Australian documentaries streaming now
375 Australian documentaries stream in Australia today: 129 series and 246 films. 164 are free to watch, on SBS On Demand, ABC iview and Tubi. Of the paid services, most are on DocPlay (152), Prime Video (84) and Foxtel Now (57).
Checked 16 November 2026. Australian: TMDB production countries. Where it streams: JustWatch Australia.
Free to watch: Australian documentaries at no cost
164 stream free, on SBS On Demand, ABC iview and Tubi. No subscription needed. Most popular first.
Popular Australian documentaries in Australia this week
In the order of JustWatch Australia's daily popularity chart.
New Australian documentaries in Australia this month
6 arrived on a streaming service since 29 October 2026, newest first.
Best rated Australian series in Australia
IMDb score weighted by the number of votes, so a high score from a handful of votes does not lead.
Best rated Australian films in Australia
IMDb score weighted by the number of votes.
Which service has the most Australian documentaries
Titles streaming on each service in Australia, 16 November 2026. A title on two services counts on both.
- 1. DocPlay152
- 6. Stan40
- 8. Tubi24
- 9. 7plus22
Every Australian documentaries A to Z
375 titles and where each streams in Australia. Free services first.
- 2040 (2019) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- 72 Dangerous Animals: Australia (2014) seriesPrime Video
- 72 Dangerous Places to Live (2016) seriesPrime Video
- A Horse Named Winx (2024) filmStan
- AGE OF RAGE - The Australian Punk Revolution (2022) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Aim High In Creation! (2013) filmDocPlay
- Alone Out Here (2020) filmDocPlay
- Always Listening (2024) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Ambulance Australia (2018) series10 Play (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now, Paramount+, Prime Video
- Amongst Us - Neo Nazi Australia (2022) filmStan
- Anh's Brush with Fame (2016) seriesABC iview (free)
- Anonymous Club (2021) filmABC iview (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Araatika: Rise Up! (2021) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Attenborough's Life in Colour (2021) seriesNetflix
- Audrey Napanangka (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Aussie Gold Hunters (2016-) series7plus (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now, HBO Max
- Aussie Truck Rehab (2023) series7plus (free), Foxtel Now
- Australia in Colour (2019) seriesBINGE, DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Australia Says Yes (2018) filmDocPlay
- Australia: An Unofficial History (2025) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Australia's Most Dangerous (2019) series7plus (free)
- Australia's Open (2023) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now, Stan
- Australia's Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley (2024) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Australian Crime Stories: The Investigators (2023) series9Now (free), Foxtel Now, Stan
- Autoluminescent: Rowland S. Howard (2011) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now, Prime Video
- Back to the Back of Beyond (1997) filmPrime Video
- Backs to the Blast: An Australian Nuclear Story (1981) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Backtrack Boys (2018) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Balentes (2018) filmPrime Video
- Bam Bam (2018) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Be Our Guest! Behind the Scenes of Beauty and the Beast: The Musical (2023) filmDisney+
- Because We Have Each Other (2022) filmDocPlay
- Believing In Australia (2023) seriesABC iview (free), Prime Video
- Between a Frock and a Hard Place (2015) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Beyond the Reef (2022) filmPrime Video
- Beyond the Towers (2021) seriesABC iview (free), DocPlay, Prime Video
- Beyond the Wasteland (2021) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now, Prime Video
- Blind Ambition (2022) filmDocPlay
- Bondi Vet (2009) series7plus (free)
- Border Security: Australia's Front Line (2004-) series7plus (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- Borderland (2014) seriesDocPlay
- Bra Boys (2007) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now, Netflix, Stan
- Brabham (2020) filmStan
- Brand Bollywood (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Netflix
- Bravery & Betrayal (2025) film7plus (free), DocPlay
- Brazen Hussies (2020) filmTubi (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Bread and Dripping (1982) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Breaking the Code: Cyber Secrets Revealed (2023) filmABC iview (free)
- Bromley: Light After Dark (2023) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Buried Country (2000) filmDocPlay
- Burning (2021) filmPrime Video
- Burning Sky (2020) filmSBS On Demand (free), BINGE
- Call Me Dad (2015) filmTubi (free), DocPlay
- Can We Save the Reef? (2017) filmDocPlay
- Canary (2024) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Captain Cook: Obsession and Discovery (2007) seriesDocPlay
- Casa Antúnez (2017) filmDocPlay
- Casting JonBenét (2017) filmNetflix
- Charmian Clift - Life Burns High (2024) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Chef's Table (2015-2019) seriesNetflix
- Chef's Table: BBQ (2020) seriesNetflix
- China's Artful Dissident (2019) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Climate Changers (2023) filmDocPlay
- Close Encounters Down Under (2023) seriesBINGE, Foxtel Now
- Collingwood: From The Inside Out (2019) filmDocPlay
- Comedy School (2015) seriesPrime Video
- Constructing Australia (2007) seriesDocPlay
- Corners of the Earth: Kamchatka (2023) filmDocPlay
- Countryman (2021) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Crikey! It's the Irwins (2018) seriesFoxtel Now, HBO Max
