Best International Documentaries on Netflix 2026
This website lists Netflix categories directly with a link to open them inside your app. There is no guarantee of the accuracy of the data, as it depends on the country you are watching from. Netflix may change their content at any time. There is no formal association between this website and Netflix, which is a registered trademark of Netflix, Inc.
Our pick of the best International Documentaries on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 17 titles in category code 852494. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
See all 17 International Documentaries What are Netflix codes?
1. Winter on Fire (2015)
Rated 8.4/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 1h 38m. Over 93 days in Ukraine, what started as peaceful student demonstrations became a violent revolution and full-fledged civil rights movement.
2. The Square (2013)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 1h 45m. This Emmy-winning, street-level view of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution captures the astonishing uprising that led to the collapse of two governments.
3. Waste Land (2010)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 1h 39m. Renowned artist Vik Muniz joins Brazilian garbage pickers who mine treasure from the trash heaps of Rio de Janeiro's Jardim Gramacho landfill.
4. Faces Places (2017)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 1h 29m. French New Wave director Agnès Varda and muralist JR travel all across France, plastering giant portraits of people they encounter along the way.
5. Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2011)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2011, 1h 42m. This documentary follows the battle between the Dole Food Company and a pair of filmmakers who made a documentary about a lawsuit against the company.
6. Armadillo (2010)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 1h 41m. A documentary about Danish soldiers on a six-month Afghan tour of duty, and the boredom, adrenaline and confusion that comprise their daily routine.
7. Enchanted Kingdom (2014)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 27m. Set in Africa, a 3-D tour illuminates the mystical beauty, wonder and power of the natural world and reveals the astonishing creatures who inhabit it.
8. The Day I Met El Chapo (2017)
Rated 6.9/10 on IMDb, from 2017. Mexican superstar actress Kate del Castillo reveals the untold story of her encounter with El Chapo Guzmán, the world’s most-wanted drug lord.
9. Casablancas: The Man Who Loved Women (2016)
Rated 6.3/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 1h 21m. The rise and smash success of Elite modeling agency founder John Casablancas is chronicled in this biography of the man who invented the supermodel.
10. Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
Rated 6.1/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 36m. Documentary filmmaker Wim Wenders travels the world with Pope Francis, recording the controversial pontiff's humanist views in a sharply divided age.