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Browse the HBO Documentaries Catalog (Alphabetical by title)
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A Boy's Life Produced and Directed by award-winning filmmaker Rory Kennedy (HBO's AMERICAN HOLLOW and PANDEMIC: FACING AIDS), this film paints a dramatic portrait of the troubling forces that have shaped the life of a seven-year-old boy from Mississippi.
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A Father... a Son... Once Upon A Time in Hollywood Exclusive recent conversations with Kirk Douglas and his son, Michael Douglas, highlight this fascinating portrait of two charismatic Oscar®-winners who share, along with a last name, a passion for movies, women, family, and taking risks.
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A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin Winner of the 2005 Oscar® this year for Best Documentary Short Subject, A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin examines the career of Norman Corwin, known as the "poet laureate of radio drama."
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Addiction Unprecedented multi-platform campaign aimed at helping Americans understand addiction.
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Aileen: Life and Death of Serial Killer In 1992, a year after Aileen Wuornos was arrested for the murders of seven men in Florida, filmmaker Nick Broomfield released "Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer." A decade later, they were reunited when he was subpoenaed to appear at her final state appeal before execution. This disturbing documentary provides his fresh insights into her story.
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Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq Executive Producer James Gandolfini interviews ten Soldiers and Marines who reveal their feelings on their future, their severe disabilities and their devotion to America.
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All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise Feature-length chronicle of a precedent-setting 2004 cruise, in which Rosie O'Donnell and her family joined hundreds of other gay, lesbian, bisexual and straight families on a weeklong trip from NYC to the Bahamas and back.
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And Along Came A Spider Featuring a chilling first-person prison interview with Hanaei, AND ALONG CAME A SPIDER tells the story of Iran's infamous "spider killings" - named for the way he drew victims into a deadly web.
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The Aristocrats 100 Comedians. One Very Dirty Joke. HBO presents the television debut of the documentary that set a new standard for depravity and perversion on film: The Aristocrats.
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Asylum Nominated for an Academy Award® in the Documentary Short category, ASYLUM chronicles a young Ghanaian woman's desperate attempt to escape the traditional practice of female circumcision and her journey to a new country - where she battles U.S. immigration policies
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Atlantic City Hookers This adults-only special focuses on purveyors of the world's oldest profession, only this time, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Often explicit yet frequently poignant, the documentary underscores the hopes, fears and humanity of these women in a startlingly candid way.
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Autopsy Long before the recent trend in criminal investigation shows, there was Autopsy, the show that inspired them all. Hosted by reknowned forensic pathologst Dr. Michael Baden, watch as the mysteries of the dead are revealed by Dr. Baden and other "detectives of death."
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Baghdad ER Captures the humanity, hardships and heroism of the US Military and medical personnel of the 86th Combat Support Hospital, the Army's premier medical facility in Iraq.
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Balseros In August 1994, in a startling concession, Fidel Castro opened up Cuba's coastal borders, inviting citizens who wished to leave the country to do so. Some 50,000 people took him up on the offer, jamming onto dangerous makeshift rafts and setting sail for Miami. Some of the rafters - known as balseros - made it to America. Others perished.
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Bastards of the Party Cle "Bone" Sloan, a longtime member of the Bloods, traces the roots of black gang violence in Los Angeles. Acclaimed feature film director Antoine Fuqua produces along with Sloan, who also directs.
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Winner of the Grand Jury prize of the 2003 AFI Film Festival, this documentary presents Richards' shared wisdom and truths and explores the deep and tender relationship that developed between legendary actress Richards and actress-turned-director, LisaGay Hamilton.
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Black Sun documentarian Doug Block's unpredictable journey through a whirlwind of dramatic life-changing events: the death of his mother, the uncovering of decades of family secrets, and the ensuing reconciliation with his father.
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Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary In 1942, at the height of World War II, Adolf Hitler hired 22-year old Traudl Junge as his private secretary. Speaking out for the first time after more than a half-century of silence, Junge sheds new light on the private life of Adolf Hitler.
