The 25 Best Political Documentaries

52 documentaries

Power, campaigns and how decisions get made.

Political documentaries are at their best when they show you how power actually works, not who to vote for. Adam Curtis's The Power of Nightmares still explains the last 20 years better than most books. Harlan County, USA and The Square put you on the front line.

The Power of Nightmares poster
1

The Power of Nightmares

2004 · 3 eps

8.788%
Bowling for Columbine poster
2

Bowling for Columbine

2002 · 2h

7.995%
Harlan County, USA poster
3

Harlan County, USA

1976 · 1h 44m

8.2100%
The Square poster
4

The Square

2013 · 1h 28m

8.0100%
The Times of Harvey Milk poster
5

The Times of Harvey Milk

1984 · 1h 30m

8.296%
Beyond Utopia poster
6

Beyond Utopia

2023 · 1h 56m

7.9100%
Get Me Roger Stone poster
7

Get Me Roger Stone

2017 · 1h 40m

7.388%
I Am Not Your Negro poster
8

I Am Not Your Negro

2016 · 1h 33m

7.999%
The Century of the Self poster
9

The Century of the Self

2002 · 4 eps

8.7
Crip Camp poster
10

Crip Camp

2020 · 1h 47m

7.7100%
Navalny poster
11

Navalny

2022 · 1h 38m

7.898%
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat poster
12

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 · 2h 30m

7.897%
Burma VJ poster
13

Burma VJ

2008 · 1h 24m

7.897%
Winter on Fire poster
14

Winter on Fire

2015 · 1h 38m

8.389%
The Dissident poster
15

The Dissident

2020 · 1h 59m

7.896%
How to Survive a Plague poster
18

How to Survive a Plague

2012 · 1h 49m

7.698%
The Most Dangerous Man in America poster
19

The Most Dangerous Man in America

2009 · 1h 32m

7.796%
Mr Nobody Against Putin poster
20

Mr Nobody Against Putin

2025 · 1h 30m

7.4100%
Weiner poster
21

Weiner

2016 · 1h 36m

7.696%
The Territory poster
22

The Territory

2022 · 1h 25m

7.597%
Cover-Up poster
24

Cover-Up

2025 · 1h 57m

7.498%
The Trials of Henry Kissinger poster
25

The Trials of Henry Kissinger

2002 · 1h 20m

7.695%

More political documentaries

The Gatekeepers poster

The Gatekeepers

2012 · 1h 41m

7.694%
Best of Enemies poster

Best of Enemies

2015 · 1h 27m

7.693%
The Atomic Cafe poster

The Atomic Cafe

1982 · 1h 26m

7.693%
Hail Satan? poster

Hail Satan?

2019 · 1h 31m

7.396%
The War Room poster

The War Room

1993 · 1h 36m

7.396%
HyperNormalisation poster

HyperNormalisation

2016 · 2h 47m

8.2
Bitter Lake poster

Bitter Lake

2015 · 2h 15m

8.1
Four Hours at the Capitol poster

Four Hours at the Capitol

2021 · 1h 32m

7.589%
Citizen K poster

Citizen K

2019 · 2h 6m

7.195%
You've Been Trumped poster

You've Been Trumped

2011 · 1h 35m

7.588%

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