Now, the story of a documentary at home and abroad has become a consensus creation. The story of the documentary is the creative content of the documentary form and expression to emphasize plot elements to the story instead of the natural and records, the activities through to witness an important event, and the selection and performance in the subject matter content in the humanities tend to the world the depth of excavation. Success story of choice is a guarantee of a documentary, narrative plot of the story is a documentary of the most important means, by setting the contradictions and conflicts, to create suspense, to capture the details of a number of ways, such as real again, making a documentary with a combination of story, not only to convey the author's creative intent, but out of an empty boring, and enhance the visibility of documentaries, to arouse the audience's emotional resonance. We should follow the principles of authenticity based on a variety of artistic practices a multi-level, multi-angle reflection of life, strengthen the artistic appeal of the documentary to promote the long-term stable development of the documentary. Key words: the story of the real suspense of contradictions and conflicts