Best Sri Lankan documentary movies

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch documentary films from Sri Lanka, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (2020)

Sri Lanka

The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.

Runtime: 101 min

Status: Released

Language: en

Genres: Documentary

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Hope (2019)

Sri Lanka

Child marriages have been an unnoticed reality in some sections of the Muslim community in Sri Lanka. This film tells the story of Fatima, a 16-year old school girl, who is set to marry a man far older than her. Not only her right to education is denied but her consent to marriage too. Until she accidentally meets her future husband, she has not even seen him. She is caught up between her hopes and the reality of her destiny.

Runtime: 7 min

Status: Released

Language: ta

Genres: Documentary

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In The Steps of Buddha (1962)

Sri Lanka

This film was produced by Government Film Unit of (Ceylon) Sri Lanka which was directed by Pragnasoma Hettiarachi.

Runtime: 60 min

Status: Released

Language: en

Genres: Documentary

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