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documentary film

NOUN

factual film or tv presentation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

documentary

WEAK

docudrama documentary movie docutainment infotainment

Example Sentences

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The 2010 documentary film Exit Through The Gift Shop - showing Banksy at work - was nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

He says the reel was given to him by a colleague at Olympic College in Bremerton, Wash., where Evans runs a documentary film program.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

I made a little documentary film a few years ago, in which I interviewed an Israeli historian named Shlomo Sand.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

He’s an amazing actor, but his passion is documentary film and directing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

As the documentary film moved forward, the voice-over of our dear family friend and loving “uncle” actor Ossie Davis delivered the eulogy from my father’s funeral in 1965.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey