Best of Documentary/Biographical, a list by booboo

9.0

/176973/

85

/4744/

82

/1415/

4.4

/138696/

97

/61/

96

90

/13/

age 13+

A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.

90

89

9.1

/4761/

87

/436/

85

/64/

4.4

/3588/

100

/9/

88

/4/

Journeying to the far reaches of our planet, this eight part series follows some of the world's most amazing species, telling extraordinary stories that are dramatic, thrilling, funny and sometimes heart-breaking, but always full of hope.

89

8.9

/36501/

85

/977/

83

/389/

4.5

/90749/

93

/120/

94

85

/28/

4.0

age 13+

The three-part documentary series, compiled from over 60 hours of unseen footage, captures the warmth, camaraderie, and creative genius that defined the legacy of music's most iconic foursome. The series also includes – for the first time in its entirety – The Beatles' final performance at London's Savile Row.

89

9.1

/35630/

86

/742/

82

/205/

4.5

/16098/

96

/49/

94

90

/19/

An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

89

9.2

/61731/

86

/2164/

85

/425/

4.5

/23429/

96

/39/

91

84

/14/

age 6+

Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.

88

8.7

/16665/

84

/965/

81

/124/

100

/46/

91

90

/20/

age 16+

In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary filmmaker and self-described "anxious New Yorker" John Wilson covertly and obsessively films the lives of his fellow New Yorkers while attempting to give everyday advice on relatable topics. The awkward contradictions of modern life are eased by Wilson’s candid, unpolished commentary. Building upon Wilson’s previously released "how to" short films, each episode takes wildly unexpected turns but is grounded in John's refreshing honesty.

87

8.4

/15004/

81

/573/

79

/107/

4.2

/4285/

100

/36/

95

83

/17/

3.5

age 14+

Twentysomething Miep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the eight souls in hiding in the Secret Annex. And it was Miep who found Anne’s Diary and kept it safe so Otto, the only one of the eight who survived, could later share it with the world as one of the most powerful accounts of the Holocaust.

87

9.0

/82841/

84

/3633/

85

/363/

97

/29/

97

70

/17/

age 14+

Follow Jeremy Clarkson as he embarks on his latest adventure, farming. The man who on several occasions claims to be allergic to manual labour takes on the most manually labour intensive job there is. What could possibly go wrong?

87

8.8

/156148/

85

/4641/

82

/968/

96

/85/

89

86

/27/

3.5

age 15+

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

86

8.4

/12310/

80

/1115/

83

/471/

91

/38/

96

85

/11/

age 8+

Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic series from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.

86

8.5

/35798/

82

/1954/

80

/237/

96

/103/

89

87

/45/

age 13+

With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?

86

8.3

/21984/

80

/1021/

76

/149/

4.4

/23160/

96

/45/

92

91

/20/

age 15+

The unvarnished truth of life as a doctor working in obstetrics and gynaecology.

86

9.0

/39333/

86

/939/

84

/298/

4.3

/6019/

75

/8/

92

91

/15/

age 6+

David Attenborough travels to the end of the earth, taking viewers on an extraordinary journey across the polar regions of our planet.

85

8.1

/137859/

80

/4741/

80

/888/

4.1

/44366/

98

/81/

95

80

/29/

3.5

age 17+

As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

85

8.9

/22528/

86

/544/

83

/113/

4.3

/2822/

85

/6/

age 6+

Africa, the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes us on an awe-inspiring journey through one of the most diverse places in the world. We visit deserts, savannas, and jungles and meet up with some of Africa's amazing wildlife.

85

8.7

/518897/

84

/18320/

80

/3133/

89

/111/

95

77

/43/

age 18+

A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

84

8.4

/15614/

79

/599/

79

/69/

3.9

/3396/

95

/20/

91

80

/8/

age 13+

The story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.

87

84

9.2

/5525/

85

/314/

83

/63/

4.3

/4859/

91

/4/

In official collaboration with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, this documentary series takes viewers through harrowing moments of the historic morning of September 11, 2001.

84

9.0

/33356/

86

/671/

83

/204/

4.3

/2482/

79

/4/

A cinematic experience bringing you the most amazing human stories in the world. Humans and wildlife surviving in the most extreme environments on Earth.

83

8.3

/24687/

77

/1379/

77

/154/

95

/68/

89

77

/33/

age 14+

Documentary series tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class town in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars (Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds) take ownership of the town’s historic yet struggling football club.

83

8.6

/277638/

82

/9410/

82

/2274/

81

/553/

92

78

/181/

age 15+

The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

85

83

8.6

/8440/

77

/423/

73

/39/

100

/11/

91

83

/5/

Seven singles take their first steps into the world of dating; this uplifting four-part documentary follows young adults on the autism spectrum as they explore the unpredictable world of love and relationships.

