Top Rated Documentary Movies on Apple iTunes - Page 199

Ukraine's War: The Other Side

2024

Ukraine's War: The Other Side

2024
5.7
The documentary follows filmmaker Sean Langan's journey into the invader’s Russian side of the war in Eastern Ukraine. Sean heads into the Russian-occupied Donbas region to find out through the eyes of soldiers on the Eastern front and civilians coping with war in the streets how the conflict is affecting them.
The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane

2024

The Lie: The Murder of Grace Millane

2024
6.7
The shocking murder of 21-year-old British backpacker, Grace Millane, in New Zealand grabbed headlines around the world in 2018, as did the ensuing investigation and trial. This chilling true-crime documentary revisits the night of her tragic murder with previously unseen footage and expert analysis, exploring the alarming, regressive attitudes laid bare in the subsequent trial, and highlighting important, broader issues of violence against women in today’s society.
The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

2024

The Rubber-Keyed Wonder

2024
6
The Rubber Keyed Wonder tells the story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This film goes into all the finer details of how and why the ZX Spectrum was created, what impact the computer had as well as the various versions that followed right the way through to the latest iteration of the system with the ZX Spectrum Next.
The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio

2024

The Immortals: The Wonder of the Museo Egizio

2024
6
Kha, architect and builder of tombs for the pharaohs, must undertake the journey to the Underworld. Telling us the story of his voyage is Jeremy Irons, in the guise of a narrator. His words take us inside the secret world of Egyptian mythology, religion and funerary culture, interweaving the story with the history of the oldest museum in the world, the Museo Egizio in Turin, founded in 1824 and will soon be celebrating its 200th anniversary. In fact, the Kha’s own Tomb is to be found in Turin along with the most complete and most valuable private collection of grave goods outside of Egypt.
Can't Feel Nothing

2024

Can't Feel Nothing

2024
8
An eye-opening film about numbness in the age of social media. The diagnosis is alarming, but it is made with understated humour and energy by director David Borenstein, himself a screen zombie in digital rehab.
The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol

1984

The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol

1984
6.3
A making of documentary for Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983)
Harry Styles: Are You Curious?

2023

Harry Styles: Are You Curious?

2023
6
Few could have predicted the unique evolution that Harry Styles would make after leaving his band One Direction back in 2015. Playful and inclusive, sexy and subversive, he has transcended music and become both a screen star and an eccentric fashion trailblazer. ARE YOU CURIOUS? tells Harry’s remarkable story, from a teenage heartthrob to the most distinctive artist of the modern age.
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island

2024

Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island

2024
6.3
In this thrilling documentary, indomitable women fight back against the nuclear industry to expose one of the biggest cover-ups in US history: the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown and its aftermath. The film reveals the never-before-told stories of four intrepid homemakers who take their case all the way to the Supreme Court, and a young female journalist who's caught in the radioactive crossfire.
Lost in the Shuffle

2024

Lost in the Shuffle

2024
7
Featuring two-time world champion magician Shawn Farquhar, this documentary explores the unique relationship between the art of magic and playing cards.
USAH: Uncommon Stories of American Horror

2025

USAH: Uncommon Stories of American Horror

2025
7
27 real-life stories of American horror are told by a mysterious narrator, who draws inspiration from some famous paintings of American art displayed in an ancient abbey.
Taking On Taylor Swift

2022

Taking On Taylor Swift

2022
4
As Taylor Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour expands around the globe and onto the silver screen, CNN’s investigation into the copyright lawsuit brought by songwriters Sean Hall and Nathan Butler against Swift for her hit song “Shake it Off.”
The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024

The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout

2024
5.3
The story of one of the great environmental disasters to befall the United States, and the terrible movie that helped bring the catastrophe to light.
So This Is Christmas

2023

So This Is Christmas

2023
8
Illuminating the challenges often unseen beyond the toys, trees and tinsel, people in a small Irish village reflect on their difficult relationships with Christmas. "So This Is Christmas" is a heartwarming and charming portrait from award-winning director Ken Wardrop, which perfectly exemplies his innate ability to tell the stories of ordinary people, depicting their thoughts, feelings and experiences in an empathetic way. Beautifully rendered in 35mm, the film is authentic and compassionate, and a valuable addition to the Irish documentary canon.
Loch Ness: They Created a Monster

2023

Loch Ness: They Created a Monster

2023
6
The hunters of the Scottish folklore creature camped out on the shores of the loch throughout the 1970s and 1980s, chasing but never finding the dinosaur-like creature.
The Haunting Lodge

2023

The Haunting Lodge

2023
3.3
Filmmakers stay at a haunted lodge and find themselves in over their heads when they encounter something otherworldly.
Just. One. Mile.

2023

Just. One. Mile.

2023
7.5
In one of the most grueling and psychologically challenging endurance races in the world, a hundred runners come together to take on a treacherous, continuous one mile loop in the mountains of Tennessee for over 30 straight hours….until only one is left standing.
Manufacturing Death: Birth of the Atom Bomb

2023

Manufacturing Death: Birth of the Atom Bomb

2023
8.2
The birth of the atomic bomb changed the world forever. In the years before the Manhattan project, a weapon of such power was not even remotely imaginable to most people on earth. And yet, with war comes new inventions. New ways of destroying the enemy. New machines to wipe out human life. The advent of nuclear weapons not only brought an end to the largest conflict in history, but also ushered in an atomic age and a defining era of "big science". However, with the world now gripped by nuclear weapons, we exist constantly on the edge of mankind's total destruction.
A Journey Into the Holocaust

2015

A Journey Into the Holocaust

2015
7.3
A detailed and deeply personal exploration into genocide and how something this atrocious happened, and continues to happen again and again - even in modern times. First-time filmmaker, Paul Bachow, travels around the world and taps into a vast knowledge base of historians, psychology practitioners, and data derived from countless interviews with experts from around the world.
Oppenheimer After Trinity

2023

Oppenheimer After Trinity

2023
7.7
This captivating documentary on J. Robert Oppenheimer, the architect of the atomic bomb, explores his journey before the historic test and reveals the burden he carried after. De-classified documents, rare film footage and exclusive interviews, including Oppenheimer's grandson, show an intimate exploration of the burden Oppenheimer carried and the profound global impact still being debated today.
Behind Closed Doors

2023

Behind Closed Doors

2023
9
Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) are people who hold a public function and as a result, present higher risks of being involved in bribery or corruption. Offshore leaks have revealed repeatedly that PEPs use British finance and British offshore jurisdictions to launder their wealth, hide their wealth and re-invest it into the global financial system. London is the place where they buy property, where they take legal action against their critics and where they live when they fall from grace. But what happens when a developing country fights back and attempts to get Britain to return the money that it claims has been stolen? Watch Behind Closed Doors and find out.