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20,343,280 subscribers — tl;dw /r/Documentaries is reddit's main subreddit for documentaries. Please read our community rules.

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Top posts this week

The 10 highest-scored posts from the last 7 days — ranking by real score over a week naturally filters out posts that got removed shortly after posting.

PostScorePosted
Everyone is Lying to You for Money (2026) - Actor and author Ben McKenzie takes on crypto, uncovering the lies and scams behind the hype. [01:30:20]14405d ago
My Name Is Rachel Corrie (2008) - SBS documentary examines the American activist killed in Gaza and the controversy surrounding the stage play based on her writings [00:13:34]7527d ago
How Alabama's Republicans are disenfranchising Black voters (2026) - The Guardian investigates how gerrymandering in rural Alabama is diluting the Black vote ahead of the midterms [00:13:58]6803d ago
Winnebago Man (2009) - A foul-mouthed motorhome salesman becomes an accidental internet legend, and a filmmaker sets out to find him [00:58:39]6263d ago
Haiti hired US mercenaries to fight its gangs. Here's how it's going (2026) - CNN gains exclusive access to Erik Prince's operation in Haiti as security forces battle gangs that control much of Port-au-Prince. (CC) [00:17:44]3894d ago
Carts of Darkness (2008) - Homeless bottle collectors in Vancouver turn shopping trolley racing into an extreme sport [00:59:30]3496d ago
Complicit: How the West Is Helping Israel Seize the West Bank (2026) - Al Jazeera investigates Western funding of Israeli settlements [01:17:32]3223d ago
Children of Shatila (1998) - Two Palestinian children document life, memory and displacement in a Beirut refugee camp [O0:47:06]3166d ago
Soil Carbon Cowboys (2020) - US farmland is miraculously rejuvenated by reintroducing the natural bison herds of pre-colonial times. [00:11:59]2083d ago
Everyone is Lying to You for Money (2026)1847d ago

Posting rules

  • Free Documentaries Only
  • Post Title Format
  • Post Correct Title & Description
  • Submission Statements Are REQUIRED
  • No Self-Promotion, YT Channel Promotion, or Solicitation
  • No Bigotry, Dehumanization, or Discrimination
  • No Brigading, Harassment, Trolling, Threats, False Sub Accusations, or Metadrama
  • Be Respectful to Others
  • Direct Documentary Video Links Only
  • No Misinformation. Source with Trustworthy Links
  • No File Lockers, Linkjacking, or Torrents
  • Do Not Delete Popular Submissions
  • Text Post Requirement - Recommendation Requests Only
  • No Reposts (3 month rule)
  • Moderator Discretion and Reddit Rules

Pull this with the API

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curl
curl "https://api.threadsnoop.com/v1/posts?subreddit=Documentaries&limit=25" \
  -H "x-api-key: ts_live_YOUR_KEY"

See /docs/posts for pagination, filtering with q=, and full response shape, or /docs/subreddits for the rules endpoint used above.

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