The Best Documentaries of 2025

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

International Documentary Association blasts proposed Netflix-WB merger, says it would "profoundly damage the future of documentary filmmaking"

EXCLUSIVE: The International Documentary Association (IDA) is coming out with a forceful statement excoriating the planned merger of Netflix and Warner Bros, calling it a threat to nonfiction ...
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Plot Thickens Over Matt Damon-Ben Affleck Documentary Ruled Ineligible For Oscars; Filmmakers Insist It Did Qualify, But Academy Claims Otherwise

That may not end the argument, however. Contacted Tuesday night, Kiss the Future director Nenad Cicin-Sain said, regarding Rule Two section 2d, “That section of the rules pertains to feature films and ...
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Chesley Bonestell: A Brush with the Future Documentary Film and Talk Back

Mar. 28—PLATTSBURGH — Director Douglass Stewart has never witnessed a total eclipse, and he gets a rare chance to do just that the day after the free screening of his film "Chesley Bonestell: A Brush ...
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Academy Declares Matt Damon, Ben Affleck Documentary ‘Kiss The Future’ Eligible For Oscars, Reversing Earlier Denial

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck produced the documentary 'Kiss the Future' Courtesy of Screenocean/Reuters Pictures/Damir Sagolj/Getty Images Kiss the Future, the documentary produced by Matt Damon and Ben ...
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AI-Generated Images Threaten Future of Documentary as People ‘Will Stop Believing Anything’: ‘Deep Fake Is the Crime, AI Is a Tool’

Few issues are as widely dissected and discussed within the film business today as the possibilities and consequences of AI technology. When it comes to documentary filmmaking, the discussion takes on ...