Most Viewed From HBO Documentary Films

Through deeply personal interviews with her siblings and an examination of the photographs, letters, and belongings left behind, Mariska assembles a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Jayne Mansfield

Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dorothy Lewis

In June 2013, Laura Poitras and reporter Glenn Greenwald flew to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden. She brought her camera...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Edward Snowden

Hailed as one of the most innovative and intimate documentaries of all time, experience Kurt Cobain like never before in the only ever fully...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Kurt Cobain

A story that embodies the tenacity and passion of the American Dream, this documentary is a portrait of the pioneering activist Luis A. Miranda Jr....

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Luis A. Miranda Jr.

Tina Turner overcame impossible odds to become one of the first female Black artists to reach a mainstream international audience. Her road to...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Tina Turner

In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Dennis Hopper

Produced and directed by 11-time Emmy Award-winner Jon Alpert, this 64-minute verite documentary takes an unforgettable look inside the 86th Combat...

Genre: Documentary

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With a magical new invention that promised to revolutionize blood testing, Elizabeth Holmes became the world’s youngest self-made billionaire,...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Elizabeth Holmes

In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Morgan Geyser

A documentary on the life and career of one of the most influential film directors of all time, Steven Spielberg.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Steven Spielberg

A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Mark Rasmussen

As the muse of Hal Hartley’s indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Adrienne Shelly

The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Pharrell Williams

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Zana Briski

Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Albert Brooks

With suicide rates among active military servicemen and veterans currently on the rise, this documentary brings urgent attention to the invisible...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: James Gandolfini

A filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway show, a unifying musical celebration that inspires audiences to connect to each other and to the global...

Genre: Music

Cast: David Byrne

An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Arnold Friedman

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a...

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Baby Peggy