Documentaries are the perfect thing to watch when you want to be entertained but also feel like you’re a little wiser when the credits roll. Whether’s it’s a historical event, a personal journey, or a political or socio-economical subject that interests you, Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service is home to plenty of documentaries on a wide variety of subjects. And with new movies coming to Amazon Prime Video all the time, the collection is always growing. If you find that’s what you’re in the mood to take in, we have rounded up the best documentaries on Amazon Prime Video right now.
We’ve also rounded up the best documentaries on Netflix and the best documentaries on Hulu if Amazon Prime Video doesn’t have what you’re looking for.
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Flight/Risk2022
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Chicken People2016
Flight/Risk (2022) new
Warriors on the Field (2022) new
A Promise to My Father (2013) new
Chicken People (2016) new
Blackfish (2013)
Closed for Storm (2020)
Lucy and Desi (2022)
Rooney (2022)
A Man Named Scott (2021)
Lucy and Desi: A Home Movie (1993)
Mayor Pete (2021)
Justin Bieber: Our World (2021)
My Name Is Pauli Murray (2021)
Mary J. Blige's My Life (2021)
Val (2021)
P!NK: All I Know So Far (2021)
Sharkwater Extinction (2018)
Halston (2019)
The Hornet's Nest (2014)
Time (2020)
Jasper Mall (2020)
The Booksellers (2020)
All In: The Fight for Democracy (2020)
That Sugar Film (2014)
One Child Nation (2019)
Super Size Me (2004)
Chasing Happiness (2019)
Gleason (2016)
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