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Born Rich This 2003 Sundance Film Festival selection takes a true insiders' look at the privileges and burdens, of being born rich.
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Born into Brothels Winner of the 2004 Academy Award ® for Best Documentary Feature, this 84-minute documentary focuses on the artistic empowerment of eight children who live in the crowded red-light district of Calcutta, India, where their mothers work as prostitutes.
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Brothers Lost Features interviews with 31 men who lost brothers in the 9/11 attacks, and who share their emotions and offer reflections on the nature of brotherhood.
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Bus 174 A reflection on the endemic problem of street kids, urban decay, and violence in Brazil, BUS 174 focuses on one episode - the hijacking and 4-hour standoff of a passenger bus in the fashionable south side of Rio de Janeiro.
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Cannibal: The Real Hannibal Lecters Delve into the minds of four of the world's most frightening killers -- and cannibals. This psychological investigation attempts to understand what could possibly drive a person not only to kill another human being, but to consume human flesh.
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Capturing the Friedmans Andrew Jarecki's documentary feature riveted viewers with this exploration of a seemingly normal family embroiled in an explosive criminal case that leaves them sullied by scandal, vilified by the media and haunted by damning secrets from the past.
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Cathouse Eavesdrop on intimate conversations and negotiations between "working girls" and their customers at the renowned Moonlite Bunny Ranch. Our hidden cameras capture everything in this first-ever look inside a legal brothel.
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Cathouse 2: Back In The Saddle A brand-new follow-up to 2002's popular Cathouse: America Undercover, this 60-minute adults-only documentary takes us back for another insider's peek at one of Nevada's Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel located outside of Reno.
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Celibacy This investigative film features candid interviews with current and former celibates of the Catholic, Buddhist and Hindu faiths, as well as historians, neurologists and psychologists, who provide new insights into why men and women may choose celibacy.
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Chernobyl Heart On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history occurred when a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Sixteen years later, award-winning filmmaker Maryann De Leo took her camera to follow the devastating trail this radiation left behind in hospitals, orphanages, mental asylums and evacuated villages.
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The Children of Leningradsky This Oscar®-nominated documentary short focuses on the tragic daily life of children living in a Moscow train station.
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Children of Beslan Harrowing recounting of the 2004 school siege in Beslan, Russia that killed over 300 hostages, as told primarily by the tragedy's surviving children.
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Coma Academy Award®-nominated director Liz Garbus' insightful documentary COMA explores the mysteries of the injured brain and its ability to heal.
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Crank Through the life of three Iowa families, witness the extreme destruction wrought by methamphetamine (crank) addiction, which has become the number one drug problem in rural America.
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Cutting Edge An informal, inside look at a busy Harlem barbershop that serves as a lively forum for black men to discuss any topic, whether controversial or banal, sacred or profane, political or personal.
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Dealing Dogs DEALING DOGS exposes abuses to dogs that took place at one of America's most notorious 'Class B' dealers - Martin Creek Kennel in Arkansas.
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Dear Talula Intimate autobiographical portrait of filmmaker Lori Benson and her battle with breast cancer.
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Death in Gaza In spring 2003, award-winning filmmaker James Miller and reporter Saira Shah, set out to take a first-hand look at the culture of hate that permeates the Middle East. They captured the lives of three Palestinian children growing up in the bullet-riddled streets of Gaza.
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Diary of a Political Tourist Following the 2002 HBO documentary "Journeys with George," Pelosi's irreverent account of George W. Bush on the campaign trail, she set out on the road again with a handful of distinguished men competing to see who could eat the most pies, raise the most money and get the most votes to become the Democratic Party nominee.
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A Dog's Life: A Dogamentary This quirky and poignant film explores the positive effects of the intense bond between dogs and humans, as told through the story of New York-based television producer/filmmaker Gayle Kirschenbaum and her lovable Shih Tzu, Chelsea.
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Dope Sick Love When you're a junkie, the money comes and goes - and so does the high. Do relationships stand a chance among addicts? Meet Matt & Tracy and Sebastian & Michelle - two NYC couples looking for love, and fixes, in all the wrong places.
