Best Google Play Documentaries to Watch in the UK - Page 5

Man Made

An affecting and honest portrait of four transgender men as they prepare to step on stage at the only all-trans bodybuilding competition in the world.

Man on Wire

A look at Philippe Petit's daring high-wire routine performed between the World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".

March of the Penguins

At the end of each Antarctic summer, the emperor penguins of the South Pole journey to their traditional breeding grounds.

March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step

Emperor penguins fall in love, form families, fight for survival and search for a new home while on an epic Arctic journey through life.

Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.

Drawn from a never before seen cache of personal footage spanning decades, this is an intimate portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician who continues to shatter conventions.

Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine

An intimate portrait of Matthew Shepard, murdered in one of the most notorious hate crimes in U.S. history.

McCullin

For the first time, McCullin speaks candidly about his career covering wars and humanitarian disasters on every continent and the photographs that often defined historic moments.

Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things

Examining the many levels of minimalism by looking inside the lives of minimalists from various walks of life.

Misha and the Wolves

A woman's Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.

Miss Representation

Exploring how the mainstream media's often disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of females in positions of leadership.

Miss Sharon Jones!

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple follows rhythm and blues singer Sharon Jones as she tries to hold her band together while battling pancreatic cancer.

MLK/FBI

Based on newly declassified files, the film explores the US government’s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Mole Agent

A private investigator in Chile hires someone to work as a mole at a retirement home where a client of his suspects the caretakers of elder abuse.

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing

Comedians and lifelong friends Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse share their personal and hilarious life experiences while travelling around the UK fishing for elusive species.

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

50 years ago, Björn Andrésen was plucked from obscurity to star in Visconti’s Death in Venice and hailed “the most beautiful boy in the world”.

Muscle Shoals

Located on the banks of the Tennessee River, Muscle Shoals, Alabama is the unlikely breeding ground for some of the most creative music in American history.

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

Michael was flying high as the lead singer of INXS until his untimely death in 1997. This documentary examines Hutchence’s deeply felt life through his many loves and demons.

Navalny

Alexei survived an assassination attempt by poisoning in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries and decides to return home.

Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously

Neil Gaiman discusses his early years and how he went on to become one of the most popular writers in the world.

Notes on Blindness

In 1983, when writer John Hull goes blind just before the birth of his son, he starts making a diary on audio cassette to make sense of all the changes.

One Rogue Reporter

Rich Peppiatt turns the table on the unscrupulous newspaper bosses peddling sex, lies and scaremongering under the cloak of journalism.

Palio

Twice a year the city of Siena goes crazy for the oldest horse race in the world: the Palio. Strategy, bribery and corruption play as much a part as the skill of the riders.

Planet Earth II

David Attenborough sheds light on the various habitats and biomes residing on the Earth along with footage revolving around climatic change and natural surrounding.

Power of Grayskull

This colourful documentary explores the origins and impact of He-Man, a character whose power stretched well beyond a toy line and children's TV show.