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Best Documentaries on Netflix

Last updated: May 30, 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.

Suspect/Victim movie poster: A high angle, grainy black and white photo of a security camera image of a White woman who is an alleged sexual assault victim (left), with nearly waist-length dark hair and wearing a light-colored, long-sleeved top, being questioned by a White male law enforcement official, whose left arm and legs are only shown, while seated at a table in police precinct interrogation room
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Victim/Suspect

age 15+

Reporter reviews alleged assaults in crime docu; language.

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Call Me Kate movie poster: Katharine Hepburn poses
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Call Me Kate

age 10+

Hepburn docu adds new footage and audio; mature themes.

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Longest Third Date movie poster: The back view of Matthew Robertson, a White man featured on the left, wearing dark swim trunks, and the back view of Khani Le, a Vietnamese American woman, on the right, wearing a white bikini, take a plunge off a dock into the ocean in Costa Rica at sunset
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Longest Third Date

age 14+

New couple faces challenges in online dating docu; language.

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Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now documentary poster: Lewis Capaldi stands with his hands in his pockets against a purple background
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Lewis Capaldi: How I'm Feeling Now

age 15+

Intimate music docu has strong language, suicide references.

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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story movie poster: Front of a woman shown from the nose to mid-thigh region, with shoulder-length, straight blonde hair, floral body tattoos, and mouth slightly open, wearing an animal-print thong and matching top and graphic-created hand-like images that cover the breast and vaginal areas
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Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

age 15+

In-depth docu looks at online sex site; language, violence.

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Pamela Anderson graces poster for Pamela: A Love Story.
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Pamela: A Love Story

age 15+

Language, nudity, abuse in compelling celebrity docu.

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The Pez Outlaw movie poster: Stee Glew stands amid giant Pez dispensers
MOVIE

The Pez Outlaw

age 10+

Sweet docu about quirky collector; some language.

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The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker movie poster image.
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The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker

age 15+

Social media star's link to murder case; language, violence.

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Mumbai Mafia: Police vs. the Underworld Movie Poster
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Mumbai Mafia: Police vs. the Underworld

age 15+

Violence, dead bodies, language in true-crime docu.

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Kangaroo Valley Movie
MOVIE

Kangaroo Valley

age 6+

Absorbing kangaroo docu has peril, predator chases.

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The Elephant Whisperers movie poster: Tamil man on left and Tamil woman on right and baby elephant center sit around a campfire
MOVIE

The Elephant Whisperers

age 8+

Couple raises orphaned baby elephants in beautiful docu.

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"Sr." Movie: Poster Image
MOVIE

"Sr."

age 15+

Intimate look at life of Robert Downey Sr.; drugs, language.

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The Masked Scammer Movie: Poster Image
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The Masked Scammer

age 14+

True crime docu about con artist has strong language.

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Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich poster
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Ghislaine Maxwell: Filthy Rich

age 15+

Chilling primer on sex-trafficking socialite; violence.

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I Am Vanessa Guillen movie poster
MOVIE

I Am Vanessa Guillen

age 15+

Tragic docu shows U.S. military corruption, sexual violence.

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In Her Hands movie poster image.
MOVIE

In Her Hands

age 14+

Poignant political docu about Afghan activist; violence.

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Is That Black Enough for You!?! movie poster image.
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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

age 15+

In-depth docu about African American cinema; language, sex.

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Capturing the Killer Nurse Movie
MOVIE

Capturing the Killer Nurse

age 15+

Nurse murders covered-up for years; language, violence.

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State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith Movie: Poster Image
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State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith

age 15+

Intense docu about woman who killed rapist in self-defense.

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Stutz Movie Poster
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Stutz

age 15+

Heavy themes, language in tender, experimental therapy docu.

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Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
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Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste

age 17+

Start-up exposed as dangerous scam; sexual images, violence.

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Fugitive: The Curious Case of Carlos Ghosn Movie
MOVIE

Fugitive: The Curious Case of Carlos Ghosn

age 13+

Jailed auto CEO escapes after fraud charge; language.

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Descendant movie poster image.
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Descendant

age 10+

Ancestors aid search for African slave ship; violence.

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he Redeem Team movie poster image.
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The Redeem Team

age 14+

Basketball docu about the 2008 Olympics; language, violence.

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Closeup of a young man with eyes closed while crows seem to flying from his hair.
MOVIE

The Joys and Sorrows of Young Yuguo

age 10+

Sweet, moving docu of unusual teen is emotionally intense.

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