Movie World lists 29,594 Documentary titles: 24,073 movies and 5,521 TV series, 23% of the whole catalogue. They span release years 1874 to 2027. 19,326 of them were added in the last 30 days. Every title below links to a page with its cast, TMDB rating, official trailer and where to watch it.
Documentary on Movie World in numbers
Documentary titles make up 23% of the Movie World catalogue: 24% of all movies and 20% of all TV series carry the Documentary tag. The table below compares movies and series side by side, with the release-year range and the number of titles added in the last 30 days.
Documentary titles on Movie World
| Metric |
Movies |
Series |
|---|
| Documentary titles |
24,073 |
5,521 |
|---|
| Share of all movies / series |
24% |
20% |
|---|
| Added in the last 30 days |
16,882 |
2,444 |
|---|
| Earliest release year |
1874 |
1947 |
|---|
| Latest release year |
2027 |
2026 |
|---|
Popular Documentary titles right now
These 10 Documentary titles rank highest in TMDB's popular, trending and top-rated lists, which Movie World re-reads every 12 hours. They are ordered by that ranking, not by score. Each one links to its own page with the trailer, full cast, TMDB rating and where to watch it.
- You Can See Everything 2026 · TMDB score 8.9/10 from 76 votes Thirty-four days before she's sent to prison, notorious Silicon Valley founder Elizabeth Holmes invites a skeptical film crew to document her every move.
- Bares für Rares 2013 · TMDB score 7.5/10 from 10 votes In the show, selected applicants each present a curiosity, rarity or antique they have brought with them.
- Mayday 2003 · TMDB score 8.2/10 from 296 votes Major real-life air disasters are depicted in this series. Each episode features a detailed dramatized reconstruction of the incident based on cockpit voice recorders and air traffic control transcripts, as well as eyewitnesses recounts…
- NOVA 1974 · TMDB score 7.1/10 from 143 votes PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits.
- Panorama 1953 · TMDB score 6.3/10 from 14 votes Current affairs programme, featuring interviews and investigative reports on a wide variety of subjects.
- BBC Proms 1947 · TMDB score 7.7/10 from 3 votes The World's Greatest Classical Music Festival. The BBC Proms is a classical music festival held every summer at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and in recent years has explored an innovative series of Proms around the UK with concerts in…
- Democracy Now! 2001 · TMDB score 6.9/10 from 7 votes A United States daily progressive, nonprofit, independently syndicated program of news, analysis, and opinion.
- Great Performances 1971 · TMDB score 6.1/10 from 25 votes The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
- Last Chance U 2016 · TMDB score 7.2/10 from 60 votes In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.
- Horizon 1964 · TMDB score 7.5/10 from 35 votes Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.
7 of these 10 titles (70%) have a TMDB score of 7.0 or higher, based on 669 votes in total.
Documentary titles are most often also tagged Music (1,900 titles), History (1,655 titles) and Drama (1,250 titles). Genre mixing is common on Movie World: 31% of Documentary titles carry at least one other genre tag. The links below open each related genre page, with the number of shared titles.