This is a list of great documentaries available on Netflix.
Descendant
★★★★
dir. Margaret Brown
Documentary
[USA, 2022]
Procession
★★★½
dir. Robert Greene
[USA, 2021]
Father Soldier Son
★★★½
dir. Catrin Einhorn and Leslye Davis
[USA, 2020]
Athlete A
★★★★
dir. Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk
[USA, 2020]
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
★★★★
dir. Nicole Newnham and James Lebrecht
[USA, 2020]
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
★★★★
dir. Stanley Nelson Jr.
[USA, 2019]
American Factory (美国工厂)
★★★½
dir. Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
[USA, 2019]
The Edge of Democracy
★★★
dir. Petra Costa
[Brazil, 2019]
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
★★★★½
dir. Martin Scorsese
[USA, 2019]
Knock Down the House
★★★★
dir. Rachel Lears
[USA, 2019]
Fyre
★★★★
dir. Chris Smith
Jan 18, 2019
Shirkers
★★★★
dir. Sandi Tan
[Singapore / USA / UK, 2018]
One of Us
★★★★
dir. Heidi Ewing
[USA, 2017]
Strong Island
★★★
dir. Yance Ford
[USA, 2017]
Chasing Coral
★★★½
dir. Jeff Orlowski
[USA, 2017]
I Called Him Morgan
★★★★
dir. Kasper Collin
[USA, 2017]
13th
★★★★
dir. Ava DuVernay
Oct 7, 2016
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
★★★★
dir. Evgeny Afineevsky
[Ukraine / USA / UK, 2015]
Virunga
★★★★½
dir. Orlando von Einsiedel
[UK / Congo, 2014]
Blackfish
★★★★
dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite
[USA, 2013]
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