Kidnapping, cults, and white-collar crimes. Content about the criminal underworld is vast, but EW assembled the 29 best documentaries to satisfy your appetite for true crime tales.

The #1 movie on HBO Max right now is a documentary, Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare, an exploration of the real-life Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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The HBO Original documentary Critical Incident, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rick Rowley (“Dirty Wars”), will debut on Monday, December 29 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be ...

HBO Max is probably the best of all the streaming platforms when it comes to sports documentaries. The sports documentaries on HBO Max are typically just as good as their prestige narrative content.

Whether or not Colin Farrell returns to a second season of The Penguin, the Irish star will be back on HBO later this year. The network has acquired the TV and streaming rights to The Slightest ...

The Alabama Solution, nominated for Best Documentary at this year’s Oscars, is a horrifying, necessary film to watch.

If you don’t know your past, you don’t know your future. It’s a cliche, but it’s true. Here’s another one: history repeats itself. The best way to educate yourself about world affairs and their ...

*HBO Documentary Films is set to unveil “Murder in Glitterball City,” a two-part documentary that unpacks a disturbing true-crime story rooted in Louisville, Kentucky. The city, celebrated for its ...

Here's where to stream the short films nominated in the animated, live-action, and documentary categories at the 98th Academy ...

This year’s crop of five documentary feature Oscar nominees is refreshingly balanced. There is a healthy mix of international ...

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