Top Rated Documentary Movies on YouTube - Page 147

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

2019

Cooked: Survival by Zip Code

2019
7.5
Filmmaker Judith Helfand's searing investigation into the politics of “disaster” – by way of the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave, in which 739 residents perished (mostly Black and living in the city’s poorest neighborhoods).
The Day We Walked on the Moon

2019

The Day We Walked on the Moon

2019
4.8
On July 16, 1969, hundreds of thousands of spectators and an army of reporters gathered at Cape Kennedy to witness one of the great spectacles of the century: the launch of Apollo 11. Over the next few days, the world watched on with wonder and rapture as humankind prepared for its "one giant leap" onto the moon--and into history. Witness this incredible day, presented through stunning, remastered footage and interviews that takes you behind-the-scenes and inside the spacecraft, Mission Control, and the homes of the astronaut's families.
Iliza Shlesinger: Over & Over

2019

Iliza Shlesinger: Over & Over

2019
6.8
A documentary following Iliza Shlesinger behind-the-scenes as she prepares for her fourth special: Elder Millennial.
Getting to Know Jon Scieszka

2013

Getting to Know Jon Scieszka

2013
6.2
A light-hearted romp with beloved, award winning author/illustrator and the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Get to know him as he discusses his life and aspirations.
There Are No Fakes

2019

There Are No Fakes

2019
7
Norval Morrisseau was the first Indigenous Canadian artist to be taken seriously in the art world. By the turn of this century his work commanded tens of thousands of dollars. So when Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn learned his prized painting was a forgery, he sued. But as Jamie Kastner's doc reveals, there was a cottage industry in fake Morrisseaus, an industry that flourished unchecked for years, feeding on greed, exploitation, racism and contempt.
Home Videos

2019

Home Videos

2019
5.8
Jerrod Carmichael explores aspects of the black experience through interviews with his family. In this special, Carmichael focuses on the strong black women in his life, returning home to North Carolina for informal, intimate conversations with his family and friends, who speak candidly about subjects such as sex, confidence, beauty standards and feminism.
The Pollinators

2019

The Pollinators

2019
8
Our complex food system rests on the wings of the honey bee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard, pollinating the crops that we eat.
Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk

2019

Loopers: The Caddie's Long Walk

2019
6.5
This documentary tracks the history and importance of the golf caddie.
Eating Up Easter

2019

Eating Up Easter

2019
6.5
The Rapanui community on Easter Island fights to prevent an environmental collapse due to overwhelming tourism and industrial progress, and and to preserve their cultural traditions.
The Far Green Country

2018

The Far Green Country

2018
6.2
This is a real life story. An overcoming adversity story. This is a story about a great adventure in the wild spaces - whether in national parks, within oneself or in relationships with others.
Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

2020

Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

2020
6.5
Director Jeanie Finlay charts a transgender man's path to parenthood after he decides to carry his child himself. The pregnancy prompts an unexpected and profound reckoning with conventions of masculinity, self-definition and biology.
Silvia

2018

Silvia

2018
7
Silvia looks dazzling in the old VHS footage of her wedding in the early 1980s—she's a beautiful woman about to embark on a promising future with a diplomat husband, and a comfortable house to live in. The home videos that follow show more highlights from her life: her first wedding anniversary, her daughters growing up, and the farewell party at the embassy. Meanwhile, the audio commentary offers a very different reality. The film's director María Silvia Esteve is the middle one of Silvia's daughters, and she and her siblings talk about their parents' gradual descent into a spiral of angry clashes, psychological problems and prescription drugs. By recounting events from their childhood, they try to get a handle on what went wrong in their family. And they wonder why their mother, with whom they had a very close relationship, never managed to improve the situation or leave their father.
Third Eye Spies

2019

Third Eye Spies

2019
5.5
Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the demands of secrecy. This is the true story of Russell Targ and America's Cold War psychic spies, disclosed and declassified for the first time, with evidence presented by a Nobel laureate, an Apollo astronaut, and the military and scientific community that has been suppressed for nearly 30 years.
Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

2021

Boulevard! A Hollywood Story

2021
5
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley, two young composers and romantic partners, are caught in the web of silent film star Gloria Swanson when she hires them to write a musical version of Sunset Boulevard, her 1950 film directed by Billy Wilder.
Serendipity

2019

Serendipity

2019
7.1
French artist Prune Nourry has spent her working life exploring issues around the human body. At the age of 31, Prune is diagnosed with breast cancer. She starts documenting her treatment and its effect on her own body, turning her medical odyssey into an intimate artistic undertaking that leads her to find new meaning in her work and its serendipitous relationship to her own survival.
The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps

2019

The Chills: The Triumph and Tragedy of Martin Phillipps

2019
8.8
The story of lyrical genius, Martin Phillipps and his band, The Chills, is a cautionary tale, a triumph over tragedy, and a statement about the meaning of music in our lives.
The River and the Wall

2019

The River and the Wall

2019
5.5
Five friends embark on a 1,200 mile journey along the US-Mexico border from El Paso to the Gulf of Mexico to learn first hand what effect a border wall will have on the natural landscape and the wild animals roaming the land.
The Carnivore's Dilemma

2018

The Carnivore's Dilemma

2018
6.2
As the population grows and pressure to provide cheap food increases, there has been a drive towards industrialized farming. But are there alternatives? We travel across the world to reveal the worst excesses of intensive farming and positive alternatives that work in harmony with nature, offering a sustainable vision for the future of meat consumption.
First to the Moon

2018

First to the Moon

2018
7.8
When the world was in turmoil, three men went faster and farther than anyone thought possible. This is the story of the first people to leave the Earth and travel to the Moon — this is Apollo 8. Through restored archival films and audio, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders tell you in their own words how their three different stories got them into the same tiny capsule pointed at the Moon — and what happened next.
Soyalism

2018

Soyalism

2018
6.4
Food production has increasingly become a huge business for a handful of giant corporations. SOYALISM follows the industrial production chain of pork and the related soybean monoculture, from China to Brazil through the United States and Mozambique. This eye-opening documentary describes the enormous concentration of power in the hands of these Western and Chinese companies and the impact this is having on the food we consume.Hundreds of thousands of small producers have gone out of business and entire landscapes have been permanently transformed. The system has been exported across the world. From waste-lagoons in North Carolina to soybean monoculture in the Amazon rainforest, is this demand for soy bean jeopardizing the environmental balance of the planet?