Best war, documentary, animation, drama, & crime shows streaming, ranked.
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NetflixParamount+Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005–2008 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyBest Animation SeriesIn a war-torn world of elemental powers, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
NetflixParamount+ - #1098#1098
HuluNetflixOne Piece
1999– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate with rubber powers, forms the Straw Hat crew and sails the Grand Line, battling rivals and the World Government on a quest for the legendary treasure One Piece and the title of Pirate King.
HuluNetflix - #1197#1197
HuluNetflixPrime VideoHunter x Hunter
2011–2014 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #1796#1796
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDeath Note
2006–2007 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Crime · Drama
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #2096#2096
HuluNetflixFrieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023– · Series · Japanese · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
Elf mage Frieren and her fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people arou...
HuluNetflix - #2196#2196
NetflixViolet Evergarden: The Movie
2020 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 20mAnimation · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After the aftermath of a war, a young girl who was used as a 'tool' for war learned to live. With the scars of burns, she goes back to her past to feel the true feelings of the Major's, "I love you."
Netflix - #2496#2496
NetflixDavid Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020 · Movie · 1h 23mDocumentary · Biography
3 EmmysThe story of life on our planet by the man who has seen more of the natural world than any other. In more than 90 years, Attenborough has visited every continent on the globe, exploring the wild places of our planet and documenting the living world in all its variety and wonder. Addressing the biggest challenges facing life on our planet, the film offers a powerful message of hope for future generations.
Netflix - #2696#2696
NetflixPrime VideoMan on Wire
2008 · Movie · 1h 34mDocumentary · Biography · Crime
1 OscarA look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century".
NetflixPrime Video - #3095#3095
NetflixMonster
2004–2005 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Crime · Drama
Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy. The boy, now a charismatic young man, reappears 9 years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial...
Netflix - #4394#4394
HuluNetflixDragon Ball Super: Beerus
2026– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation
Several years have passed since the fierce battle against Majin Buu, and Earth has finally regained a brief moment of peace. At the same time, Beerus, the God of Destruction, awakens from his long, deep sleep. The Kais and Supreme...
HuluNetflix - #4894#4894
NetflixTo Kill a Tiger
2023 · Movie · 2h 8mDocumentary
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
Netflix - #6093#6093
NetflixThe Last Days
1998 · Movie · 1h 27mDocumentary · War
1 OscarIn late 1944, even as they faced imminent defeat, the Nazis expended enormous resources to kill or deport over 425,000 Jews during the "cleansing" of Hungary. This Oscar-winning documentary, executive produced by Steven Spielberg,...
Netflix - #6693#6693
Paramount+Attica
2021 · Movie · 1h 56mDocumentary · History
This unnervingly vivid dive into the 1971 uprising from Emmy® winning director Stanley Nelson sheds new light on the enduring violence and racism of the prison system and highlights the urgent, ongoing need for reform 50 years later.
Paramount+ - #6793#6793
NetflixThe Elephant Whisperers
2022 · Movie · Tamil · 41mDocumentary
1 OscarBomman and Bellie, a couple in South India, devote their lives to caring for an orphaned baby elephant named Raghu, forging a family like no other that tests the barrier between the human and the animal world.
Netflix - #6893#6893
NetflixPrime VideoShoplifters
2018 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 1mCrime · Drama · Thriller
On the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar exist...
NetflixPrime Video - #7092#7092
HuluNetflixThe Apothecary Diaries
2023– · Series · Japanese · 2 seasonsAnimation · Drama · History
A young maiden is kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor's palace, where she secretly employs her pharmacist skills with the help of the head eunuch to unravel medical mysteries in the inner court.
HuluNetflix - #7892#7892
HuluNetflixPrime VideoJUJUTSU KAISEN
2020– · Series · Japanese · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action
After Yuji Itadori swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - he becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #7992#7992
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
2019–2024 · Series · Japanese · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #8192#8192
NetflixNeon Genesis Evangelion
1995–1996 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Drama
In a post-cataclysmic future, reluctant teen Shinji Ikari is called by his estranged father to pilot an Evangelion for NERV, humanity's last defense against invading Angels threatening Tokyo-3.
Netflix - #8392#8392
Netflix1917
2019 · Movie · 1h 59mWar · Action · Drama
3 OscarsApril 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.
Netflix - #8692#8692
HuluNetflixPrime VideoDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
2025 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 35mAnimation · Action
The Demon Slayer Corps are drawn into the Infinity Castle, where Tanjiro and the Hashira face terrifying Upper Rank demons in a desperate fight as the final battle against Muzan Kibutsuji begins.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #8892#8892
NetflixSlam Dunk
1993–1996 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Drama
About Sakuragi Hanamichi, a freshman of Shohoku High School who joins the basketball team because of the girl he has a crush on, Haruko. Although he is newbie in this sport, he is no ordinary basketball player.
Netflix - #9092#9092
NetflixWinter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom
2015 · Movie · 1h 42mDocumentary · History
A documentary on the unrest in Ukraine during 2013 and 2014, as student demonstrations supporting European integration grew into a violent revolution calling for the resignation of President Viktor F. Yanukovich.
Netflix - #10092#10092
NetflixThe Forgotten Battle
2021 · Movie · Dutch · 2h 4mWar · Action
In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.
Netflix - #10291#10291
NetflixAmerican Factory
2019 · Movie · 1h 50mDocumentary
1 OscarIn post-industrial Ohio, a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant, hiring two thousand Americans. Early days of hope and optimism give way to setbacks as high-tech China clashes with working-class...
Netflix - #10391#10391
NetflixCall Me by Your Name
2017 · Movie · 2h 12mDrama · Romance
1 OscarIn the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Netflix - #11191#11191
NetflixJim Gaffigan: Obsessed
2014 · Movie · 1hDocumentary · Comedy
Jim Gaffigan bursts back on the scene with this eagerly anticipated fourth comedy special. Dubbed the "King of Clean Comedy" by The Wall Street Journal, Jim's obsession with all things food comes to fruition on "Obsessed" as he ta...
Netflix - #11291#11291
NetflixBlack Clover: Sword of the Wizard King
2023 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 50mAnimation · Action
In a world where magic is everything, Asta, a boy who was born with no magic, aims to become the "Wizard King" to overcome adversity, prove his power, and keep his oath with his friends.
Netflix - #11591#11591
NetflixNayattu
2021 · Movie · Malayalam · 2h 4mCrime · Thriller
Three police officers who are on a run for life, escaping the outbreak against them due to the unlawful arrest and torture of a civilian. It brings in a few shades of arrogant yet very much human police officers and their helpless...
Netflix - #12891#12891
NetflixPeacockPrime VideoGreat Teacher Onizuka
1999–2000 · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Drama
About Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-gangster member and a virgin. He has one ambition that no one ever expected from him. His sole life purpose is to become the greatest high school teacher ever.
NetflixPeacockPrime Video - #13790#13790
Paramount+Dexter: Resurrection
2025– · Series · 1 seasonCrime · Drama · Thriller
Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. But when Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast.
Paramount+ - #14890#14890
Paramount+Invader ZIM
2001–2006 · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyZim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.
Paramount+ - #15790#15790
NetflixCyberpunk: Edgerunners
2022– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
A Street Kid trying to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future. Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an Edgerunner, a Mercenary outlaw also known as a Cyberpunk.
Netflix - #15890#15890
NetflixKlaus
2019 · Movie · 1h 36mAnimation · Action · Comedy
A simple act of kindness always sparks another, even in a frozen, faraway place. When Smeerensburg's new postman, Jesper, befriends toymaker Klaus, their gifts melt an age-old feud and deliver a sleigh full of holiday traditions.
Netflix - #15990#15990
NetflixHeartstopper
2022–2024 · Series · 3 seasonsDrama · Romance
Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, one day are made to sit together in class. Their friendship becomes something more for Charlie, but he does not believe he has a chance.
Netflix - #17190#17190
NetflixChef's Table
2015–2024 · Series · 7 seasonsDocumentary · Biography
Chef's Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world's most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary ...
Netflix - #17689#17689
HuluNetflixPrime VideoJujutsu Kaisen 0
2021 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 52mAnimation · Action · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The prequel to Jujutsu Kaisen (2020), where a high schooler gains control of an extremely powerful cursed spirit and gets enrolled in the Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School by Jujutsu Sorcerers.
HuluNetflixPrime Video - #18289#18289
Paramount+How to Train Your Dragon 2
2014 · Movie · 1h 42mAnimation · Action
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace.
Paramount+ - #18689#18689
NetflixJim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton
2017 · Movie · 1h 34mDocumentary
A behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).
Netflix - #19089#19089
Paramount+Queer as Folk
2000–2005 · Series · 5 seasonsDrama · Romance
Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA.
Paramount+ - #19289#19289
NetflixTwenty Five Twenty One
2022– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonDrama · Romance
In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life. At 22 and 18, they say each other's names for the first time, at 25 and 21, they fall in...
Netflix - #19389#19389
NetflixCity of Joy
2016 · Movie · 1h 14mDocumentary · Crime · Drama
This film follows the first class of students at a remarkable leadership center in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region often referred to as "the worst place in the world to be a woman." These women have been through...
Netflix - #20289#20289
NetflixThe Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
2016–2018 · Series · Japanese · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Saiki Kusuo is a powerful psychic who hates attracting attention, yet he is surrounded by colorful characters who always find a way to remove him from his everyday life.
Netflix - #20389#20389
NetflixHidden Love
2023– · Series · Mandarin · 1 seasonDrama · Romance
Sang Zhi falls in love with Duan Jia Xu, the boy who often comes to her house to play with her brother. Years after she joins the university in the city he now lives, and during their day-to-day interactions, they slowly fall in l...
Netflix - #20989#20989
NetflixFound
2021 · Movie · 1h 37mDocumentary · Drama
The story of three American teenage girls-each adopted from China-who discover they are blood-related cousins on 23andMe. Their online meeting inspires the young women to confront the burning questions they have about their lost h...
Netflix - #21288#21288
NetflixPrime VideoThe Queen of Versailles
2012 · Movie · 1h 40mDocumentary
A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic...
NetflixPrime Video - #22488#22488
NetflixSecret Mall Apartment
2025 · Movie · 1h 31mDocumentary
In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. Far more than a prank, the secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all in...
Netflix - #23288#23288
NetflixParamount+Zero Dark Thirty
2012 · Movie · 2h 37mDrama · History · Thriller
1 OscarA chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011.
NetflixParamount+ - #24088#24088
NetflixScooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
2010–2013 · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
This incarnation finds Scooby and the gang living in Crystal Cove, a small town with a long history of ghost sightings, monster tales and other mysteries ripe for the sleuths to solve once and for all.
Netflix - #24188#24188
NetflixThe Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
2017 · Movie · 1h 45mDocumentary · Biography
Victoria Cruz investigates the mysterious 1992 death of black gay rights activist and Stonewall veteran, Marsha P. Johnson. Using archival interviews with Johnson, and new interviews with Johnson's family, friends and fellow activ...
Netflix - #24288#24288
Paramount+June
2023 · Movie · 1h 38mDocumentary
This documentary features never-before-seen footage revealing the extraordinary life, and iconic entertainment career, of June Carter Cash; including interviews with the remarkable woman herself, as well as her family, fans and fr...
Paramount+ - #24588#24588
NetflixCircus of Books
2019 · Movie · 1h 32mDocumentary · Biography · History
In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What wa...
Netflix - #25488#25488
Paramount+Hunger Ward
2020 · Movie · 40mDocumentary · War
Filmed from inside two of the most active therapeutic feeding centers in Yemen, HUNGER WARD documents two female health care workers fighting to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war. The film pro...
Paramount+ - #26688#26688
NetflixThey'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018 · Movie · 1h 38mDocumentary · Biography
In the final fifteen years of the life of legendary director Orson Welles, he pins his Hollywood comeback hopes on a film, The Other Side of the Wind (2018), in itself a film about an aging film director trying to finish his last ...
Netflix - #26788#26788
Paramount+Hell on Wheels
2011–2016 · Series · 5 seasonsDrama · Western
The Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge.
Paramount+ - #26888#26888
HuluNetflixPuella Magi Madoka Magica
2011– · Series · Japanese · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
A creature named Kyubey offers Madoka and Sayaka a wish if they agree to become 'magical girls' and fight abstract beings called 'witches'. However, a magical girl named Homura is, for uncertain reasons, determined to stop this ag...
HuluNetflix - #26987#26987
Paramount+Personality Crisis: One Night Only
2022 · Movie · 2hDocumentary · Biography
Follow musician David Johansen's luminous set at Café Carlyle from January 2020. A concert that is wonderfully intimate and a testament to both a lost New York and an artist who remains as fresh and exciting as ever.
Paramount+ - #27387#27387
Paramount+Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020–2024 · Series · 5 seasonsAnimation · Action
The support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
Paramount+ - #27587#27587
NetflixNimona
2023 · Movie · 1h 41mAnimation · Action
When a knight in a futuristic medieval world is framed for a crime he didn't commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona -- a mischievous teen who happens to be a shapeshifting creature he's sworn to destroy.
Netflix - #27687#27687
HuluNetflixDr. STONE
2019– · Series · Japanese · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action
High schooler Taiju awakens from petrification millennia after a blinding light turned humanity to stone. He finds his scientific genius friend Senku working on a plan to rebuild civilization using science.
HuluNetflix - #27887#27887
NetflixUnknown: The Lost Pyramid
2023 · Movie · 1h 23mDocumentary · History
In the sands of Saqqara, two of the world's most famous Egyptologists, Dr. Zahi Hawass and his protege and rival, Dr. Mostafa Waziri race with their teams against the clock to see who will make the biggest discovery.
Netflix - #28187#28187
NetflixKangaroo Valley
2022 · Movie · 1h 16mDocumentary
Coming-of-age story of a young kangaroo joey called Mala, learning what it takes to survive her incredible first year. Only one in five joeys make it to their first birthday. Mala's greatest enemy is the dingo pack that stalks her...
Netflix - #29487#29487
Paramount+Wonder Showzen
2005–2007 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
An all-cynical, all-evil absurdist variety show that parodies the classic educational PBS shows of the 1970s, made up of old cartoons and educational films, children, and puppets from one's worst nightmares.
Paramount+ - #29587#29587
NetflixThe Wrecking Crew
2008 · Movie · 1h 41mDocumentary · History
A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew", a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys and Bing Crosby.
Netflix - #29787#29787
NetflixPrime VideoImage of Victory
2023 · Movie · Hebrew · 2h 8mWar · Drama · History
In 1948, Hassanin joins a platoon going to Palestine to liberate farmers. While documenting their mission, Hassanin's values are tested and both sides re-evaluate what they understand about war.
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