Free documentaries

A fascinating, classic documentary where VICE founder, Shane Smith and his team manage to gain access to North Korea.

A series of micro docs exploring beautiful tiny homes from across the globe created by award-winning designers

1911 NYC reborn and upscaled in stunning 4k/60fps via the magic of neural networks. Explore bustling streets, horse-drawn carriages and early skyscrapers — originally shot by a Swedish company, Svenska Biografteatern.

In a world where science fiction is rapidly becoming scientific reality, AI is on the rise. In this insightful documentary, The Guardian meets...

A wonderful little micro documentary about David Welsford, a man who has chosen to live on a small boat. He explains how, despite the challenges,...

A gripping documentary exposing the wave of highly addictive, synthetic marijuana consumption in the UK. Legal Highs destroy lives.

It appears that trolls don't just live under bridges any more. They can also be found sitting behind keyboards. This Guardian film documents a...

A documentary following Shaun Smith, a private debt collector from Liverpool.

In this documentary, VICE take us inside the exotic animal black market.

A documentary about people who have become addicted to HIV medication.

The VICE team follow a New York drug dealer to learn about his life.

Ex LA gang members are turning to a forward thinking organisation, Homeboy Industries, to have their tattoos removed.

The story behind how a wild conspiracy theory that birds aren’t real went viral

A short film about low income individuals in rural Florida struggling to quit smoking.

💎 Hidden Gem: Meet the extraordinary, Daniel Tammet. He can perform seemingly impossible mathematical calculations in his head. Truly incredible.

VICE UK meet a gang from Oxfordshire.

A film following Garrett Holeve, an MMA fighter who's dream was to compete in an official bout.

Cradle to Cradle' is an ingenious, forward-thinking design principle. The thought is that we can design systems to produce useful byproducts,...

A documentary about Dana Giacchetto.

A documentary short exploring America's deep-rooted obsession with guns. Zed Nelson a photographer who published a book — 'Gun Nation' 18 years...

A 3 minute film where passers-by on the streets of LA are invited to look at the moon through a telescope. From the team behind ‘To Scale’ series.

Life in a Day is a unique documentary produced by YouTube in collaboration with Ridley and Tony Scott's production company. The film documents what...

A beautifully shot, hypnotising little micro doc about pottery, through interviews with two rural artists.

A documentary about the creators of the typeface, Proxima Nova.

A documentary about the problem of alcoholism in Uganda, Africa.

VICE explore the American bail system and the impact it has on those caught in its clutches.

An amazing animated documentary giving insight into the cumulative number of deaths in war, and how the world is changing. Inspired by the work of...

The tale of the people of Indonesia, three quarters of which live within 100km of an active volcano.

VICE Fightland explores Cuba's only MMA gym.

Our world is changing at an unprecedented rate. From AI, to self-driving cars and neurotechnological advances. What does the future hold, and how...

Interviews with makers about how they reconcile creative control with commercial work

A documentary about a clash between racists, one of the notorious gangs in America and the city council.

VICE meet the Instagram users from Kuwait, famous for regularly photographing their illegal animals.

An live docuseries about an endurance athlete’s attempt to be the first person to run the length of Africa, as we speak

VICE explores the lucrative divorce industry in NYC.

The VICE team meet Britain's illegal rave event promoters.

A documentary about the unprecedented crime rate in Venezuela.

VICE investigate the life of a convicted fraudster, 'Lord' Edward Davenport.

A beautifully produced documentary on Krumping — an LA based dance movement. The film follows some of the most influential dancers and what the...

A documentary about a dogmatic Christian cult leader, Michael Travesser and his following.

A documentary exploring Siberia's popular drug, Krokodil and the devastating it has on its users.

A documentary following Jason Coghlan, a notorious reformed British criminal, now living in the Spanish Costa Del Sol.

It is a scientific fact that human pollutants are damaging our planet. Super Polluters is a term used to refer to a tiny number of America's...

A harrowing documentary exposing the modern-day slave trade in Dubai.

A documentary short about the bizarre, and somewhat creepy art of doll making. This tiny cinematic film explores a doll maker's process and the...

A wonderful little micro documentary about the lost art of sign painting, in New York City. Featuring beautifully composed shots and authentic interviews.

A VICE on the plague and how it is still active on the island of Madagascar.

A documentary by The Atlantic exposing how the alt-right are simply rebranding white nationalism. The film features interviews with Richard B....

