Documentaries About People in 2026

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Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

No. 120261 h 40 min

Always Lalisa

by Sue Kim · United States · English, Thai

historymusic
No. 22026

Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions

by Michelle Mama · Canada · English
No. 320261 h 41 min

Barbara Forever

by Brydie O’Connor · United States · English

Barbara Hammer
No. 420261 h 40 min

Biermann

by Jens Meurer · Germany · German

Wolf Biermann
No. 52026

Billy Idol Should Be Dead

by Jonas Åkerlund · United States

Billy Idol
No. 620261 h 30 min

Bowie: The Final Act

Director not on record · United Kingdom

music
No. 720262 h 13 min

Chopin, a Sonata in Paris

by Michał Kwieciński · Poland · Polish, French

historyFrédéric Chopin
No. 820261 h 39 min

Doing Good

by Margreth Olin · Norway · Norwegian

history
No. 920261 h 44 min

Don't Ask Me If I Killed

Director not on record · Netherlands · Germany · Ukrainian
No. 1020261 h 59 min

Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That's the Weight of the World)

by Questlove · United States · English
No. 112026

EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert

by Baz Luhrmann · United States · English

Elvis Presley
No. 1220261 h 25 min

Exhibition on Screen: David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts

by Phil Grabsky · United Kingdom · English
No. 132026

Exhibition on Screen: Turner & Constable

by David Bickerstaff · United Kingdom · English
No. 142026

Hair, Paper, Water...

by Minh Quý Trương · Belgium · France · Ruc, Vietnamese
No. 152026

Henry Is a Girl Who Likes to Sleep

Director not on record · Belgium · Dutch
No. 1620261 h 8 min

I Am Martin Parr

Director not on record · France · English

Martin Parr
No. 1720261 h 50 min

If Pigeons Turned to Gold

by Pepa Lubojacki · Czech Republic · Slovakia · Czech
No. 182026

In Tania's Head

by Kike Maíllo · Spain · Catalan, Spanish

historyAlicia Esteve Head
No. 1920261 h 30 min

Junkies of Dreaming

by Jan Schmidt-Garre · Germany · English, Greek

UtopiaTeodor Currentzis
No. 202026

Lorne

by Morgan Neville · United States · English

Lorne Michaels
No. 2120262 h 11 min

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

by David Hinton · United States · English
No. 22202654 min

Marilyn Monroe: The Rise of an Icon

by Patrick Jeudy · France · French

Marilyn Monroe
No. 2320261 h 44 min

Melania

by Brett Ratner · United States · English

Melania Trump
No. 2420263 h 45 min

Musk

by Alex Gibney · United States · English

Elon Musk
No. 2520261 h 36 min

Naomi Shemer, Between Green and Stones

by Shai Lahav · Israel · Hebrew

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