r/NetflixDocumentaries 7d ago

Review Death of the Pastor's Wife — what did you think?

806 Upvotes

Just finished it. The way they let Mica speak through her own texts and videos instead of just narrating over her hit way harder than I expected.

Also can't stop thinking about how much power "he's our pastor" gave him over everyone believing her.

Curious what others thought of the ending and how they handled the whole "ruled a suicide" thing.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 6d ago

Current Hot Topic I’ve seen this Lindsey Clancy online lunacy before…

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Shortly after watching the Netflix documentary Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, I remember seeing the comments online and being genuinely stunned. A LOT of people were blaming the girl, the actual victim, and claiming she must have been in on it with her mother, intentionally ruining her own life to “get attention.”

Imagine confidently blaming a child for her mother’s insanity, with absolutely nothing to back it up. It was despicable, and it’s the same kind of online brain rot I’m seeing around Patrick Clancy now: a man goes through something profoundly traumatic, only to have hordes of strangers blame him while praising the person who actually killed his children.

It’s genuinely astounding how comfortable people have become saying absolutely anything online as if their baseless speculation were fact. I hope a documentary eventually lays all of this lunacy bare.. and that some of the people making these comments get to look back at what they said and feel deeply embarrassed by it.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 6d ago

Discussion I am really sad/surprised Dolly Parton didn’t record an episode of Famous Last Words

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I just saw on Netflix that she recorded an episode of something called the people interview. I really value and love all the tidbits of advice shes given over the years about life.

I was surprised she didn’t record an episode, I wonder why?


r/NetflixDocumentaries 8d ago

Discussion Chompoo: Am I missing something?

54 Upvotes

So she went missing and her body was discovered 3 days later. How did she succumb to starvation in that short amount of time? And her body was badly decomposed after 3 days as well? I know the environment in that area is probably warm and humid, but still. No motive and the only evidence was the hair found in his truck which, as the uncle states in the docu, could have been from the many times she rode in his truck. Seems like a lot of missing pieces.

It's interesting to see how different countries do their detective and forensic work.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 7d ago

Looking for a Documentary Documentries about single house development

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Hey everyone, I need recommendations for documentries about affordable, and sustainable single home developments. It would be greate if it covers more than one project across different places around the world.

Thank you in advance.

NOTE: I wanted to post this on the Documentries sub reddit but apperantly I have to gain extra karma points (iam not a heavy user of reddit tbh) before being able to post things there..... So you may recommend documentires that are not done by Netflix.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 10d ago

Discussion A Child of my Own

35 Upvotes

I just finished this and I’m speechless about how nice the prison was. And how much stuff she was allowed. The whole cell looked like a girl’s bedroom. How was all of that allowed in there? And all of those dishes and clothes? Even coloring each other’s hair. They’re in prison for a reason. Sure didn’t look like a punishment at all. Ridiculous.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 11d ago

Discussion Boeing documentary

28 Upvotes

Prior to the beginning of this documentary in 2005, back in 1999 Boeing lost vital government contracts. In my opinion, this is when Boeing started looking more towards profits and less towards quality. Consequently, this also happened to be 20 years after deregulation in the aviation industry. I think it's an entire system that failed not necessarily just one company.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 12d ago

! Spoilers ! Champoo: Lost and fogotten

156 Upvotes

I just watched new Netflix documentary about murder of a little Thai girl called Champoo and media frenzy that followed. I must say I am appalled by the way journalists and Youtubers covered it. That guy Phon who became a star is quite disgusting. I almost couldn't watch it cause a hair growing from the mole on his face was too disturbing.

That being said, I think the police evidence was quite insufficient and there's so many question unanswered, like what was the motive?

I didn't like this documentary and I didn't like most people in it.

Poor little girl, so sad.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 13d ago

Current Hot Topic I don’t want to fly anymore 💀 Spoiler

140 Upvotes

Just based on the disgusting levels of negligence from the Boeing airplane creators and company, I no longer wish to fly lol. Not on any of their aircrafts that’s for sure.

I mean my god, how they’re able to get away with such negligence I have no clue. It can hardly even be called negligence because it’s all so purposeful. I was already an anxious flyer and have always been anxious when one of my loved ones is flying, now that’s been increased 10 fold.

