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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley on Hotstar
The story of Theranos, a multi-billion dollar tech company, its founder Elizabeth Holmes, the youngest self-made female billionaire, and the massive fraud that collapsed the company.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtDaP18OGfw

Source: IMDb

The Great Hack on Netflix
Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX8GxLP1FHo

Source: Netflix

Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix
This series goes one step further into the world of Formula 1 as we meet the families, the teams and the drivers behind the visors in this exclusive, all access documentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtJPe1ksS6E

Source: Netflix

APEX: The Story of the Hypercar on Netflix
The story follows Christian von Koenigsegg (owner and founder of the automotive company Koenigsegg) and how he went on to accomplish his quest to make the best sports car.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nyu2oxoVCak

Source: Netflix

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Would strongly recommend "Dirty Money" on Netflix. Start with the VW emissions episode. Top class :thumbs up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsplLiZHbj0

Be sure to check out "Grand Prix Driver" on Prime. A must-watch, even if you aren't an F1 fanatic - link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVCwf6__yB0

Keep an eye out for "Faster Horse" on Netflix. It comes & goes. Will give it 5 / 5 stars, and that's not just because I'm a Mustang fan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um4XsH5ymiw

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The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley on Hotstar

Fascinating! Gripping. Mind blowing. Must-watch.

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The Great Hack on Netflix
Well-produced, but I got bored after 30 minutes. You might really enjoy it if you are highly concerned about online privacy.

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Formula 1: Drive to Survive on Netflix
This series goes one step further into the world of Formula 1 as we meet the families, the teams and the drivers behind the visors in this exclusive, all access documentary.
Terribly boring because it doesn't have Ferrari or Mercedes! That's like watching Godfather & removing Marlon Brando + Al Pacino scenes. However, good news is that the two are confirmed for Season 2.

By far my favorite F1 documentary. Brilliantly made. Senna (2010) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1424432/


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixkykulia-A

For aviation fans:
Easyjet: inside the cockpit. Its a 3 part documentary of pilots flying the planes.
easyjet:inside the cockpit part 1

BBC’s 3 part documentary on the operations of British airways: A very British airline
https://youtu.be/ZKMVvKI87yw

BBC’s 5 part series on aviation: skies above Britain
https://youtu.be/TFP9smpD6Ow

Extreme flight: Indian Airforce by National geographic on hotstar
https://youtu.be/nOf-d1z4mHY

For geopolitics fans:
This is what winning looks like: A harrowing tale of aftermath of US’s Afganistan war by vice. Really disturbing
https://youtu.be/Ja5Q75hf6QI

Fighting ISIS by Vice
https://youtu.be/Ja5Q75hf6QI

Watch "The 24 Hour War"

It's a documentary about the rivalry between Ford and Ferrari in Le Mans during the 60s. It is an absolutely riveting story.

https://youtu.be/ZP6NkVEaEQk

Got it from youtube. This documentary is available on Prime Video. Simply one of the best racing documentaries I've ever seen and gave me a glimpse of Le Mans like never before.

@Tanmay - I concur. Senna is indeed a great watch for F1 aficionados.
I recommend it to even non followers of the sport, just to watch the story of the greatest racing driver F1 has ever seen.

For the automotive entrepreneurial aficionados, I suggest ‘Tucker: The Man and his Dream’. It is based on a real story and shows how powerful the US automotive oligopoly is.

https://youtu.be/ty93RYkzYQQ

Food for thought: Tesla is the first US Auto company to go public since 1956

I personally found Kumare to be absolutely incredible.

The protagonist is someone who was a skeptic of religions and Godmen in particular. Born and brought up in a fairly devout American-Indian family, this skepticism compels him to take up religious studies as his major in university. But the more that he read about it, the more he finds himself disbelieving it.

So he decides to conduct an experiment - of transforming himself into a Guru. The experiment helps him amass a huge following as he teaches completely made-up mantras, poojas, asanas and more.

Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXUzG6YKuvo

IMDB Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1865425/

Our Planet : 5 / 5 (Netflix)

A visual treat and a brilliant and unflinchingly true account of the beauty of the natural world and how it's undergoing major level damage; and climate change. One of the best series that gives a yin-yan view of the world narrated by the amazing David Attenborough


The World War 2 in HD : 5 / 5 (Netflix)

A beautiful series timeline based of the WW2. Even if you know your world wars in detail, this is a must-watch visit as they keep bringing in old videos and photos from those days to connect to the storyline

The Chernobyl Podcast : 5 / 5 (Youtube/other podcast sites)

Technically this is a simple podcast aligned to the very popular series. It is a documentary because the author/writer/producer explains the background details and provides a much detailed view of what exactly happened back then, what was the global (outside Russia) view at that time and what is the realistic damage as compared to something similar happening today.

If you have watched the series, do not give it a miss. The amount of details given by him is mind-blowing at times.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUeHPCYtWYQ

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Why only English? There would be really good documentaries in other languages (with subtitles, etc). Suggestion from my side - let's keep the language open.

I'm a huge fan of documentaries and my favorite is www.curiositystream.com (started by Discovery Channel founder). Curiosity Stream is the Netflix of documentaries and costs just $3 per month. All documentaries on Curiosity Stream are 100% original

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User interface is just like any other video streaming site and you can watch HD documentaries on various categories like science, space, World War 2, aviation, wildlife and so on. You get exclusive documentaries hosted by Stephen Hawking, David Attenborough etc too.

Highly recommend 'The Inside Job' about the 2008 financial crisis. It'll make you so frustrated and angry about how so many of these bankers got away with it.

https://youtu.be/FzrBurlJUNk

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The World War 2 in HD : 5 / 5 (Netflix)

A beautiful series timeline based of the WW2. Even if you know your world wars in detail, this is a must-watch visit as they keep bringing in old videos and photos from those days to connect to the storyline

This one is such a riveting watch. I have no idea how they could get so many original footages.

I binge watched this series for many days. And watching this led to several other related documentaries. There is one about hitler's private train that he used to travel. It was an excellent watch too.

Sharing another source for good documentaries and other interesting stuff


http://www.openculture.com/free-documentaries-online

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Our Planet : 5 / 5 (Netflix)

A visual treat and a brilliant and unflinchingly true account of the beauty of the natural world and how it's undergoing major level damage; and climate change. One of the best series that gives a yin-yan view of the world narrated by the amazing David Attenborough


Completely agree. Some of the visuals will make you think that it is not real and is all CGI. I picked up on this after my son started watching Ninjago. I refused to entertain him in watching that and we shifted his focus to Our Planet. It is unflinching in its story line. In the first few episodes there is show of death due to climatic changes and how it has caused certain animals to behave. Must watch for any child growing up to know how we have screwed up the planet for them !!!

The Dawn Wall

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A friend of mine who is into rock climbing recommended this.

Holy smokes. What a story!

I don't want to give too much away or even post the trailer, because I feel like there were a few crazy twists & turns in the story that might be ruined if I did that.

The premise: Free-climbing a never-before climbed route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.

But this is so much more than a documentary just about rock climbing.
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Really worth a watch if you want an uplifting TRUE STORY about guts, determination, brotherhood, trauma, insane motivation, kidnapping, loss, overcoming obstacles -- all packaged into a very well put together & fast-moving documentary made by Red Bull media house.

Hopefully you choose to watch it without looking into it further.

It's available on Netflix India.

6/5


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