Production CompanyTelevision

HBO Documentary Films

Santa Monica, California(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
LocationSanta Monica, California
Websitehbo.com
Phone+1 310 382 3000
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.5IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

139 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars3of4nominations75%
Emmys12of64nominations19%
BAFTAs0of3nominations0%

240 wins from 688 nominations across all awards

Box office
$11m

Combined US gross, 8 of 178 titles

Legendary Nights poster
Highest rated
Legendary Nights
2003
9.1118 votes
Alabama Snake poster
Lowest rated
Alabama Snake
2020
5.5786 votes
Mostly
documentary, biography, crime
Active
1960–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
90%
Best known for
Citizenfour

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 158 of 178 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
7568 seasons

1960–2026

Television rating
7.3IMDb

Their films average 7.5, so the television rates 0.3 lower.

Networks
  • HBO60
  • HBO Nordic1
  • HBO Brasil1
  • CNN1
  • CBS1

Across 66 series matched to TMDB, 298 episodes. 3 still returning or in production.

Longest runningO Nome Dela é Gal · 4 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 529

100 films · 78 TV titles

Titles per year175 titles · busiest 2021 with 22

175 titles across 30 years, averaging 5.8 a year. The last five years average 13.0 a year, above their long-run rate. 6 of those 30 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time138 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
579their average 7.5200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 7.6 across 43 titles. The 105 titles since 2016 average 7.4, holding at their 7.5 overall. 47 of 138 rated titles sit above their 7.5 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Alex Gibney3
  • Matthew O'Neill3
  • Erin Lee Carr3
  • Andrew Jarecki2
  • Laurent Bouzereau2
Writers
  • Alex Gibney2
Notable cast
  • Alex Gibney3
  • George Bush3
  • Ronan Farrow2
  • David Remnick2
  • Rock Hudson2
Genres
  • Documentary154 of 157
  • Biography41 of 157
  • Crime39 of 157
  • History11 of 157
  • Music9 of 157

Names appearing on two or more of HBO Documentary Films’s produced titles, across the 157 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside HBO Documentary Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

Same website and phone

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