Best Netflix documentaries to watch right now

Venture behind the scenes of the NBA 2023-34 season in the company of Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, LeBron James, Domantas Sabonis and Jayson Tatum

Documentary. Actor Will Ferrell and his friend and colleague, the former Saturday Night Live writer Harper Steele, take a road trip across the USA in order to reconnect following Harper's coming out as transgender.

In this gripping documentary, an Alabama corrections officer falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape.

Tiger King filmmaker Chris Smith turns his camera on another controversial figure: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) co-founder Vince McMahon. The entrepreneur transformed WWE from a regional business into a global entertainment phenomenon, home to superstars including Hulk Hogan. A six-part series sifts through over 200 hours of interviews including McMahon himself to chart his rise before allegations of sexual misconduct forced him to tender his resignation. Journalists who covered the case share their insights along with members of the McMahon family, associates and some of the athletes who paraded inside the wrestling ring

Two-part true crime docuseries about one tenacious mother's search for answers about her daughter, who went missing in 1989

Using original footage and interviews, this documentary tells the nail-biting story of Apollo 13 and the struggle to bring its astronauts safely home.

True crime docuseries of eyewitness testimonies about murder plots and chilling betrayals

In this sports documentary, Connor Stalions addresses the allegations surrounding the Michigan football sign-stealing scandal for the first time.

Documentary. Four incarcerated men and their young daughters prepare for an upcoming "Date with Dad" dance, part of a US charitable initiative to reconnect imprisoned fathers with their children.

Documentary. Former mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa, who made history as the first woman to reach Everest's summit three times, comes out of retirement to make a record-breaking tenth mount. This portrait follows her latest climb while also exploring Sherpa's previous achievements and the struggles she has endured in her personal life.

Moscow couple Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus have nurtured a reputation for scaling some of the world's tallest buildings. This feature-length documentary follows the couple as they attempt to break into and scale the world's second tallest skyscraper, the Merdeka 118 Kuala Lumpur.

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.