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

Director Suzannah Herbert’s new documentary tells the story of Natchez, Mississippi—a small town and antebellum tourist ...

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

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Of course, we've enjoyed quite a few more docs this year, running the gamut from NFL cheerleading to a ...

Ezra Edelman's OJ: Made in America is one of the best TV documentaries in recent years - AFP/Vince Bucci Drama is sexier, comedy more quotable, current affairs more immediate, but the very finest ...

A great way to learn about our world while also enjoying a peaceful afternoon is delving into a nature/wildlife documentary.

Few things are as dependable in television as the annual onslaught of true-crime nightmares. Each year, a new crop of gruesome, devastating and, admit it, often fascinating documentaries about the ...

There’s something electric about watching a great music documentary. You get the backstage pass, the messy breakdowns, the ...

There are so many World War II documentaries out there, but other wars have been covered by other documentaries like Restrepo ...

A sprawling odyssey of the Black experience, Independent journalists fighting back in Russia, the life of a bullfighter, a deep dive into the video-store era, meta dissections of true crime, a look ...

Here are some of the best documentaries to 2025, from "The Perfect Neighbor" and "Predators" to "Come See Me in the Good ...