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Documentaries About People in 2026 · page 106

3,046 documentaries · ordered 17 October 2026 · How we order lists

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.

1. No. 2626199357 min

   N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdős

   by George Paul Csicsery · United States · English

   Watch free
2. No. 2627199352 min

   Seven Songs for Malcolm X

   by John Akomfrah · United Kingdom · English
3. No. 2628199352 min

   Sigrid Undset - et kvinneliv

   by Maria Fuglevaag Warsinski · Norway · Norwegian

   Sigrid Undset
4. No. 262919931 h 39 min

   Silverlake Life: The View from Here

   by Tom Joslin · United States

   HIV/AIDS
5. No. 263019931 h 30 min

   Speak of the Devil

   by Nick Bougas · United States · English
6. No. 263119931 h

   Split: Portrait of a Drag Queen

   Director not on record · United States · English

   International Chrysis
7. No. 263219931 h

   The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter

   by David Paperny · Canada · English

   HIV/AIDS
8. No. 263319931 h 36 min

   The Last Party

   by Marc Levin · United States · English
9. No. 263419931 h 23 min

   Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey

   by Steven M. Martin · United States

   Leon Theremin
10. No. 263519932 h 10 min

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    by Henning Lohner · Germany
11. No. 263619933 h 3 min

    The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl

    by Ray Müller · Germany · German
12. No. 263719931 h 54 min

    Time Indefinite

    by Ross McElwee · United States · English

    death
13. No. 26381992

    A Kind of Family

    Director not on record · Canada
14. No. 263919921 h 17 min

    Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker

    by Richard Schmiechen · United States · English

    psychology
15. No. 264019921 h 46 min

    Charles Manson Then and Now

    by Nick Bougas · United States · English

    Watch freeCharles Manson
16. No. 26411992

    Cousin Bobby

    by Jonathan Demme · United States · Spain · English
17. No. 26421992

    Das Auge des Kameramannes - Walter Frentz

    by Jürgen Stumpfhaus · Germany
18. No. 2643199258 min

    Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See

    Director not on record · United States
19. No. 264419922 h 13 min

    Dream of Light

    by Víctor Erice · Spain · Spanish
20. No. 26451992

    Harry Bridges: A Man and His Union

    by Berry Minnott · United States · English

    history
21. No. 264619921 h 31 min

    I Am My Own Woman

    by Rosa von Praunheim · Germany · German

    history
22. No. 26471992

    Invasion of the Scream Queens

    by Donald Farmer · United States
23. No. 26481992

    John Ford

    by Andrew Eaton · United States · United Kingdom · English

    history
24. No. 264919921 h

    Niggaz4Life: The Only Home Video

    by Donovan 'Tha Dirtbiker' Smith · United States · English
25. No. 2650199255 min

    Parajanov: The Last Spring

    by Mikhail Vartanov · United States · Armenia · Russian

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