Documentaries About the Internet in 2026

These documentaries look at the internet through its communities, businesses, arguments and changing ideas about privacy. They range from BBS history and Wikipedia to online retail, copyright and life in public.

Choose by subject and period. We Live in Public follows Internet pioneer Josh Harris and the loss of privacy; Good Copy Bad Copy examines copyright and file sharing; BBS: The Documentary traces bulletin-board subculture across eight episodes.

100 documentaries · ordered 26 October 2026 · How we order lists

Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

No. 12026

Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere

Director not on record

manosphere
No. 22026

The Illusion Industry

by Zeki Yahya · Iraq · Arabic

fake newsmisinformation
No. 320251 h 27 min

The End of the Internet

by Dylan Reibling · Canada · Spain · English, Spanish

Dylan Reibling examines the Internet in this 2025 documentary.

Internet
No. 420251 h

Gruschel mich! Die studiVZ-Story

by Fritz Lüders · Germany
No. 52025

Paul

by Denis Côté · Canada · English
No. 62024

How Music Got Free

Director not on record · United States · English
No. 72024

The Antisocial Network

Director not on record · United States · English
No. 820241 h 30 min

The Click Trap

by Peter Porta · Spain · France
No. 920241 h 46 min

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

by Benjamin Ree · Norway · Norwegian

historyMats Steen
No. 102024

The Sidemen Story

Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
No. 1120241 h 14 min

Unclickable

by Babis Makridis · United States · Greece · English
No. 1220231 h 20 min

Another Body

Director not on record · United States

deepfake pornography
No. 1320231 h 20 min

Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age

by Guylaine Maroist · Canada · French, English
No. 142023

The Murky World of Online Gambling

by Detlev Konnerth · Germany · German

assassination of Daphne Caruana Galiziamafia
No. 152023

Total Trust

by Jialing Zhang · Germany · Kingdom of the Netherlands

scoring systemsurveillance
No. 1620231 h 12 min

Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child

by Andrew Renzi · United States

Jake Paulmarketing
No. 1720221 h 20 min

Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age

by Guylaine Maroist · Canada · French, English
No. 1820221 h 24 min

Bloom

by Fannie Pelletier · Canada · French, English
No. 1920221 h 44 min

Cyber Hell: Exposing an Internet Horror

by Choi Jin-sung · South Korea · Korean

Nth Room case
No. 202022

The Most Hated Man on the Internet

by James McGibney · United States · English

crimeIs Anyone Up?
No. 2120221 h 24 min

TikTok, BOOM.

by Shalini Kantayya · United States · English
No. 2220221 h 31 min

We Met in Virtual Reality

by Joe Hunting · United Kingdom · English
No. 2320211 h 33 min

Everything is one. Except for the 0

by Tanja Schwerdorf · Germany · German

Wau Holland FoundationWau Holland
No. 2420211 h 27 min

Fake Famous

by Nick Bilton · United States · English

influencer
No. 2520211 h 23 min

Why Did You Kill Me?

by Fredrick Munk · United States · English

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Before you press play

Start with the internet’s early communities

BBS: The Documentary covers the subculture that grew from bulletin board systems. It is a three-disc, eight-episode documentary filmed by computer historian Jason Scott.

The Truth According to Wikipedia is a Dutch documentary about Wikipedia, directed by IJsbrand van Veelen.

Follow the privacy question

We Live in Public is Ondi Timoner’s 2009 film about Internet pioneer Josh Harris. It highlights the loss of privacy in the Internet age.

For a newer title, The End of the Internet was made by Dylan Reibling and released in 2025.

Watch the online-business stories

e-Dreams portrays the rise and fall of Kozmo.com, which used bike messengers to deliver online orders within an hour. Wonsuk Chin directed the 2001 film.

Startup.com is a 2001 documentary directed by Jehane Noujaim and Chris Hegedus.

Consider films about hackers and access

Hackers Wanted is an unreleased American documentary film made by Sam Bozzo. Freedom Downtime is a 2001 documentary directed by Emmanuel Goldstein and produced by 2600 Films.

What viewers ask

Which film covers bulletin board systems?: BBS: The Documentary covers the subculture born from bulletin board systems. It is a three-disc, eight-episode documentary filmed by Jason Scott.
What is We Live in Public about?: Ondi Timoner’s 2009 documentary follows Internet pioneer Josh Harris and highlights the loss of privacy in the Internet age.
Which documentary examines copyright and file sharing?: Good Copy Bad Copy examines copyright and culture around the Internet, peer-to-peer file sharing and other technological advances.
Is Hackers Wanted available as a released film?: Hackers Wanted is described as an unreleased American documentary film. Sam Bozzo made it.
Who directed e-Dreams?: Wonsuk Chin directed e-Dreams, a 2001 film about the rise and fall of online convenience store Kozmo.com.

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