Best Documentary Movies on Foxtel Now in Australia

1. 1
   Stop Making Sense 1984

   Directed by Jonathan Demme · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Stan, DocPlay
   8.0

   8.4 · 401 votes
2. 2
   Blackfish 2013

   Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite · Streaming on Netflix, Foxtel Now, Stan
   7.7

   7.9 · 1.2K votes
3. 3
   Searching for Sugar Man 2012

   Directed by Malik Bendjelloul · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, SBS On Demand
   7.7

   7.9 · 1.1K votes
4. 4
   20 Days in Mariupol 2023

   Directed by Mstyslav Chernov · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
   7.7

   8.1 · 325 votes
5. 5
   No Other Land 2024

   Directed by Basel Adra · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, SBS On Demand
   7.7

   8.0 · 363 votes
6. 6
   Citizenfour 2014

   Directed by Laura Poitras · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
   7.6

   7.7 · 1.5K votes
7. 7
   The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz 2014

   Directed by Brian Knappenberger · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
   7.6

   7.9 · 481 votes
8. 8
   The Act of Killing 2012

   Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
   7.5

   7.7 · 794 votes
9. 9
   Bowling for Columbine 2002

   Directed by Michael Moore · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
   7.5

   7.5 · 1.8K votes
10. 10
    The Look of Silence 2014

    Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    7.5

    7.8 · 327 votes
11. 11
    Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief 2015

    Directed by Alex Gibney · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Foxtel Now, Stan
    7.4

    7.6 · 894 votes
12. 12
    Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience 2026

    Directed by Paul Dugdale · Streaming on Netflix, BINGE, Foxtel Now
    7.4

    9.1 · 69 votes
13. 13
    Touching the Void 2003

    Directed by Kevin Macdonald · Streaming on Netflix, Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    7.3

    7.6 · 485 votes
14. 14
    Hoop Dreams 1994

    Directed by Steve James · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    7.3

    7.6 · 347 votes
15. 15
    EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert 2026

    Directed by Baz Luhrmann · Streaming on Netflix, BINGE, Foxtel Now
    7.3

    8.2 · 112 votes
16. 16
    Man on Wire 2008

    Directed by James Marsh · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Beamafilm, DocPlay
    7.3

    7.4 · 1K votes
17. 17
    This Is It 2009

    Directed by Kenny Ortega · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Stan
    7.3

    7.4 · 1.1K votes
18. 18
    Spielberg 2017

    Directed by Susan Lacy · Streaming on Foxtel Now, HBO Max
    7.2

    7.5 · 317 votes
19. 19
    When We Were Kings 1996

    Directed by Leon Gast · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, SBS On Demand
    7.2

    7.6 · 264 votes
20. 20
    The Imposter 2012

    Directed by Bart Layton · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Stan, DocPlay
    7.2

    7.3 · 828 votes
21. 21
    The Biggest Little Farm 2019

    Directed by John Chester · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    7.1

    7.6 · 174 votes
22. 22
    The Eternal Memory 2023

    Directed by Maite Alberdi · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    7.1

    8.0 · 95 votes
23. 23
    Where to Invade Next 2015

    Directed by Michael Moore · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    7.1

    7.2 · 557 votes
24. 24
    Supersonic 2016

    Directed by Mat Whitecross · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Stan, DocPlay
    7.1

    7.4 · 252 votes
25. 25
    Burden of Dreams 1982

    Directed by Les Blank · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, SBS On Demand
    7.1

    7.6 · 158 votes
26. 26
    Zero Days 2016

    Directed by Alex Gibney · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    7.1

    7.4 · 272 votes
27. 27
    Mommy Dead and Dearest 2017

    Directed by Erin Lee Carr · Streaming on Foxtel Now, HBO Max
    7.0

    7.4 · 262 votes
28. 28
    Navalny 2022

    Directed by Daniel Roher · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, HBO Max
    7.0

    7.3 · 310 votes
29. 29
    Gleason 2016

    Directed by J. Clay Tweel · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Foxtel Now
    7.0

