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Documentary Movies and TV Shows on Netflix
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 | NOVA | TV | 1974 | 7+ | 8.8 | N/A | Netflix, Amazon Prime, PBS, YouTube, Rent or Buy | Track  | |
 | Mayday | TV | 2003 | 16+ | 8.9 | N/A | Netflix, Smithsonian, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Planet Earth | TV | 2006 | all | 9.5 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | After Porn Ends 2 | 2017 | 18+ | 5.4 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See  Seen  | ||
 | Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away! | TV | 2014 | N/A | 7.3 | N/A | Netflix | Track | |
 | Nature | TV | 1982 | all | 8.9 | N/A | Netflix, Amazon Prime, PBS, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Before the Flood | 2016 | 7+ | 8.3 | 71% | Netflix, NatGeo, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Zeitgeist: Moving Forward | 2011 | N/A | 8.2 | 80% | Netflix, Amazon Prime, Daring Docs, Gaia, Tubi TV, Viewster, Vudu, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Planet Earth II | TV | 2016 | all | 9.6 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown | TV | 2013 | 7+ | 8.6 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Frozen Planet | TV | 2011 | all | 9.0 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Blackfish | 2013 | 13+ | 8.1 | 98% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey | TV | 2014 | all | 9.3 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things | 2015 | N/A | 6.7 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Life | TV | 2009 | all | 9.1 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Louis C.K. 2017 | 2017 | 18+ | 7.5 | 100% | Netflix | Want To See Seen | ||
 | American Experience | TV | 1988 | 7+ | 8.4 | N/A | Netflix, Amazon Prime, PBS, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Metallica: Some Kind of Monster | 2004 | 18+ | 7.5 | 89% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Jackass 3.5 | 2011 | 18+ | 6.8 | 60% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Trevor Noah: Afraid of the Dark | 2017 | N/A | 7.0 | N/A | Netflix | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Forensic Files | TV | 1996 | 16+ | 8.8 | N/A | Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Yahoo View, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead | 2010 | N/A | 7.6 | 67% | Netflix, Amazon Prime, Daring Docs, Tubi TV, Vudu, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | 13th | 2016 | 18+ | 8.2 | 96% | Netflix | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Blue Planet | TV | 2001 | all | 9.0 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Yosemite | 2016 | 18+ | 4.8 | 77% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Jackass 2.5 | 2007 | N/A | 6.5 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Tower | 2016 | 16+ | 8.0 | 100% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Jiro Dreams of Sushi | 2011 | 7+ | 7.9 | 99% | Netflix, Sundance, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Jackass Number Two | 2006 | 18+ | 7.1 | 63% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Undercover Boss | TV | 2010 | 7+ | 5.9 | N/A | Netflix, Hulu, CBS, CBS All Access, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Back in Time | 2015 | 7+ | 6.3 | N/A | Netflix, Amazon Prime, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Food, Inc. | 2008 | 7+ | 7.8 | 95% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Drugs, Inc. | TV | 2010 | 16+ | 7.9 | N/A | Netflix, Hulu, NatGeo, SnagFilms, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Capitalism: A Love Story | 2009 | 18+ | 7.4 | 75% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine | 2015 | 18+ | 6.9 | 77% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | What the Health | 2017 | N/A | 8.0 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Casting JonBenet | 2017 | 16+ | 6.2 | 82% | Netflix | Want To See Seen | ||
 | The Keepers | TV | 2017 | 16+ | 8.5 | 96% | Netflix | Track | |
| Atari: Game Over | 2014 | 16+ | 6.7 | N/A | Netflix, Tribeca Short List, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | |||
 | Chef's Table | TV | 2015 | all | 8.7 | 100% | Netflix | Track | |
 | Human Planet | TV | 2011 | all | 9.1 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Highway Thru Hell | TV | 2012 | 7+ | 8.2 | N/A | Netflix, Tubi TV, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Amanda Knox | 2016 | 18+ | 7.0 | 87% | Netflix | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Life Below Zero | TV | 2013 | 7+ | 8.1 | N/A | Netflix, Hulu, FOX, NatGeo, Yahoo View, Rent or Buy | Track | |
 | Louis C.K.: Hilarious | 2010 | N/A | 8.5 | N/A | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Tracy Morgan: Staying Alive | 2017 | N/A | 6.0 | N/A | Netflix | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Buck | 2011 | 7+ | 7.6 | 89% | Netflix, Doc Club, Sundance, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton | 2017 | N/A | 8.1 | 100% | Netflix | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Pumping Iron | 1977 | 7+ | 7.4 | 93% | Netflix, Rent or Buy | Want To See Seen | ||
 | Icarus | 2017 | 18+ | 8.0 | 93% | Netflix | Want To See Seen |