Best documentaries on Netflix
1,525 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) | 78.5 | 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) | 77.1 | n/a | n/a | 50m | Netflix |
| 4 | Free Solo (2018) | 74.8 | n/a | n/a | 1h 40m | Disney+, Hulu |
| 5 | Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (2022) | 74.1 | n/a | n/a | 1h 35m | Apple TV+ |
| 6 | Blackfish (2013) | 74.1 | n/a | n/a | 1h 23m | Prime |
| 7 | Friends: The Reunion (2021) | 73.9 | n/a | n/a | 1h 44m | Max |
| 8 | Baraka (1992) | 73.9 | n/a | n/a | 1h 37m | Prime |
| 9 | My Octopus Teacher (2020) | 73.8 | n/a | n/a | 1h 25m | Netflix |
| 10 | Our Planet (2019) | 73.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Netflix |
| 11 | Night and Fog (1956) | 73.6 | n/a | n/a | 32m | Max |
| 12 | Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019) | 73.5 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Apple TV+, Netflix |
| 13 | Searching for Sugar Man (2012) | 73.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 25m | Hulu |
| 14 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) | 73.3 | n/a | n/a | 1h 23m | Netflix |
| 15 | Prehistoric Planet (2022) | 73.2 | 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) | 73 | n/a | n/a | 1h 34m | Prime |
| 18 | BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020) | 72.9 | n/a | n/a | 1h 19m | Netflix |
| 19 | The Beatles: Get Back (2021) | 72.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Disney+ |
| 20 | Life (2009) | 72.7 | n/a | n/a | 50m | Max |
| 21 | The Social Dilemma (2020) | 72.6 | n/a | n/a | 1h 35m | Netflix |
| 22 | Apollo 11 (2019) | 72.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 33m | Netflix |
| 23 | 13th (2016) | 72.5 | n/a | n/a | 1h 41m | Netflix |
| 24 | Amy (2015) | 72.4 | n/a | n/a | 2h 8m | Max |