This overview contains all Netflix Social & Cultural Docs movies and series. Netflix's content is updated with several new Social & Cultural Docs movies and series every month. Currently, the best rated title in this category, with a rating of 4.4, is Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States.
18 February 2019 | Documentaries | 2013 | 75 minutes
A small-town taxi driver is arranged to be married, resulting in an intimate look at the clash between modernity and tradition in India.
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18 February 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 95 minutes
Meet the growing, worldwide community of theorists who defend the belief that the Earth is flat while living in a society who vehemently rejects it.
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13 February 2019 | Documentaries | 2018 | 25 minutes
In rural India, where the stigma of menstruation persists, women make low-cost sanitary pads on a new machine and stride toward financial independence.
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23 January 2019 | Show | 2019
In this funny and provocative series, rapper and activist Killer Mike puts his revolutionary ideas about achieving social change into action.
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8 January 2019 | Documentaries | 2017 | 52 minutes
Following the stories of five diverse individuals, this documentary offers a glimpse into the indomitable tenacity of several Mumbai residents.
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28 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 72 minutes
This intimate look at a São Paulo birth center features interviews with mothers, activists, doctors and midwives. Third in a series of films.
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24 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2018 | 105 minutes
Artists in LA discover the work of forgotten Polish sculptor Stanislav Szukalski, a mad genius whose true story unfolds chapter by astounding chapter.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2011 | 45 minutes
Meet three families from around the world as they keep households with 13, 16 and even more than 150 family members organized on a daily basis.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2015 | 95 minutes
This documentary follows the journey of cellist Yo-Yo Ma's ensemble, a group of more than 50 artists who broaden musical horizons around the world.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 140 minutes
This documentary by artist and activist Ai Weiwei explores the global refugee crisis that has left millions of men, women and children seeking asylum.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2011 | 44 minutes
When a mass of skeletons are found in a shallow grave, cutting-edge forensics and ancient texts tell a story of greed, betrayal and retribution.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2017 | 100 minutes
With interviews from experts on both sides of the debate, this film questions the routine practice of non-religious infant circumcision in the U.S.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2009 | 91 minutes
A group of activists travels to Japan to obtain footage of a heavily guarded operation that captures and kills scores of dolphins to use as meat.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2009 | 90 minutes
Roving cameras capture iconic Vogue editor Anna Wintour sharing her opinions and setting trends for the magazine's famed September issue.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2010 | 79 minutes
Documentary filmmaker Thomas Balmes chronicles the simultaneous early development of four babies from different parts of the world.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2016 | 122 minutes
This film details the rise of British rock group Oasis and the creativity and chaos that brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher brought to the iconic band.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2008 | 47 minutes
Known as the country’s hardest prison, the overcrowded Casuarina Maximum Security houses some of the worst offenders in Western Australia.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2002 | 119 minutes
Michael Moore tackles America's obsession with firearms in this Oscar-winning documentary that examines the Columbine High School shootings.
20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2010 | 87 minutes
A young photographer becomes involved with a gifted 8-year-old artist's family -- until he realizes something's not quite right.
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20 December 2018 | Documentaries | 2014 | 84 minutes
This follow-up to the Oscar-nominated documentary "Restrepo" delves into the experience of war and how it impacts those on the front lines.
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