Top Rated Documentary Movies on YouTube - Page 372

Brother Orange

2025

Brother Orange

2025
"Brother Orange" follows the story of Matt Stopera, a BuzzFeed founding editor, whose life takes an unexpected turn when his stolen phone, lost in a New York City bar, becomes the catalyst for a viral BuzzFeed article a year later. The article launched a viral feel-good story about a lasting friendship that transcends language and culture and has captivated the world with over 100 million views on social media, including over 70 million shares on Weibo, and traditional media such as NPR, Rachel Maddow, and Ellen while propelling Matt into instant celebrity status. As their 10-year friendship anniversary nears, this extraordinary true story showcases the power of personal connection between two ordinary people-one American and one Chinese-who look beyond political tensions to form a profound bond.
Wildcats Never Die

2016

Wildcats Never Die

2016
Snowboarding for the sheer fun of it. Comradery. Friendship. Bordering-on-insanity partying antics that would put James Brown to shame. The notorious Whistler-rooted snowboard crew, The Wildcats, are back and better than ever with their first film in a decade, Wildcats Never Die.
110%

2016

110%

2016
Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho

2015

Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho

2015
Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho is a journey into the heart of an artist's lifelong struggle - designed to illuminate and satiate existing fans while serving as a perfect starting point for the uninitiated. Featuring interviews with Basho's former students, contemporaries and few close friends (including Pete Townshend, William Ackerman, Henry Kaiser and Country Joe McDonald), the documentary integrates new information and anecdotes on Basho with previously uncovered archive material and photography of the natural phenomena and landscapes that informed his work.
Israel Through the Looking Glass

2016

Israel Through the Looking Glass

2016
This film is a myth-shattering—at times heartbreaking, at times humorous—look into the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. For Israel's advocates, truth is our greatest weapon. This film brings that truth to anyone willing to listen and watch.
The Invaders

2015

The Invaders

2015
The rise and fall of a militant black power group based in Memphis, TN in the late 1960’s, from its creation, to their final negotiations with Martin Luther King Jr. minutes before his assassination.
Kaagaz Ki Kashti

2016

Kaagaz Ki Kashti

2016
Documentary on the life of ghazal samrat Jagjit Singh, who changed the landscape of Indian Music.
Chasing Bonnie & Clyde

2015

Chasing Bonnie & Clyde

2015
'Don't build prisons, they cost too much!' In this era of Great Recession, the conservative and tough-on-crime State of Texas takes an unprecedented path by becoming a social justice leader with programs that rehabilitate offenders. Looks like rape, abuse and death are no longer parts of the solution for modern-day Bonnie and Clyde...
Answering the Call

2016

Answering the Call

2016
The bloody attacks on protesters in Selma in 1965 led to the historic protection of all Americans' right to vote. The film explores a cherished family story of Selma and the current state of voter suppression in America.
All God's Saints

2016

All God's Saints

2016
St. Joseph of Cupertino was known as the flying monk, and Saint Denis walked and talked holding his own severed head. History also tells us of Saints who were murdered coming back to life, walking on water and much more. Welcome to the world of the Super Humans we call Saints. Voiceover clearly has issues with Catholic dogma and doctrine, sarcasm is used frequently and St Christopher is discussed while an image of St Anthony is displayed, gave up watching after half an hour.
Portrait of a Garden

2015

Portrait of a Garden

2015
In a historical vegetable garden on a Dutch estate, the 85 year-old pruning master and the gardener tend to the espaliers. As they prune, the men chat about food, the weather, the world and they share their knowledge of horticulture. Fifteen years they have spent working on the pear arbour. Will it finally close over this year?
Conquering the Useless

2015

Conquering the Useless

2015
After worldwide acclaim from his viral ‘Line Of The Year’, professional skier Cody Townsend seeks out another ultimate line, this time deep in the remote Boundary Range of Canada. As Cody and his crew face terrifying conditions amongst Canadas’ biggest glaciers, intense raw reactions reveal how personal this ski adventure becomes for everyone. Each team member internally struggles with risk vs reward in their ultimate pursuit of the steepest and best line of their lives. Also shot in Revelstoke and Bella Coola, BC and featuring Elyse Saugstad, Chris Rubens and Dave Treadway.
The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers

2016

The Hudson River School: Artistic Pioneers

2016
In the vicinity of New York's Hudson River Valley, a group of American painters led by British born artist Thomas Cole forged an artistic vision of the wilderness. This was the first American school of landscape painting. Men with the names of Cole, Durand, Cropsey, Bierstadt, and Church would impress the world with their creative brilliance and wondrous vision. On canvas they would bring to life 19th century America.
Chapter One: The Kiteboard Legacy Begins

2016

Chapter One: The Kiteboard Legacy Begins

2016
Adventure. Challenge. The simple joy of riding the wind. The best kiteboard riders each have their own reasons for pursuing their sport to its uttermost limits, but they’re united in revealing its breathtaking beauty to the world.
77:78 - על המפה

2015

77:78 - על המפה

2015
"On The Map" tells the story of '77 team, the one that brought the first European Cup to Israel and became "The Team of the Nation" Still demoralized after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Israel was hungry for a collective uplifting event. "On The Map", a fast-moving, emotional and awe-inspiring documentary, recounts the story of how one Tel Aviv team no one thought could win toppled the four-time defending European Champions and put Israel firmly on the map. Featuring interviews with the Jewish American athletes who made history, "On the Map" combines the pulsepounding action of a high-stakes game with an incendiary political situation at the height of the Cold War to deliver a film that honors Israeli heroes, mesmerizes fans of the game and captures the spirit of a nation triumphant and victorious against all odds.
Apparition Hill

2014

Apparition Hill

2014
Seven strangers investigate a place of miracles, the small town of Medjugorje, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where six children claim to have witnessed apparitions of the Virgin Mary in 1981. Millions of people have journeyed to Medjugorje to see for themselves, and nearly all describe a sense of peace they've never felt before. Could it be real? These seven strangers investigate the truth: a young mother with stage 4 cancer, an atheist from England, a man suffering from ALS, a heroin addict and former felon, an atheist police officer, a father of nine who lost his wife to cancer, and a woman questioning her faith. Will their climb up Apparition Hill lead them to a modern-day miracle or a spectacular hoax?
Fukushima: Is There a Way Out?

2015

Fukushima: Is There a Way Out?

2015
Full Moon

2016

Full Moon

2016
Be inspired by women who push boundaries. FULL MOON showcases the legends, current icons and future prodigies of this ever-evolving lifestyle sport. Seven of the world’s best female snowboarders join forces for the first time ever to explore their backyard, the backcountry of magnificent British Columbia. We are inspired through the intimate, heart-felt stories through the eyes of some of the most influential females in our sport. Full Moon is a two-year film project documenting the past, present, and future of women's snowboarding. For the first time, some of the best women riders in the sport will work together as a crew to push their limits and capture the camaraderie and adventure that comes with it. Through interviews and resurrected classic footage, Runway Films is producing a film that pays tribute to the history of women's snowboarding and showcases how it has influenced and encouraged the current state of the sport.
Paradise! Paradise!

2016

Paradise! Paradise!

2016
Kurdwin Ayub captures the intimacy of a trip she made with her father. Family visits alternate with real estate tours searching for an ideal apartment: her father's will, as he's planning to retire, is to find a place so he can finally return to that stateless territory he proudly calls "homeland".
The Promised Band

2016

The Promised Band

2016