Documentaries on Netflix
Last updated October 01, 2025
St-Henri, The 26th of August
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsA collaborative work made in the spirit of cinéma-vérité, this engrossing documentary chronicles an ordinary day -- August 26th -- in the lives of a hair stylist, a boxer, a retired couple and other citizens residing in a Montreal neighborhood.
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Decoding Deepak
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsIn this documentary, filmmaker and journalist Gotham Chopra embarks on a year-long road trip with his father, Deepak Chopra, to reconcile the spiritual icon with the real man known to his family.
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The Official Olympic Series: Golden Moments
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThe Olympic Series 2012: Golden Moments features a sampling of the greatest and most inspiring moments that capture the true spirit of the Olympic Games from Athens 1896 to Vancouver 2010.
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The Official Olympic Series: Golden Moments
2011 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsEmbracing the Olympics' enduring appeal, this comprehensive collection spotlights some of the most spectacular moments in sports history -- and the superhuman athletes who made them happen.
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G-Dog
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThis documentary highlights the work of Father Gregory Boyle, a Jesuit priest who created Homeboy Industries -- a revolutionary program for at-risk youth which has become the most successful gang intervention program in the U.S.
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Reveal the Path
2012 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsReveal the Path is a genre-defying adventure film that contemplates what it means to live an inspired life using the bicycle as a mechanism to explore, dream and discover.
Reveal the Path is a genre-defying adventure film that contemplates what it means to live an inspired life using the bicycle as a mechanism to explore, dream and discover.
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Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
2000 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn 1955, Tobias Schneebaum disappeared into the Peruvian Amazon and emerged a year later as a modern-day cannibal. Now, follow the stranger-than-fiction tale of Schneebaum's return to the jungle in 1999, 45 years after his original visit.
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James Ellroy's Feast of Death
2001 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsBest-selling author James Ellroy takes viewers on a dark journey through the grisly underworld of American murder in this fascinating documentary. Ellroy survived his own childhood tragedy when his mother was murdered in a mysterious attack, an event that ignited his obsession with unsolved homicides and shaped his future writing. Here, he visits notorious crime scenes and discusses historic cases, including the infamous Black Dahlia murder.
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The Outsider
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFollowing maverick writer-director James Toback through the process of making his 2004 drama When Will I Be Loved, this documentary provides a fascinating look inside the world of filmmaking. Toback, whose previous screenplays include The Gambler and Bugsy, shot the movie in 12 days without a script and battled to get it released. Woody Allen, Robert Downey Jr., Harvey Keitel, Brooke Shields, Roger Ebert and many others discuss Toback and his work.
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A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn this Tribeca Film Festival selection, director Esther Robinson paints an affecting portrait of her uncle, Danny Williams -- a talented young artist and former lover of pop-culture icon Andy Warhol -- who inexplicably vanished at age 27. Highlights include footage from Williams' 16mm films and interviews with colorful Factory personalities such as Brigid Berlin, John Cale, Gerard Malanga, Paul Morrissey and Billy Name.
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Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show
2006 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsRide along with actor-comedian Vince Vaughn as he drives his Wild West Comedy Show -- a 30-day stand-up tour featuring comedians Ahmed Ahmed, John Caparulo, Bret Ernst and Sebastian Maniscalco -- more than 6,000 miles across the country. This chronicle of each performance also includes interviews, behind-the-scenes antics and interludes with Vaughn and special guests Jon Favreau, Justin Long and Peter Billingsley.
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A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
2008 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter failing to find true love in any of his past relationships, Chris Waitt resolves to discover exactly what is wrong with him. Thinking that others have a better idea of his faults than he does, he sets out to find and question old girlfriends.
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A Jihad for Love
2007 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsDocumenting the quandary of gay Muslims via the perspective of subjects from countries such as India, Iran and Turkey, director Parvez Sharma chronicles their struggles to square their sexual orientation with their faith, which forbids homosexuality. Relating their compelling tales to the camera, the subjects (most expatriates) cling to their Islamic ideals in the face of a sharia interpretation that imposes the death penalty for homosexual acts.
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A Sea Change
2009 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAward-winning filmmaker Barbara Ettinger puts a human face on the realities of global warming and ocean acidification in this eye-opening document of one man's quest to learn more about his generation's environmental legacy. Although he's an environmentalist, native Norwegian Sven Huseby is a grandfather, too. And he's increasingly concerned about the kind of world his 5-year-old grandson, Elias, will inherit.
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Grace, Milly, Lucy ... Child Soldiers
2010 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn this sobering documentary, filmmaker Raymonde Provencher gives three women -- Grace, Milly and Lucy -- time to talk about their childhoods in Uganda, where they were forced to kill against their will as soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army. Now as adults, they're working as activists to help others through a support group for survivors of childhood slavery, never forgetting their own haunting experiences.
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Spudwrench: Kahnawake Man
1997 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsHorne is one of many Mohawk high steel workers who worked on some of the world's tallest buildings--but have never lost touch with their roots.
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Women on the March
1959 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsA film record of women at the turn of the century and of the suffragette movement's struggle for equal rights.
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The Boxing Girls of Kabul
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsA remarkable group of young Afghan women dream of representing their country as boxers at the 2012 Olympics. This documentary follows them as they embark on a journey of both personal and political transformation.
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The Libertines: There Are No Innocent Bystanders
2011 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsClose friend and band photographer Roger Sargent directs this documentary that chronicles the reunion of the Libertines, the garage rock revivalists who made waves as much for their outrageous behavior as for their two influential albums.
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Moving Art: Oceans
2014 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsViewers will experience the power of ocean waves and the sea's underwater splendor as celebrated filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg takes his camera into the deep to unveil the mysteries and wonders of the natural world.
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Moving Art: Flowers
2014 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsCelebrated filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg takes viewers on an enchanting journey, unveiling the mysteries and wonders of the natural world as elegant flowers come to life through his stunning time-lapse cinematography.
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Fists of Pride
2013 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsIn a boxing camp on the Thai-Burmese border, young boys -- the children of mostly illegal migrant workers fleeing Burma -- train for prize fights that they hope might change their lives.
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Last Chance
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker Paul Émile d'Entremont chronicles the journeys of five asylum-seekers as they turn to Canada to escape sexual discrimination and homophobic violence in their native countries.
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A Museum in the City
2012 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker Luc Bourdon takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, revealing less about the artwork itself and more about the fine art of bringing a museum to life.
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The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio
2006 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsAfter rounding up musicians from a thriving immigrant neighborhood in Rome to create the eclectic Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio, filmmaker Agostino Ferrente captured their heartwarming individual stories in this captivating documentary. The film reveals that, for many members of the group -- which is made up of Muslims, Jews, Christians, Hindus and atheists from 11 countries -- making music is as second nature as breathing.
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