Popular Documentary Movies on Netflix - Page 12

Saving Capitalism

2017

Saving Capitalism

2017
6.7
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich meets with Americans from all walks of life as he chronicles a seismic shift in the nation's economy.
Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60

2016

Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60

2016
6.2
Emmy-winning comedian Dana Carvey blends pitch-perfect tales on big personalities with so-true-it-hurts stories from his life as a dad of millennials.
Mercury 13

2018

Mercury 13

2018
6.6
After rigorous testing in 1961, a small group of skilled female pilots are asked to step aside when only men are selected for spaceflight.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

2022

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

2022
7.5
With mesmerizing footage and time lapses of animators at work, this behind-the-scenes special captures the artistry of a unique tale years in the making.
Coded Bias

2020

Coded Bias

2020
7
Exploring the fallout of MIT Media Lab researcher Joy Buolamwini's startling discovery that facial recognition does not see dark-skinned faces accurately, and her journey to push for the first-ever legislation in the U.S. to govern against bias in the algorithms that impact us all.
A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story

2020

A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story

2020
7.3
Juan Manuel Fangio was the Formula One king, winning five world championships in the early 1950s — before protective gear or safety features were used.
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

2017

Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower

2017
7.3
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua Wong decides to save his city. Rallying thousands of kids to skip school and occupy the streets, Joshua becomes an unlikely leader in Hong Kong and one of China’s most notorious dissidents.
Unknown: Killer Robots

2023

Unknown: Killer Robots

2023
7
What happens when a machine makes life-or-death decisions? This documentary explores the dangers of artificial intelligence in military application.
11M: Terror in Madrid

2022

11M: Terror in Madrid

2022
6.4
Survivors and insiders recount March 11, 2004's terrorist attack on Madrid, including the political crisis it ignited and the hunt for the perpetrators.
American Symphony

2023

American Symphony

2023
6.8
Musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

2025

Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever

2025
6
In this documentary, wealthy entrepreneur Bryan Johnson puts his body and fortune on the line to defy aging and extend his life beyond all known limits.
Once Brothers

2010

Once Brothers

2010
7.3
Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac were two friends who grew up together sharing the common bond of basketball. Together, they lifted the Yugoslavian National team to unimaginable heights. After conquering Europe, they both went to USA where they became the first two foreign players to attain NBA stardom. But with the fall of the Soviet Union on Christmas Day 1991, Yugoslavia split up. A war broke out between Petrovic's Croatia and Divac's Serbia. Long buried ethnic tensions surfaced. And these two men, once brothers, were now on opposite sides of a deadly civil war. As Petrovic and Divac continued to face each other on the basketball courts of the NBA, no words passed between the two. Then, on the fateful night of June 7, 1993, Drazen Petrovic was killed in an auto accident. This film will tell the gripping tale of these men, how circumstances beyond their control tore them apart, and whether Divac has ever come to terms with the death of a friend before they had a chance to reconcile.
Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

2020

Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday

2020
8.6
Between scenes from his concert in São Paulo's oft-inaccessible Theatro Municipal, rapper and activist Emicida celebrates the rich legacy of Black Brazilian culture.
Derren Brown: Sacrifice

2018

Derren Brown: Sacrifice

2018
7.2
Illusionist Derren Brown concocts a psychological experiment in which he tries to manipulate an ordinary person into taking a bullet for a stranger.
The Rachel Divide

2018

The Rachel Divide

2018
6.2
Rachel Dolezal became infamous when she was unmasked as a white woman passing for black so thoroughly that she had become the head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. This portrait cuts through the very public controversy to reveal Dolezal’s motivations.
I Am Vanessa Guillen

2022

I Am Vanessa Guillen

2022
7.4
Vanessa Guillen was 20 years old when she was found murdered at a US Army base. Rather than submit to silence, her family fought for justice and change.
Bitconned

2024

Bitconned

2024
6.3
In this true-crime documentary, three guys exploit the freewheeling cryptocurrency market to scam millions from investors and bankroll lavish lifestyles.
Misha and the Wolves

2021

Misha and the Wolves

2021
6.9
A 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.
Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

2020

Black Holes: The Edge of All We Know

2020
6.6
Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. To explore that edge of knowledge, the Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized instrument. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of people in April 2019. Meanwhile, Hawking and his team attack the black hole paradox at the heart of theoretical physics—Do predictive laws still function, even in these massive distortions of space and time? Weaving them together is a third strand, philosophical and exploratory using expressive animation. “Edge” is about practicing science at the highest level, a film where observation, theory, and philosophy combine to grasp these most mysterious objects.
Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

2020

Dave Chappelle: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize

2020
7.2
An outstanding lineup of entertainers gathers in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall to salute Dave Chappelle, recipient of the 22nd annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.