Netflix Documentaries

Misha and the Wolves

A woman's Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.

Miss Representation

Exploring how the mainstream media's often disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of females in positions of leadership.

Miss Sharon Jones!

Filmmaker Barbara Kopple follows rhythm and blues singer Sharon Jones as she tries to hold her band together while battling pancreatic cancer.

The Movies That Made Us

These blockbusters brought us together and gave us the time of our lives. Meet the actors, directors and industry insiders who made them happen.

My Beautiful Broken Brain

After suffering a stroke at age 34, a woman documents her struggles, setbacks and eventual breakthrough as she relearns to speak, read and write.

My Octopus Teacher

A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest, learning as the animal shares the mysteries of her world.

Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press

The trial between Hulk Hogan and Gawker Media pitted privacy rights against freedom of the press, and raised important questions about how big money can silence media.

Notes on Blindness

In 1983, when writer John Hull goes blind just before the birth of his son, he starts making a diary on audio cassette to make sense of all the changes.

One of Us

Three Hasidic Jews face ostracism, anxiety, and danger as they attempt to leave their exteme Orthodox community. They must escape the violent trauma and abuse.

Our Father

After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and the popular fertility specialist Doctor Donald Cline.

Our Planet

Experiencing the planet's natural beauty through an examination of how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.

Out of Thin Air

A notorious murder case is picking up 40 years after six were convicted for two strange murders in Iceland, after doubt is cast on the original confessions.

Palio

Twice a year the city of Siena goes crazy for the oldest horse race in the world: the Palio. Strategy, bribery and corruption play as much a part as the skill of the riders.

Pamela, A Love Story

In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.

Paris is Burning

A chronicle of New York's drag scene in the 1980s, focusing on balls, voguing and the ambitions and dreams of those who gave the era its warmth and vitality.

Penguin Town

In a picturesque South African town, an eclectic group of endangered penguins flocks together to find mates, raise families and mix with the locals.

The Pixar Story

John Lasseter, Brad Bird, Steve Jobs, Tom Hanks and others discuss the incredible rise of Pixar Animation Studios and hits such as "Toy Story."

Planet Earth II

David Attenborough sheds light on the various habitats and biomes residing on the Earth along with footage revolving around climatic change and natural surrounding.

A Plastic Ocean

When he discovers the world's oceans brimming with plastic waste, a documentary filmmaker investigates the pollution's environmental impacts.

The Ponds

Watch the Hampstead Heath swimmers over 12 months as they shiver, laughed, complained, ruminated, philosophised or simply sought respite from all that life threw at them.

Power

Tackling a complicated subject in a provocative way, “Power” looks at the historical factors that have shaped modern policing.

Power of Grayskull

This colourful documentary explores the origins and impact of He-Man, a character whose power stretched well beyond a toy line and children's TV show.

Pretend It's a City

Sitting down with filmmaker Martin Scorsese, humorist Fran Lebowitz weighs in on NYC tourists, money, subways, the arts, and the not-so-simple act of walking in Times Square.

Print the Legend

This award-winning, original documentary chronicles the race for market leadership in 3D printing, the next wave of technological evolution.