km.
Tadao Ando

1988

Tadao Ando

1988
Tadao Ando, a self-taught architect, proposes an international architecture that he believes can only be conceived by someone Japanese. His architecture mixes Piranesian drama with contemplative spaces in urban complexes, residences and chapels. This film presents the formative years of his impressive career before he embarked on projects in Europe and the United States.
Beauty and the Breast

2012

Beauty and the Breast

2012
3.8
A first time documentary filmmaker offers a compelling insight into a devastating reality of breast cancer, as seen through the eyes of several female patients helping demystify the disease while painting poignant and often humorous intimate portraits of survival.
The Artisans

2018

The Artisans

2018
“We’re beautiful, the whole gang. We’re special,” says Jean of the 15-odd employees at The Artisan—a workshop employing people with intellectual disabilities. Jean is the self-described “handyman and best-looking” member of the group. A moving celebration of difference, The Artisans captures daily life at an organization where the workers are as courageous as they are colourful.
Mountain Devil

2017

Mountain Devil

2017
3.3
Based on the true events that occurred in the Appalachian Mountains, Mountain Devil recounts the frightening events of the night Frank Peterson and his friend spent the night in a secluded cabin stalked by something they could not explain. With only a few clues and journal entries we try to piece together the shocking events, and attempt to shed insight into one of the greatest mysteries of our time
Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary

2012

Going Cardboard: A Board Game Documentary

2012
6.1
A film about the new board gaming, a phenomenon going on right under your nose, probably in your very community. This film will take you into that world to meet the players and designers responsible for this radical departure from technology. And you just might discover it's the hobby for you.
Diary Of A Disgraced Soldier

2009

Diary Of A Disgraced Soldier

2009
10
In Iraq 2003 Corporal Martin Webster filmed fellow soldiers beating Iraqi youths during rioting in Al Amara. Two years later, a British newspaper obtained his footage. The story that ran led to outrage across the world.
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey

2011
7.2
Beloved by children of all ages around the world, Elmo is an international icon. Few people know his creator, Kevin Clash, who dreamed of working with his idol, master puppeteer Jim Henson. Displaying his creativity and talent at a young age, Kevin ultimately found a home on Sesame Street. Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this documentary includes rare archival footage, interviews with Frank Oz, Rosie O’Donnell, Cheryl Henson, Joan Ganz Cooney and others and offers a behind-the-scenes look at Sesame Street and the Jim Henson Workshop.
Sri Lanka in Mini Magic Bus

2020

Sri Lanka in Mini Magic Bus

2020
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

2011

God Bless Ozzy Osbourne

2011
7.9
Featuring never before seen footage uncovered from the archives and interviews with Paul McCartney, Tommy Lee and others, God Bless Ozzy Osbourne is the first documentary to take viewers inside the complex mind of rock's great icon.
Idaho: The Movie 2

2016

Idaho: The Movie 2

2016
A sequel to the Emmy Award-winning film, Idaho the Movie 2 reveals timeless beauty in untouched places. An artist's theme carries viewers into wild and wide open landscapes from pristine wilderness areas to desert canyons lost in time; from sparkling big lakes to hidden geothermal hot springs. A documentary filmed entirely in Ultra High Definition, Idaho the Movie 2 delivers a visual feast to anyone looking for an escape into the wild. Features profile stories with multiple Idaho artists each with a unique connection to the landscapes that inspire their work: Watercolor Artist, Norm Nelson; Painter and Ceramics Artist, Suzanne Lee Chetwood; Musician Eilen Jewell; Photographer, Greg Sims.
Bastards' Road

2020

Bastards' Road

2020
Walking 5,800 miles around the United States, Veteran Jonathan Hancock uses the solitude of the road and the company of his fellow Marine brothers and the families of their fallen to successfully manage his wounds from war.
Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War

1993

Skinheads USA: Soldiers of the Race War

1993
5.3
An examination of a group of skinheads--white, mostly male youths involved in the neo-Nazi, white supremacist hate movement in the U.S.--and the older adults who brought them into, and try to keep them in, the movement in the first place.
Buck

2011

Buck

2011
7.3
An examination of the life of acclaimed 'horse whisperer' Buck Brannaman, who recovered from years of child abuse to become a well-known expert in the interactions between horses and people.
Patriocracy

2011

Patriocracy

2011
5.9
An examination of the current state of political polarization in the United States of the America.
A Cops and Robbers Story

2020

A Cops and Robbers Story

2020
7
In the 1980s, Corey Pegues found himself embroiled in a life of crime as a member of New York’s City’s infamous Supreme Team gang. After an incident forces Pegues away from the streets, he unexpectedly emerges as a rising star in the NYPD, his past unknown to his fellow officers. A decorated 21-year police career is threatened when his political stances and revelations about his former life cause strife within the police community.
Glitter Goddess of Sunset Strip

1991

Glitter Goddess of Sunset Strip

1991
1
Frustrated with her family life, Llana Lloyd rebels by worshipping Alice Cooper, becoming one of the most prolific rock and roll groupies of the 1970s.