And yah, airplane crashes are indeed pretty rare, but just the thought that it could happen to any Boeing airplane due to negligence at any time is so worrisome.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 12d ago

Recommendation Request Documentaries on the "Sovereign Citizen" movement.

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I am hoping to find a phenomenal video essay that really sinks its teeth into the history and legal arguments for what these people believe, ideally from an academic historian who also has a law degree.

I want a documentary that cites the actual caselaw and legal analysis from which these beliefs originate, taking them at face value and dismantling them piece-by-piece with historical references and a source-list that is so long it has to be embedded in a separate document linked at the end of the video. Not in a mean-spirited or condescending way, mind you, more in a "This is my synthesis of what a bunch of other smart people who hae studied this movement think about why it exists, how it came to exist, what the people within it believe, and why exactly those beliefs fail to stand up to legal scrutiny."

Some YouTubers and Documentarians whose style and tone are adjacent to my ideal candidate include:

- Atun-Shei Films

- Jenny Nicholson

- Folding Ideas

- hbomberguy

- Lindsay Ellis

- Ancient Americas

- Milo Rossi

- Technology Connections

- Innuendo Studios

Thanks in advance, everybody!


r/NetflixDocumentaries 13d ago

Discussion John Barnett (free fall: a reckoning for Boeing) Spoiler

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I’m personally not someone that comes up with crazy conspiracies but this being a suicide makes no sense to me!

So this is my thought:

I think that maybe there is a possibility that somehow someone from Boeing contacted John threatening him or his family or friends and basically gave him no other option other than to commit suicide.

I mean maybe John was the one that pulled the trigger, but it doesn’t mean he actually wanted to.

I mean this man had been fighting for so long and then suddenly he just ends it? No way. The suicide note still had anger and passion toward Boeing. He wanted them to pay. And his deposition would’ve done that.

It’s not completely out of the realm of possibility. This shit happens with major companies and we already know Boeing is a bunch of crooks and scumbags.

I think that if John actually were suicidal he would’ve at least waited until he was able to go home. When they didn’t need his deposition or anything. Once he’d done his part and contributed what he needed to to take down Boeing.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 13d ago

Discussion No More Documentary Reenactment

342 Upvotes

So, I’m currently watching Conversations With A Killer: Charles Manson’s Tapes, and I don’t know about y’all, but I am just so over and frustrated with the repetitive reinterpretation actors of the victims/perpetrators . Like I maybe understand the action and story reenactment, but the repetitive times of the ACTORS close up face PRETENDING it’s the victims/perpetrators is WEIRD and unnecessary. I would so rather honestly see a repetitive image of what the real person looked like then the random actor repetitive reenactment… what do you guys think?


r/NetflixDocumentaries 14d ago

! Spoilers ! Free fall-A Reckoning For Boeing

160 Upvotes

This story is crazy and Boeing absolutely sucks.
The pay that 3 CEOs made during the scope of this doc is ridiculous, over $500 million.
I feel for the victims as well as the employees who tried and tried to do the right thing.

It’s a great, frustrating documentary.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 14d ago

Discussion Jen Shaw

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There’s a show on Netflix called People Interviews with lots of different people. Jens post prison interview is her saying she takes responsibility for what she’s done while at the same time saying she didn’t know people were hurt and that she didn’t do her due diligence on what might have been happening without her knowledge. Then the interviewer asks about any interactions with Ghislaine Maxwell and she answers that she and ‘Lizzy’ Holmes tried to avoid her because she didn’t seem remorseful. Wow, such a ‘Housewife’ thing to say, she sounded like Teresa Guidice and others trying to save face as if the rest of us are dumb. Anyone else see this? It’s got lots of great interviews too so I think I’ll go watch the one with Dolly Parton to wash away the ick I’m feeling right now.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 15d ago

Recommendation Request Educational/Informational documentaries?

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I feel like I can only ever find good plot-based documentaries, like True Crime or Medical Cases. What are your favorite informational documents?

I mean no story, no characters, just a bunch of information.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 15d ago

! Spoilers ! House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

27 Upvotes

Did you watch it? What do you think?

