53,045 Documentary, Drama, Family, In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. Documentary, Crime. | Gross: Director: $0.34M. Kirill Bichutsky, Going by IMDb ratings, the 5 best movies available on Netflix right now are: Inception, GoodFellas, The Departed, The Intouchables and Django Unchained. $0.13M. 3,280 PG Brandon Boyer, Christian Cabaniss, Votes: When Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller. 22,080 An examination of America's obesity epidemic and the food industry's role in aggravating it. An investigative documentary about the epidemic of rape of soldiers within the US military. | A group of Egyptian revolutionaries battle leaders and regimes, risking their lives to build a new society of conscience. Directors: Vince Edwards, Votes: | | Gross: Dmitry Vasyukov Stars: | Gross: Andrzej Bartkowiak, Werner Herzog, Documentary. 11,563 Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill is pulled into an unexpected journey as he chases down the hidden truth behind America's expanding covert wars. Stars: Femi Kuti, | My Octopus Teacher. Robert Bridges, Werner Herzog, 121 min Diego Luna, Fermín Martínez, TV-MA Stars: Comedy, Drama, Sport. Ginger Baker looks back on his musical career with Cream and Blind Faith; his introduction to Fela Kuti; his self-destructive patterns and losses of fortune; and his current life inside a fortified South African compound. 92 min In the final fifteen years of the life of legendary director Orson Welles he pins his Hollywood comeback hopes on a film, The Other Side of the Wind, in itself a film about an aging film director trying to finish his last great movie. Stars: | Kevin Richardson, A look at the personal and professional lives of a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s. | | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Latif Nasser, | Massimo Bottura, Director: 83 min Jean Badin, | | Gross: Cody Curtis, Wagner Moura, Judy Ho, Michele Simon, | Documentary, Biography, Crime. | An exploration of the fracking petroleum extraction industry and the serious environmental consequences involved. Directors: At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands had ... See full summary », Director: | | Stars: Director: $0.01M, Not Rated 6,615 Robert Kenner Stars: Olivia Colman, | Roger Ebert, Dave Lennon, 55 min Wild Wild Country (2018) 5. | 100 min Jon Douglas Rainey, TV-14 Documentary, Action, History, What does it mean to lead men in war? Stars: 144 min | Gross: Eugene Jarecki, Muqbal Al Kazemi, Votes: The best documentaries currently available on Netflix streaming. Angie Firmalino, Upcoming Movies on Netflix April 5th. Kristen Bell, Tracy Droz Tragos Pedro Pascal, Brittany Wagner. Jasmine Kin Kia Ng, Find something great to watch now. Estelle Caswell, 359 Richard Lobb, | Documentary. Night Stalker: The Hunt for … Richard Feigen, | 60 min Kharey Wise, | Lena Anderson, Stars: | 94 min Paul Greengrass, Daley Catherine. Documentary. 101 min PG-13 A social documentary based around a self reliant community of people disregarded and largely ignored, who find unrealized beauty in their everyday work, modern art, and in themselves. 8,373 | Thom Zimny | Gross: | Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. David Harris, The 25 Best Documentaries of All Time by malthe-tuxen | created - 22 Jun 2017 | updated - 1 week ago | Public My 25 personal favorite documentaries of all time. | Gross: If you're a fan of a good old true story, check out these 10, currently on Netflix, and top-rated by IMDb. Donald Crowhurst, The intimate, final performance of Bruce Springsteen's 236-show run at Jujamcyn's Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway. Ken Burns, Raymond Santana, Votes: Je'Daiah Ballantyne, Follows Death Row inmates, who tell the story of how they ended up there. We’ve also rounded up the best documentaries on Amazon Prime and the best documentaries on Hulu, if Netflix doesn’t have what you’re looking for. 107 min Ahmed Hassan, 7,035 Not Rated | 110 min | A history of the conflict of the City of Philadelphia and the Black Liberation organization, MOVE, that led to the disastrously violent final confrontation in 1985. Oja Kodar, When filmmaker Yance Ford investigates the 1992 murder of a young black man, it becomes an achingly personal journey since the victim, 24-year-old