What Documentary Movies to watch on Pluto

This documentary investigates five of California's most haunted sites: Alcatraz island, Bodie Ghost Town, Hotel Del Coronado, The Whaley House and The Winchester Mystery House.

The first truly comprehensive feature length cinema documentary ever made about Beethoven. With over 60 live performances.

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity? This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world's most influential creators of the digital era.

The story of the building and dedication of the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument in Normandy, France in June 2012. The film focuses on the leader of World War II's "Band of Brothers". Narrated by 2012 Emmy Award-winner Damian Lewis, who played Dick Winters in HBO's Band of Brothers.

No other woman in modern times has commanded so much attention as Diana, Princess of Wales. Adored by the public as a fairy-tale princess, caring wife, devoted mother and fashion icon, this documentary examines the deeper side to her personality and reveals a woman constantly under extreme pressure.

Filmmaker Jill Morley spends five years documenting the world of female boxers.

Electric Kingdom is a behind the scenes documentary following the first Formula E electric car race in the Middle East.

Memorial Day, 1993. When 13-year-old Kyle Vogel discovers the World War II footlocker belonging to his grandfather, Bud, everyone tells Kyle to put it back. Luckily, he ignores them. Although Bud has never talked about the war, he finds himself striking a deal with his grandson: Kyle can pick any three souvenirs, and Bud will tell him the stories behind each one. Memorial Day not only takes us on a journey into Bud's complicated wartime past, but also into Kyle's wartime future. As the two men share parallel experiences in combat, they come to realize how that magical day on the porch shaped both of their lives.

The long-awaited sequel to 1987's horror cult classic, "Mad Ron's Prevues From Hell". An awesome collection of 61 over-the-top horror movie prevues, from the golden Grindhouse age, spanning the 1960's through the 1980's. Also features commentary from film makers, actors, critics and fans, that makes this a true, incredibly entertaining, one-of-a-kind movie-going experience!

The Heart & The Sea explores the joy that lies at the very centre of a surfing life: family, friends and a shared intimacy with the sea.

4TH & GOAL is the epic story of six young men in their quest to join the most elite club in professional athletics: the NFL. Shot over six years, we first meet Deqawn, Albert, Gibril, Tim, Randy, and Bret at the famed junior college football program at City College in San Francisco. We follow them through the 2003 championship season to the top D1 collegiate teams in the nation and into their encounter with world of professional football. What their individual fates reveal is as much a prophetic tale of brotherhood, family and the harsh realities of growing up as it is about excelling on 100 yards of turf.

In 1965, filmmaker Frank De Felitta made a documentary film for NBC News about the changing times in the American South and the tensions of life in the Mississippi Delta during the civil rights struggle. The film was broadcast in May of 1966 and outraged many Southern viewers, in part, because it included an extraordinary scene featuring a local African-American waiter named Booker Wright. Wright, who worked at a local "whites only" restaurant in Greenwood MS, went on record to deliver a stunning, heartfelt and inflammatory monologue exploding the myth about who he was and how he felt about his position serving the local white community. The fallout for Booker Wright was extreme: He lost his job, and was beaten and ostracized by those that considered him "one of their own." Forty-five years after Booker's television appearance, Frank De Felitta's son, director Raymond De Felitta, takes a journey into the Mississippi Yazoo Delta with Booker Wright's granddaughter in search of who Booker Wright was, the mystery surrounding his courageous life and untimely murder, and the role Frank De Felitta's NBC News documentary may have played in it.

For two years the crew of 3 Minute Gaps have followed the world’s best mountain bike racers around the globe.

The next level in modern surfing seen spreading its infectious influences across the California coast and beyond. Witness the worlds best surfers push their abilities to unimaginable heights, on perfect waves of all types.

Realizing that the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.

Adapted from Yoram Kaniuk's best-selling novel, this heart-rending love story unfolds during the siege of Jerusalem in 1948. A young and beautiful volunteer nurse is drawn to the enigmatic Himmo, a mortally wounded and mutilated soldier who cannot speak or move.

Part-time ghost hunter Jason King cannot remember his childhood. When his life-long search for answers converges with a police manhunt and unearths an horrific family secret, he is forced to confront a brutal past in order to reclaim his future.

