Across movies and TV series, the best documentaries of 2025 are a disparate bunch bound by shared value and gleaming purpose.

The true crime genre continues to evolve, as evidenced by the wealth of documentaries on offer in 2025. From The Perfect Neighbor to Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, we’ve ranked the 15 best titles released this year.

The concept of the sporting documentary has taken a beating in the past few years. Browse through whichever streaming platform you prefer and you will be confronted with oceans of slop, superficially plausible productions of thrown-together clips and sub-Wikipedia voiceovers.

Be it entertaining or educational, documentaries can appeal to every viewer — and it's easier than ever to tune in on every major streaming service.

The North Macedonian film "The Tale of Silyan" was named 2025's best documentary at the IDA Documentary Awards

A documentary about an Arkansas journalist who was killed while covering the war in Ukraine has landed on the Oscars shortlist for best documentary short.

The Documentary Branch is perhaps one of the most unpredictable branches of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but there were few shocking snubs after the Documentary Feature Film shortlist was revealed this morning.

"Navalny," a film that explores the plot to kill Russian anti-corruption campaigner and former presidential candidate, Alexey Navalny, has won the Oscar for best documentary feature at Sunday's Academy Awards. Director David Roher dedicated the win to ...

Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham accept the award for best documentary feature for ‘No Other Land.’ (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP/Getty Images) “No Other Land,” which chronicles a West Bank community under siege by Israeli forces ...

A new sneak peek at Endless Cookie uses trippy animation to tell a story of tradition surrounding one of Toronto's old pizza staples. Watch it here!