Documentary Movies on Netflix - Page 5
Anelka: Misunderstood
2020
star 6.5Bad boy or football genius? Famed French footballer Nicolas Anelka's controversial legacy is examined in an unflinching documentary.Counterpunch
2017
Counterpunch
2017
star 6.7As boxing's popularity wanes, three fighters at different stages of their career make sacrifices to pursue their dreams of becoming champions.Seaspiracy
2021
Seaspiracy
2021
star 7.9Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species — and uncovers an alarming global conspiracy.Cuba and the Cameraman
2017
star 7.6This revealing portrait of Cuba follows the lives of Fidel Castro and three Cuban families affected by his policies over the last four decades.Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
star 7.1Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis
2022
star 7.5In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends in a shootout and three deaths.Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
2015
star 8A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.Knock Down the House
2019
Knock Down the House
2019
star 7.4In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candidates challenging powerful incumbents in Congress. Without political experience or corporate money, these four women are attempting to do what many consider impossible.The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo
2020
star 8.9Follows a mother's tireless crusade to jail her daughter's murderer after Mexico's justice system failed to do so.A Secret Love
2020
A Secret Love
2020
star 7.4Amid shifting times, two women kept their decades-long love a secret. But coming out later in life comes with its own set of challenges.The Game Changers
2019
The Game Changers
2019
star 7.3From the UFC Octagon in Las Vegas and the anthropology lab at Dartmouth, to a strongman gym in Berlin and the bushlands of Zimbabwe, the world is introduced to elite athletes, special ops soldiers, visionary scientists, cultural icons, and everyday heroes—each on a mission to create a seismic shift in the way we eat and live.Fantastic Fungi
2019
Fantastic Fungi
2019
star 7.3A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit— the mushroom. A story that begins 3.5 billion years ago, fungi makes the soil that supports life, connecting vast systems of roots from plants and trees all over the planet, like an underground Internet. Through the eyes of renowned mycologist Paul Stamets, professor of forest ecology Suzanne Simard, best selling author Michael Pollan, food naturalist Eugenia Bone and others, we experience the power, beauty and complexity of the fungi kingdom.The Silence of Others
2019
star 8.2The story of the tortuous struggle against the silence of the victims of the dictatorship imposed by General Franco after the victory of the rebel side in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1975). In a democratic country, but still ideologically divided, the survivors seek justice as they organize the so-called “Argentinian lawsuit” and denounce the legally sanctioned pact of oblivion that intends to hide the crimes they were subjects of.City of God: 10 Years Later
2013
star 6.8City of God – 10 Years Later investigates what happened to the actors who took part in the award-winning film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund. This documentary shows what City of God’s worldwide success meant to their lives. Were the actors prepared for the film’s success? Did the social background of some of them prove stronger than the opportunity that came their way?Hitler: A Career
1977
Hitler: A Career
1977
star 7.4A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.Misha and the Wolves
2021
Misha and the Wolves
2021
star 7A woman’s Holocaust memoir takes the world by storm, but a fallout with her publisher-turned-detective reveals her story as an audacious deception created to hide a darker truth.Into the Inferno
2016
Into the Inferno
2016
star 7With stunning views of eruptions and lava flows, Werner Herzog captures the raw power of volcanoes and their ties to indigenous spiritual practices.The Ivory Game
2016
The Ivory Game
2016
star 7.6Wildlife activists and investigators put their lives on the line to battle the illegal African ivory trade, in this suspenseful on-the-ground documentary.Won't You Be My Neighbor?
2018
star 8For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
2020
star 7.2Down the road from Woodstock in the early 1970s, a revolution blossomed in a ramshackle summer camp for disabled teenagers, transforming their young lives and igniting a landmark movement.