A sumptuous Sundance doc depicting the Long Island birthplace of stock car racing where only one track remains. Located on prime real estate, the real tors are circling. The property is worth millions and only the love and integrity of the track's community and elderly owners keep the bulldozers at bay. Stunning cinematography immerses us in the intimate world of grassroots racing, at a time when its future is in the balance. Can this great blue collar American pastime survive?

Originally designed as a receipt for a service, postage stamp collecting quickly vaulted into a cultural phenomenon, becoming the world's most popular hobby. A box of stamps could ignite one's imagination with images of exotic cultures, native people, art, geography, history, music and literature, as well as a nation's political climate. In contemporary society, stamp collectors, or "philatelists" (as they're commonly known), though dwindling in numbers, continue to be curators of these mini time-capsules. We follow a select group of collectors, that at first glance, seem to have only one thing in common, the love of postage stamps. A closer look though, reveals a slew of familiar traits that connect them to each other and uncovers the all-consuming influence that the hobby has had in defining many aspects of their personal and social lives. As we weave through their stories, we unveil common patterns, collecting is their primary catalyst for friendship and community in a world where modern shifts in work/life dynamics, family structure, digital media and other factors threaten the relevance of all hobbies. In addition to showcasing the lives of these collectors, the stamps have lives of their own. One of the most famous stamps, the legendary Penny Magenta, a rare stamp with an amazing pedigree and outstanding worth has had a profound impact on the personal and financial lives of generations of collectors. Recently, the stamp was launched out of traditional philatelic circles and permeated mainstream media with a high-profile sale to an unexpected buyer. Though each character's background differs, the common motives for collecting create an undeniable bond.

LOBSTER WAR is an award-winning feature film about a climate-fueled conflict between the United States and Canada over waters that both countries have claimed since the end of the Revolutionary War. The disputed 277 square miles of sea, known as the Gray Zone, were traditionally fished by US lobstermen. But as the Gulf of Maine has warmed faster than nearly any other body of water on the planet, the area's previously modest lobster population has surged. As a result, Canadians have begun to assert their sovereignty, warring with the Americans to claim the bounty.

Chronicles the life of Dorothy Day, who dedicated herself to service to her socialist beliefs and her adopted faith of Catholicism. The movement she created continues to thrive to this day, with more than 200 communities across the United States and another 28 communities abroad. The title of the movie is taken from a phrase which means to treat all guests, whether they be kings or peasants, like they were visiting angels.

When we walk into a supermarket, we assume that we have the widest possible choice of healthy foods. But in fact, over the course of the 20th century, our food system was co-opted by corporate forces whose interests do not lie in providing the public with fresh, healthy, sustainably-produced food. Fortunately for America, an alternative emerged from the counter-culture of California in the late 1960s and early 1970s, where a group of political anti-corporate protesters--led by Alice Waters--voiced their dissent by creating a food chain outside of the conventional system. The unintended result was the birth of a vital local-sustainable-organic food movement which has brought back taste and variety to our tables. FOOD FIGHT is a fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th century, and how the California food movement has created a counter-revolution against big agribusiness.

This gripping, highly entertaining documentary offers an unparalleled behind-the-scenes look at the life of Elvis Presley. Using rare footage from his films, press conferences, outtakes, movie trailers, news clips, and comedy sketches, Elvis Thru the Years is a fitting commemoration of the man who became a legend.

In 1966, producers Bert Schneider and Bob Rafaelson come up with the idea of creating a TV show that would feature the American answer to the Beatles, The Monkees. Eventually, four young men are chosen for the roles, Mickey Dolenz the former child TV star, the stage actor Davey Jones and the musicians, Mike Nesmith and Peter Tork. With the aid of a successful music producer and able TV promotion, the Monkees become a sensation. However, that success is tainted, to the chagrin of the band, as they find themselves labeled as talentless phonies. This film covers the band's frustrating struggle to prove their detractors wrong as they struggle to earn some artist legitimacy. Whether it's by learning to excel as a band or experimenting with wild ideas for their show and film, Head, nothing seems to work. Meanwhile the band have their internal tensions as various members struggle to decide what is really important to them, simple material success, or having real artistic respect for their work?