William Ford Jr., was the filmmaker's brother. Fahmi Quadir, TV-MA 37 min William Arnone, Director: Claire Foy, | Gross: Hannah Gross, TV-MA Daniel Lindsay, Stars: Director: Rotten (2018–2019) 4. Snoop Dogg, Votes: | The history of the Final Solution phase of the Nazi Holocaust, particularly with the most infamous of the death camps. Restrepo (2010) Osho, 117 min Kori Cioca, | Documentary, Crime. Stars: | Jeremy Scahill, After bringing democracy to his country, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, takes up the fight to keep his homeland from disappearing under the sea. 16,459 Stars: The truth hurts. | By cross-referencing IMDB’ s highest-ranked films of all time with Netflix MENA’s library, we took the guesswork out of your next binge session. After winning an Oscar in 2017 for the best documentary, White Helmets is without question one of the best Netflix documentaries you’ll watch all year. | Documentary, War. Ginger Baker, | | Stars: | Director: Coded Bias (2020) – Documentary based on the research of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini. | | 7,912 Directors: Yance Ford An absorbing portrait of a man trying to turn a tide of indifference. | Documentary, Biography. $0.02M. 18. However, it's also very much "Marks Cousins's Story of Film. Robert X. Cringely, A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him. $1.51M, Not Rated $0.03M. 60 min Votes: | Damning and disturbing material. Jonathan Groff, 99 min 101 min The true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. | When Osho, the world's most controversial guru, builds an Utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. $0.05M. This documentary chronicles the very beginning of a disease that shook the world for decades. Editta Sherman, Votes: I AM A KILLER. Peter Staley, 2. In his debut as a documentarian, Ice T creates a vibrant portrait of how and why rap came to be. A documentary on how Los Angeles has been used and depicted in the movies. Stars: Yance Ford, 1. $4.02M. Pulp Fiction (1994) R | 154 min | Crime, Drama. Ava DuVernay follows up her acclaimed film Selma with a searing documentary that looks at the mass incarceration... My Octopus Teacher. Malika Zouhali-Worrall | PG-13 Documentary. Jane Stork, TV-MA | Kathy Miller, Ava DuVernay Derek Ambrosi, Heather Walsh | What does it mean to come home? Directors: Not Rated David Galea, | Documentary, Music. Documentary. David Petraeus, Director: Tim Hetherington, The documentary details the life of Costa's older sister, Elena Andrade. Stars: | | Gross: Stars: Dion Beebe, Votes: Dolores Avery, Bert Marcus | From Hulu and Netflix’s competing Fyre Festival documentaries, which both capture the mega-disaster of the exclusive event that never happened, to groundbreaking docuseries that rocked the music industry, like Lifetime’s “Surviving R. Kelly” and HBO’s “Leaving Neverland,” 2019 has been the year for riveting documentaries. | Elena did slightly better in terms of IMDb score. Director: 78 min Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases. $0.03M, Not Rated Louie Psihoyos, Directors: Lily Cade, See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc, The Staircase: An American Murder Mystery, The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate Del Castillo Story. Rotten dives deep into the food production underworld to expose the corruption, waste and real dangers behind your everyday eating habits. | Dion Reed, 60 min Director: | | 2,202 This documentary profiles women who were tested in 1961 for spaceflight, but had their dreams dashed when only men were chosen to become astronauts. | Annie Allix, Votes: The truth hurts. Kevin Macdonald Matt Smith, TV-MA Curtis Gates, Votes: Orson Welles, 43 min 285 min Gennadi Solovyov, | 75 min Josh Fox, Director: Tilda Swinton, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. Doug MacAyeal, Votes: 1. Wayne Barrett, TV-14 Biography, Drama, History. Thom Andersen Kevin Harris, Votes: | Mélanie Gouby, Phil Rosenthal, Jay Bulger | An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. 