10 Best Documentary Films On Netflix Right Now

As the world sits at home and what appears to be one single news items circulating nowadays, society is longing for something to think and talk about. There is only so much more one can discuss about supermarkets, scrabble and social distancing.

Now more than ever is the perfect time to park ourselves down and begin binge-watching the latest crazes we are to yet to get round to.

Netflix Documentary series such as Making A Murderer and Tiger King fulfil our needs as previous mentioned. A great escape from (and dose of) reality but take a lot of commitment, time and focus.

However, there are many stand-alone pieces on the popular streaming service, under or around two hours, that our equally engaging and thought provoking.

There's no shortage of topics either. Politics, Animals, Nature, Crimes, Inequality. There's is something for everyone, no matter who you are isolating with. Here are under a dozen to get you started.

BAFTA nominated director, Tim Wardle's documentary, Three Identical Strangers, is one of the latest editions to Netflix, after premiering at Sundance Film Festival in 2018.

The films follows the true story of, well, a trio of indistinguishable men who don't know each other. Robert Shafran details how we discovered he had a twin brother, Edward Galland at college. Same hair, same grin, same baseball mit-esque hands, shared birthday and both adopted.

Incredibly, the pair are enlightened, due to press coverage, that they have have another identical brother, David Kellman, also born at the same hospital.

The first, feel-good fifteen minutes is a fairy tale, but the piece and the trio's lives unfortunately takes a tragic turn. Childhood anxiety, dodged questions, a shocking revelation of their separation and even more is unraveled in this remarkable docudrama.