Best documentaries on Netflix
1,511 documentary titles indexed across the eight major US services. These are the ones currently on Netflix, ranked by score.
Documentaries by service
Best documentary across every service
| # | Title | BN | IMDb | RT | Runtime | Streaming on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planet Earth (2006) | 78.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Max |
| 2 | Planet Earth II (2016) | 77.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Max |
| 3 | The Last Dance (2020) | 77 | n/a | n/a | 50m | Netflix |
| 4 | Free Solo (2018) | 74.7 | n/a | n/a | 1h 40m | Disney+, Hulu |
| 5 | Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (2022) | 74.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 35m | Apple TV+ |
| 6 | Friends: The Reunion (2021) | 73.9 | n/a | n/a | 1h 44m | Max |
| 7 | Baraka (1992) | 73.9 | n/a | n/a | 1h 37m | Prime |
| 8 | My Octopus Teacher (2020) | 73.8 | n/a | n/a | 1h 25m | Netflix |
| 9 | Blackfish (2013) | 73.8 | n/a | n/a | 1h 23m | Prime |
| 10 | Searching for Sugar Man (2012) | 73.7 | n/a | n/a | 1h 25m | Hulu |
| 11 | Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019) | 73.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Apple TV+, Netflix |
| 12 | Our Planet (2019) | 73.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Netflix |
| 13 | Night and Fog (1956) | 73.6 | n/a | n/a | 32m | Max |
| 14 | Prehistoric Planet (2022) | 73.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Apple TV+ |
| 15 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) | 73.2 | n/a | n/a | 1h 23m | Netflix |
| 16 | Blue Planet II (2017) | 73 | n/a | n/a | 1h 0m | Max |
| 17 | BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020) | 72.9 | n/a | n/a | 1h 19m | Netflix |
| 18 | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) | 72.8 | n/a | n/a | 1h 34m | Prime |
| 19 | Life (2009) | 72.7 | n/a | n/a | 50m | Max |
| 20 | The Beatles: Get Back (2021) | 72.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Disney+ |
| 21 | The Social Dilemma (2020) | 72.6 | n/a | n/a | 1h 34m | Netflix |
| 22 | Apollo 11 (2019) | 72.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 33m | Netflix |
| 23 | 13th (2016) | 72.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 40m | Netflix |
| 24 | Amy (2015) | 72.4 | n/a | n/a | 2h 8m | Max |