[6] Moore's first film in six years, Where to Invade Next opened on December 23, 2015, in the United States and Canada,[7] in a limited run for one week only in a Los Angeles and New York City theater to qualify for the Oscars.

[8] He visits Italy, France, Finland, Slovenia, Germany, Portugal, Norway, Tunisia, and Iceland; respectively, the subjects covered are worker benefits, school lunches, early education, college education, worker inclusion, decriminalized drugs, low recidivism, women's health care, and women's inclusion and leadership role in society.

[12] The film was released on December 23, 2015, in New York and Los Angeles by a distribution label formed by Radius-TWC co-founders Tom Quinn and Jason Janego and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema founder Tim League[7] in order to qualify for the 88th Academy Awards.

[14] Moore had been busy during activities promoting the film and during election work and being in Flint, Michigan, which is suffering from lead contaminating its water.

[15] On April 12, 2016, Moore announced that the film would not be licensed to theaters in North Carolina out of political opposition to the state's Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.