The Best Documentaries of 2022


20 Jackass Forever

Jackass Forever

Celebrating the joy of being back together with your best friends and a perfectly executed shot to the dingdong, the original jackass crew return for another round of hilarious, wildly absurd, and often dangerous displays of comedy with a little help from some exciting new cast. Johnny and the team push the envelope even further in Jackass Forever.

Director: Jeff Tremaine
Writers: Jason Acuña, Derrick Beckles, J.P. Blackmon
Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius
Budget: $10 000 000
Box office: $80 563 000

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19 Phoenix Rising

Phoenix Rising

Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational trauma, and reclaim her story in a culture that instinctively blames women. The film intimately charts her journey as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time.

Director: Amy Berg
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Sara Lynn Moore, Ira David Wood IV

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18 The Janes

The Janes

Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.

Directors: Tia Lessin, Emma Pildes
Starring: Judith Arcana, Heather Booth, Richard J. Daley

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17 Elbrus. Point of No Return (Эльбрус. Точка невозврата)

Эльбрус. Точка невозврата

On September 23, 2021, a group of tourists, accompanied by four instructor guides, climbed Elbrus, and on the way back they got into a snowstorm. Five people died, 11 were hospitalized with injuries and frostbite. The media wrote a lot about this case, and the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case against the organizers of the campaign.

Director: Kirill Verhozin
Writers: Kirill Verhozin, Kirill Kiryanov

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16 Payment system. How does it work? (Платёжная система. Как это устроено?)

Платёжная система. Как это устроено?

About how the payment system works, how bank cards are created, and what modern achievements are hidden from the eyes behind instant payment by card or phone.

Director: Oleg Kravchenko
Writer: Oleg Kravchenko
Starring: Aleksandr Gavrilin

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15 Return to Space

Return to Space

For the first time, Oscar-winning directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin («Free Solo,» «The Rescue») point their lenses to the sky, covering the inspirational rise of SpaceX and Elon Musk’s two-decade effort to resurrect America’s space travel ambitions. Offering rare access inside the first crewed mission launched from U.S. soil since the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, this is an intimate portrait of the engineers and astronauts chosen for the historic moment. Following NASA veterans Bob Behnken, Doug Hurley, and their families in the leadup to launch, RETURN TO SPACE brings viewers along for their thrilling ride to the International Space Station, and into mission control with Musk and the SpaceX team as they bring them back to Earth for a dramatic splashdown return.

Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Starring: Elon Musk, Bob Behnken, Douglas Hurley

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14 Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Outline the tragedy that occurred between March 2019 and December 2020, when two Boeing planes mysteriously crashed, causing the deaths of 346 people. As a result, the Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded. While the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration resisted grounding the planes initially, they quickly discovered evidence of similar accidents, and by March 18th, 2019, all 387 aircraft were grounded.

Director: Rory Kennedy
Writers: Mark Bailey, Keven McAlester
Starring: Donald Trump, Maria Bartiromo, Kevin Carney

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13 Girl in the Picture

Girl in the Picture

A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.

Director: Skye Borgman
Starring: Karen Parsley, Charles Engles, Merle Bean

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12 The Tinder Swindler

The Tinder Swindler

Swipe, swipe, swipe, It’s not easy to find love online, so when Cecilie matches with a handsome billionaire playboy, she can’t quite believe it when he turns out to be the man of her dreams. But dreams aren’t reality and by the time she discovers this international businessman isn’t who he says he is, it’s too late. He’s taken her for everything. Where this fairytale ends, a revenge begins.

Director: Felicity Morris
Writer: Felicity Morris
Starring: Simon Leviev, Kristoffer Kumar, Ayleen Charlotte

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11 Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

After years in the limelight, Selena Gomez achieves unimaginable stardom. But just as she reaches a new peak, an unexpected turn pulls her into darkness. This uniquely raw and intimate documentary spans her six-year journey into a new light.

Director: Alek Keshishian
Writers: Alek Keshishian, Paul Marchand
Starring: Raquelle Stevens, Liana Blackburn, Brent L. Boxberger

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