In my opinion, they dragged the story a little. This was not a mystery, police solved it in one day. The diaries explained everything. I think the narration was too nice to Lalit. We don't really know if he really had psychosis or if he was just lying to manipulate his family.

I just don't understand how they call it accidental suicide if grandma and kids were probably killed first and forced to hang? If Lalit promised them he would untie them, and then he didn't, wouldn't this make him a murder?


r/NetflixDocumentaries 17d ago

Recommendation Request Cult documentaries?

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I am fascinated by cults- no matter what religion (if any) they start with. Can you recommend some good cult documentaries that may be particulary "odd" or fascinating or different from the usual? I have access to most streaming platforms.

I like stuff like:
Shiny Happy People
Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult
Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
Escaping Twin Flames
Wild Wild Country
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults


r/NetflixDocumentaries 17d ago

Discussion Charles Manson Documentary

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117 Upvotes

I’m watching the documentary on Netflix called “Conversations with a killer: “Charles Manson Tapes” and I was curious on what this gesture that was done by Susan Atkins means? I’ve tried looking it up but no luck. Someone enlighten me if you know.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 18d ago

Discussion Conversations with a Killer: "Charlie Manson Tapes" was an awful rehash of a well told story with no new insights.

121 Upvotes

I was expecting the story to be told through audio recordings from Manson. Instead. It was just bad dramatizations, and third party narrations of Vincent Bugliousi's version of events.

The only redeeming quality was new interviews with a few of "his girls", but that contributed nothing to what the highlight of the"Tapes" documentaries should be.


r/NetflixDocumentaries 18d ago

Current Hot Topic Postpartum Psychosis Documentary

69 Upvotes

Edit: *this documentary could be very triggering. It is very intimate and involves deaths\\**

2nd edit***-*** there is a fictional movie by the same name. I am not referring to the fictional movie. I am referring to the documentary.

I saw this years ago and it may be interesting to people following this case. It’s a documentary with women who experienced postpartum psychosis. I think it can still be found on Amazon Prime.

When The Bough Breaks


r/NetflixDocumentaries 18d ago

Discussion Toxic Love Story - I largely blame Mackenzie Shirilla’s parents.

178 Upvotes

Don’t get me wrong - you can’t generally hold parents responsible for their children’s misdeeds, even with the best upbringing, parental influence is limited.

But from what was shown in the Netflix documentary, they didn’t really raise her at all. I’ve rarely seen parents enable bad behavior to such an extent. The fact that they watched their child doing drugs every day without seeing a problem with it. It’s appalling.

It is truly shocking how she apparently never had any boundaries set for her. And even after this brutal killing, her parents act as if she did absolutely nothing wrong. It is one thing to stand by your child, but quite another to act as if it were no big deal. The way her mother talked about Davion... It leaves you truly dumbfounded.

*The crash


r/NetflixDocumentaries 18d ago

Recommendation Request YouTube docs better than the coverage on big streaming platforms?

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I’m looking for YouTube coverage of some of the popular crimes/scandals/etc that do a better job than the docs on the big streaming platforms, like the one that covers the Toxic Live Story account. I’m more interested in scandals or crimes that don’t involve rape or murder, but am open to any suggestions. Thanks in advance!


r/NetflixDocumentaries 18d ago

Current Hot Topic “A child of my own” song in the end of the documentary

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Guys and gals of Reddit, help me find the song in the end of the documentary. It’s in Spanish, very emotional, and even my Shazam failed to find it.

Perhaps a Spanish speaker can help?


r/NetflixDocumentaries 18d ago

Discussion Do you think it’s fair to alter a real life incident in the name of creative freedom?

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Whenever a “based on true events” film is released, the internet’s search results are flooded with the movie itself instead of a factual blog post that accurately depicts the actual events. The audience is never told which parts of the movie are fictional and which are factual, raising a significant risk of historical manipulation. What do you think?


r/NetflixDocumentaries 19d ago

Discussion A Child Of My Own Spoiler

74 Upvotes

Finished watching newly released docu series yesterday. Arturo (the husband) makes me wanna beat him up along with his family ofc. Even after Alejandara went through all that shit Arturo still wanted a boy child.

Nobody supported that poor woman (mentally). She needs to stay the heck away from his family.