New documentaries
A collection of new documentaries added to Docur. Last update September 03, 2016 @ 10:56 PM
9/11 Firehouse
9/11 Firehouse is a 2014 documentary film that tells the story of the firefighters who worked at fire house 10, New York on September 11th 2001. This company was the closest to the World Trade Center complex making it one of the first to respond after the terrorist attack. Using[...]
9/11: The Lost Tapes
9/11: The Lost Tapes is a 2012 documentary film narrated by Colin Mace which provides a unique insight into the moments that changed the United States forever. As the events happened so quickly this documentary breaks each one of them down minuet by minuet by using archive footage and interviewing p[...]
The Story Of Flight 93 - Real Stories
The Story Of Flight 93: This documentary film tells the harrowing story of flight 93 which was hijacked by terrorists on September 11th 2001. United Airlines Flight 93 was a passenger flight with 37 people on board which took off 37 minuets late from Newark Liberty Inte[...]
Gangland: Turf Wars
Gangland Turf Wars is the first episode in a two-part documentary series produced by Channel 5, first released on September 1st, 2016. Filmmakers have been given unprecedented access to some of the most notorious gangs in London to build a picture of what it is like to live in a gang. The[...]
Man with a Movie Camera
Man with a Movie Camera: A man travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling invention. This is one of the first “documentary” film examples which documents the day in the life in the Soviet Union as it existed in 1929. First released o[...]
Hoop Dreams
Hoop Dreams is a 1994 documentary created by filmmaker Steve James (Hampton, Virginia, USA) about two young basketball players from inner-city Chicago who are working towards becoming professional players. The film follows them in their struggle to become established college players which would give[...]
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward is a feature length documentary film that presents a case for moving from the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the world today to something more modern. Peter Joseph narrates the 160min documentary creating a powerful activism tool[...]
Roger & Me (preview)
Roger and me is the first documentary produced by the world renowned film producer Michael More. In this film Michael Moore chases the CEO of General motors in the quest for answers about the closure of the car making planet in Flint, Michigan. Flint is Michaels hometown so the story was import[...]
Koyaanisqatsi
Koyaanisqatsi is a 1982 documentary film directed by American film maker Godfrey Reggio (b March 29, 1940 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA). The film uses only images and music to tell a dramatic story of nature on Earth, more specifically how man has changed it. In the beginning of the[...]
Touching the Void
Touching the Void is a 2003 documentary film based on a book by Joe Simpson about Joes' and Simon Yates' near fatal attempt to summit mount Siula Grande. The Siula Grade peak is located in the Peruvian Andes and is 20,814ft high. It was first climbed in 1936 on the North Ridge by A[...]
Voyage of Time (preview)
Voyage of Time is a new 2016 science documentary narrated by Hollywood actors Brad Pitt & Cate Blanchett examining the story of the Universe. The film which will be presented in IMAX technology is the culmination of four years work by director Terrence Malick (November 30, 1943) who is the[...]
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Jiro Dreams of Sushi is a 2011 documentary film directed by American filmmaker David Gelb (October 16, 1983) about the 85-year-old Japanese Sushi master Jiro Ono. Jiro owns one of the most renowned Sushi restaurants in all of Japan which has been awarded a rare 3 stars by the Michelin guide, Sukiyab[...]
Shoah
Shoah, a 1985 documentary film by French writer and director Claude Lanzmann (November 27, 1925 in Paris, France) about one of the worst crimes against humanity ever; the holocaust. This documentary unlike many others about this subject does not rely on a single piece of archive footage, only i[...]
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Exit Through the Gift Shop is a 2010 documentary film directed by the highly acclaimed British street artist Banksy about Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant living in Los Angels, street artist Invader and friends. Guetta has an obsession with street art and this film follows him in his every step to[...]
Restrepo
Restrepo, a 2010 war documentary film directed by renowned journalistic filmmakers, Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger who spent a year with one platoon in the deadliest valley in Afghanistan. This documentary explores in great detail the lives of men who were on the front line in the Afganistan war[...]
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
The Fog of war is a 2003 documentary film directed by Errol Morris about the life of former US secretary of Defense, Robert s. McNamara. Using a wealth of archive footage we see some of the tough decisions that were made by Robert during his period in office from April 1st 1968 - July 1st 1968, the[...]
The Act of Killing (preview)
The act of killing, a 2012 documentary film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer and produced by award winning producer Signe Byrge Sørensen about the people who took part in the 1965-66 Indonesian killings (sometimes referred to at the Indonesian massacre). This was a year that rocked the country[...]
March of the Penguins (preview)
Penguin documentary. The 2005 national geographic documentary film, March of the Penguins takes us on a journey to the south pole in order to see the Emperor Penguins in their traditional breeding grounds in a fascinating mating ritual captured by award winning film makerLuc Jacquet. The film depict[...]