This overview contains all Netflix Social & Cultural Docs movies and series. Netflix's content is updated with several new Social & Cultural Docs movies and series every month. Currently, the best rated title in this category, with a rating of 4.3, is City of Trees.
March 20, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 87 minutes
This documentary follows a trio of teens -- a daredevil photographer, an aspiring model and a lonely Ohio girl -- and Instagram's impact on their lives.
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March 12, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 89 minutes
Speaking to retailers and owners of the Glock pistol, two filmmakers shed light on the politics of violence and its implications from Chicago to Kirkuk.
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March 3, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 65 minutes
This documentary recounts the life story of evangelist preacher Billy Graham featuring interviews with family members and former presidents.
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February 24, 2019 | Documentaries | 2016 | 75 minutes
Years after hijacking a plane full of passengers and seeking asylum in Cuba, a convicted mass murderer still refuses to call himself a criminal.
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February 20, 2019 | Show | 2018
Examine the triumphs, tragedies, cultural shifts and technological leaps that occurred during the millennium's first decade.
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February 20, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 98 minutes
This documentary follows the rapid rise and fall of the Manhattan discotheque and the glittery debauchery that attracted the city's eccentric and elite.
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February 18, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 95 minutes
Meet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it.
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February 13, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 25 minutes
In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.
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February 7, 2019 | Show | 2013
Ink junkies dig skin deep and share personal stories about their collection of body art.
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February 7, 2019 | Documentaries | 2017 | 86 minutes
This documentary paints a candid picture of Australian street artist Anthony Lister as he navigates his burgeoning career and personal hardships.
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February 7, 2019 | Show | 2015
In a far corner of the Pacific Ocean, people who live entirely at sea share insights into their incredible amphibious lifestyle.
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February 7, 2019 | Show | 2010
A diverse crew of experts dive deep into the origin stories of mythological monsters before building replicas of the creatures using 3D CGI technology.
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February 7, 2019 | Show | 2017
From Moscow to Mexico City, three BBC journalists delve into the inner workings of some of the most burgeoning metropolises on Earth.
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January 30, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 105 minutes
This documentary follows a white power leader and an Antifa activist leading up to the Charlottesville riots in the first year of Trump's presidency.
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January 26, 2019 | Documentaries | 2013 | 71 minutes
For decades, American touring ice shows dominated family entertainment with their dazzling production. One skater aims to keep this history alive.
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January 22, 2019 | Show | 2019
In this funny and provocative series, rapper and activist Killer Mike puts his revolutionary ideas about achieving social change into action.
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January 19, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 96 minutes
This documentary captures the environmental and societal impact of Brazil's Cerrado savanna suffering from severe deforestation.
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January 17, 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 88 minutes
This documentary details DuPont's alleged decades-long cover-up of the potential harm caused by chemicals used to make popular Teflon products.
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January 10, 2019 | Documentaries | 2017 | 52 minutes
Following the stories of five diverse individuals, this documentary offers a glimpse into the indomitable tenacity of several Mumbai residents.
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December 31, 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 99 minutes
When street vices keep them coming back, three prisoners make sense of their lives in a penitentiary -- and beyond it -- through rap.
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