Documentary short films
5,372 documentary short films to watch free, the strongest first. Directors include The Rauch Brothers, Mike Olbinski and Orlando von Einsiedel.
29 min
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
John Boswell · Documentary · 113.3M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
13 min
One Breath Around the World
Guillaume Néry, Julie Gautier · Documentary · 37.5M views
4 min
Pigeons
Sandra Püttner, Franziska Miller, Johannes Englert, Phil Röger · Documentary · 25.7M views
9 min
Animated History of Poland
Tomasz Bagiński · Documentary · 18.6M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
4 min
Save Ralph
Spencer Susser · Documentary · 17.8M views
11 min
Timelapse of the Entire Universe
John D. Boswell · Documentary · 16.1M views
21 min
Finding Fukue
CBC Docs · Documentary · 16M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
4 min
The Invisible Bicycle Helmet
Fredrik Gertten · Documentary · ♥︎ 10K
Short of the Week
11 min
Caine's Arcade
Nirvan Mullick · Documentary · 11.3M views
13 min
This Sahara Railway Is One of the Most Extreme in the World
National Geographic · Documentary · 10.9M views
7 min
Is marijuana bad for your brain?
Anton Bogaty · Documentary · 10.8M views
8 min
Laugh at the Fat Kid
mediathatmatters · Documentary · 10.3M views
Short of the Week
9 min
Powers of Ten
Charles and Ray Eames · Documentary · 9.5M views
12 min
The Beatles - Now And Then
Oliver Murray · Documentary · 8.1M views
31 min
The Sights of Space: A Voyage to Spectacular Alien Worlds
John D. Boswell · Documentary · 6.9M views
5 min
Box
Tarik Abdel-Gawad · Documentary · 6.9M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
4 min
This Land Is Mine
Nina Paley · Documentary · 6.4M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
6 min
Jim Carrey: I Needed Color
David Bushell · Documentary · ♥︎ 17K
20 min
The Sounds of Space: A sonic adventure to other worlds
John D. Boswell · Documentary · 6.3M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
4 min
Watchtower of Turkey
Leonardo Dalessandri · Documentary · 6.2M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
28 min
UNDERCITY
Andrew Wonder · Documentary · 6.1M views
10 min
To Scale: TIME
Wylie Overstreet, Alex Gorosh · Documentary · 6M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
22 min
This Doctor Wants to Humanize Death
John Beder · Documentary · 5.8M views
20 min
Takanakuy: Fistfighting in the Andes
VICE · Documentary · 5.6M views
6 min
Alex Honnold's Urban Ascents
Stride Health · Documentary · 5.1M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
15 min
Lakota in America
Square · Documentary · 4.9M views
Award-winning
12 min
Annapurna III – Unclimbed
David Lama · Documentary · 4.8M views
Picked by The New Yorker
14 min
Swift Justice
Victor J. Blue, Ross McDonnell · Documentary · 4.4M views
6 min
Danny & Annie
Mike Rauch, Tim Rauch · Documentary · 4.2M views
16 min
Ten Meter Tower
Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson · Documentary · 3.9M views
21 min
Meet Shane, live life to the fullest
SoulPancake · Documentary · 3.8M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
9 min
The Passion of Andalucía
Brandon Li · Documentary · 3.7M views
Short of the Week
6 min
Last Minutes With Oden
Eliot Rausch · Documentary · ♥︎ 33K
10 min
Abby The Spoon Lady
Tongal · Documentary · 3.4M views
20 min
Natural hair struggles? Not anymore for these young girls
CBC Docs · Documentary · 3.4M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
3 min
Dubai Flow Motion - A Rob Whitworth Timelapse
Rob Whitworth · Documentary · ♥︎ 22K
Short of the Week
5 min
I Met the Walrus
Josh Raskin · Documentary · 3.2M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
7 min
To Scale: The Solar System
Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh · Documentary · ♥︎ 15K
5 min
Debunking the myth of the Lost Cause: A lie embedded in American history
Anton Bogaty · Documentary · 2.9M views
41 min
The Eddsworld Legacy
Elliot Gough · Documentary · 2.9M views
5 min
i-D Meets: Tokyo's Genderless Youth
Taichi Kimura · Documentary · 2.8M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
8 min
Pursuit
Mike Olbinski · Documentary · 2.7M views
5 min
Meet the Bluefin Tuna, the Toughest Fish in the Sea
Anna Benner · Documentary · 2.4M views
Short of the Week
23 min
Instruments of a Beating Heart
Ema Ryan Yamazaki · Documentary · 2.3M views
Short of the Week
9 min
Mexico’s Third Sex
Ivan Olita · Documentary · 2.3M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
2 min
The Aurora
Terje Sørgjerd · Documentary · 2.3M views
4 min
No More Questions!
The Rauch Brothers · Documentary · 2.3M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
25 min
The Last Observers
Maja K Mikkelsen · Documentary · 2.2M views
10 min
The Return of Brent
Ricky Gervais · Documentary · 2.2M views
4 min
Miss Devine
The Rauch Brothers · Documentary · 2.1M views
3 min
Germans in the Woods
The Rauch Brothers · Documentary · 2.1M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
5 min
The History of Typography
Ben Barrett-Forrest · Documentary · 2M views
4 min
The Nature of War
The Rauch Brothers · Documentary · 2M views
6 min
How one scientist averted a national health crisis
TED-Ed · Documentary · 2M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
8 min
the Scared is scared
Bianca Giaever · Documentary · ♥︎ 12K
14 min
American Reflexxx
Alli Coates · Documentary · 1.9M views
20 min
In My Room
Mati Diop · Documentary · 1.9M views
5 min
The Turing test: Can a computer pass for a human?
Patrick Smith · Documentary · 1.9M views
6 min
The rise and fall of history’s first empire - Soraya Field Fiorio
Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat · Documentary · 1.8M views
Vimeo Staff Pick
8 min
Split of a Second
John Boisen & Björn Fävmark · Documentary · 1.8M views
