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Best Documentary Movies to Watch Now on BFI Player Available in the UK

Best Documentary Movies to Watch Now on BFI Player Available in the UK

Discover the best Documentary Movies of all time on BFI Player with our comprehensive list. From classic favorites to new releases. Watch the best Documentary Movies ever on BFI Player, add them to your watchlist now.

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Popular Documentary Movies

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy Poster

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy (2025)

Rice Festival in Kyoto

Rice Festival in Kyoto (1910)

St. Kilda, Its People and Birds

St. Kilda, Its People and Birds (1908)

Haunted England Poster

Haunted England (1961)

The Other Side of the Wall Poster

The Other Side of the Wall (2017)

Sally the Sparrow

Sally the Sparrow (1945)

The Private Life of the Gannets Poster

The Private Life of the Gannets (1934)

The Ainus of Japan Poster

The Ainus of Japan (1913)

Katsura River, Picturesque Japan

Katsura River, Picturesque Japan (1907)

From the Ashes Poster

From the Ashes (2017)

The Scene from Melbury House Poster

The Scene from Melbury House (1973)

Sunderland v Leicester Fosse

Sunderland v Leicester Fosse (1907)

Notts County v. Middlesbrough Poster

Notts County v. Middlesbrough (1902)

Shown by Request

Shown by Request (1947)

21st Century Nuns Poster

21st Century Nuns (1994)

Africa, Prelude to Victory Poster

Africa, Prelude to Victory (1942)

Sea Fort (1940)

Picturesque North Wales

Picturesque North Wales (1910)

Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande Poster

Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande (2022)

Control Room Poster

Control Room (2004)

Recently Added Documentary Movies

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy Poster

Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy (2025)

Wilding Poster

Wilding (2024)

Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema Poster

Scala!!! Or, the Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World's Wildest Cinema (2024)

Anselm Poster

Anselm (2023)

Name Me Lawand Poster

Name Me Lawand (2023)

I Am Weekender Poster

I Am Weekender (2023)

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer Poster

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)

Rebel Dread Poster

Rebel Dread (2022)

Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande Poster

Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande (2022)

Hostile Poster

Hostile (2021)

Around Japan With a Movie Camera

Around Japan With a Movie Camera (2021)

Everything at Once Poster

Everything at Once (2021)

Dear Philadelphia Poster

Dear Philadelphia (2021)

The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) Poster

The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) (2020)

Pipe Dreams Poster

Pipe Dreams (2019)

Memory: The Origins of Alien Poster

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

Ojumo Ti Mo (2019)

ill, actually Poster

ill, actually (2019)

Punk in 60 Seconds

Punk in 60 Seconds (2019)

Cornelius Poster

Cornelius (2018)

Drama Documentary Movies

The Conquest of Everest Poster

The Conquest of Everest (1953)

A Syrian Love Story Poster

A Syrian Love Story (2015)

The Homecoming: A Short Film about Ajamu Poster

The Homecoming: A Short Film about Ajamu (1996)

Fata Morgana Poster

Fata Morgana (1981)

David Poster

David (1951)

Problem Drinkers

Problem Drinkers (1946)

The Silent Village Poster

The Silent Village (1943)

Scottish Mazurka

Scottish Mazurka (1943)

Furnival and Son

Furnival and Son (1948)

Refuge England (1959)

Beheading a Chinese Boxer

Beheading a Chinese Boxer (1900)

Biography Documentary Movies

Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande Poster

Getting It Back: The Story of Cymande (2022)

Crufts Dog Show

Crufts Dog Show (1962)

Shadowman Poster

Shadowman (2017)

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner Poster

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)

Strip Jack Naked: Nighthawks II Poster

Strip Jack Naked: Nighthawks II (1991)

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer Poster

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)

Memory: The Origins of Alien Poster

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

Mifune: The Last Samurai Poster

Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)

Eugene Atget: Photographer

Eugene Atget: Photographer (1982)

Of Time and the City Poster

Of Time and the City (2008)

George Best: All by Himself Poster

George Best: All by Himself (2017)

Comedy Documentary Movies

Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving

Flying the Foam and Some Fancy Diving (1906)

The Punk Kebab Documentary Poster

The Punk Kebab Documentary (1978)

O Dreamland Poster

O Dreamland (1953)

Coughs and Sneezes Poster

Coughs and Sneezes (1945)

Punk Can Take It Poster

Punk Can Take It (1979)

History Documentary Movies

Shoah Poster

Shoah (1986)

Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford

Electric Tram Rides from Forster Square, Bradford (1902)

The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) Poster

The Brilliant Biograph: Earliest Moving Images of Europe (1897-1902) (2020)

The King's Highway Poster

The King's Highway (2016)

Alive and Kicking Poster

Alive and Kicking (2017)

The March of Time: Crisis in Iran

The March of Time: Crisis in Iran (1951)

Return to the Edge of the World Poster

Return to the Edge of the World (1978)

DeLorean Poster

DeLorean (1981)

Advance Democracy!

Advance Democracy! (1938)

Inside Nazi Germany Poster

Inside Nazi Germany (1938)

Thriller Documentary Movies

Adaptation Documentary Movies

Musical Documentary Movies

Mystery Documentary Movies

Music Documentary Movies

Punk in 60 Seconds

Punk in 60 Seconds (2019)

Shellshock Rock Poster

Shellshock Rock (1979)

Punk Can Take It Poster

Punk Can Take It (1979)

Action & Adventure Documentary Movies

The Epic of Everest Poster

The Epic of Everest (2013)

A remo Poster

A remo (2017)

Dangerous Journey

Dangerous Journey (1944)