    8.4 · 56 votes
30. 30
    When You're Strange 2010

    Directed by Tom DiCillo · Streaming on Foxtel Now
    7.0

    7.3 · 234 votes
31. 31
    Cartel Land 2015

    Directed by Matthew Heineman · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    7.0

    7.2 · 381 votes
32. 32
    Becoming Led Zeppelin 2025

    Directed by Bernard MacMahon · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    6.9

    7.4 · 154 votes
33. 33
    McQueen 2018

    Directed by Ian Bonhôte · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Stan, DocPlay
    6.9

    7.4 · 147 votes
34. 34
    In the Shadow of the Moon 2007

    Directed by David Sington · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    6.9

    7.6 · 118 votes
35. 35
    Black Box Diaries 2024

    Directed by Shiori Ito · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    6.9

    7.6 · 100 votes
36. 36
    Cocaine Cowboys 2006

    Directed by Billy Corben · Streaming on Foxtel Now
    6.9

    7.3 · 194 votes
37. 37
    TINA 2021

    Directed by T.J. Martin · Streaming on BINGE, Foxtel Now
    6.9

    7.7 · 83 votes
38. 38
    The Hunting Ground 2015

    Directed by Kirby Dick · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    6.9

    7.4 · 143 votes
39. 39
    Bill Cunningham New York 2011

    Directed by Richard Press · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    6.9

    7.6 · 100 votes
40. 40
    Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat 2024

    Directed by Johan Grimonprez · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    6.9

    7.8 · 76 votes
41. 41
    Jesus Camp 2006

    Directed by Heidi Ewing · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Beamafilm
    6.8

    7.0 · 394 votes
42. 42
    McLaren 2016

    Directed by Roger Donaldson · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Stan, DocPlay
    6.8

    7.4 · 115 votes
43. 43
    Beyond Utopia 2023

    Directed by Madeleine Gavin · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    6.8

    7.7 · 72 votes
44. 44
    Particle Fever 2013

    Directed by Mark Levinson · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Beamafilm
    6.8

    7.1 · 253 votes
45. 45
    20,000 Days on Earth 2014

    Directed by Iain Forsyth · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Beamafilm
    6.8

    7.1 · 219 votes
46. 46
    The House I Live In 2012

    Directed by Eugene Jarecki · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Beamafilm
    6.8

    7.6 · 80 votes
47. 47
    The Dissident 2020

    Directed by Bryan Fogel · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    6.8

    7.3 · 125 votes
48. 48
    The Endless Summer 1966

    Directed by Bruce Brown · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
    6.8

    7.2 · 140 votes
49. 49
    Iris 2014

    Directed by Albert Maysles · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    6.8

    7.3 · 110 votes
50. 50
    Hail Satan? 2019

    Directed by Penny Lane · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Beamafilm
    6.8

    7.0 · 201 votes

Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.

1. 1
   Push 2019

   Directed by Fredrik Gertten · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
   6.4

   7.9 · 22 votes
2. 2
   Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable 2019

   Directed by Aaron Lieber · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, Hoopla
   6.4

   7.8 · 24 votes
3. 3
   Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger 2024

   Directed by David Hinton · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay, SBS On Demand
   6.5

   7.6 · 32 votes
4. 4
   Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens 2007

   Directed by Barbara Leibovitz · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Beamafilm
   6.4

   7.7 · 25 votes
5. 5
   North of the Sun 2012

   Directed by Jørn Nyseth Ranum · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
   6.4

   7.7 · 23 votes
6. 6
   Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper 2016

   Directed by Liz Garbus · Streaming on Foxtel Now, HBO Max
   6.4

   7.7 · 20 votes
7. 7
   A Crude Awakening 2006

   Directed by Basil Gelpke · Streaming on Foxtel Now, Beamafilm
   6.4

   7.4 · 31 votes
8. 8
   Given 2017

   Directed by Jess Bianchi · Streaming on Foxtel Now
   6.4

   7.4 · 29 votes
9. 9
   The Kingmaker 2019

   Directed by Lauren Greenfield · Streaming on Foxtel Now, DocPlay
   6.4

   7.4 · 31 votes
10. 10
    United Skates 2018

    Directed by Dyana Winkler · Streaming on Foxtel Now
    6.4

    7.3 · 28 votes