All the best Documentary Shows Streaming on Foxtel Now in July 2025

If you're looking for the best Documentary Shows then you’ve come to the right place. In July 2025 Foxtel Now has around 689 on offer. Below are the top 20 latest and greatest Documentary Shows streaming on the service

The top 20 best Documentary Shows Streaming on Foxtel Now by rating.

The top 20 latest Documentary Shows Streaming on Foxtel Now.

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Price
Premium
  • 7-day free trial
  • Premium
  • No Lock-in Contract
  • Available in 4K, stream on 2 devices
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  • $40/mth
$40/mth
$40/month after 7-day FREE trial, no lock-in contracts.

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  • Basic
  • No Lock-in Contract
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  • 25,000+ hours of the world's best shows & movies
  • $5/mth
$5/mth
For the first 5 months, reverts to $10 after promo period
Min Cost - $5 per month

Starter
  • 10-Day FREE Trial
  • Starter
  • No Lock-in Contract
  • Award winning Foxtel Originals, best drama, Lifestyle favourites & more
  • Login on 5 devices and watch 2 at the same time
  • $35/mth
$35/mth
Min Cost - $35 over 1 month

The top 5 Documentary Shows Streaming on Foxtel Now in Australia.

Homicide: With Ron Iddles

Seasons: 1

Rated: PG

9.1/10

Homicide with Ron Iddles is the closest you’ll come to being the lead investigator in a murder case.

The Vietnam War

Seasons: 9

Rated: TV-MA

9.1/10

An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

Meet the Sloths

Seasons: 1

Rated: N/A

9.0/10

Meet The Sloths follows a year in the life of five slow-moving residents of the Aviarios Sloth Sanctuary in Costa Rica, a sanctuary dedicated to saving orphaned or injured sloths. Filmmaker Lucy Cooke headed to the sanctuary to follow the stories of these loveable and unique creatures. And, apart from filming adorable videos – including one that’s got two million hits on YouTube – she has captured a unique insight into these very secretive animals. The stories demonstrate the difficulty in caring for sloths, and stories include: baby sloth twins fighting for survival, an injured and sexually frustrated ex-lothario sloth called, naturally, Randy and at the oldest living sloth in captivity that has lived to the ripe old age of 20-years-old. Over a year in their company Lucy watches as an unlikely soap opera of love, loss and lust develops and learns first hand that although slow on their feet, a sloths life is anything but slothful.

The Civil War

Seasons: 1

Rated: TV-14

9.0/10

A comprehensive and definitive history of the American Civil War.

The War

Seasons: 1

Rated: TV-14

9.0/10

The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.