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9/11, More Than 20 Years Later: 20 Essential Documentaries to Watch
These films, selected from more than two decades of extensive FRONTLINE reporting, probe that fateful day and its lasting impacts on America and the world.
September 5, 2025
Watch FRONTLINE’s 5 Most-Streamed Documentaries of 2025 (So Far)
Looking for some documentaries to watch as summer continues? We’ve got you covered.
August 6, 2025
Tonight's New Documentary, This Month, and the Future
A note from FRONTLINE Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath.
July 29, 2025
The Iran-Israel Conflict and the U.S. Role: 11 Documentaries to Watch
Decades of tensions between Israel and Iran erupted into war in June. These FRONTLINE films offer context and background on the conflict, both countries’ leaders and ambitions, the role of the U.S., and the ongoing impact across the Middle East.
July 29, 2025
New Data Reveals FEMA Missed Major Flood Risks at Camp Mystic
More cabins and buildings at Camp Mystic — the tragic site of more than two dozen deaths in the Texas flood — were at risk of flooding than what the federal government had previously reported, according to new analysis from NPR, PBS's FRONTLINE and data scientists.
July 9, 2025
Remembering William Cran, Prolific and Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker
Cran, who died in June at age 79, produced the first two films to air on FRONTLINE in 1983. He went on to produce more than 20 documentaries for the series, including ‘From Jesus to Christ,’ ‘The Age of AIDS’ and ‘Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?’
July 2, 2025
What U.S. Diplomats Thought After Meeting Syria’s Jihadist-Turned-Statesman Ahmad al-Sharaa
Less than two weeks after Ahmad al-Sharaa ousted Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a U.S. State Department delegation arrived in Damascus to meet the onetime Al Qaeda commander. This video drawn from the documentary ‘Syria After Assad’ shows what they thought of Syria’s new leader; why his comments about Israel were striking; and why one diplomat says he 'walked away impressed.'
July 1, 2025
A Month of New Documentaries Starts Tonight.
Introducing our hard-hitting July lineup — from war and shifting geopolitics in the Middle East, to the Trump administration’s showdown with the courts over presidential power.
July 1, 2025
Legendary Journalist Bill Moyers, Correspondent on FRONTLINE Documentaries Including ‘Two American Families,’ Dies at 91
A pivotal figure in U.S. public broadcasting, Moyers worked with FRONTLINE on the acclaimed, decades-spanning ‘Two American Families’ documentary series, which won an Emmy Award the same day his death was reported.
June 26, 2025
‘A Heart So Vast It Could Hold a City’: Jackie Stanley of ‘Two American Families’ Dies at 70
Jackie Stanley, whose tenacity and devotion to her family inspired public media audiences for decades in FRONTLINE’s 'Two American Families' documentary series, died on June 3, 2025, at the age of 70.
June 17, 2025
'What They Left Behind': A Look at the Human Toll of the Syrian War
After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians reckon with the devastating human toll of the war from hundreds of thousands killed to thousands still missing. A look at the figures that underscore the losses Syrians have endured.
June 10, 2025