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28 Award-Winning Documentaries Free on YouTube

28 documentaries

Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy, Sundance and Cannes winners you can watch in full, free and legally, on YouTube.

Oscar winners, BAFTA winners, Sundance Grand Jury and Audience Award winners, all in full on YouTube, free and legal, with nothing to sign up for. Hearts and Minds won the Oscar in 1975, 13th took the BAFTA and the Emmy, and Crip Camp, Paris Is Burning and Our Planet are here too. Every link was checked as the whole film, and most were put up by the people who made it. Some only play in certain countries, so the list shows the ones that work where you are, and each film's page says where it plays.

Man on Wire poster

Man on Wire

2008 · 1h 34m

7.7100%
Our Planet poster

Our Planet

2019 · 12 eps

9.2
20 Days in Mariupol poster

20 Days in Mariupol

2023 · 1h 34m

8.6100%
For Sama poster

For Sama

2019 · 1h 40m

8.598%
Hoop Dreams poster

Hoop Dreams

1994 · 2h 54m

8.398%
Paris Is Burning poster

Paris Is Burning

1990 · 1h 18m

8.299%
Inside Job poster

Inside Job

2010 · 1h 49m

8.298%
2000 Meters to Andriivka poster

2000 Meters to Andriivka

2025 · 1h 48m

8.494%
Chasing Coral poster

Chasing Coral

2017 · 1h 33m

8.0100%
13th poster

13th

2016 · 1h 40m

8.297%
The Look of Silence poster

The Look of Silence

2014 · 1h 40m

8.297%
The Square poster

The Square

2013 · 1h 28m

8.0100%
The Act of Killing poster

The Act of Killing

2012 · 2h 39m

8.296%
I Am Not Your Negro poster

I Am Not Your Negro

2016 · 1h 33m

7.999%
Citizenfour poster

Citizenfour

2014 · 1h 53m

8.096%
Crip Camp poster

Crip Camp

2020 · 1h 47m

7.7100%
Going Clear poster

Going Clear

2015 · 2h

8.095%
Murderball poster

Murderball

2005 · 1h 28m

7.798%
Hearts and Minds poster

Hearts and Minds

1974 · 1h 52m

8.290%
Capturing the Friedmans poster

Capturing the Friedmans

2003 · 1h 47m

7.697%
Dark Days poster

Dark Days

2000 · 1h 22m

7.794%
The Corporation poster

The Corporation

2003 · 2h 25m

8.089%
The Devil and Daniel Johnston poster

The Devil and Daniel Johnston

2005 · 1h 50m

7.988%
Style Wars poster

Style Wars

1983 · 1h 10m

8.080%
Iraq in Fragments poster

Iraq in Fragments

2006 · 1h 34m

7.191%
The Wolfpack poster

The Wolfpack

2015 · 1h 29m

7.087%

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