Documentary Movies on Netflix - Page 15
What Would Sophia Loren Do?
2021
star 6.7Nancy Vincenza Kulik, an Italian-American grandmother from Fort Lee, New Jersey, has experienced many challenges and triumphs. But she always meets life's journey with love, resilience and joy, inspired in part by another Italian grandmother, movie star Sophia Loren.Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2021
star 6.6Caitlyn Jenner's unlikely path to Olympic glory was inspirational. But her more challenging road to embracing her true self proved even more meaningful.Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis
2022
star 7.5In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends in a shootout and three deaths.Derren Brown: Sacrifice
2018
star 7.2Illusionist Derren Brown concocts a psychological experiment in which he tries to manipulate an ordinary person into taking a bullet for a stranger.Tony Parker: The Final Shot
2021
star 7.1The background and career of Tony Parker, whose determination led him to become arguably the greatest French basketball player.Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only
2023
star 6.2From back in the day to the top of their game, Kevin Hart and Chris Rock offer an unparalleled, behind-the-scenes look at their friendship and careers.Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' with the Godmother
2008
star 6.7Set in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life is changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda Blanco, who is serving time at a nearby federal prison. Six months later, Cosby is a multi-millionaire, Blanco's lover, and the head of her $40 million a year cocaine business.The Battered Bastards of Baseball
2014
star 7.5Hollywood veteran Bing Russell creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid
2015
star 7.7Armed with boyish charm and a sharp wit, the former "SNL" writer offers sly takes on marriage, his beef with babies and the time he met Bill Clinton.Shawn Mendes: Live in Concert
2020
star 8In his hometown of Toronto, Shawn Mendes pours his heart out on stage with a live performance in a stadium packed with adoring fans.American Factory: A Conversation with the Obamas
2019
star 5.4Barack and Michelle Obama talk with the directors of the documentary American Factory about the importance of storytelling and the impact of their film.John Mulaney: Kid Gorgeous at Radio City
2018
star 7.9John Mulaney relays stories from his childhood and "SNL," eviscerates the value of college and laments getting older in this electric comedy special.Anelka: Misunderstood
2020
star 6.5Bad boy or football genius? Famed French footballer Nicolas Anelka's controversial legacy is examined in an unflinching documentary.My Beautiful Broken Brain
2014
star 7.1A profoundly personal voyage into the complexity, fragility and wonder of the human brain, after Lotje Sodderland miraculously survives a hemorrhagic stroke and finds herself starting again in an alien world, bereft of language and logic. This feature documentary takes us on a genre-twisting tale that is by turns excruciating and exquisite - from the devastating consequences of a first-time neurological experiment, through to the extraordinary revelations of her altered sensory perception.Is That Black Enough for You?!?
2022
star 7.4A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.The Witcher: The Characters of the Continent
2021
star 7.1With the cast and creator as your guides, explore the world of Elves, Dwarves, Mages and Witchers with behind-the-scenes footages, interviews and more.Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano
2021
star 7Join the creative process behind Nacho Cano’s new musical based on the love story of Malinche and Hernán Cortés and the merging of their two worlds.Untold: Hall of Shame
2023
star 6.6Examine one of sports' biggest steroid scandals via interviews with the head of BALCO lab, athletes suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs and more.Untold: Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer
2024
star 5.3World Cup champion Hope Solo opens up about her turbulent rise to the top of women's soccer amid public scandals and tension with former teammates.Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
star 7.2Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.
