Best Documentaries on Netflix

Last updated: July 14, 2024

If you love Documentaries and are looking for your next favorite, then you're in luck. We've compiled a list of the best Documentaries available to watch now on Netflix. Scroll through and find the perfect one for your family. And check back often -- we're updating regularly with new additions. See more best-of lists like this .

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Black Barbie movie poster: The top of a Barbie's head.
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Black Barbie: A Documentary

age 13+

Detailed docu shows dolls' broad and positive impact.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution movie poster: Dozens of queer stand-up comics in different colorful shades speak into mics
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Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

age 15+

Celebration of queer stand-up history has strong language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors movie poster: A terracotta warrior crumbles in golden tomb light
MOVIE

Mysteries of the Terracotta Warriors

age 11+

Some violence in docu exploring ancient tomb's secrets.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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How to Rob a Bank movie poster: Robber stands in doorway
MOVIE

How to Rob a Bank

age 14+

Docu about infamous criminal has violence, language, drugs.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Power Movie Poster: An archival image of large group of police attacking a man
MOVIE

Power

age 16+

Sobering docu about violent history of policing in the U.S.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Living with Leopards movie poster: Closeup of leopard
MOVIE

Living with Leopards

age 9+

Intense docu about a leopard family has bloody violence.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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The Final -- Attack on Wembley poster: England soccer fans outside Wembley Stadium
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The Final: Attack on Wembley

age 14+

Soccer docu has fan violence, strong language, racist abuse.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Secrets of the Neanderthals movie poster: Silhouette of two Neanderthals looking out at sun and sky
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Secrets of the Neanderthals

age 10+

Fascinating hands-on look at Neanderthal culture; violence.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind movie poster: Rocker lounging on chair with foot on piano
MOVIE

Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind

age 13+

Docu about controversial rock star has sex, drugs, alcohol.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2022)
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TLC Forever movie poster: Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins left and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas right of the musical group TLC
MOVIE

TLC Forever

age 13+

Honest look at storied musical group; some violence.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2023)
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Ahead of the Curve movie poster: Person with short hair, tank top, sunglasses
MOVIE

Ahead of the Curve

age 14+

Docu about groundbreaking magazine for lesbians; language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2020)
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What Jennifer Did movie poster: Two photos, left shows Asian American woman smiling, right serious and sad in red filter
MOVIE

What Jennifer Did

age 15+

Violence, blood in tragic, compelling true crime docu.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem movie poster: 2 people look at devices, their faces blurred and distorted
MOVIE

The Antisocial Network: Memes to Mayhem

age 14+

Docu shows dark side of online culture; violence, language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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To Kill a Tiger movie poster: Indian man sist in a chair
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To Kill a Tiger

age 15+

Rape victim bravely seeks justice; disturbing violence.

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You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack movie poster: Blurry images of many hands waving in the air
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You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack

age 15+

Gripping docu about rape case; strong violence, language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Einstein and the Bomb movie poster: Einstein docudrama.
MOVIE

Einstein and the Bomb

age 14+

Docudrama about Einstein's life ponders WWII violence.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Lover, Stalker, Killer movie poster: Closeup of knife going through a heart on a phone
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Lover, Stalker, Killer

age 15+

Disturbing true crime docu has violence, peril, language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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The Greatest Night in Pop movie poster: Celebrities sing.
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The Greatest Night in Pop

age 13+

Fun, historical docu on celebrity collaboration; language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Full Circle movie poster: A White man sits in a wheelchair holds a camera to film a scene, wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, spectators watch a sit skier head downhill, wearing black, gray, and orange outerwear, and the film's title Full Circle, cast and crew names, and accolades appear in white letters
MOVIE

Full Circle

age 14+

Adaptive athletes defeat adversity in sports docu; language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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Man on the Run movie poster: Graphic depiction of Malaysian Chinese native Jho Low, a businessman and fugitive involved in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) financial scandal, is seated in a throne chair, wearing a black leather jacket and dark top and pants, and surrounded by images that include dollar bills and a roulette wheel
MOVIE

Man on the Run

age 13+

Financial fraud in corruption crime docu; language.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2024)
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