Best Documentary Movies on Netflix

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, filmmaker Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Over a year of daily dives he wins her trust, and the two form a bond that reshapes how he sees the wild.

While investigating illegal doping in cycling, director Bryan Fogel connects with Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov — a pillar of his country's anti-doping program. What starts as a personal experiment turns into the exposure of a state-sponsored Olympic doping scheme.

Nepalese climber Nirmal 'Nims' Purja sets out to summit all fourteen of the world's 8,000-metre peaks in under seven months — a record that previously stood at eight years. The film follows his Sherpa team as they push the limits of human endurance.

Former engineers and executives from Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest describe how the products they built are designed to hold attention, and what that persuasion does to elections, teenagers and public trust.

Musician Jon Batiste works to compose and stage an original symphony at Carnegie Hall in the same year his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, begins treatment for a return of leukemia. The result is a portrait of creativity and caregiving running side by side.