Digging for great documentaries on Prime Video is a little like rummaging through a giant media closet—you know there's a treasure trove in there, but you just have to move a few dusty boxes around to find them.Well, I've found three near-perfectly scored choices for you this weekend.As we close the door on February, Prime Video has kept its best and most anticipated documentary right to the end of the month, as Paul McCartney himself gets candid about his life after The Beatles in a stunning new doc.
After that, I've chosen an already-iconic doc about the L.A.punk scene in the '80s, and then another groundbreaker with a look at America's food industry.3 Paul McCartney: Man on the Run In this emotional and enlightening new documentary that just hit Prime Video today, it’s hard to hear Paul McCartney say things like "When [The Beatles] split up, I thought, ‘I’ll never write another note of music, ever.'" Of course, we all know the staggering career that the McCartney went on to have, but in , a revealing film directed by one of the producers of the Fred Rogers doc , we get to hear McCartney tell his story of how he picked up the pieces after the collapse of the greatest band in history.
Told through Paul's own reflections on his life and career and some astounding and intimate behind-the-scenes footage of his life at home and on the road, the film traces McCartney's most vulnerable and uncertain chapter.From his messy falling out with John Lennon and the depression that followed, to his meeting the love of his life in Linda McCartney and the reinvention of his career in the form of Wings, is an uplifting and nostalgic journey with the living legend.Fans of films like Scorsese's or will love this doc that's gotten rave reviews after its premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and currently has a perfect 100% critics' rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run R Documentary Music Release Date February 17, 2026 Runtime 115 Minutes Director Morgan Neville Cast Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Denny Seiwell, Henry McCullough, Jimmy McCulloch, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr Producers Ben Chappell, Chloe Simmons, David Blackman, Meghan Walsh, Michele Anthony, Morgan Neville, Scott Rodgers Main Genre Documentary Executive Producer(s) Caitrin Rogers, Paul McCartney Powered by Expand Collapse 2 The Decline of Western Civilization Another perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes documentary, T is the first part of a groundbreaking trilogy that defined modern music documentary filmmaking.Penelope Spheeris’ doc drops you into the Los Angeles punk eruption of 1979 to 1980, with a mosh-pit view of sweaty club shows, and beer-soaked interviews with the bands and fans that made the scene—and it’s all happening in real-time.With maniacal performances and chaotic backstage antics from iconic bands like X, Black Flag, Germs, Fear, Circle Jerks, Catholic Discipline, and the Alice Bag Band, the 1 hour and 40 minute first chapter is a historical document of the movement.
Filmmaking-wise, it, and the two films that followed, helped set the template for modern music docs: no script-reading narrator, and just a camera in the mix, and let the people and culture explain itself.is loud and startlingly intimate even now.Parts one and three are streaming on Prime Video right now, but for the second part, you'll need to rent it or subscribe to Shout! TV.
The Decline of Western Civilization Not Rated Documentary Music Release Date July 1, 1981 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Alice Bag, Eugene Tatu, Claude Bessy, Dinah Cancer, Exene Cervenka, Lorna Doom, Darby Crash, Don Bolles, Philo Cramer, John Doe, Lee Ving, Greg Ginn, Chuck Dukowski, Ron Reyes, Pat Smear, Greg Hetson, Keith Morris, Nicole Panter, Penelope Spheeris Runtime 100 minutes Director Penelope Spheeris Producers Jeff Prettyman Powered by Expand Collapse 1 Food, Inc.This Best Documentary Feature Oscar-nominated documentary shook a lot of trees when it came out in 2008.And while it was one of the first wake-up-call docs to expose and shine a spotlight on hot-button topics like shifty industrial farming practices, food safety, consolidation, and cheap calories, many of the issues it talks about are still very much relevant (I guess that's why they made a sequel).
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Written and directed by and director Robert Kenner, is still an unsettling unearthing of the American food system—how a handful of powerful corporations reshaped and control what we eat, how it's grown and produced, and the impacts it has on our diets and wallets.Full of intelligent insights from the greatest minds in the field, the hour-and-a-half documentary takes viewers to the industrial feedlots, chicken coops, and sprawling fields of corn to show how profit is the primary driver for producing food that sacrifices nutritional value for speed and quantity—"If you could grow a chicken in 49 days, why would you want one you've gotta grow in three months?" Mixing reporting with real families, farmers, and whistleblowers, it’s the kind of documentary that'll stop you in your tracks the next time you're in the grocery store.Food, Inc.
PG Documentary Release Date July 31, 2009 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Gary Hirshberg, Michael Pollan, Troy Roush, Joel Salatin, Eric Schlosser Runtime 94 minutes Director Robert Kenner Writers Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, Kim Roberts Main Genre Documentary Powered by Expand Collapse This weekend's trio of docs is a nice mix of legendary musical insight, punk chaos, and "well, that’s going to live in my head now." Watch the legend first, the heavy one last, and give yourself something sweet in between.Amazon Prime Video Subscription with ads Yes, via Prime membership or $9/month Simultaneous streams 3 Prime Video has a large volume of content to watch.The other Amazon perks are a bonus as well.
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