1Filmmaker Morgan Neville examines the life and legacy of Fred Rogers, the beloved host of the popular children's TV show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood."- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Morgan Neville
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2André the Giant is a 2018 TV documentary film directed by Jason Hehir. The explores life of French professional wrestler and actor André René Roussimoff, better known as André the Giant, featuring interviews with professional wrestlers and media personalities.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Jason Hehir
3Identical triplets become separated at birth and adopted by three different families. Years later, their amazing reunion becomes a global sensation but also unearths an unimaginable secret that has radical repercussions.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Tim Wardle
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4Alex Honnold completes the first free solo climb of famed El Capitan's 3,000-foot vertical rock face at Yosemite National Park.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin
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5Quincy is a 2018 documentary filmed directed by Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones. An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones, a unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years who transcended racial and cultural boundaries.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones
6Love, Gilda is a 2018 documentary film directed by Lisa Dapolito. In her own words, comedienne Gilda Radner looks back and reflects on her life and career with recently discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies, and diaries read by modern day comediennes.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Lisa Dapolito
7The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Judd Apatow. Featuring Michael Cera reading various excerpts from personal diaries, the film looks at the life and career of stand-up comedian and actor, Garry Shandling.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Judd Apatow
8Pandas is a 2018 documentary film directed by David Douglas and Drew Fellman. In the mountains of Sichuan, China, a researcher forms a bond with Qian Qian, a panda who is about to experience nature for the first time.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: David Douglas, Drew Fellman
9Bad Reputation is a 2018 documentary film directed by Kevin Kerslake. Featuring archival footage and interviews with rock legends, the documentary explores the rise of Joan Jett in rock-n-roll history.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Kevin Kerslake
10Studio 54 is a 2018 American documentary directed by Matt Tyrnauer. 39 years after the velvet rope was first slung across Studio 54's hallowed threshold, a feature documentary tells the real story behind the greatest club of all time.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Matt Tyrnauer
- 11Using state-of-the-art technology and materials from the BBC and Imperial War Museum, filmmaker Peter Jackson allows the story of World War I to be told by the men who were there. Life on the front is explored through the voices of the soldiers, who discuss their feelings about the conflict, the food they ate, the friends they made and their dreams of the future.
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
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- Following five spirited puppies from the moment they're born through their quest to become guide dogs for the blind.
- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Dana Nachman, Don Hardy
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13Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
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14Filmmaker Michael Moore predicted that Donald Trump would become the 45th president of the United States. Traveling across the country, Moore interviews American citizens to get a sense of the social, economic and political impact of Trump's victory. Moore also takes an in-depth look at voting, the Electoral College, the government agenda, the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., and the water crisis in his hometown of Flint, Mich.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Michael Moore
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15RBG is a 2018 documentary film directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West. At the age of 84, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon, but without a definitive Ginsburg biography, the unique personal journey of this diminutive, quiet warrior's rise to the nation's highest court has been largely unknown, even to some of her biggest fans until now.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Julie Cohen, Betsy West
16Active Measures is a 2018 documentary film by director Jack Bryan. Russian president Vladimir Putin attacks the 2016 American presidential election in collaboration with the Trump campaign.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Jack Bryan
17Chef Flynn is a 2018 documentary film directed by Cameron Yates. After transforming his living room into a supper club using his classmates as line cooks, 10-year-old Flynn McGarry outgrows his bedroom kitchen, and sets out to challenge the hierarchy of the culinary world.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Cameron Yates
18McQueen is a 2018 documentary film directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui. Mirroring the savage beauty, boldness and vivacity of his design, this documentary is an intimate revelation of McQueen's own world, both tortured and inspired, which celebrates a radical and mesmerizing genius of profound influence.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
19Generation Wealth is a 2018 documentary film directed by Lauren Greenfield. A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Lauren Greenfield
20Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist is a 2018 documentary film directed by Lorna Tucker. A profile of punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, as she fights to maintain her brand's integrity, her principles, and her legacy.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Lorna Tucker
21John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection is a 2018 sports documentary film directed by Julien Faraut. A documentary set at the final of the 1984 French Open between John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl at a time when McEnroe was the world's top-ranked player.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Julien Faraut
22On Her Shoulders is a 2018 documentary film directed by Alexandria Bombach. Nadia Murad, a 23-year-old Yazidi, tells her story of how she survived genocide and sexual slavery committed by ISIS.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Alexandria Bombach
23Take Your Pills is a 2018 documentary film directed by Alison Klayman. The film explores the rise of Adderall use among students, athletes, and working professionals.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Alison Klayman
24Mercury 13 is a 2018 documentary film directed by David Sington and Heather Walsh. This documentary profiles women who were tested in 1961 for spaceflight, but had their dreams dashed when only men were chosen to become astronauts.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: David Sington, Heather Walsh
25The Rachel Divide is a 2018 documentary film directed by Laura Brownson. Rachel Dolezal becomes a social phenomenon when she passes herself off as an African American and becomes the head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Laura Brownson
26Operation Odessa is a 2018 documentary film directed by Tiller Russell. The film tells the story of three friends who set out to hustle the Russian mob, the Cali cartel, and the DEA for the score of a lifetime.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Tiller Russell
27Songwriter is a 2018 documentary film directed by Murray Cummings. The documentary follows English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran during the making of his 2017 album "Divide."- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Murray Cummings
28Seeing Allred is a 2018 documentary film directed by Roberta Grossman and Sophie Sartain. Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred takes on the biggest names in American culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more prevalent.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain
29Maria by Callas is a 2017 documentary film directed by Tom Volf. An intimate look at the life and work of Greek-American opera singer, Maria Callas, as told in her own words.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Tom Volf
30Searching for Ingmar Bergman is a 2018 documentary film directed by Felix Moeller, Margarethe von Trotta, and Bettina Böhler. A closer look at Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's life and work and explores his film legacy with Bergman's closest collaborators, both in front and behind the camera, as well as a new generation of filmmakers.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Felix Moeller, Margarethe von Trotta, Bettina Böhler
31Tea with the Dames is a 2018 documentary film directed by Roger Michell. Acting greats and Dames Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, and Maggie Smith have let the cameras in on a friendship that goes back more than half a century.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Roger Michell
32The Director and the Jedi is a 2018 documentary film directed by Anthony Wonke. An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Anthony Wonke
33Ramen Heads is a 2018 documentary film directed by Koki Shigeno. Osamu Tomita, Japan's reigning king of ramen, takes us deep into his world, revealing every single step of his obsessive approach to creating the perfect soup and noodles, and his relentless search for the highest-quality ingredients.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Koki Shigeno
34The King is a 2018 documentary film directed by Eugene Jarecki. Forty years after the death of Elvis Presley, a musical road trip across America in his 1963 Rolls-Royce explores how a country boy lost his authenticity and became a king while his country lost its democracy and became an empire.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Eugene Jarecki
35The Cage Fighter is a 2018 sports documentary film directed by Jeff Unay. Joe Carman, a blue collar worker, breaks his promise to stop fighting and returns to mixed martial arts to fulfill his dream.- Released: 2018
- Directed by: Jeff Unay
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2018: A Year at the MoviesLists that rank the funniest, scariest, action-iest, and all-round best films that premiered in theaters (and on streaming services!) in 2018.
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