Top 100 Netflix Documentaries to Watch Right Now (#40 to #36)

The 97% club continues. The Keepers, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, The Tinder Swindler — plus the My Lai massacre doc and Beyoncé’s Coachella. The range is insane. And you know what? I have a full 2 or 3 days ahead of me because I haven’t seen a single one of these Netflix documentaries yet! HAHA! That is the first time that that has happened since I started doing these posts. And I’m so excited about each one of these. The Keepers? That looks crazy. Tinder Swindler? are you kidding me? I’m literally hitting play on Cover Up – the My Lai Incident right now. I’m a huge history buff, especially in the Vietnam/Laos/Korean War space… so I’m very interested in this one.

Netflix Documentary #40 — The Keepers

2017 | Series | Directed by Ryan White

97% from critics and 93% from audiences. A beloved nun is murdered in 1969, and decades later, her former students begin uncovering a web of abuse, cover-ups, and institutional corruption within the Catholic Church. If Making a Murderer made you angry, The Keepers will make you furious. The amateur detectives at the center are heroic. Seven episodes that will consume your entire weekend.

Netflix Documentary #39 — The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

2024 | Film | Directed by Benjamin Ree

97% from critics and an extraordinary 95% from audiences — one of the highest audience scores on the entire list. A young man with muscular dystrophy lives a secret double life in World of Warcraft, where he’s a charismatic, beloved figure. When he dies, his parents discover the incredible community he built online. I’m not going to lie — I cried. Multiple times. This is what documentaries are for.

Netflix Documentary #38 — The Tinder Swindler

2022 | Film | Directed by Felicity Morris

97% from critics. Simon Leviev posed as the son of a diamond magnate on Tinder and conned multiple women out of millions of dollars in a Ponzi-like scheme. The women fought back. The cat-and-mouse game is riveting, and the audacity of his scheme is almost admirable if it weren’t so infuriating. Netflix true crime at its most bingeable.

Netflix Documentary #37 — Cover-Up

2025 | Film | Directed by Laura Poitras & Mark Obenhaus

98% on RT. The My Lai massacre — one of the darkest chapters in American military history — examined with the unflinching eye of Laura Poitras (who also made Citizenfour). This doc doesn’t just recount the atrocity; it digs into the institutional machinery that tried to bury it. Given the current political climate around military accountability, this feels more relevant than ever. Heavy, essential viewing.

Netflix Documentary #36 — Homecoming

2019 | Film | Directed by Beyoncé & Ed Burke

98% from critics. Beyoncé’s 2018 Coachella performance — the first Black woman to headline the festival — documented in all its glory. But this isn’t just a concert film. It’s a master class in artistic vision, Black cultural history, and the insane level of preparation that goes into being Beyoncé. Whether you’re a fan or not, the sheer ambition on display is staggering.

The Complete Top 100 Netflix Documentary Countdown

The top 40 is where legends live. Every doc in this batch earned its spot. Comments are open — tell me what I’m getting right and what I’m getting wrong. No really. The COMMENTS ARE OPEN PEOPLE.

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