Lots of great movies are based on true stories, but what about movies that are true stories themselves? The greatest documentaries to hit our screens take real incidents—drawn from history, nature, ...

The must-see movies about Mount Everest are often either inspiring or terrifying documentaries, from Dying for Everest to Sherpa.

In this month’s picks, a solemn look at the war in Ukraine, plus an ongoing struggle over land and a spirited search for truffles. By Ben Kenigsberg The proliferation of documentaries on streaming ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from the ...

A furious political leader shouting a message of hate to an adoring audience. A child crying over the massacre of her family. Emaciated men in prison uniforms, starved to the edge of death because of ...

There are two kinds of people in this world: There are the ones who look at a crumbling Victorian with peeling paint and say, “What a dump,” and then there are the ones who say, with misty eyes and a ...

Former prime minister Tony Abbott leads a powerful exploration of the ideas, faith and determination that turned Australia from a penal colony into one of the world’s great democracies in a new ...

This month’s picks look at organ donors, twins conversing in their own language and California wildfires. By Ben Kenigsberg The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult ...