Documentary on Hulu: the best movies
7 documentary films available on Hulu today, ranked by audience rating, most recommended first. Updated September 25, 2026
Free Solo leads with 7,9 out of 10, ahead of Searching for Sugar Man (7,9). Ratings range from 6,4 to 7,9. All were released between 2012 and 2022.
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Free Solo
Follow Alex Honnold as he attempts to become the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite's 3,000 foot high El Capitan wall. With no ropes or safety gear, this would arguably be the greatest feat in rock climbing history.
Searching for Sugar Man
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
Minding the Gap
Three young men bond together to escape volatile families in their Rust Belt hometown. As they face adult responsibilities, unexpected revelations threaten their decade-long friendship.
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
Fire of Love
A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.
Jane
Drawing from never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives, director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research revolutionized our understanding of the natural world.
Fyre Fraud
A true-crime comedy exploring a failed music festival turned internet meme at the nexus of social media influence, late-stage capitalism, and morality in the post-truth era.
What to know before choosing
A well-rated documentary is not necessarily a fair one: audiences rate what turned them upside down, and the genre rewards reversals more than patient reporting. Ratings here are among the highest in the catalog and vote counts among the lowest — which is why the vote floor is lowered for this genre, or the page would be empty. Check the date: a current-affairs documentary ages in three years.
Hulu is the deepest television catalog in the country and a film catalog that rotates faster than any of its rivals — what is here this month is often gone the next, which is why a list about it is worth exactly the date it carries. Its film library leans heavily on the last thirty years and thins out sharply before that. The ad-supported tier carries the same catalog as the ad-free one, so nothing on this page is out of reach on the cheaper plan.
See also
- Hulu
- Documentary
- Documentary on Netflix
- Documentary on Prime Video
- Documentary on Disney+
- Documentary on Apple TV+
- Documentary on HBO Max
- Documentary on Paramount+
- Documentary on Peacock
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- Animation
- Comedy
- Crime
- Drama
- Family
- Fantasy
- Biopic
- Horror
- Musical
- Romance
- Sci-fi
- Thriller
- War
- Western
How this list is built
Films come from the TMDB catalog, filtered on audience rating and vote count, then cross-checked against real availability in the country. No paid placement, no partnerships. How we choose the films.
Film data and posters: TMDB. This app uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.