Ross Scarano, deputy editor at Complex, compiled a list of the25 best documentaries on Netflix. He spoke with Virginia Prescott about his top picks.
Scroll down for the full list and to see what Ross has to say about each.
Documentaries are the perfect form, in many ways, to open someone's eyes to something that's happening.
A study of Stanley Kubrick's, The Shining. It's funny. It's weird.
Director: Rodney Ascher
It's something akin to interviewing the Nazis today, had the Nazis won World War II.
Director: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Directors: Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett
Director: Göran Olsson
About graffiti in the early days of hip-hop in New York in the 1980s. It's just so much fun to watch. It's dirty but also weirdly gorgeous.
Director: Henry Chalfant, Tony Silver
Director: Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin
Director: Jeff Malmberg
About death row in Texas, it's a very sobering film.
Director: Werner Herzog
Director: Chike, Coodie
Director: Bart Layton
He's an amazing figure because he's kind of like this fashion monk. He lives this very ascetic lifestyle. He's just such an amazing New York character.
Director: Richard Press
Director: Don Argott
Director: Constance Marks
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Director: Kirby Dick
Director: Alison Klayman
Director: Errol Morris
Director: Steve James
Director: James Marsh
Director: David France
Director: Lauren Greenfield
Director: Kirby Dick
Director: Andrew Rossi
Director: Jennie Livingston
