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Tiger King explores the strange underbelly of big cat breeding, focusing on a cast of unforgettable (and ultimately dangerous) characters. Season 2 is now available and basic study skills while the show has lost a lot of its bite, it's intriguing to catch up with this cast of wild human beings doing wild, completely outlandish things.  It drags its audience to weird places.

The Tinder Swindler (2022)

A documentary focused on Shimon Hayut, aka the "Tinder Swindler," a conman who used dating apps to defraud multiple women across Europe to fund a lavish lifestyle.

In January Morag Ross, QC, was appointed by the university to carry out a review of the institutions's approach to addressing gender-based violence, including harassment and reading camps for kids harmful practices that are 'committed disproportionately by men against women'.

It's a horrific reminder of the banal, incredibly common existence of domestic violence. It tells the story of Chris Watts, a seemingly regular guy who murdered his wife and children. The access to footage is staggering and it's edited and produced in a unique way, using text messages and social media posts to tell the story.

Electronic cigarette maker Juul Labs will pay nearly $440 million to settle a two-year investigation by 33 states into the marketing of its high-nicotine vaping products, which have long been blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping.

(Which is also on this list.) This Is a Robbery is very much in that style. A four-part series focusing on the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, this is essentially a documentary about an art heist. The first episode takes a while to get going, but be patient -- this one has a payoff. This Is a Robbery (2021)

This Is a Robbery is about Netflix as it gets.

Beijing has exercised a more assertive paternal hand this year, from tacking the addiction of youngsters to online games, deemed a form of "spiritual opium," to clamping down on "blind" worship of internet celebrities.

"There are many reasons for adolescents to misbehave, and the lack of or inappropriate family education is the major cause," said Zang Tiewei, spokesman of the Legislative Affairs Commission under the National People's Congress (NPC).

It's short, but packs an incredible emotional punch. Prepare yourself, this one might break you. The Speed Cubers (2020)

If you're looking for a slightly more uplifting documentary, you could do far worse than The Speed Cubers, a look at the world of competitive...

Athlete A (2020)

Athlete A is a great feature length expose on Larry Nassar, the team doctor of USA Gymnastics, who had been sexually abusing female athletes for decades.

In the draft of the family education promotion law, guardians will be reprimanded and ordered to go through family education guidance programs if prosecutors find very bad or criminal behavior in children under their care.

The Girl in the Picture tells the story of a young girl, murdered at age 20. It needs to be seen to be believed. To say too much would spoil the impact, but this is a layered, brutal documentary with endless twists.

A staggering story, told across generations, that's respectful of the victims, yet compelling throughout. The Keepers (2017)

I've watched plenty of true crime documentaries on Netflix, but nothing has come close to The Keepers.

Focusing on the bizarre deaths of 11 family members in one house in Burari, Delhi, India in 2018, House of Secrets delves into the theories behind of the strangest suicide/murder cases in recent memory.

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal (2021)

Recently released, Operations Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal has a name as long as some of Netflix's recent documentaries. Thankfully, this isn't as bloated as, say, the, but it could still use some trimming. 

It feels like, after a period of needlessly bloated multiepisode documentaries, Netflix has started trimming the fat, releasing lean, incredibly compelling documentaries again. First Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey and Our Father, now this.

It's a sports documentary series, with each episode going in-depth on controversial sports topics. The first episode focuses on Malice at the Palace, the notorious basketball match where Ron Artest waded into the crowd and wailed on fans back in 2004.

This isn't quite as compelling, but is still well worth watching.  Operation Varsity Blues focused on the FBI investigation into college admissions that put actress Felicity Huffman into jail. Its director, Chris Smith, previously worked on the Fyre Festival documentary.