Netflix is home to several great documentaries covering a wide range of subgenres, but only a few display the technical and ...

The best nature documentaries — and I’m thinking especially of those narrated by Attenborough for the BBC — are great on their own terms — and I’ll say why in a moment. But they’re great in this ...

The must-see movies about Mount Everest are often either inspiring or terrifying documentaries, from Dying for Everest to Sherpa.

This month’s picks look at organ donors, twins conversing in their own language and California wildfires. By Ben Kenigsberg The proliferation of documentaries on streaming services makes it difficult ...

In Ed Sayers's breathtaking documentary, a global community of film-makers capture the wildlife in their local areas. It's a ...

Every now and then, a movie, show, or documentary comes around and completely catches you by surprise. That recently happened to me when I watched the 2025 Netflix original film, Pangolin: Kulu’s ...

The signature scene in the Oscar-winning 1958 Disney documentary “White Wilderness” features a mass suicide of lemmings. That scene was disturbing for the faint of heart, but that’s not why the film ...

On first thought, a nature documentary may not be the first thing to put on for the Halloween season. Sure, nature can be horrifying, but it lacks the narrative of whichever October slasher reboot ...

In this month’s picks, one filmmaker wields his own camera, another looks back on a disastrous Chicago heat wave and a third exposes the illusory workings of the diamond industry. By Ben Kenigsberg ...