20 movies like Under Our Skin, ordered by similarity : Sicko(2007), Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price(2005), A Lion in the House(2006), I Am Evidence(2017), Salesman(1969), Crude(2009), Beware the Slenderman(2016), How to Die in Oregon(2011), We Were Here(2011), Small Town Gay Bar(2006), The C Word(2016), Birthright: A War Story(2017) ...
Documentary
USA
2008
104 Minutes
physician patient sick person bleak dark shocking hospital united states small town connecticut illness health care insurance corporate greed lyme disease epidemic discovery underdog 2000s
Exposes the hidden epidemic of Lyme disease and reveals how our corrupt health care system is failing to address one of the most serious illnesses of our time.
Documentary
USA
2007
113 Minutes
doctor patient politician father president bleak engaging hospital house washington, d.c. united states illness negligence health insurance death activism discovery fall quest 2000s
A documentary comparing the highly profitable American health care industry to other nations, and HMO horror stories including shotgun deaths.
Documentary
USA
2005
98 Minutes
Don Hunter Jon Hunter Jeremy Hunter Frank Mormino John Bruening Susie Geiser
employee manager ceo father mother mechanic emotional bleak united states store household small town convention center corporate greed worker's rights exploitation deception corruption discovery underdog
A look at the impact of the retail giant on local communities.
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.
Documentary
2017
89 Minutes
Geeta Gandbhir Michelle Brettin Rachel Dissell Mariska Hargitay Helena Lazaro Kym Worthy Cy Vance
expert victim sexual predator sex offender police detective investigator bleak emotional frightening gripping disheartening raw sad shocking united states sexual abuse assault investigation criminal justice system discovery
An investigation into the way sexual assault cases are handled by police departments across the United States.
Documentary
USA
1969
90 Minutes
David Maysles Melbourne I. Feltman Margaret McCarron Kennie Turner
salesman employee husband housewife rival old man bleak somber dark united states small town car rural life traveling salesman working class work pursuit rivalry 1960s
Four dogged door-to-door Bible salesmen travel from Boston to Florida on a seemingly futile quest to sell luxury editions of the Good Book to working-class Catholics.
Documentary
USA
2009
104 Minutes
Pablo Fajardo Kent Robertson Amy Goodman Rafael Correa Hugo Chavez Trudie Styler
native activist executive environmentalist filmmaker bleak emotional ecuador jungle oil refinery south america oil business environmental disaster legal battle activism native people corporate greed wretched excess underdog discovery
The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
Documentary
2016
117 Minutes
boogeyman girl adolescent adolescent girl friend fictitious character parent victim interviewee chilling creepy dark eerie gripping shocking wisconsin united states internet internet videos youth
The mythos of a faceless, digital-age bogeyman known as Slenderman was created on the Internet, but his influence was felt in the real world when two 12-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods for a brutal murder.
Documentary
USA
2011
107 Minutes
patient physician politician wife widow somber disturbing gripping oregon hospital family home suicide cancer compassion death euthanasia escape transformation 2000s
In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had ... See full summary »
Documentary, Drama, History, Biography, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2011
90 Minutes
Bill Weber Paul Boneberg Ed Wolf Daniel Goldstein Guy Clark
lesbian gay man nurse woman bleak emotional moving sad san francisco aids homosexuality disease death epidemic sexually transmitted diseases transformation fall discovery 2010s
A deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
Documentary
USA
2006
83 Minutes
gay man drag queen bar owner lesbian mayor preacher gutsy inspiring tense patriotic mississippi small town gay bar religious gathering street office fred phelps homophobia hate crime acceptance
The story of community in the Deep South that is forced to deal with the struggles of ignorance, hypocrisy and oppression.
Documentary
USA
2016
89 Minutes
neurologist cancer patient director emotional engaging inspiring uplifting beach house hospital school grocery store court cancer health society science bad choices discovery pursuit
A personal, important, surprising, and funny documentary about the industries of death that give us cancer, and the unheralded science of prevention.
Documentary
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Michele Goodwin Lynn Paltrow Dr. David Grimes Carole Joffe Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Andrea F. Friedman
woman doctor police detective politician priest shocking rousing brooding united states hospital jail office birth reproduction civil rights government policy rivalry pursuit underdog 2010s
Women are being jailed, physically violated and at risk of dying as a radical movement tightens its grip across America.
Documentary
UK|USA
2014
105 Minutes
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Seymour Amster Laverne Peters Margaret Prescod
narrator serial killer attorney friend murder victim chilling dark disturbing bleak creepy shocking los angeles serial murders documentaries interview murder investigation dna evidence racial issues discovery fall
Nick Broomfield digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years.
Documentary
USA
2020
123 Minutes
Ophelia Harutyunyan Taison Bell Michael Bowen Rick Bright Caroline Chen Thomas Frieden
politician doctor donald trump bleak disheartening shocking united states virus pandemic politics discovery 2020s
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
Documentary
USA
2010
105 Minutes
documentarian citizen interviewee spokesman politician disturbing shocking pennsylvania small town wyoming utah texas delaware river basin natural gas drilling operation health hazards water supply discovery underdog 2010s
An exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved.
Documentary
USA
2008
94 Minutes
activist author farmer businessman politician mother disturbing gripping slaughterhouse farm office family home food agriculture corporate greed illness animal cruelty wretched excess discovery 2000s
An unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry.
Documentary, Crime, Drama
New Zealand|USA
2012
150 Minutes
Michael Baden Jason Baldwin John Mark Byers Lorri Davis Johnny Depp
filmmaker convict friend suspect family member bleak shocking arkansas rural community prison wrongful conviction murder prison life justice west memphis three discovery underdog 2010s
An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
Documentary, Music
2006
87 Minutes
Lorraine Bracco Alicia Keys Paul Simon Kanye West
orphan choir director uplifting emotional intense africa south africa orphanage aids family illness epidemic growing up discovery 2000s
Documentary
Canada
2003
168 Minutes
noam chomsky activist expert kathie lee gifford ceo michael moore frightening disheartening passionate rousing sweatshop united states office yard factory corporate greed political activism exploitation capitalism human rights
Documentary that looks at the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day dominance.
Documentary
UK|USA
2003
89 Minutes
serial killer documentarian judge lawyer spokesman friend dark disturbing florida prison courtroom murder prostitution execution mental illness discovery fall wretched excess 2000s
Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.