An interview about technology and privacy with the controversial whistleblower, Edward Snowden.

An insight into the transformation of a convicted murderer - Peruvian artist LU.CU.M - into a painter.

The young, wealthy men making their money from highly controversial fracking.

A micro doc about Webster City, a small town Iowa. In 2011, following the shutting down of a manufacturing plant, the town experienced a serious...

In 2009, VICE travelled to Liberia to meet the Cannibal general that dominate a country torn apart by civil war.

VICE document the launch of a bare knuckle boxing tournament in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

A documentary giving insight into how nothing is original and all ideas are inspired, influenced, borrowed and remixed from their predecessors.

A wonderful micro documentary about an elderly couple and their recent experience with virtual reality.

An incredible documentary about the fascinating collaborative lives of ants.

A wonderful micro doc where a team of friends take to a dry lakebed in Nevada, to try and create a true, relative representation of our Solar System.

A documentary series by VICE following the lives of American ex-inmates, and how the cycle of reoffending and prison has affected their lives.

Following the controversial Brexit vote, in a divided society, VICE send two undercover reporters to try and understand what life is really like...

VICE visit the Red Forest in Chenobyl.

Impoverished aboriginals in Winnipeg, Manitoba are turning to crime and have formed gangs. VICE meet the gang members to find out what life is like...

<em>Speech</em> is a form of competitive acting. This heartwarming documentary follows talented students from Democracy Prep school in South Bronx,...

A VICE documentary following a man who has retained a youthful appearance, despite regularly injecting snake venom over the past 20 years.

A VICE film documenting the export of North Koreans to Siberia.

An documentary investigating Pakistan's illegal gun markets.

In this documentary, VICE meet Cody R. Wilson, who shows them how easy it is to 3D print a semi-automatic weapon.

A fascinating documentary about the development of an AI that can play the ancient Chinese board game, Go, and its journey to defeat the world champion.

VICE give us an insight into just how bad the problem of pollution is in China.

The USA is holding 20% of the world's total prisoners. VICE investigates what effect this is having on a overcrowded prison system at bursting...

A group of friends create a scale model of time in the Mojave desert — 13.8 billion years of the universe and our existence. From the creators of ‘To Scale: The Solar System’.

The Untold Story of Mass Graves and Migrant Deaths in South Texas'. This harrowing documentary explores the stories of migrants that attempt to...

The story of the personal battle of an exceptionally talented skateboarder, Paul Alexander. Mental illness can affect anyone, let's break the stigma.

A documentary exploring the deplorable corruption within the Afghan forces, and how they are coping with the withdrawal of the US army.

A classic film about the origins, rise, and evolution of turntablism. Meet some of the formative pioneers from Grand Wizard Theodore and Mix Master Mike, to DJ Q-Bert.

A lovely little micro doc about the fifty year long journey to craft the final Beatles song 'Now and Then' released this month. Using the same magic from the Get Back film, they managed to isolate John Lennon's vocals. Required watching for any Beatles fan.

Eminem's debut album was released in November 1996. Through rare, previously unreleased, interview footage with Marshall Mathers and the Bass...

An interesting look at the deplorable fraud industry in the United Kingdom.

With MDMA doses on the increase in Britain and now higher than anywhere else in the world, VICE investigates the economical mechanics behind the...

The VICE documentary team visit Colombia to learn more about a terrifying drug that affects people's willpower.

In this documentary, VICE meet Ex-General Butt Naked who takes them around Liberia in West Africa, a country still suffering in the wake of a 14...

The Weather Channel meet homeless people surviving the extreme conditions in Anchorage, Alaska.

Welcome to London city: a place where people thrive off the boundless energy of a hyperdiverse musical culture. Resident Advisor explores the...

A behind the scenes film documenting the creation of Logic’s album, rooted in raw, sample-based hip-hop production

Astronauts share tales about 'The Overview Effect' — the transformative moment when someone witnesses our beautiful planet from space, for the...

Technology has democratised art. Indeed, in today's world you can create, launch and sell an entire music album from the comfort of your tiny...

This documentary explores the phenomenon of bare knuckle boxing in the UK.

A tiny nano doc about how different societies perceive and attribute labels to colours, and the striking patterns of similarity that lie beneath.

An interview with entrepreneur Martin Shkreli, the man who contributed to raising the price of AIDS medication by 5000%.

A documentary about a man named Vissarion, who his followers believe to be Jesus.