Documentary movies on MUBI in India

Top 20: Documentary movies on MUBI in India

Updated 9 October 2026 · Ranked by TMDB popularity, which reflects what people are watching and searching for this week · Subscription titles only

1. Night and Fog (1956) · ★ 8.3/10 · Documentary, History
   Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
2. The Beaches of Agnès (2008) · ★ 7.7/10 · Documentary
   Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique…
3. Moonage Daydream (2022) · ★ 7.4/10 · Documentary, Music
   A cinematic odyssey featuring never-before-seen footage exploring David Bowie's creative and musical journey.
4. It's Not Me (2024) · ★ 7.1/10 · Drama, Documentary
   This free-form film is a self-portrait, which revisits more than 40 years of the author’s filmography and questions the major stations of his life, while capturing the…
5. Afternoons of Solitude (2025) · ★ 6.9/10 · Documentary
   The life of the bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey during a day of bullfighting, from the moment he dresses up to the moment he undresses.
6. Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? (2026) · ★ 7.0/10 · Documentary, Music
   A fusion of the brilliantly choreographed stage spectacle of Pulp’s biggest ever arena show — part of the global tour for More, the band’s first album in 24 years — with…
7. High & Low – John Galliano (2024) · ★ 6.1/10 · Documentary
   Fashion designer John Galliano was widely recognized as one of the most successful names in 1990s and 2000s couture, until his career abruptly ended when he was caught…
8. The Gleaners and I (2000) · ★ 7.7/10 · Documentary
   Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip. Her investigation leads from forgotten corners of the French…
9. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) · ★ 7.3/10 · Documentary, Music
   German musician Alexander Hacke explores Istanbul's rich music culture and attempts to create a portrait of Turkey through music genres. On this journey, he encounters a…
10. Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025) · ★ 6.1/10 · Documentary
    Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeologists work as residents live anxiously, haunted by Pompeii's fate…
11. Special Flight (2011) · ★ 6.4/10 · Documentary
    Switzerland still carries out special flights, where passengers, dressed in diapers and helmets, are chained to their seats for 40 hours at worst. They are accompanied…
12. Endless Cookie (2025) · ★ 6.8/10 · Documentary, Animation, Comedy
    Exploring the complex bond between two half brothers — one Indigenous, one white — traveling from the present in isolated Shamattawa to bustling 1980s Toronto.
13. Along the Coast (1958) · ★ 7.3/10 · Documentary
    Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; displays its faux-exotic…
14. Dahomey (2024) · ★ 6.5/10 · Documentary
    Thousands of royal artifacts of Dahomey, a West African kingdom, were taken by French colonists in the 19th century for collection and display in Paris. Centuries later,…
15. Occupied City (2023) · ★ 6.6/10 · Documentary
    The past collides with the present in this excavation of the Nazi occupation of Amsterdam: a journey from World War II to recent years of pandemic and protest and a…
16. North Terminal (2022) · ★ 5.7/10 · Documentary, Music
    During the 2020 lockdown, Lucrecia Martel returns to her home in Salta, Argentina’s most conservative region. Here she follows Julieta Laso who, like a muse, introduces…
17. The Five Obstructions (2003) · ★ 6.9/10 · Documentary
    In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions…
18. Pictures of Ghosts (2023) · ★ 8.0/10 · Documentary
    Downtown Recife’s classic movie palaces from the 20th century are mostly gone. That city area is now an archaeological site of sorts that reveals aspects of life in…
19. Altman (2014) · ★ 6.6/10 · Documentary
    Robert Altman's life and career contained multitudes. This father of American independent cinema left an indelible mark, not merely on the evolution of his art form, but…
20. Chronicle of a Summer (1961) · ★ 7.2/10 · Documentary
    Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope…

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