Documentary Movies on Disney+ (64 results)
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What Lies Between
In Taquaritinga, a small city in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil, old movie theaters were once places of gathering, memory, and access to culture. Through the stories of these places, What Lies Between explores what remains when the screens go dark and the theaters disappear, reflecting on memory, urban transformation, and the democratization of cinema in Brazil.
Too Much Sugar
Ryan "Holli-wood" Holliger is a charismatic, pit bull of a man with six kids by five different women. His best friend AccRite is a rapper and laborer, dealing with an unimaginable loss. They have big dreams of making their own movie about fatherhood in their working class Missouri town. Over the course of one pivotal, madcap year, the film becomes something else entirely: a vehicle for accountability, healing and self discovery for their families.
Little Singer
Amidst the horizons of Diné land, the legacy of historical trauma echos through generations. At the center, a medicine man and a small school, where grief and resilience meet in song, teaching, and k’é (kinship). Little Singer is rooted in land; carrying the vision and medicine of k’é forward.
Stolen Babies
Told by the mothers and children who were separated from one another, this landmark documentary reveals the full scale of the UK's forced adoption scandal. Over four decades, 250,000 unmarried mothers were forced by the British state to give up their babies. Their first-hand accounts expose the system that tore families apart, its lasting impact, and the fight to uncover the truth that led to a moment of national reckoning.
Learning to Fly
Aisha McAdams, a former competitive runner turned photographer, embarks on a journey to document the triumphs and struggles of famed ultra trailrunners, including Jim Walmsley and Eszter Csillag. Traveling to mythical races—the Western States Endurance Run in the mountains of eastern California, the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc in the French Alps—the film marvels at athletes who maintain their intensity as they run 100 miles of mountain trails while climbing thousands of vertical feet.
Most Violent Fighter Ever: Justin Gaethje
An analytical look at the career of mixed martial artist Justin Gaethje, examining his transition from a reckless brawler to a calculated championship contender. Director Lionel Rivera deconstructs the psychological requirements and severe physical toll of maintaining MMA's most aggressive fighting style.
Handle With Care
Handle With Care, a short documentary filmed in Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan. It shows the lifestyle and the changes that are taking place in the small town through natural scenery, classical music, and stories from the mouth of a local. It is soothing, though with a scent of senti
Jurassic Sharks
The special takes viewers deep into prehistoric waters to explore the ancient ancestors of today's sharks. Using animation, the episode highlights some of the most feared prehistoric ocean creatures, including the Dunkleosteus, the buzzsaw shark (Helicoprion), and the scissor-toothed shark (Edestus).
The Last Picture Shows
Ten states. 10,825 miles. 123 theaters. In his latest feature The Last Picture Shows, filmmaker Rustin Thompson journeys into the American West on a search for traces of what was once a center of small-town life: the movie theater. On the trip, he finds long abandoned and forgotten cinemas; movie houses that have fallen into disrepair; theaters recently closed, theaters struggling to hold on, and theaters that—thanks to their thoughtful caretakers—are not only surviving but thriving. Between the stops along the way, Rustin poetically intersperses excerpts from Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 classic film The Last Picture Show, as well as reflections on past and present hardships facing the film exhibition industry. The Last Picture Shows reminds viewers that even in vast cinema deserts, there are oases of community and gathering that remain, where the movie house continues to be a place of wonder, contemplation, and connection.
Corps Man
The untold true story of Mexican-American combat corpsman Dave Lara, and his band of brothers known as The Group, who kept the biggest secret of the Vietnam War. For the first time on film, Dave Lara tells his story of how he and The Group navigated a hostile society and military as gay men at a time when it was criminal to be themselves.
Prophet of Ecstasy
THE PROPHET OF ECSTASY explores themes of art, politics and consciousness through the improbable life of Michael Clegg, the former Catholic priest who introduced MDMA to the world - a drug he would later dub ‘Ecstasy’. The documentary will take viewers on a wild ride, from Clegg’s life as an MDMA drug kingpin, to his present-day transformation as an enlightened yogi. It also examines how the destinies of Michael Clegg, chemist Carina Leveriza, and psychedelics advocate Rick Doblin, are inexorably bound with that of the socio-cultural explosion of MDMA through its epic journey of discovery, criminalization, and re-emergence from the shadows.
Madonna + Graham
Graham Norton sits down with the 'Queen of Pop', singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, entrepreneur, charity founder and LGBT rights and gender equality activist Madonna. The pair discuss her lengthy career in which she has achieved 18 multi-platinum albums globally, seven Grammy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, twenty MTV Video Music Awards and an induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
