Netflix debuted dozens of brilliant documentary films and series throughout 2025. In this list, we count down our top 10.

As 2025 rolls into 2026, it's a good time to unwind and reflect on your life, your goals, and what kind of person you want to be in the new year. Sometimes the best way to crystallize what that all ...

(Clockwise from top left) 'Always,' 'Suburban Fury,' 'Under the Flags, the Sun' and 'Riefenstahl' HandsOn Studio LLC/TimeLight Films/Argot Pictures/Cinephil Before the year ends, it’s time to publish ...

Before the year ends, it’s time to publish my choice for the top 10 documentaries of 2025 – an assignment that, I must admit, I do not relish. It’s agonizing to go over this list, check it twice and ...

This smart, original live film was pieced together from footage recorded by fans at shows throughout Fugazi’s career. The result was a different take on the concert film, with the raw footage ...

Plenty of documentaries have been made about the Second World War, with the best ones including The Memory of Justice, The ...

It was another banner year for documentaries. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When I first put on Pangolin: Kulu’s Journey ...

If you're after the most emotional movies of all time, it's well worth watching classics like Cinema Paradiso, The Shawshank ...

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NPR's Linda Holmes and Sarah Handel discuss why they are hooked on documentaries and some of the best ones you may not yet ...

The documentary often gets a bad rap. Maybe you watched a few boring (or prescriptive) ones in school, in which talking heads drone on about what you ought to think or feel. However, despite its ...