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The truth hurts. But sometimes it’s inspirational, scary, sad, funny or anywhere in between. Experience it all with our best documentary series and movies.
- 13th (2016) The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, but this searing documentary argues that both have only taken on different forms in the years since its adoption.
- American Factory (2019) This first film from Barack and Michelle Obama's production company Higher Ground — and winner of the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature — is an even-handed look at the trials and tribulations of a Chinese-owned windshield factory in Dayton, Ohio.
- Bad Vegan (2022) The New York food scene has never seen a story like Sarma Melngailis, the celebrity restaurateur who was responsible for successful upscale vegan eateries like Pure Food and Wine and One Lucky Duck.
- Crip Camp (2020) Following the success of American Factory, Higher Ground released this Oscar-nominated documentary about a New York summer camp called Camp Jened, which served as a haven for people with disabilities.
Jun 13, 2024 · From murder, mayhem, madness and tigers to a sex-trafficking scandal that hit the headlines, these are the best documentaries on Netflix you need to watch.
Jun 24, 2022 · To help you sift through the glut, we’ve picked out some of our favorite Netflix documentaries, from science to sport, politics to true crime.
- My Octopus Teacher
- The Social Dilemma
- Murder Among The Mormons
- 13th
- High Score
- Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness
- Crip Camp
- The Great Hack
- Taylor Swift: Miss Americana
- American Factory
Recent Oscar nominee My Octopus Teacher documents a year spent by filmmaker Craig Foster as he forges a relationship with a wild octopus. As a truly unique and offbeat experience, all about transcendent emotional bonds, My Octopus Teacher will leave you surprised, raw, and full of good cheer.
How good is a warning if it comes too late? When we're past the point of putting the genie back in the bottle? The Social Dilemma is a tough, but necessary, watch about the effects of social media on mental health and how its ultimate design is to nurture an addiction, manipulate people and governments, and spread conspiracy theories and disinforma...
This three-part docu-series, executive produced by Paradise Lost's Joe Berlinger, chronicles Mark Hofmann, one of the most notable forgers in history, who created forgeries related to the Latter Day Saint movement and crafted bombs that resulted in two deaths. Murder Among the Mormons, co-directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre), is ...
13th, from Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVerna, documents all the heinous systemic ways that racism and inequality didn't stop with the end of slavery, exploring the intersection of race, justice, and mass incarceration in the United States. From lynchings to Jim Crow to the war on drugs, 13th explores the painful history and exposes mass modern f...
As a history of video games in six parts, High Score checks in with innovators, creators, designers, and gamers throughout the past 40 years for a sweet, breezy look at this engrossing, addictive storytelling medium. From arcades to console wars to the invention of gory fighting games, High Score is a warm nostalgic blanket for Gen X and Millennial...
A true runaway hit for Netflix -- the first possibly since Stranger Things -- Tiger King took the world by storm, even spurring a few scripted Tiger King biopic series into development. This seven-part series (plus one "after show" hosted by Joel McHale) brought us into the wild world of zookeeper and convicted felon Joe Exotic and big cat conserva...
Executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, as part of their Netflix development deal, Crip Camp is a heartfelt look at Camp Jened, a summer camp for disabled people that became a springboard for the disability rights movement in the United States. Shining a spotlight on a lesser-known part of American civil rights history, as campers and coun...
As a startling, unnerving tech-based expose, The Great Hack offers an alarming glimpse into the way data is being weaponized for political gain and how Facebook was, and still is, used for voter surveillance. Centering in on the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal, this is a timely and scary revelation.
Following global sensation and immense talent Taylor Swift over the course of several years, chronicling her life and career, Miss Americana is an emotional and intriguing dive into the singer-songwriter's balancing of art, commerce, influence, and personality. An imperative for die-hard fans, but also a fun exploration for non-Swifters as a look a...
High-tech China clashes with working-class America in American Factory, a tense examination of a Chinese billionaire's glass factory in rural Ohio, and the troubling dynamic between workers and employers in today's globalized economy. Using a fly-on-the-wall style, American Factory presents both sides of this divide, providing an eye-opening focus ...
Mar 9, 2021 · But which are the most compelling documentaries and bingeable documentary series on the streaming service? To help answer that question, we went through every Netflix original documentary...
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Aug 3, 2024 · Our list of the best documentaries on Netflix includes true crime docuseries, political documentaries, docs about the making of movies, and much more.
