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15 Must-Watch Netflix Documentaries Right Now
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items From shocking true-crime exposes to awe-inspiring nature stories and cultural deep-dives, these documentaries on Netflix are the ones everyone’s talking about. Grab your popcorn—these picks will make you think, gasp, and stay glued to the screen.
A jaw-dropping true-crime doc about a charismatic conman who used dating apps to manipulate and defraud multiple women of millions.
Watch The Tinder Swindler | Netflix Official Site
An investigative documentary exposing the shocking risks of the multi-billion dollar medical device industry and how lives were changed forever.
Watch The Bleeding Edge | Netflix Official Site
A deeply personal and inventive documentary where a filmmaker envisions her father’s death in imaginative ways, touching on memory, mortality, and love
Watch Dick Johnson Is Dead | Netflix Official Site
An intense docuseries about life inside a polygamist cult, focusing on survivors who escaped and expose a system of control and faith
Watch Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey | Netflix Official Site
A powerful exploration of America’s prison system, race, and mass incarceration, revealing truths that disturb and enlighten
Watch 13TH | Netflix Official Site
A haunting docuseries investigating the unsolved murder of a nun and uncovering decades of secrets within the church
Watch The Keepers | Netflix Official Site
A beautiful and surprising story of a filmmaker who befriends an octopus in a South African kelp forest — a meditation on nature and connection.
Watch My Octopus Teacher | Netflix Official Site
A documentary that examines a reopened factory in Ohio owned by a Chinese billionaire and explores culture, labor, and global economies.
Watch American Factory | Netflix Official Site
The story of an Indian guru who builds a utopian city in Oregon — the ensuing conflict becomes one of America’s wildest modern scandals.
Watch Wild Wild Country | Netflix Official Site
An eye-opening look at how social media algorithms manipulate behavior and the cost of being “connected” in the digital era.
The Social Dilemma
A music documentary that dives into the making of “We Are The World” and its cultural impact — perfect for pop culture lovers.
Watch The Greatest Night in Pop | Netflix Official Site
A gripping film that begins as a doping investigation in cycling and shocks viewers with a huge conspiracy involving Russia and the Olympics.
ICARUS on Steam
This documentary follows a summer camp for teens with disabilities in the 1970s and how they became activists fighting for justice and change.
Crip Camp | A Disability Revolution
A visually stunning and emotional story about freediving, obsession, and the risks of pushing human limits beneath the ocean’s surface.
Watch The Deepest Breath | Netflix Official Site
Each episode dives into global cases of corporate greed and corruption — compelling, infuriating, and necessary viewing
Watch Dirty Money | Netflix Official Site