2020s documentary films

Luther: Never Too Much is a 2024 American documentary film written and directed by Dawn Porter, who also serves as an executive producer. It chronicles the life and career of R&B icon Luther Vandross, who died in 2005. The film premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2024 and received positive critical reception.

Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg is a 2024 documentary film about The Rolling Stones muse Anita Pallenberg. The film is based on Pallenberg's unpublished autobiography Black Magic that her children found after her death in 2017; passages from the document are read out in the film by Scarlett Johansson.

Jennifer Lopez: Halftime is a 2022 American Netflix original documentary film directed by Amanda Micheli. Its story follows the career of Jennifer Lopez, with a heavy focus on her performance at the Super Bowl LIV halftime show and her film Hustlers (2019). The film premiered at the opening night of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival, and was released on Netflix on June 14, 2022.

Our Father is an American Netflix original documentary film directed by Lucie Jourdan and produced by Michael Petrella and Jason Blum. Its story follows former Indianapolis-based fertility doctor Donald Cline, who, in a case of fertility fraud, used his own sperm to impregnate dozens of unsuspecting patients. The film was released on May 11, 2022. The film was watched for 42.60 million hours between May 8, 2022, and May 29, 2022, globally.

Eternal Theater is a 2024 American religious documentary film by filmmaker Daniel Knudsen about Christian universalism. The film follows Knudsen’s journey exploring the traditional Christian teaching on hell contrasted with Universal reconciliation. The film began production in 2010 and was released during Easter 2024.

George A. Romero's Resident Evil is an American documentary film directed and co-written by Brandon Salisbury. The documentary is about the unrealized film adaptation of the horror video game series Resident Evil, for which filmmaker George A. Romero was considered as a director; in 1998, Romero completed a draft of a screenplay for a Resident Evil film for Constantin Film, but the game series' publisher, Capcom, rejected the script. A film adaptation written and directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and produced by Constantin Film was eventually released in 2002.

Untold: The Race of the Century is a 2022 American Netflix original documentary film directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way. The film was released on September 6, 2022.