Best Netflix documentaries to watch right now

The Emmy Award-winning team responsible for natural history series Our Great National Parks narrated by Barack Obama return with a four-part study of ecosystems that sustain our planet. Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett provides the voiceover for four episodes that travel from Angola to New Zealand to witness the day-to-day lives of creatures, many of which are under serious threat because of human activity. An array of filmmakers, wildlife photographers and researchers showcase nature's invisibly interconnected wonders including reindeer in the Arctic and hippos in Botswana

A documentary series about a man who is revealed to be a sperm donor to hundreds - perhaps thousands - of children across the world

Dinosaurs rules the Earth again in a ground-breaking nature documentary series narrated by Morgan Freeman, which gallivants through billions of years of history on the third rock from the Sun. Harnessing the technical wizardry of Academy Award-winning visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic, the eight-part series explores the rise and fall of majestic dynasties which accounted for around 99% of the species that have thrived at one time on the planet. Long extinct creatures, gargantuan and small, are vividly brought to life through the appliance of cutting-edge science and the latest technology, showcasing the speed, strength and tenacity required to survive on Earth

Documentary series detailing serial squatters and how they eventually use their knowledge of tenancy laws to kick tenants out of their own homes

A group of online justice seekers track down a guy who posted a video of himself killing kittens.

Thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the first Chinese emperor's tomb. This is their story, told through archeological evidence and reenactments

In 1990s Seattle, Scott Scurlock drew inspiration from the film Point Break starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves to orchestrate a series of daring bank robberies. Using masks and facial prosthetics, he masterminded at least 19 thefts and law enforcement gave him the nickname Hollywood. This feature-length documentary directed by Seth Porges and Stephen Robert Morse interviews Scurlock's accomplices and friends to relive his prolific crime spree. Journalists who covered the drama share their memories as do the Seattle police detectives responsible for bringing Scurlock to justice

Documentary series following the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis from the weeks leading up to the Second World War to the reckoning of the Nuremberg trials

After TikTok dancers join a management company and its associated church, unsettling details about the founder and their dark realities come to light.

Founded in 2002 by Darren J Morgenstern, Ashley Madison is an online dating portal 'to find discreet relationships of all kinds' that advertises under the provocative banner: Life is short. Have an affair. In 2015, the website made headlines when hackers stole the data of millions of users and exposed intimate secrets to the world that destroyed marriages and lives. A three-part docuseries directed by Toby Paton relives one of the most notorious internet leaks of the 21st century including testimony from some of the people who used the site to explore a part of their love lives they felt was missing

Delve into the untold history of American policing in this thought-provoking documentary that asks, "Who is more powerful: the people - or the police?"

This documentary delves into the mysteries surrounding the Neanderthals and what their fossil record tells us about their lives and disappearance.

When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.

With firsthand accounts and access to prominent figures around the world, this comprehensive docuseries explores the Cold War and its aftermath. Starring Mary Sarotte, Garrett Graff, Robert Gates and Brian Knappenberger

When his teen daughter survives a harrowing crime, a humble farmer embarks on a remarkable pursuit of justice, defying deep intolerance in their village. Oscar-nominated documentary

Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry. Documentary, featuring Katherine Kubler

Docuseries about the mysterious death of journalist Danny Casolaro, who was investigating an alleged conspiracy called The Octopus

Featuring new revelations and unprecedented access, this docuseries digs into the disappearance of 25-year-old Sheena Bora and the shocking aftermath

In January 2022 at Chester Crown Court, Matthew Hardy was sentenced to nine years in prison for five counts of stalking, the longest custodial term in British history for stalking online. A two-part documentary tells this harrowing story in the words of the women he targeted and the police charged with bringing him to justice. Part One relives the impact of Hardy's frightening campaign of harassment while Part Two sifts through the mounting evidence, which eventually leads authorities to a small town in Cheshire

In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.

Docudrama about Einstein's activities after he fled Nazi Germany, told in his own words using archival footage

A documentary series about the UFO-inspired Raelian Movement founded by French journalist Rael including interviews with his followers and critics

Filmmakers Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, who previously collaborated on The Tinder Swindler, unearth another outlandish real-life story in this three-part docuseries. On March 23, 2015, Denise Huskins was woken in the dead of night by a home invader, who kidnapped her boyfriend Aaron Quinn. National media enthusiastically covered the case and some observers began drawing comparisons between the abduction and best-selling book Gone Girl. Law enforcement deemed the young couple's version of events too far-fetched to be true, planting seeds of suspicion that their encounter with an intruder was a hoax. American Nightmare combines new interviews and interrogation footage to revisit the case and explore the consequences of popular culture's rush to judgment without all the facts

Documentary series going behind the scenes of the 2023 Guinness Six Nations Championship