Popular Documentary Movies on Amazon Video - Page 303

La Joconde dévoilée

2012

La Joconde dévoilée

2012
Tracking Russian Hackers

2018

Tracking Russian Hackers

2018
8
Amid the growing threat of cyberattacks from Russian hackers, this film dives into their origins, motives, and the dangers they pose to their targets.
State of Control

2022

State of Control

2022
6
From the tracking of our every move to the loss of our freedom, "State of Control" paints a clear and sobering portrait of the dangers that await us.
American Teen

2008

American Teen

2008
6.3
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
Citizen Soldier

2016

Citizen Soldier

2016
5.9
CITIZEN SOLDIER is a dramatic feature film, told from the point of view of a group of Soldiers in the Oklahoma Army National Guard's 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, known since World War II as the "Thunderbirds.” Set in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan at the height of the surge, it is a heart-pounding, heartfelt grunts' eye-view of the war. A modern day Band of Brothers, Citizen Soldier tells the true story of a group of young Soldiers and their life-changing tour of duty in Afghanistan, offering an excruciatingly personal look into modern warfare, brotherhood, and patriotism. Using real footage from multiple cameras, including helmet cams, these Citizen Soldiers give the audience an intimate view into the chaos and horrors of combat and, in the process, display their bravery and valor under the most hellish of conditions.
Bedlam

2019

Bedlam

2019
7.5
A psychiatrist makes rounds in ERs, jails, and homeless camps to tell the intimate stories behind one of the greatest social crises of our time. A personal and intense journey into the world of the seriously mentally ill.
Mademoiselle C

2013

Mademoiselle C

2013
5.6
A documentary focused on former Vogue Paris editor-in-chief and fashion stylist Carine Roitfeld.
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

2023

Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story

2023
6.4
The extraordinary life of playwright, singer, actor, composer, and director Noël Coward, who rose from poverty to stardom while keeping his sexuality a secret. Featuring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Sinatra, Michael Caine and Lucille Ball. Narrated by Alan Cumming. With Rupert Everett as the voice of Noël Coward. Directed by Academy Award Nominee Barnaby Thompson.
The Sacred City

2016

The Sacred City

2016
7
This British film was made about Canadian historian Dan Gibson, who has uncovered startling new archaeological evidence that Mecca was not the original Holy City of Islam.
American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality

2018

American Mirror - Intimations of Immortality

2018
10
Oscar-winning screen icon Susan Sarandon and Armenian painter Tigran Tsitoghdzyan discuss time and identity, and how the apparently in conflict values of beauty and aging are perceived in our modern society dominated by social media, as he limns her portrait during a timeless sitting session. With this film the director sets in motion his film theory on poetics of cinematic art, by re-creating a set of sense memories of an artist in a non-linear, challenging, yet intriguing story-telling scheme.
To Be of Service

2019

To Be of Service

2019
6
A documentary film about veterans with PTSD who find that, after other treatments fall short, a service dog helps them return to an independent feeling life.
Pushkar Puran

2017

Pushkar Puran

2017
An attempt to engage with the historical, mythical and the contemporary worlds of the city of Pushkar
I am not a hero

2020

I am not a hero

2020
8.8
As the world attempts to grapple with the strange new reality precipitated by COVID-19, essential workers are risking their lives daily. This guerilla documentary, shot in Brussels Erasmus University Hospital during the first few months of the lockdown, tells their story.
Dinosaur Cold Case

2020

Dinosaur Cold Case

2020
The fossil of a completely intact armoured dinosaur, Borealopelta markmitchelli, is discovered in Canada. Dinosaur Cold Case follows the evidence, as paleontologists piece together the prehistoric clues of Borealopelta’s life and death. Why was it found upside down, in what was once an inland sea? How did it die and why was it so perfectly fossilized?
Bugs Bunny Superstar

1975

Bugs Bunny Superstar

1975
7.3
Animator Robert Clampett presents a history of "Termite Terrace," the little shack on the Warner Brothers studio lot which in the 1930's and 1940's housed the animation unit which gave birth to Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Includes color and black-and-white home-movie-type footage shot at the time showing such animation greats as Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. Also featured are nine complete Warner cartoons.
Take the Ball, Pass the Ball

2018

Take the Ball, Pass the Ball

2018
7.9
Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is the definitive story of the greatest football team ever assembled. For four explosive years, Pep Guardiola's Barça produced the greatest football in history, seducing fans around the world. In this exclusive, first-hand account of events between 2008 and 2012, the players themselves reveal the tension of the bitter Guardiola-Mourinho rivalry, the emotion of Abidal's fight back from cancer to lift the European Cup and how Messi, the best footballer the world's ever seen, was almost rejected by Barça as a 13-year-old.
Chicken People

2016

Chicken People

2016
7.1
The trials and tribulations of those who breed exotic birds in the world of competitive poultry; three remarkably rich and diverse personalities who come together to compete in their shared passion to raise the perfect chicken. The film will follow the struggles and triumphs of these characters, along with a wide array of competitors-both human and chicken-from the Ohio National Poultry Show, considered the Westminster of Chickens, to the Dixie Classic in Tennessee.
Zita and Gita

2024

Zita and Gita

2024
In the spring of 2003, Moscow surgeons separated two Siamese twins, Zita and Gita Rezakhanov. Two girls from a tiny Kyrgyz village lived together from birth: they had a common bladder, fused intestines and three legs for two. Doctors helped the Siamese twins to find a new life, but the girl's happiness was never achieved. The separated sisters had to go through severe depressive episodes and accept that they would never be able to start a family and have children. Neither of them was ready to lose each other, but in 2015, Zita died at the age of 24.
2012: The True Mayan Prophecy

2010

2012: The True Mayan Prophecy

2010
5
Is December 21, 2012 the end of the world as we know it? Climate change seems inevitable with countless hurricanes, earthquakes and innumerable disasters around the globe in recent years. What did the ancient Maya know and why did they place such significance on this date? As we near the final date of the Mayan Calendar, mankind must face what is perhaps the most difficult hurdle of all…a profound change in ourselves. This enigmatic film unveils the other side to the 2012 engima
Sava

2021

Sava

2021
6
Mira Furlan plays the voice of Sava. Once the longest river in Yugoslavia she converses with her people on a 990km odyssey downstream through divided lands she seeks to understand.