Popular Documentary Movies on Netflix - Page 25

Patton Oswalt: Annihilation

2017

Patton Oswalt: Annihilation

2017
7.2
Patton Oswalt, despite a personal tragedy, produces his best standup yet. Focusing on the tribulations of the Trump era and life after the loss of a loved one, Oswalt continues his journey to contribute joy to the world.
Making The Helicopter Heist

2024

Making The Helicopter Heist

2024
10
This behind-the-scenes documentary shows the making of the one-take robbery episode of "The Helicopter Heist" directed by Daniél Espinosa.
The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014

The Battered Bastards of Baseball

2014
7.5
Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.
Tell Them You Love Me

2023

Tell Them You Love Me

2023
6.4
A true crime documentary inspired by one of the most polarising criminal trials of recent history. It explores themes including disability, race, sex and perception of consent by looking back on the controversial case of philosophy professor Anna Stubblefield.
The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir

2014

The Other One: The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir

2014
6.8
Drop out of school to ride with the Merry Pranksters. Form America’s most enduring jam band. Become a family man and father. Never stop chasing the muse. Bob Weir took his own path to and through superstardom as rhythm guitarist for The Grateful Dead. Mike Fleiss re-imagines the whole wild journey in this magnetic rock doc and concert film, with memorable input from bandmates, contemporaries, followers, family, and, of course, the inimitable Bob Weir himself.
Untold: The Fall of Favre

2025

Untold: The Fall of Favre

2025
5.8
This eye-opening documentary delves into Brett Favre's controversial career, the dark side of sports stardom and the scandals that marred his legacy.
My Beautiful Broken Brain

2014

My Beautiful Broken Brain

2014
7.1
A profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after Lotje Sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. This feature documentary takes us on a genre-twisting tale that is by turns excruciating and exquisite - from the devastating consequences of a first-time neurological experiment, through to the extraordinary revelations of her altered sensory perception.
Con Mum

2025

Con Mum

2025
7
A chef's life is upended when a jet-setting, champagne-sipping, hotel-hopping woman claims to be his long-lost mother. This documentary reveals the untold story.
Ladies First

2017

Ladies First

2017
7.3
An inspirational survival story of Deepika Kumari who, as a girl born on the roadside to abject poverty in rural India, went in search of food, stumbled upon archery, and within 4 years became the Number One archer in the World.
Rubaru Roshni

2019

Rubaru Roshni

2019
7.7
The movie traces three real-life incidents that took place in '80s, 90s and 2000s respectively through the stories titled 'Orphan and the Convict', 'The Farmer and the Nun' and 'The Terror and the Mom'.
American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

2019

American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas

2019
5.5
Barack and Michelle Obama talk with the directors of the documentary American Factory about the importance of storytelling and the impact of their film.
George Lopez: We'll Do It for Half

2020

George Lopez: We'll Do It for Half

2020
5.3
Comedian George Lopez tackles the future and the past of Latinx culture in America, touching on immigration, his tough relatives, aging and much more.
The U Part 2

2014

The U Part 2

2014
7.7
Part 2 picks up where the original film left off, with the program trying to recover from the devastation left by NCAA sanctions and scandals that had some calling for the school to drop football. The Hurricanes rose from those ashes to win another national championship, only to face new controversies when a booster used a Ponzi scheme to win favor with the program.
A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case

2023

A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case

2023
6.8
When a 5-year-old girl falls from her father's apartment, her mother embarks on a quest for justice — and is put under the national spotlight.
Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution

2017

Liberated: The New Sexual Revolution

2017
6.2
A documentary about today's young adult hookup culture and the stories in pop-culture that influence it.
Deion's Double Play

2019

Deion's Double Play

2019
6.3
An overview of Deion "Prime Time" Sanders' attempt to play in both an NFL and MLB game in the same day.
Making of House of Flying Daggers

2004

Making of House of Flying Daggers

2004
6.8
Main Characters/Performers: 1. Xiao Mei - first appearing as new star dancer in lavish Peony Pavilion brothel, Mei is believed to be the blind daughter of a rebel group's recently assassinated leader- played by Zhang Ziyi . 2. Jin - police captain in the ruling Tang emperor's service, enlisted by his superior Leo to play the role of double agent by helping Mei escape and getting her to lead him - and government troops - to the rebel stronghold - played by Takeshi Kaneshiro. 3. Leo - introduced as a high ranking policeman in the Tang emperor's service, Leo turns out to a mole planted years earlier by the rebels working to overthrow the corrupt ruling Tang government - played by Andy Lau.
ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre

2019

ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre

2019
6.7
Ambushed by Ulster loyalists, three members of the Miami Showband were killed in Northern Ireland in 1975. Was the crime linked to the government?
Victim/Suspect

2023

Victim/Suspect

2023
7
Investigative journalist Rae de Leon travels nationwide to uncover and examine a shocking pattern: Young women tell the police they’ve been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they’re charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested, and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them.
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.