Netflix hit The Perfect Neighbor leads the odds, but BAFTA winner Mr. Nobody Against Putin could still shake up the Oscar race.

Current event docs have historically appealed to voters, who in the last two years have awarded Academy Awards to a film about Palestinian activists’ resistance to forced displacement (“No Other Land”) and a documentary about the war in Ukraine (“20 Days in Mariupol”).

FIPRESCI has announced the 5 finalists for its inaugural Documentary Grand Prix award, to be presented at Millennium Docs Against Gravity.

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the premiere of "Melania" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Jan. 29, 2026. Stefani Reynolds—Bloomberg via Getty Images First Lady Melania Trump’s new film has been widely reported as the most ...

The “Melania” documentary about first lady Melania Trump debuted at the top of Amazon Prime’s streaming charts after premiering earlier this week. The documentary, which follows 20 days in the first lady’s life before President Donald Trump’s ...

The film is the latest streamer-funded, carefully choreographed, boring, celebrity puff piece being branded as a documentary. It's also a harbinger of what sorts of "true stories" are being championed these days. It should come as no surprise that Amazon ...