649 Jeff Orlowski Stars: | The Keepers (II) (2017) James Rhine, Sarah Burns, Documentary, History, News. A documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales. Stars: The 25 Best Documentaries on Netflix Right Now 13th. Documentary, Drama, In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. Artist Vik Muniz produces portraits of the workers and learns about their lives. Documentary. Jehane Noujaim A look at the unforeseen consequences of advanced technological devices used in the medical field. Stars: Norman Lloyd, Unquestionably a well-researched documentary with a running theme of innovation in the history of cinema. 2. Leslie Lopatofsky, TV-MA Documentary, Biography, Crime. A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley. The documentary investigates the history, process and workflow of both digital and photochemical film creation. | | Documentary. Star: | A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years. Samuel West, $0.22M. Lloyd Constantine, Votes: Director: Michelle Alexander, Barouyr, Joe Simpson, Documentary, Biography, History. $0.12M, PG-13 Last Chance U: Basketball. | Gross: Pete Seeger, | Directors: David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the ... See full summary », Directors: Bob Rafsky, Votes: 5,220 Bernard Cazeneuve, 31 min | | Gross: Bill Clinton, Dan Kearney, Stars: | Last updated: March 9, 2021. 117 min R | Famed Mexican actress Kate del Castillo introduces a Hollywood star to a fugitive drug lord. Ricki Stern, Biography, History, War. Bill Cosby, It was directed by Petra Costa and her name might sound familiar to some Netflix fans. Jimmy Tatro, | Simon Yates, Emmanuel de Merode, A seven-part docuseries about the unsolved murder of a nun and the horrific secrets and pain that linger nearly five decades after her death. Michel Gill, Documentary, Crime, Mystery. Tim Wakefield, Documentary, Crime. Documentary, War. Quincy Jones, $1.41M. Hannah Cagwin, | Gross: | Documentary, Biography, Music. Stars: Director: Stars: | Clarence Avant. O.C. Once Upon a Time in the West … Jean François Heckel, Greg Jacobs, Dolores Canales, TV-14 | Documentary, Biography, Music. Herzog boldly offers viewers the opportunity to visit one of the most inaccessible and awe-inspiring landscapes on the planet. Stars: Richard H. Glanton, Votes: 100 min A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional. | | The Best Films on Netflix (Top 250 listed first) 1. Bill Courtney, Muddy Waters, Pamela Ballard, Votes: Kirby Dick, | Documentary, Crime, History. Stars: Hillary Clinton, Stars: Director: Stephen Tower, TV-14 Kitty Boone, Votes: 96 min | Gross: Michael Bearden, A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years. 120 min Nasser Al Aulaqi, Renaud Bédard, Loretta Fisher, Stars: 50 min Kevin Coval, Director: 88 min Stefan Pashov, Stars: | ", PG Jimmy Cliff, Votes: Judy Gold, Iris Long, Bryan Fogel From the dealer to the narcotics officer, the inmate to the federal judge, a penetrating look inside America's criminal justice system, revealing the profound human rights implications of U.S. drug policy. Bryan Fogel, Scott Thurman | Hulbert Waldroup, R Willie Jewell, R However, if you fancy revisiting some classic films, Netflix has you covered with Shrek and Shrek 2, Ghostbusters, Something Borrowed and The Wolf of Wall Street. James Balog, Documentary. | 753 | The second season's fourth episode, "Globesman" is a direct parody of the 1969 documentary Salesman.Directed by Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin, Salesman is a celebrated look into the life of traveling salesmen in the 1960s. The Men of Battle Company 2nd of the 503rd Infantry Regiment 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, TV-MA | | Stars: Juan Diego Botto, Abbie Schaub, Jessica Hinves, Votes: Director: 98 min Ice-T, The story of two coalitions -- ACT UP and TAG (Treatment Action Group) -- whose activism and innovation turned AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition. 1,285 This exploration of the intersection of sex and technology is told through the stories of the people whose lives are defined by ... See full summary », Stars: Captivating insight into one of the most audacious stunts of the 20th century. Documentary. | Gross: And this series, in particular, which contains nine episodes for season one, is rated the top new Netflix original docuseries overall for 2020. Stars: Harry Bruton, 17,331 Hugo Armstrong, | Documentary, Crime, Drama. Swaylee Loughnane, Aleksandr Sokurov, Rita Marley, | Director: Food for thought on how the human race has lost their way. | Robert Wright, Stars: Documentary. 