Reality doesn’t bite. Well, okay, at times it does. A number of our choices for the best documentaries of the year capture turbulent realities, ominous politics, and, on occasion, stark tragedy.

Documentaries have long served as some of cinema’s most powerful truth-tellers, often delivering seismic cultural impact with nothing more than reality as their script. The films on this list were ...

Captivated by the mating habits of jellyfish, elephants mourning their ancestors, and proud lionesses cuddling their cubs, audiences love to peer into the private lives of creatures great and ...

While we often give you the seven best films on streamers, TheWrap is giving you an all-new list that’s dedicated to informative and educational films. While viewers often walk away from cinematic ...

The late, lamented cultural theorist Neil Postman may not have been keen on even the best documentaries. He claimed the whole idea of expressing big socio-political ideas through visual media like ...