83

8.0

/27156/

76

/1207/

74

/186/

3.9

/16866/

97

/32/

93

78

/11/

age 15+

This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.

83

8.1

/38050/

76

/1666/

77

/277/

4.0

/27998/

98

/46/

87

79

/8/

age 16+

When a controversial cult leader builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.

83

8.6

/57856/

82

/2280/

79

/494/

4.3

/35167/

90

/80/

91

73

/44/

Robert Durst, scion of NY's billionaire real-estate family, has been accused of three murders but has evaded justice for over 30 years. Durst speaks in this true crime series, revealing secrets of a case that has baffled authorities.

83

8.2

/16347/

78

/553/

73

/117/

94

/39/

94

77

/9/

In 1935, financially strapped widow Louisa Durrell, whose life has fallen apart, decides to move from England, with her four children (three sons, one daughter), to the island of Corfu, Greece. Once there, the family moves into a dilapidated old house that has no electricity and that is crumbling apart. But life on Corfu is cheap, it's an earthly paradise, and the Durrells proceed to forge their new existence, with all its challenges, adventures, and forming relationships.

83

8.2

/17371/

80

/808/

77

/201/

4.1

/6922/

92

/73/

93

78

/24/

age 15+

Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.

83

8.5

/16020/

80

/574/

77

/98/

4.0

/6286/

100

/25/

91

76

/12/

3.0

A four-part documentary series that tells the stories of Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre -- one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - -- and their improbable partnership and surprising leading roles in a series of transformative events in contemporary culture.

83

8.5

/107497/

80

/4799/

78

/537/

4.0

/28777/

84

/85/

95

77

/34/

age 14+

Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.

83

8.2

/18066/

76

/606/

74

/139/

4.1

/4620/

99

/81/

82

87

/38/

age 14+

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

82

7.7

/186268/

75

/7110/

76

/1042/

4.0

/599589/

99

/70/

80

88

/18/

age 16+

When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.

82

7.8

/46927/

79

/2429/

76

/318/

95

/76/

95

72

/31/

age 15+

After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede Bonnet becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.

88

82

9.2

/4575/

87

/267/

82

/82/

4.3

/1536/

91

/6/

age 7+

This major landmark series looks in detail at the fascinating relationship between predators and their prey. Rather than concentrating on ‘the blood and guts’ of predation, the series looks in unprecedented detail at the strategies predators use to catch their food and prey use to escape death. Sir David Attenborough narrates.

82

8.1

/62898/

78

/2664/

80

/1098/

96

/142/

84

78

/50/

age 15+

A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.

82

8.1

/10699/

75

/749/

70

/185/

100

/19/

90

80

/9/

age 14+

From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption.

81

7.7

/14159/

76

/661/

73

/58/

3.8

/9136/

90

/68/

85

80

/31/

3.5

age 15+

The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.

81

7.5

/23933/

77

/1403/

74

/111/

3.6

/23918/

96

/23/

89

76

/8/

age 15+

After a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears in this true-crime docuseries.

81

8.1

/39797/

77

/1247/

80

/168/

3.9

/31755/

88

/25/

95

69

/8/

age 14+

With never-before-seen footage, this docuseries follows David Beckham's meteoric rise from humble beginnings to global football stardom.

86

81

8.3

/4417/

78

/208/

80

/41/

4.0

/8121/

100

/21/

92

85

/7/

3.5

A look at the life and work of legendary comedian George Carlin.

82

81

8.3

/14423/

77

/394/

72

/53/

96

/56/

89

76

/27/

age 14+

Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution.

81

7.9

/33215/

76

/1280/

74

/258/

4.0

/11887/

89

/62/

93

78

/27/

age 15+

The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.

81

8.0

/7199/

74

/515/

73

/141/

4.0

/6700/

93

/45/

88

81

/15/

age 14+

The stakes on the mat are high, but for these cheerleaders, the only thing more brutal than their workouts and more exceptional than their performances are the stories of adversity and triumph behind the athletes themselves.

81

8.1

/15268/

77

/704/

73

/425/

4.0

/10857/

82

/11/

100

75

/5/

age 15+

A boy’s brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system’s protection of vulnerable children.

81

8.8

/104432/

84

/6685/

78

/761/

76

/14/

age 15+

A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

84

81

8.9

/3607/

82

/333/

81

/53/

4.2

/6416/

100

/13/

94

62

/7/

age 9+

Explore the past, present and future of Walt Disney Imagineering with noted filmmaker Leslie Iwerks. Ms. Iwerks comes from a family with deep Disney history — her grandfather was an early Disney animator and her father is a former Imagineer — and her previous work includes profiles of Pixar Animation Studios and visual effects house Industrial Light & Magic.

81

7.6

/41222/

74

/2058/

72

/334/

3.9

/22096/

99

/82/

88