Best documentaries on Netflix
1,501 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) | 76.9 | 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) | 74.3 | n/a | n/a | 1h 35m | Apple TV+ |
| 6 | Baraka (1992) | 74 | n/a | n/a | 1h 37m | Prime |
| 7 | Friends: The Reunion (2021) | 73.9 | n/a | n/a | 1h 44m | Max |
| 8 | Blackfish (2013) | 73.8 | n/a | n/a | 1h 23m | Prime |
| 9 | My Octopus Teacher (2020) | 73.7 | n/a | n/a | 1h 25m | Netflix |
| 10 | Our Planet (2019) | 73.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Netflix |
| 11 | Night and Fog (1956) | 73.5 | n/a | n/a | 32m | Max |
| 12 | Searching for Sugar Man (2012) | 73.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 25m | Hulu |
| 13 | Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019) | 73.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Apple TV+, Netflix |
| 14 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) | 73.2 | n/a | n/a | 1h 23m | Netflix |
| 15 | Prehistoric Planet (2022) | 73.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Apple TV+ |
| 16 | Blue Planet II (2017) | 73 | n/a | n/a | 1h 0m | Max |
| 17 | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) | 72.8 | n/a | n/a | 1h 34m | Prime |
| 18 | Life (2009) | 72.7 | n/a | n/a | 50m | Max |
| 19 | The Beatles: Get Back (2021) | 72.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Disney+ |
| 20 | BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020) | 72.7 | n/a | n/a | 1h 19m | Netflix |
| 21 | 13th (2016) | 72.6 | n/a | n/a | 1h 40m | Netflix |
| 22 | Apollo 11 (2019) | 72.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 33m | Netflix |
| 23 | Amy (2015) | 72.4 | n/a | n/a | 2h 8m | Max |
| 24 | Paris Is Burning (1991) | 72.4 | n/a | n/a | 1h 18m | Max |