Netflix
Documentary
2016

Popular Documentary TV Shows

60 Days In
Netflix
60 Days In
An unprecedented look at life behind bars at Indiana's Clark County Jail as seven innocent volunteers are sent to live among its general population for 60 days without officers, fellow inmates, or staff knowing their secret.
60 Days In 2016
Frontier
Netflix
Frontier
The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with close-quarter hatchet fights, and where delicate relations between native tribes and Europeans can spark bloody conflicts.
Frontier 2016
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Netflix
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons
Crime journalist Raphael Rowe goes behind the bars of some of the world’s most notorious and toughest prisons. Immersing himself in maximum security facilities around the world to live as a prisoner, he encounters the inmates locked up for their crimes and meets the men and women on the right side of law tasked with keeping the criminals behind bars.
Inside the World's Toughest Prisons 2016
Roman Empire
Netflix
Roman Empire
This stylish mix of documentary and historical epic chronicles the reign of Commodus, the emperor whose rule marked the beginning of Rome's fall.
Roman Empire 2016
Hip Hop Evolution
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Hip Hop Evolution
Hip-Hop today is a global culture that has changed music, dance, fashion, language —and even politics. But where did this worldwide cultural movement begin? We trace hip-hop back to its humble beginnings, when the kids of the Bronx crammed into house parties, rec rooms, and public parks to hear music like they’d never heard it before.
Hip Hop Evolution 2016
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
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Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
Leah Remini, along with high level former Scientology executives and Church members, explores individual accounts from ex-Church members and their families through meetings and interviews with Leah. Each episode features stories from former members whose lives have been affected by the Church's harmful practices, even well after they left the organization.
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath 2016
The Windsors
Netflix
The Windsors
Comedy soap opera re-imagining the lives of the British Royal Family as you have never seen them before.
The Windsors 2016
Chasing Cameron
Netflix
Chasing Cameron
Go behind the scenes with social media sensation Cameron Dallas as he takes his career to the next level on an international tour.
Chasing Cameron 2016
Last Chance U
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Last Chance U
In a docuseries set at one of NCAA football's most fertile recruiting grounds, guys with red flags seek to prove their worth on the field and in class.
Last Chance U 2016
Captive
Netflix
Captive
Documentary series reconstructing history's most complex, high-stakes hostage negotiations as kidnapping victims recount their terrifying ordeals.
Captive 2016
Fearless
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Fearless
On a journey from Brazil to the Las Vegas championships, professional bull riders risk it all to earn money, respect and titles.
Fearless 2016
Chelsea Does
Netflix
Chelsea Does
Comedienne and writer Chelsea Handler discusses the topics of marriage, racism, Silicon Valley, and drugs. Filmed in four parts.
Chelsea Does 2016
The Investigator: A British Crime Story
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The Investigator: A British Crime Story
Mark Williams-Thomas returns to ITV for an explosive and ground-breaking new investigative series that shows how real life crime can be far more compelling than fiction. The murder of Carole Packman, whose body has never been found, continues to affect the lives of many of those involved and as Williams-Thomas discovers, the shocking tale of murder, fraud, deceit and lies has left family members desperate for answers. In a UK television first, The Investigator: A British Crime Story, will follow the case over four explosive episodes, combining stylized drama with compelling documentary.
The Investigator: A British Crime Story 2016
Cooked
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Cooked
Explored through the lenses of the four natural elements – fire, water, air and earth – COOKED is an enlightening and compelling look at the evolution of what food means to us through the history of food preparation and its universal ability to connect us. Highlighting our primal human need to cook, the series urges a return to the kitchen to reclaim our lost traditions and to forge a deeper, more meaningful connection to the ingredients and cooking techniques that we use to nourish ourselves.
Cooked 2016
72 Dangerous Places to Live
Netflix
72 Dangerous Places to Live
Get up close and personal with avalanches, fiery volcanoes and other natural cataclysms, and learn why some choose to live in their destructive paths.
72 Dangerous Places to Live 2016
Cheer Squad
Netflix
Cheer Squad
The Great White Sharks are a sisterhood, there for each other through first loves, new jobs, bad breakups, and everything in between. But they are also elite athletes, idolized by thousands and members of the best all-star cheerleading team in the world. Cheer Squad follows the two-time World Cheerleading Champions on the long road to defending their title as they try to balance life off the mat with the all-consuming battle to stay on top.
Cheer Squad 2016
Killer Women with Piers Morgan
Netflix
Killer Women with Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan travels through the southern states of Texas and Florida to meet some of America's most notorious female murderers. Piers' journey of discovery is aimed at gaining a full understanding of three complex cases. He ventures behind bars to come face to face with women who have carried out the most unspeakable crimes in a quest to discover what drove these women to kill and investigate the truth behind each case.
Killer Women with Piers Morgan 2016
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