r/Documentaries is a subreddit with 20.4M members. The community frequently discusses documentary, history, politics, worst, and war, and they frequently recommend/review documentary recommendations and documentaries, and the most common flair used is history, crime, society, recommendation request, and nature/animals.
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Popular Topics in r/Documentaries
#1
Documentary
212 posts
#2
History
60 posts
#3
Politics
29 posts
#4
Worst
26 posts
#5
War
21 posts
#6
Recommendation
21 posts
#7
Nature
19 posts
#8
Struggling
17 posts
#9
Documentaries
15 posts
#10
Recommendation Request
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/Documentaries
Documentary Recommendations
7 reviews
#1
American Experience
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#2
Every Knee Shall Bow: The Truth and Tragedy of Ruby Ridge
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Ruby Ridge
5.0★ from 1 review
Documentaries
7 reviews
#1
Netflix
4.4★ from 5 reviews
#2
BBC
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
MSNBC
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Documentaries
#1
History
: "Soraida, a Woman of Palestine (2004) [01:59:11] - An intimate portrait of everyday Palestinian life in Ramallah"
16 posts
#2
Crime
: "The £600 Million BHS Pension Scandal (2006) [00:11:20] A short documentary highlighting the downfall of a British institution and the men behind it."
10 posts
#3
Society
: "The Patients We Fear: Life in a Forensic Psychiatric Hospital - After the Psychosis (2014) [1:26:30]"
8 posts
#4
Recommendation Request
: "Recommendation request: Disaster documentaries."
8 posts
#5
Nature/Animals
: "PBS Eons - Life and Death on Pangea | That Time Almost Everything Died (2026) [0:25:37] This isn't about the extinction of the dinosaurs, but an older extinction event from 252 million years ago known as the "Great Dying" which threatened all life on Earth."
6 posts
#6
American Politics
: "The Occupation of the American Mind (2016) - How Israeli public relations campaigns have shaped American media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict [01:24:55]"
5 posts
#7
Palestine/Israel
: "The People and the Olive (2012) - ultramarathoners cross the West Bank, meeting Palestinian olive farmers and planting trees [01:09:00]"
4 posts
#8
20th Century
: "The Highway to Nowhere: Baltimore Demolished 971 Homes for 1.4 Miles of Freeway That Connects to Nothing (2026) [15:44]"
4 posts
#9
Int'l Politics
: "The Wanted 18 (2014) - The true story of 18 cows declared a threat to Israeli national security during the First Intifada [01:16:00]"
3 posts
#10
Pop Culture
: "Palestine Underground (2018) [00:27:50] - Inside Palestine’s underground hip-hop, trap and techno scene"
3 posts
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Last updated: September 11, 2026