# The best documentaries on Netflix

Icarus, Making a Murderer, Don't F\*\*k with Cats, The Alcàsser Murders, Our Planet, Tiger King and The Toys That Made Us: the documentaries and docuseries Xataka recommends on Netflix.

- 95 votes · 21 items
- Sep 6, 2021 · Luis Fuentes
- https://even.best/en/l/4818/the-best-documentaries-on-netflix

## Top 21

1. **Icarus (2017)** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — Bryan Fogel; Oscar for best documentary.
2. **Casting JonBenet (2017)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Kitty Green.
3. **Don't F\*\*k with Cats (2019)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Docuseries by Mark Lewis.
4. **Our Planet (2019)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Docuseries narrated by David Attenborough.
5. **Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Chris Smith.
6. **Cheer (2020)** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Docuseries by Greg Whiteley.
7. **Making a Murderer (2015)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Docuseries by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos.
8. **Miss Americana (2020)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Lana Wilson.
9. **What the Health (2017)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn.
10. **The Alcàsser Murders (2019)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Docuseries by Elías León Siminiani.
11. **Audrie & Daisy (2016)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk.
12. **The Toys That Made Us (2017)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Docuseries by Brian Volk-Weiss.
13. **Sad Hill Unearthed (2017)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Guillermo de Oliveira.
14. **The Keepers (2017)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Docuseries by Ryan White.
15. **High Score (2020)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Docuseries on the history of video games.
16. **Cowspiracy (2014)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Kip Andersen and Keegan Kuhn.
17. **Explained (2018)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Docuseries by Vox.
18. **Tiger King (2020)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Docuseries by Eric Goode and Rebecca Chaiklin.
19. **Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2017)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Randall Lobb and Robert McCallum.
20. **Grass Is Greener (2019)** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — Fab 5 Freddy.
21. **Period. End of Sentence. (2018)** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Rayka Zehtabchi; Oscar for best documentary short.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.