It’s not every day that a writer/director has the opportunity to remake a film only a few years after the original’s success.

The documentary consists of previously unseen footage gathered by NASA and the National Archives, which has been shaped into what often feels like a narrative thriller.

You’ve seen other birds of a feather, but this is a new breed.

A documentary that deserves to stand alongside the best films about youth who pursue sports for a shot at a better life.

Swiss filmmaker Christian Frei has stitched together an expansive, awe-inspiring, and ominous window into the future of genetic research.

A valuable documentary about the illegal practice of arrest quotas by the New York Police Department.

A startling, highly unconventional, and atmospheric documentary.

Nicole Kidman has achieved an unnerving transformation to play a ravaged police detective in director Karyn Kusama’s sweeping, dark film.

A list of acclaimed documentaries and feature films that might have slipped between the cracks over the course of this past—very good—year.