This overview contains all Netflix Critically-acclaimed Documentaries movies and series. Netflix's content is updated with several new Critically-acclaimed Documentaries movies and series every month. Currently, the best rated title in this category, with a rating of 4.15, is The Last Animals.
January 3, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 94 minutes
Based on Jonathan Safran Foer’s 2009 memoir, this documentary investigates the effects of factory farming on human, animal and environmental health.
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January 3, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 71 minutes
This documentary highlights spontaneous encounters with the elusive, comedic veteran, who touches lives by simply showing up anywhere.
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December 31, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 92 minutes
Based on the New York Times best-selling book, this film examines the lives of families each contending with a child who is uniquely different.
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December 28, 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 91 minutes
This sobering documentary highlights the poaching and trafficking of elephants and rhinos, and the activists who will stop at nothing to protect them.
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December 28, 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 85 minutes
From losing his eyesight as a child to achieving global glory, this documentary follows the life and rise of legendary card magician Richard Turner.
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December 16, 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 93 minutes
Three childhood friends attempt to finish the pet project they've worked on for over 30 years: re-creating "Raiders of the Lost Ark" shot for shot.
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December 10, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 98 minutes
Social media stars Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Brittany Furlan and Kirill Bichutsky hustle to build online empires -- and face the pitfalls of fame.
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December 3, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 99 minutes
Explore the life and times of legendary soccer manager Bobby Robson, whose keen mind for the game was matched only by his devotion to his teams.
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December 3, 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 94 minutes
Storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his film researcher wife, Lillian, recall the influence they had on 60 years of Hollywood's biggest hits.
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November 15, 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 76 minutes
Given unprecedented access to soldiers and terrorists alike, journalist Michael Ware presents an epic, uncensored, intimate account of the Iraq War.
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November 7, 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 90 minutes
After noting a strange odor in his child’s pajamas, a single dad’s search for the source uncovers potentially toxic secrets of the chemical industry.
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November 7, 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 93 minutes
Leon Vitali had a thriving acting career most others would envy. Then he gave it all up to devote himself completely to the vision of Stanley Kubrick.
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November 7, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 98 minutes
Actors, crew members and others who were there discuss the tumultuous creation of Orson Welles's final, unfinished film, “The Other Side of the Wind.”
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November 1, 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 91 minutes
This documentary traces the life of "Tales of the City" author Armistead Maupin, from his conservative roots to his rise as an LGBTQ champion.
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November 1, 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 97 minutes
In 1992, Sandi Tan and her friends shot a quirky film on the streets of Singapore. Then the footage disappeared, sending her on a hunt for answers.
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October 24, 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 82 minutes
A comedy troupe of four friends on the autism spectrum prepares for a final show before its members go their separate ways.
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