Netflix documentaries have at all times been the perfect within the enterprise, however with so many alternative reveals and films to select from, it may be laborious to make a choice. That’s why we have made this record.
We’re beginning with the the perfect new documentaries launched previously 12 months. After that we have divided the rest of our picks by style. We’re up to date for January.
There’s lots to get by way of. Grab some popcorn and blissful watching!
The Best New Documentaries on Netflix
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Pepsi, Where’s My Jet? is certainly one of my favourite sorts of documentary. It’s an offbeat documentary on a weird matter with a forged of actually charismatic and insane individuals.
The premise: In the mid-’90s Pepsi had a degree system designed to encourage individuals to drink extra Pepsi. One advert confirmed off a Harrier Jet you would purchase with 7 million of those factors. John Leonard, a 21-yr-previous enterprise scholar, discovered a loophole that allowed him to purchase factors for 10 cents and tried to power Pepsi to make good on their advertising and marketing promise. Chaos ensues.
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An enchanting documentary on an extremely compelling topic, Pamela, A Love Story is a reevaluation of Pamela Anderson, one of the compelling celebrities of 90s. Directed by Ryan White it combines diary readings, interviews with Anderson herself alongside time spent with Anderson’s sons to create an unimaginable portrait of a misunderstood human being. Must watch stuff.
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As good as Netflix documentaries are, there’s been a bent to drag out true crime into these bloated multiepisode sequence. Thankfully Our Father is the other of that. It’s a lean, completely executed documentary centered on Donald Cline, an Indiana fertility physician who used his personal sperm to inseminate a ridiculous variety of ladies in opposition to their will.
This is an unimaginable piece, a type of tales that simply escalates and escalates to the purpose the place your jaw drops in disbelief.
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Break Point is the newest in what seems like a zillion documentaries exploring the each day drama of sports activities. You know those I imply — All or Nothing, Drive to Survive. Cricket has one, AFL has one — there’s even a golf one approaching Netflix later this yr.
Break Point focuses on Tennis and — fortunately — picks the perfect athletes to give attention to. Watch this for the legendary Nick Kyrgios on the very least.
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With the Qatar World Cup actually going down proper now, there could not be a greater time to get caught into FIFA’s murky behind-the-scenes habits. This is a very stunning documentary. Be warned: The allegations listed here are so wild you would possibly even really feel compelled to cease watching the World Cup.
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Untold is the newest from the parents behind Wild Wild Country.
It’s a sports activities documentary sequence, with every episode stepping into-depth on controversial sports activities matters. The first episode focuses on Malice on the Palace, the infamous basketball match the place Ron Artest waded into the group and wailed on followers again in 2004.
Untold is now in its second season, and it’s absolute should-watch stuff. The new episodes are arguably higher than the stellar first season. Maybe the perfect sports activities documentary sequence on Netflix
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Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (2022)
There are a variety of Netflix documentaries about cults gone mad, however Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey is likely to be probably the most disturbing of the lot. Unlike Murder Among the Mormons, which nearly handled its matter like a screwball comedy, Keep Sweet is a really grim story a couple of grim human being in Warren Jeffs. It’s a incredible documentary, and among the many finest Netflix has produced, but it surely comes with a really hefty content material warning.
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Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story (2022)
Skateboarding as a sport makes for a terrific documentary matter. Dogtown and Z Boys, All That Mayhem — completely legendary. Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story is one other in a protracted line of classics.
It focuses on Leo Baker, the skater who got here out as trans and had to give up competing on the Olympics within the course of. Amazing, should watch stuff.
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Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2022)
It’s nearly inconceivable to overstate how well-known Jimmy Savile was within the UK — significantly within the Nineteen Eighties. He was past a family title, in some ways he felt like an eccentric uncle to the nation.
Which made revelations that he had sexually assaulted a whole bunch of underage women and boys all of the extra horrific. This was an individual the entire of Britain had invited into their houses.
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story does a terrific job of going by way of the archives, combining footage that’s totally weird in hindsight, and including incredible interviews with a few of the main gamers in British TV throughout Savile’s heyday. An enchanting, albeit disturbing documentary. Be warned: This is a tough watch.
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Our Great National Parks (2022)
Barack Obama is making a beeline for David Attenborough’s job. And we do not hate the concept!
Our Great National Parks is a world-class nature documentary within the type of nice BBC reveals like Planet Earth. They’ve nailed it right here. If you are a fan of that kind of present, that is fully unmissable.
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The Most Hated Man on the Internet (2022)
Netflix has been on fireplace with its documentaries currently, and The Most Hated Man on the Internet is the newest. From the producers of Tinder Swindler and Dont F**okay with Cats, it is a three-half documentary that tells the story of Hunter Moore, one of the infamous purveyors of “revenge porn.” Definitely value watching this one.
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The Girl within the Picture (2022)
The Girl within the Picture is the newest true crime documentary from Netflix. It’s up there with the service’s very best work.
It seems like, after a interval of needlessly bloated multiepisode documentaries, Netflix has began trimming the fats, releasing lean, extremely compelling documentaries once more. First Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey and Our Father, now this.
