If you’re looking to find new, compelling stories, there are plenty to peruse here, but browsing the documentary section of Netflix also might convince you that documentary movies didn’t exist before 1990.įor other genres and types, check out Paste’s many, many Best Movies lists, and then make your way through the following so-called “truths.”
While the selection of docs available on Netflix isn’t what it used to be, the streaming giant has still provided groundbreaking and important documentaries a much broader audience, be it semi-obscure essentials like Casting JonBenet and Shirkers festival finds like Crip Camp and Mucho Mucho Amor Oscar-nominated originals like Strong Island and The Edge of Democracy or titillating true-crime docs like The Tinder Swindler. So many of best documentaries on Netflix are now Netflix Originals.