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Downtown Girls: The Hookers of Honolulu This adults-only special takes an intimate look at she-male and transsexual prostitutes working in Paradise, as chronicled by filmmaker Brent Owens.
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Elaine Stritch at Liberty This feature-length documentary paints a delightfully candid portrait of Broadway legend Elaine Stritch, both on stage and off. Shot during productions of her Tony award-winning show staged in New York and London, the film includes never-before-seen rehearsal footage of Stritch and her creative collaborators, writer John Lahr and director George C. Wolfe.
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The Execution of Wanda Jean Wanda Jean Allen was an attractive young woman with what many considered to be an appealing personality. She was also an African-American lesbian whose low IQ indicated borderline retardation. By the age of 29, Wanda Jean had killed twice — and would become one of the most controversial death-row inmates in recent history.
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Family Bonds Family Bonds depicts the day-to-day drama, humor, and craziness of life as an Evangelista, following the family as they confront the dangers of bounty hunting and the challenges of everyday life.
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Favela Rising This documentary chronicles the efforts of one Brazilian man, a reformed drug trafficker, to use music to end the cycle of violence and transform a community in Rio de Janeiro's most-feared slum
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51 Birch Street Documentarian Doug Block's unpredictable journey through a whirlwind of dramatic life-changing events: the death of his mother, the uncovering of decades of family secrets, and the ensuing reconciliation with his father.
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4 Little Girls On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a crime that shocked the nation--and a defining moment in the history of America's civil-rights movement.
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Friends of God: A Road Trip With Alexandra Pelosi Alexandra Pelosi embarks on a fast-paced cross-country journey, offering snapshots of a cross-section of evangelical America.
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G-String Divas Ever wanted to get up-close and personal with a G-String Diva? This hit series brings you inside the sexy, flirtatious lives of erotic dancers.
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Gang War 2 Filmmakers Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson exposed gang warfare in the heartland with the 1994 award-winning HBO documentary "Gang War: Bangin' in Little Rock." Now, ten years later the filmmakers return with updates on former gang members who are working to keep other youths in their community out of gang life while struggling to live their own productive lives.
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Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Acclaimed filmmaker Rory Kennedy looks beyond the headlines to investigate the psychological and political context in which torture occurred at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison.
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Graduating Peter Follow the journey of Peter, a young man with Down Syndrome, from sixth grade through high school graduation, as he navigates school, friendships and building a future.
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Gray Matter & The Power of Good Investigates the shocking circumstances by which an Austrian physician allegedly killed hundreds of innocent children during WWII in order to experiment on their brains.
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Hacking Democracy This cautionary documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe either
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Hard as Nails Profile of unordained Catholic minister Justin Fatica, who founded the Hard as Nails youth ministry. Fatica employs an intense, over-the-top approach that has connected with thousands of troubled teenagers.
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Have You Seen Andy? A story of a childhood friendship abruptly ended by the abduction of a young boy, Andy Puglisi, whose childhood friend Melanie Perkins returns to her hometown to re-investigate the unsolved case.
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Heir to an Execution This deeply personal feature-length documentary chronicles filmmaker Ivy Meeropol's journey to come to terms with the lives and deaths of her grandparents, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed as traitors in 1953 after being accused of relaying the secret of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union.
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Hookers A startling verite documentary series that takes a look at street prostitution. With footage shot in New York, Newark, Miami and Amsterdam.
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Horns and Halos In 1999, "Fortunate Son," J.H. Hatfield's unauthorized biography of George W. Bush, quickly became a best-selling sensation for its allegations about the future President's past. But this controversial book was quickly withdrawn by its original publisher following revelations about the author's own criminal history, sparking a tangled chain of events that ultimately culminated in tragedy.
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House Arrest Starring Chris Colombo: A Docu-Comedy Based On Reality From multiple Emmy Award®-winner Jon Alpert, this half-hour verite documentary follows the affable, charismatic Chris Colombo as he manages his life, all while under house arrest, in and around his home in upstate New York.
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