Best Documentaries on HBO Max
HBO’s documentary roster is legendary and award-winning. From intimate portraits of famous people to thought-provoking examinations of the American experience, each film is eye-opening and well done.
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Fångade av scientologin
2015 M01 25Hollywoodstjärnor som John Travolta och Tom Cruise får VIP-behandling medan vanliga medlemmar arbetar under slavliknande förhållanden och straffas om de inte sköter sig. I Oscarsbelönade Alex Gibneys nya film berättar högt uppsatta scientologer om sitt liv i sekten och den press och förföljelse de utsatts för sedan de hoppat av.
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We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company
2001 M11 10Over a period of two years, Mark Cowen and his crew travelled to thirty U.S. states and ten European cities, to interview the veterans of Easy Company. The stories told by the veterans themselves, create a history of the Second World War from the point of view of this heroic company of men, made famous in the mini-series Band of Brothers.
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Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018 M06 29For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life’s most important issues.
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White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007 M08 6Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first — and hopefully last — uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.
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Gruvarbetarna i Harlan County, USA
1977 M01 23Sommaren 1973 gick arbetarna i Brooksidegruvan i Harlan, Kentucky med i fackförbundet United Mine Workers of America. Eastover Mining Company vägrade att skriva på det nya avtalet, varpå arbetarna gick i strejk. Dokumentären beskriver den ett år långa, blodiga och våldsamma uppgörelsen mellan arbetare, företagsledare och strejkbrytare som följde.
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
2018 M01 19Ett roligt, intimt och hjärtskärande porträtt av en av världens mest älskade och påhittiga komiker. Filmen berättas till stor del med Robin Williams egna ord och är en hyllning till hans bidrag till komedin från den vilda tiden i Los Angeles i slutet av 1970-talet till hans död år 2014.
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Hoop Dreams
1994 M09 12Every school day, African-American teenagers William Gates and Arthur Agee travel 90 minutes each way from inner-city Chicago to St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois, a predominately white suburban school well-known for the excellence of its basketball program. Gates and Agee dream of NBA stardom, and with the support of their close-knit families, they battle the social and physical obstacles that stand in their way. This acclaimed documentary was shot over the course of five years.
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Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
2010 M03 10An exploration of the fierce rivalry between NBA superstars Larry Bird and Magic Johnson during their decade of dominance.
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Andre the Giant
2018 M04 10An ambitious and wide-ranging documentary exploring Andre’s upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE, and his forays in the entertainment world.
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For All Mankind
1989 M11 1A testament to NASA’s Apollo program of the 1960s and ’70s. Composed of actual NASA footage of the missions and astronaut interviews, the documentary offers the viewpoint of the individuals who braved the remarkable journey to the moon and back.
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Momentum Generation
2018 M04 21In the 1990s, a motley band of teen surfers from the north shore of Oahu brought professional surfing to new heights. But as their stars rose, the competition threatened to tear their group apart.
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Bleed Out
2018 M11 13After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son’s video diary becomes a citizen’s investigation into the future of American health care.