The Girl within the Picture tells the story of a younger woman, murdered at age 20. To say an excessive amount of would spoil the influence, however it is a layered, brutal documentary with infinite twists. It wants to be seen to be believed.
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The Tinder Swindler (2022)
A documentary centered on Shimon Hayut, aka the “Tinder Swindler,” a conman who used courting apps to defraud a number of ladies throughout Europe to fund a lavish way of life.
A barely totally different matter in contrast to most true crime documentaries on Netflix. Definitely value a gander.
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I’ve watched loads of true crime documentaries on Netflix, however nothing has come shut to The Keepers. A staggering story, informed throughout generations, that is respectful of the victims, but compelling all through.
It’s a narrative concerning the unsolved homicide of Catherine Cesnik, a nun who taught at a Catholic faculty in Baltimore, however The Keepers goes additional than you would possibly anticipate and exposes a possible coverup of intercourse abuse allegations.
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The true crime documentary style is totally saturated at this level, however The Staircase stands out.
Focusing on Michael Peterson and the loss of life of his spouse Kathleen, The Staircase is greater than only a homicide thriller. It’s a drawn-out epic that takes place over literal many years, a documentary that follows Peterson and examines his each transfer, however by some means nonetheless stays goal.
It’s a very good time to watch or revisit this one, since HBO Max has simply launched a drama miniseries primarily based on it.
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House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021)
One of the newer true crime documentaries from Netflix, it is a good one.
Focusing on the weird deaths of 11 relations in a single home in Burari, Delhi, India in 2018, House of Secrets delves into the theories behind of the strangest suicide/homicide instances in current reminiscence. Unmissable stuff.
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This Is a Robbery is about Netflix because it will get. A 4-half sequence specializing in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, that is basically a documentary about an artwork heist. Remember Evil Genius? (Which can be on this record.) This Is a Robbery could be very a lot in that type. The first episode takes some time to get going, however be affected person — this one has a payoff.
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Murder Among the Mormons (2021)
Some of Netflix’s newer true crime documentaries have been a bit bloated and… sorta dangerous?
Thankfully Murder Among the Mormons is a return to kind. Definitely watch this one.
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Who Killed Little Gregory (2019)
Who Killed Little Gregory is a documentary centered on the horrific homicide of Grégory Villemin. It’s arguably the perfect true crime documentary on Netflix. It’s a couple of homicide, and makes an attempt to resolve that homicide, but it surely’s additionally a lesson in media illustration and the horrific sexism Grégory’s mom had to face within the wake of her son’s homicide.
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American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)
There are a variety of true crime documentaries on the market (and on this record) however American Murder: The Family Next Door stands out.
It tells the story of Chris Watts, a seemingly common man who murdered his spouse and youngsters. The entry to footage is staggering and it is edited and produced in a singular method, utilizing textual content messages and social media posts to inform the story. It’s a horrific reminder of the banal, extremely widespread existence of home violence.
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Making a Murderer (2015-2018)
With the swath of true crime documentaries and podcasts that got here in its wake, it is simple to neglect that the world as soon as misplaced its collective thoughts over Making a Murderer. In a variety of methods it created the template that many Netflix documentaries now observe. An actual unique.
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In 2020, within the midst of a pandemic, Netflix dropped this piece of sports activities doc perfection.
The Last Dance focuses on the Chicago Bulls throughout their ’97-’98 NBA title-successful season, however actually it is a leaping off level for a documentary that tells the life story of its central star, Michael Jordan.
As a outcome, many criticized it for being a bit too Jordan-focused, however The Last Dance was an occasion documentary that lived up to the hype.
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This Oscar-winning documentary is an absolute belter.
Icarus begins out as an expose on the influence efficiency-enhancing medication have on sports activities efficiency, however a sequence of occasions drags director Bryan Fogel into an internet of geopolitics and conspiracies. To say extra would spoil it, however Fogel in the end has created a documentary that had a really actual influence on our notion of sports activities as an entire. In that respect, Icarus is a literal sport changer.
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Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019)
The absolute gold normal for lengthy-operating sports activities documentaries. Drive to Survive is so good, and so in style, that it is impressed an entire new stage of curiosity in Formula 1, particularly within the US. This present is nice at elevating the characters that occupy the game. More reveals like this, please.
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Athlete A is a superb function size expose on Larry Nassar, the group physician of USA Gymnastics, who had been sexually abusing feminine athletes for many years.
Be warned: This one is harrowing.
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14 Peaks tells the story of the Nepalese mountaineer Nimsdai Purja and his purpose of climbing all 14 mountains above the peak of 8,000 meters (26,000 toes) in a single yr. It’s unimaginable. Must-watch stuff.
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Netflix may need burned the true crime documentary into the bottom, but it surely’s on fireplace when it comes to sports activities. Bad Sport is the newest entry into this burgeoning subcategory, and it is superior. Focusing on unusual controversies in sports activities historical past, Bad Sport is much less about main gamers doing main issues, it is about what occurs when sport goes dangerous, will get down within the filth. All of those episodes are nice. Hoping for a season 2.
