New documentary & comedy shows on streaming this week.

A film following the lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.

Focuses on life and the environment in both the Arctic and Antarctic.

A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Africa, the world's wildest continent. David Attenborough takes an awe-inspiring journey through one of the most diverse places in the world. We visit deserts, savannas, and jungles and meet up with some of Africa's amazing wildlife.

Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

Explores the life and legacy of Mariska Hargitay's mother, Hollywood icon Jayne Mansfield, who died tragically in a car accident at age 34 when Mariska was only three years old.

A suspended lawyer is forced to enroll in a community college with an eccentric staff and student body.

The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.

Q, Sal, Joe and Murr are real-life best friends who love challenging each other to the most outrageous dares and stunts ever caught on hidden camera.

Six best friends talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love.

Follows the man who survived an assassination attempt by poisoning with a lethal nerve agent in August 2020. During his months-long recovery he makes shocking discoveries about the attempt on his life and decides to return home.

Legendary long-running television variety show featuring skits and songs by Carol Burnett, her comedy troupe, and their celebrity guests. Stars Carol Burnett, Vicki Lawrence, Harvey Korman, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway.

A look at the life, work, activism and controversies of actress and fitness tycoon, Jane Fonda.

A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.

Monsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.

A nature documentary series on five vulnerable or endangered species known to form enduring populations: chimpanzee, emperor penguin, lion, tiger and African wild dog.

A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of movie star John Malkovich.

The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home.

When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on t...

In France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.

A users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.

An anxious New Yorker attempts to give everyday advice while dealing with his own personal issues.

Cleaver Greene is a drug addict who has a massive gambling debt with some very shady characters and is in love with a prostitute. He's also a very good criminal lawyer, capable of winning unwinnable cases.

Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch-comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind.

Andy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.

A series featuring detailed accounts on how notable crimes and diseases were solved through forensic science.

Meet a mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, reclusive cousins of Jackie O., managing to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, NY, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo of the American Ca...

An intimate look into the life and work of the revered master comedian and actor, Robin Williams.

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.

Explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.

A documentary about fraud and fakery.

Follows the investigation which occurred when the Bishop Sycamore Centurions, a presumed high school football team from Columbus, Ohio, took on perennial prep powerhouse, IMG Academy.

Anthony Bourdain, chef, writer, traveler, visits places all around the world sampling various foods.

A group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.

Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.

This exploration of the planet's most breathtaking natural events follows vast migrations, huge ocean convergences, powerful weather systems and mighty floods.

Follows the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.

Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.

A young woman discovers she has the ability to hear the innermost thoughts of people around her as songs and musical numbers.

Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy young woman living in the early 19th century, whose misplaced confidence in her matchmaking abilities occasions several romantic misadventures, which leads her into deeper meanings of love and life

The Mythbusters use science (and explosions) to answer every shower thought ever. From testing the myth that coke and pop rocks can explode your stomach, to recreating historical weapons to see how they worked.

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese examines the life of musician George Harrison, weaving together interviews, concert footage, home movies and photographs.

David Attenbourough narrates on the greatest of all adventures - the journey through life.

A comedy that explores the private lives of unique New York individuals through a common thread: their weed deliveryman.

Precious Ramotswe launches the first-ever female detective agency in Botswana. She embarks on various adventures while investigating cases and must also overcome several challenges in her quest.

A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.

Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend, Sean, to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family circa 1990.

Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.

Though he has an adoring wife, a bourgeois man is still tempted to pursue other women.

An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.

Comedian Dave Chappelle makes his triumphant return to the screen with a pair of blistering, never-before-aired specials from his personal vault.

An in-depth look at the life and work of American journalist James Foley, who was killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014.

A behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Host Gene Rayburn's five-day-a-week syndicated successor to the popular CBS game show, where two contestants could compete to match fill-in-the-blank phrases with answers provided by a panel of six celebrities.

The Instagram-perfect image of Brandy Melville hides a toxic culture endemic to fast fashion.

In-depth look at the life of John McCain, from his time as a POW in Vietnam to his three decades of service in the US Senate.

A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost live together as they deal with the challenges of being supernatural creatures.

A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

A pair of officers with the San Antonio Police Department mental health unit work to divert people away from jail and into mental health treatment.

A group of college buddies in the throes of middle age keep their friendship going long after they've graduated.

No food, no shelter, no fresh water - one man alone in the wild for seven days with only his wits and stamina to sustain him.

Tenacious D is a two-piece musical act, and this HBO series documents their many struggles as friends, and as a band of two very absurd individuals.

An introspective young woman's life is upturned by the arrival of her maladjusted sister.

Mark Cousins dives deep into the visual world of legendary director and actor Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the artist as he's never been seen before.

The life of Tracey and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family, and of course, her boyfriend.

Firsthand accounts and revelations from the people who brought the groundbreaking series to life.

Comedy following an awkward young African-American teenager (based on a young version of comedian Chris Rock) as he attempts to survive with his family and his all-white school in 1980's Brooklyn, New York.

An in-depth look at the works of up-and-coming Black visual artists.

A searing indictment of Big Pharma and the political operatives and government regulations that enable over-production, reckless distribution and abuse of synthetic opiates.

The misadventures of a suburban boy, family and friends.

A New York comic is forced to make a new start for himself after his wife leaves him.

The globe-trotting adventures of big wave surfer Garrett McNamara, his family, and fellow surfers.

Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s.

Jake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.

Filmmaker Robert J. Flaherty presents a docufictional account of a family living in a Samoan village in the early 1920s.

A stripper named Zola embarks on a wild road trip to Florida.

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.

A look at the life, success and scandals of golf legend Tiger Woods.

It's Hogswatch (equivalent to Christmas) on the Discworld and the Hogfather has gone missing, requiring Death to take his place while his granddaughter Susan endeavors to find out what has happened.

Two married couples have their twelve-year bond of friendship put to the test when one couple reveals that they are splitting up.

The Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

Sitcom featuring the zany hijinks of New York's finest.

A relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre, if not murderous, way to get funding for opening a restaurant.

Directors Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio explore the life and legacy of Mel Brooks, one of the most enduring comedic voices of our time.

Sister Simone partners with her ex-boyfriend Wiley on a globe-spanning journey to destroy Mrs. Davis, a powerful artificial intelligence.

A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.

A group of friends turns their love for horror into a peculiar business, providing horror to those who need it in a dreamy Latin American country where the strange and eerie are just part of daily life.

In this intimate six-part docuseries, actor/director Ethan Hawke explores the love story and enduring legacy of Hollywood legends Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman.

A one-hit-wonder band from the '90s gets a second shot at fame when a young rapper samples their song.

Looking for answers to life's big questions, a stuttering boy joins his high school debate team.

The stories behind interesting and unusual artifacts stored in museums are told.

True stories of female killers.

A couple find themselves in over their heads when they foster three children.

The poignant and hilarious story of the Petersens during their vacation across Europe where the father Douglas tries to win back the love of his wife Connie and become reconciled with their son Albie.

A darkly comedic tale of three middle-aged individuals entangled in a love triangle, leading to one's untimely demise.

On every continent, in every ocean, conquering frozen landscapes and searing deserts - mammals are everywhere. Sir David Attenborough reveals the ingenuity behind their success.