
10 Best Documentaries on Netflix
Truth is stranger than fiction. Add these great documentaries to your queue today!
The story of a music legend, a steroid scandal, an American factory under Chinese ownership, and a daring climb up a sheer rock wall are just some of the great true stories Netflix is bringing your way.
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David Attenborough: Ett liv på vår planet
28 september 2020Den omtyckte tv-personligheten ser tillbaka på sitt liv och hur livet på jorden har förändrats under hans karriär, och delar med sig av en hoppfull vision för framtiden.
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The Dawn Wall
1 november 2017In the middle of Yosemite National Park towers El Capitan, a huge block of granite whose smoothest side, the Dawn Wall, is said to be the most difficult rock climb in the world. Tommy Caldwell didn’t see inhospitable terrain, but rather a puzzle almost a kilometer tall. In The Dawn Wall, we follow him and Kevin Jorgeson in their historic ascent to the summit.
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Ikaros
3 juni 2017While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
“Icarus” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2017.
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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution
25 mars 2020Down 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.
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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
5 september 2017Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.
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Quincy
21 september 2018An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America.
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American Factory
21 augusti 2019In post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a new factory in the husk of an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand blue-collar Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class America.
“American Factory” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2019.
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Fyre
18 januari 2019Fyre-festivalen marknadsfördes som en lyxig musikupplevelse på en exklusiv privat ö, men i händerna på en kaxig entreprenör blev tillställningen ett fullständigt fiasko.
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13th
7 oktober 2016An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality.
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My Octopus Teacher
4 september 2020After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
“My Octopus Teacher” won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2021.