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The River Runner is sorta like Free Solo for kayaking. Consider {that a} praise.
Focusing on Scott Lindgren, a kayaking legend who was a pioneer of the game, it is a conventional story of an excessive sports activities star overcoming odds, but it surely runs a bit deeper than that. Fighting in opposition to a mind tumor and his personal private demons, Lindgren is a compelling case examine. Must watch stuff.
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Naomi Osaka has develop into one of the well-known and talked-about athletes on the planet. This fascinating documentary explores totally different phases of her profession and gives unimaginable entry into the lifetime of a younger lady fighting the pressures of sport and fame. A should-watch.
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If you are on the lookout for a barely extra uplifting documentary, you would do far worse than The Speed Cubers, a take a look at the world of aggressive… Rubik’s Cubers? It’s brief, however packs an unimaginable emotional punch. Prepare your self, this one would possibly break you.
Nature/science
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Seaspiracy follows within the footsteps of a number of documentaries centered on the influence of meat consuming on the setting. This time the worldwide fishing trade is within the crosshairs. As anticipated this one has stirred up a little bit of controversy from all stakeholders — PETA, Greenpeace and conservation teams cannot appear to agree if Seaspiracy is correct or honest. Watch it and make up your personal thoughts.
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My Octopus Teacher (2020)
My Octopus Teacher follows Craig Foster, a filmmaker who spent a yr snorkeling and interacting with an octopus off the coast of South Africa. It’s a nature movie, positive, but it surely’s concurrently a documentary designed to encourage awe within the viewer. In brief, octopuses are unimaginable. Little aliens on Earth, basically. This is the story of a relationship between people and nature, but it surely’s additionally an inspiring name to motion: Don’t ignore the marvel that exists throughout you.
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David Attenborough nature documentaries are so pervasive, they’re susceptible to self parody, however Our Planet is — I consider — the excessive watermark. Only Planet Earth, one other Attenborough doc, comes shut. But I desire this one.
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Time could boring its influence, however when Tiger King was first launched on Netflix, all the world could not cease speaking about it.
Tiger King explores the unusual underbelly of huge cat breeding, specializing in a forged of unforgettable (and in the end harmful) characters. It drags its viewers to bizarre locations. Season 2 is now accessible and whereas the present has misplaced a variety of its chew, it is intriguing to meet up with this forged of untamed human beings doing wild, fully outlandish issues.
Politics/historical past
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thirteenth by Ava Duvernay is a staggering documentary that tells the story of American slavery and its lengthy-lasting impacts, a lot of which nonetheless resonate as we speak.
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter motion, this needs to be obligatory viewing.
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In the wake of the Capitol siege, the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica controversy nearly seems like historical historical past, however that does not make this documentary any much less essential. If you have not seen it, then watch it.
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Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021)
Recently launched, Operations Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal has a reputation so long as a few of Netflix’s current documentaries. Thankfully, this is not as bloated as, say, the current Cecil Hotel doc, but it surely may nonetheless use some trimming.
Operation Varsity Blues centered on the FBI investigation into school admissions that put actress Felicity Huffman into jail. Its director, Chris Smith, beforehand labored on the Fyre Festival documentary. This is not fairly as compelling, however continues to be effectively value watching.
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Knock Down the House (2019)
Regardless of your views on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Knock Down the House is an unimaginable underdog story that can’t be missed. Focusing on progressive feminine candidates through the 2018 congressional major campaigns, it is an insightful take a look at the democratic course of. It’s an inspiring reminder that we’d like to combat so as to make the voices of atypical individuals depend.
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What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)
Not gonna say a lot right here. Nina Simone is a legend and that is possibly probably the greatest documentaries I’ve ever seen.
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Overlong and bloated, Wild Wild Country is however one of the fascinating documentaries I’ve ever watched on Netflix.
It tells the story of Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who tried to construct a big sprawling commune, for what was basically a intercourse cult, within the United States. It’s a wierd story that by some means turns into stranger with age. Much like Tiger King, the story plumbs depths you will not consider. At occasions it is a slog, however Wild Wild Country is completely worthwhile.
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I completely adore this documentary. Five present acclaimed administrators (together with Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola) assist inform the story of 5 well-known film administrators from the ’30s and ’40s who did frontline work through the Second World War. It wraps their legacies alongside the influence of the struggle itself into a very compelling story of Hollywood’s golden age.
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An Oscar winner for Netflix, this documentary is the primary produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions group.
American Factory tells the story of Fuyao, a Chinese firm that constructed a manufacturing facility in Ohio that inhabits a now-closed General Motors plant. You have to watch this film.
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Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
By this level all of us have some kind of understanding of Jeffrey Epstein’s story however Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich does itself a terrific service by specializing in the tales of the survivors of his abuse.
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Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019)
Hulu additionally has a terrific Fyre competition documentary, however I desire this Netflix one. Unlike many Netflix documentaries, that are stretched and bloated into multipart episodes, this documentary is sharp, direct and strong gold all the method by way of.
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