80 min A list of the best Documentary movies and TV shows, as ranked by IMDb users, like you. Stars: | Gross: Chris Moukarbel Documentary, Biography, Music. Amanda Cerny, Lawrence Kasdan, TV-MA Biography, Crime, Drama. 99 min Brenda Bakke, Not Rated $0.07M. Harry Belafonte, TV-MA They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Matt Taibbi, Rene Redzepi, TV-MA A British documentary series exploring the extraordinary journey of Donald Trump through five decades. 51 min | Documentary, Reality-TV. ", Not Rated | Peter Bogdanovich, | Gross: A documentary on rap music and its rise to global prominence. 46 min | Stars: Stars: $0.10M. Refine See titles to watch instantly, titles you haven't rated, etc. | | Documentary. | | Anna Torv, | Daniel Goldstein, Ugly Delicious (2018– ) 3. Dan Bulter, BloodPop, Not Rated Imelda Staunton, Laura Nirider, Ben Alexander, How to Survive a Plague (2012) Not Rated | 110 min | Documentary, History, News. David Burns, | Gross: Brian Hutchinson, Stars: Documentary, Biography, Drama. 8,683 | Alex Gibney, Director: 153 min | Ma Anand Sheela, 2. Documentary that follows the struggle for control of Dr. Albert C. Barnes' 25 billion dollar collection of modern and post-impressionist art. If you’re looking for something soothing, uplifting, and oddly beautiful, you … 108 min Daniel Rodriguez, Montrail 'Money' Brown, Top 10 Documentaries On Netflix Right Now (According To IMDb) Documentaries are designed to inform. In the months following the unsolved murder of 6-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey, responses were elicited from her Colorado hometown community, creating a work of art from the collective memories and mythologies the crime inspired. | | To help, we’ve plucked out the 100 best IMDb rated movies on Netflix UK currently streaming on the service, updated regularly as titles come and go. Juan 'Doc Restrepo, LaMonta Caldwell, Votes: Mark Bellomo, Sandra Amador, Jean-Louis Blondeau, | Chronicles three underprivileged students from inner-city Memphis and their volunteer coach who tries to help them beat the odds on and off the field. Stars: 3,341 10 Best Netflix Documentaries Right Now, According To IMDb 10 Don’t F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019): 8.1. Ray Carnay, Brown, Mathieu Roy, David Kato, Best DOCUMENTARIES on NETFLIX by sgarciamansilla | created - 9 months ago | updated - 2 weeks ago | Public The best Documentaries to watch on Netflix. Dean Gomersall, Votes: | Anonymous, $0.19M. Documentary. $0.04M. Alex Gibney 917 | 45 min A zoological nightmare fueled by inhumane practices and corporate greed. Stars: | Gross: Trying to find the best movie to watch on Netflix can be a daunting challenge. Director: 119 min Documentary, Crime. And we’ve only just scratched the surface of Netflix’s growing stable of formidable originals, like Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman, Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma, and Eddie Murphy comeback vehicle Dolemite Is My Name. Dave Zabriskie, Documentary, News. | Patti Scialfa, TV-14 Tilikum, Equally alarming and hilarious simultaneously. Saleha Al Aulaqi, | 15 Best Netflix Movies Based On True Stories (According to IMDb) There are thousands of movies to choose from on Netflix, but if you are in the mood for a true story, these are the best according to IMDb. Stars: Crime, Drama, Thriller. Documentary, Crime, History. Director: Stars: | Anabel Hernández, Andrew Droz Palermo, Experience it all with our best documentary series and movies. Documentary. | Joshua Oppenheimer, Stars: $0.32M, Not Rated 97 min Stars: | From Oscar-winning and -nominated works of journalism, to rock docs and pop-culture biographies, to emotional and thrilling examinations of society, these are the best documentaries on Netflix … | Gross: Family Reunion (Part 3) Upcoming Movies on Netflix April 6th . Stars: Stars: Kate Mara, TV-MA A touching, if occasionally overwrought look at the inspiration behind Robert Redford's Horse Whisperer. James Swirsky Rosalind Chao, Director: Stars: | Robin Brown, 40 min Gabriela Cowperthwaite Diana: Seven Days That Shook the World. American Murder: The Family Next Door. | Crime, Drama. | | Guillermo del Toro, | Gross: Stars: Documentary chronicling the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015.