Best Documentaries on Netflix

Last updated: December 10, 2023

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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Who We Become movie poster: Scenes from the documentary that feature the Filipino cast, which include Jenah Maravilla, a community organizer, Lauren Yap, a college graduate, and Monica Silverio, a social activist, border the golden yellow poster and the film's title and credits appear in pink, white, and black letters
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Who We Become

age 14+

Self-discovery stories from Filipino women; language, peril.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2023)
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American Symphony Movie Poster: Above, Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad sit together; below, Batiste faces a large audience
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American Symphony

age 13+

Stellar docu on the power of music and perseverance.

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Stamped From the Beginning movie poster: Graphic image of a Black woman's face on a white background, with eyes closed and several arms and raised fists rising from the top of the head, an assortment of flowers cover the shoulders and upper chest, and the film's title and other credits appear in black and red letters
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Stamped from the Beginning

age 15+

Book-based docu analyzes racist ideas; language, violence.

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The Dads movie poster: Illustration of three of the five dads who are parents of trans kids, seated left to right, Frank Gonzales, wears a purple and white graphic T-shirt and jeans, holds up to his chest an image of his kid Libby, Stephen Chukumba, wears a yellow shirt and brown pants, holds up to his chest an image of his kid Hobbes, and Peter Betz, wears a gray short-sleeved shirt and jeans, holds up to his chest an image of his kid Samantha, background features butterflies, mountains, sky, film credits
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The Dads

age 13+

Dads of LGBTQ+ kids chat in gender-identity docu; language.

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Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld movie poster: red lines lead to a closed door
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Cyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld

age 13+

True crime docu has language, sexual violence, drugs.

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Sly: Sylvester Stallone documentary shows star in silhouette walking
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Sly

age 14+

Compelling docu about action star has language, violence.

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Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion movie poster: male soccer player does trick with the ball
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Higuita: The Way of the Scorpion

age 14+

Fascinating sports docu has language, drug-related violence.

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Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris movie poster
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Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris

age 13+

Docu about daring museum robber; language, drinking.

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The Devil on Trial movie poster: Left side vertical face profile of a White boy with three dark-colored beaded rosary crosses, one covers the eyes and two cover the mouth, while wearing a dark sportswear top and brunet bowl-style haircut. In the background is a ranch-style home with the lights on during a cloud-filled evening sky, and title and streaming date for the Netflix documentary appears in yellow, red, and white letters
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The Devil on Trial

age 14+

Paranormal docu probes demonic acts; language, scares.

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Camp Courage: Short documentary addresses victims of war.
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Camp Courage

age 10+

Uplifting docu tackles trauma of war and its impact on kids.

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Race to the Summit movie poster: Right facial profile of record-breaking White Swiss rock climber Dani Arnold going up a mountain, wearing a denim blue hardshell jacket, orange climbing pants, orange and white climbing helmet, and carrying an orange and black backpack. There's a cap N in the upper left hand corner to designate that this is a Netflix film and the documentary's title appears in white bold letters across the image of Arnold
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Race to the Summit

age 10+

Speed climbers sprint to the top in docu; language, peril.

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The Saint of Second Chances movie poster: Collage of scenes from the documentary, which include white baseballs, a white pig standing on a white base of a green baseball field, and Mike Veeck, the son of Bill Veeck, owner of the Chicago White Sox, faces the camera with his visually-impaired daughter Rebecca as she embraces him around the neck
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The Saint of Second Chances

age 14+

Baseball family dynasty docu hits home run; language.

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Ordinary Men: The Forgotten Holocaust Movie Poster: Soldiers with guns and smoke and in groups
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Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"

age 16+

Intense, powerful docu on Holocaust has graphic violence.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2022)
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Rosa Peral's Tapes Film Poster: A woman's face is split in half and in black and white and color
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Rosa Peral's Tapes

age 14+

Powerful true-crime documentary has violence, language.

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Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America: Investigative documentary.
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Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America

age 15+

Descriptions of child sex abuse in disturbing docu.

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Untold: Hall of Shame movie poster: A silhouette of a football player running sits atop a large filled syringe horizontally across image
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Untold: Hall of Shame

age 13+

Steroid mastermind shows little remorse in fascinating tale.

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Untold: Johnny Football movie poster: close-up of Johnny Manziel center in baseball cap and wearing eye black under one eye
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Untold: Johnny Football

age 15+

Sad tale of addiction, downfall of hyped athlete; language.

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Mark Cavendish: Never Enough: Cavendish in the foreground cycling in team gear in a country-lane setting, a group of blurry riders are behind him in the background.
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Mark Cavendish: Never Enough

age 14+

Compelling cycling docu has language, crashes, some blood.

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Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food movie poster: Dark lime green store shopping basket containing groceries such as beef, a red apple, and a yellow pepper and seal with a yellow tape with the word caution in black bold letters, along with the film's title and streaming date of August 2nd in black bold letters, and the distributor's name Netflix in red letters
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Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food

age 13+

Food safety docu debates U.S. diet; language, scares.

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Tiger 24 Movie poster: Close shot of tiger
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Tiger 24: The Making of a Man-Eater

age 14+

Wildlife docu debates fate of a tiger; peril, gore, scares.

On DVD/Streaming (Release Year: 2022)
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