The Best North Korea Documentaries

World Affairs & Investigations - 43 free documentaries about north korea.

Start with What happened to Otto Warmbier in North Korea? (42 min, DW Documentary), then Rare Footage: Inside Kim Jong-Un’s Forbidden Regime (58 min, Wonder). All 43 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on north korea is Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick.

• What happened to Otto Warmbier in North Korea? (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Rare Footage: Inside Kim Jong-Un’s Forbidden Regime (58 min, Wonder)
• Undercover in North Korea | Then and Now with Lisa Ling (44 min, National Geographic)
• Dictator's Dilemma | North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator (44 min, National Geographic)
• The Great Game | Inside North Korea (47 min, National Geographic)
• The North Koreans We Never See: Everyday Life in the World's Strangest Country (58 min, ENDEVR)
• My Big North Korean Vacation (55 min, Real Stories)
• Kim Jong Un: The Psychology of a Tyrant | North Korea: Inside the Mind of a Dictator MEGA Episode (88 min, National Geographic)
• Kim's Cash Flow: The Brutal Money System of North Korea (58 min, ENDEVR)
• Visiting North Korea (43 min, DW Documentary)
• Family of Fear: How the Kims Hold a Nation Hostage (44 min, ENDEVR)
• Secret State of North Korea (53 min, FRONTLINE PBS)
• Inside North Korea: The Cyber State (44 min, National Geographic)
• Cash for Kim: North Korean Forced Laborers in Poland (33 min, VICE)
• Inside North Korea: The Next Leader (44 min, National Geographic)
• Kingdom of the Kims: Rise to Power | Inside North Korea's Dynasty (47 min, National Geographic)
• Traveling through North Korea (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Kim Jong Un: Rocket Man | Inside North Korea's Dynasty (47 min, National Geographic)
• I Was a North Korean Assassin | Bad Blood (19 min, VICE)
• Inside North Korea: Mass Games & Defector Reality Stars | Unreported World (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Inside North Korea: The Kim Dynasty (44 min, National Geographic)
• Inside North Korea: The Criminal State (44 min, National Geographic)
• Kim Jong Il: The Son of God | Inside North Korea's Dynasty (47 min, National Geographic)
• Propaganda Princess | Kim Yo-Jong: North Korea's Face of Fear (53 min, ENDEVR)
• Inside North Korea's Dynasty | S1 MEGA EPISODE (188 min, National Geographic)
• North Korea's Nuclear Family | Inside North Korea's Dynasty (47 min, National Geographic)
• How Iran survives - Defectors expose the secret apparatus (27 min, DW Documentary)
• The Kim Dynasty: Meet The Brutal Leader of North Korea (58 min, ENDEVR)
• Examining History of a Dictatorship | Inside North Korea MEGA Episode (179 min, National Geographic)
• Kim Jong-Un Told North Korean Army to Prepare For War With South Korea. Does He Mean It? | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Inside North Korea: Fire and Fury (47 min, National Geographic)
• Kim's Slaves: Why North Koreans Keep Appearing Around the World (44 min, ENDEVR)
• Inside North Korea: Bizarre Impressions From a Bizarre Country (165 min, Free Documentary - History)
• The Nuclear God | Kim Jong-Un: From Secret Son to Supreme Leader (53 min, ENDEVR)
• Undercover In Kim Jong Un's North Korea (58 min, Real Stories)
• Why North Korea Can't Build An ICBM (yet) (8 min, Real Engineering)
• Inside The Dark Secrets Of Kim Jong Un's Nuclear Weapons (43 min, Real Stories)
• Inside North Korea's Abandoned Hotel of Doom (13 min, The B1M)
• Brainwashed Spy: The North Korean Woman Who Blew Up a Plane (47 min, ENDEVR)
• North Korea's Nuclear Threat: Pushing East Asia Into An Arms Race? | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Filmed Undercover: POV Of A North Korean Escape Route (71 min, Real Stories)
• North Korea and Russia: How Strong is Their Alliance? (88 min, Wonder)
• North Korean Defectors: Fame And The Fear Of Abduction | From North Korea, With Love (47 min, CNA Insider)

Top-Rated Books About North Korea

1. Nothing to Envy by Barbara Demick (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
2. In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park (4/5) - View on Amazon
3. Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee (4.5/5) - View on Amazon