- Crime Investigation Australia (2005) series7plus (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- Crimes that shook Australia (2013) seriesBINGE, Foxtel Now
- Dale Frank: Nobody's Sweetie (2025) filmNetflix, Prime Video
- Dance Life (2024) seriesPrime Video
- Danielle Laidley: Two Tribes (2023) filmStan
- Darwin's Brave New World (2009) seriesDocPlay
- David Stratton: A Cinematic Life (2017) filmDocPlay
- Dawn of the Dolphins (2023) seriesDocPlay, Stan
- Deadly Intelligence (2018) seriesDocPlay, Prime Video
- Dipped in Black (2023) filmDocPlay
- Disconnect Me (2023) filmDocPlay
- Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? (2023) filmPrime Video, Stan
- Double Barrel (2016) filmDocPlay
- Drain the Oceans (2018) seriesTubi (free), Disney+
- Dying to Live (2018) filmTubi (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Eat the Invaders (2025) seriesABC iview (free)
- Ecco Homo (2015) filmDocPlay
- Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story (2023) film7plus (free)
- Ellis Park (2025) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Embrace (2016) filmABC iview (free), DocPlay, Stan
- Embrace Kids (2022) filmStan
- Emily: I Am Kam (2025) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Equal the Contest (2023) filmPrime Video
- Every Bite Takes You Home (2022) series7plus (free)
- Every Family Has a Secret (2019) seriesSBS On Demand (free), Netflix, Prime Video
- Every Little Thing (2025) filmSBS On Demand (free), Paramount+
- EXPOSED (2018) seriesABC iview (free), DocPlay
- Extreme Engagement (2019) seriesNetflix
- Facing the Music (2001) filmDocPlay
- Female Spies: Courage and Espionage in WWII (2024) seriesDocPlay
- Fight to Live (2024) filmNetflix
- Final Rendezvous (2020) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Finke: There & Back (2018) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now, Netflix
- First Australians (2008) seriesSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- First Weapons (2023) seriesABC iview (free), Netflix
- Fly (2024) filmDisney+
- Folau (2023) seriesABC iview (free), Prime Video
- Follow the Rain (2024) filmNetflix
- Food Safari Water (2018) seriesSBS On Demand (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- For the Love of God (2018) filmFoxtel Now
- For the Love of Pets (2023) series9Now (free), Netflix
- Forensic Investigators (2004) series10 Play (free), 7plus (free), Tubi (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now, Prime Video
- Fortitude: Forging the Trillion Dollar Space Economy (2024) filmTubi (free), Prime Video
- Forza Jannik: Sinner and the Rise of Italian Tennis (2024) filmStan
- Four Corners (1961) seriesABC iview (free)
- Freedom Is Beautiful (2023) filmStan
- Freshly Picked with Simon Toohey (2020) series10 Play (free), SBS On Demand (free)
- Gayby Baby (2015) filmABC iview (free)
- Girl Like You (2021) filmPrime Video
- Grand Designs Australia (2010-) seriesABC iview (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- Great Australian Walks (2023) seriesSBS On Demand (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- Great Barrier Reef (2018) filmTubi (free), Curiosity Stream
- Griff's Great American South (2025) seriesABC iview (free)
- Griff's Great Australian Rail Trip (2020) seriesABC iview (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- Growing Happiness (2024) filmTubi (free), DocPlay
- Guardians of the Strait (2016) film, co-productionDocPlay
- Gurrumul (2017) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Harley & Katya (2022) filmABC iview (free)
- Her Name Is Nanny Nellie (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free), Tubi (free), DocPlay
- Hillary: Ocean to Sky (2019) filmPrime Video
- Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles (2023) filmPrime Video
- Hotel Coolgardie (2016) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Housos (2011) series7plus (free)
- How to Live Younger (2021) seriesABC iview (free), Prime Video
- How to Lose a War (2023) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- How to Thrive (2022) filmPrime Video
- I Am a Girl (2013) filmDocPlay
- I Am No Bird (2019) filmDocPlay
- I Was Actually There (2024) seriesABC iview (free)
- I'm Wanita (2022) filmDocPlay
- Ice Maiden (2024) filmTubi (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- In My Blood It Runs (2019) filmABC iview (free), DocPlay
- Incarceration Nation (2021) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Inconceivable - The Secret Business of Breeding Humans (2022) filmPrime Video
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) filmPrime Video
- Isla's Way (2023) filmTubi (free), DocPlay
- Island of the Hungry Ghosts (2018) filmDocPlay
- Ivan Milat: Buried Secrets (2021) series7plus (free), Foxtel Now
- Izzy's Koala World (2020) seriesNetflix
- Jesus the Game Changer (2016) seriesPrime Video
- Joh: Last King Of Queensland (2025) filmStan
- John Farnham: Finding the Voice (2023) filmStan
- John Safran Vs God (2004) seriesDocPlay
- Journey Home, David Gulpilil (2025) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Kick Like Tayla (2022) filmPrime Video
- Kids On Ice (2014) filmPrime Video
- KillJoy (2024) filmStan
- Kindred (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- King of the Mountains (2025) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Knowing the Score (2023) filmDocPlay
- Koko: A Red Dog Story (2019) filmPrime Video
- Kokoda (2010) seriesDocPlay
- Labor In Power (1993) seriesABC iview (free)
- Lasseter's Bones (2012) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Left Write Hook (2024) filmNetflix
- Light Years (1991) filmDocPlay
- Like My Brother (2024) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Like the Wind (2021) filmSBS On Demand (free), Tubi (free), Prime Video
- Living Universe (2018) filmDocPlay
- Lost: MH 370 (2014) filmPrime Video
- Love in Bright Landscapes (2021) filmDocPlay
- Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee (2025) filmStan
- Love on the Spectrum (2019-) seriesABC iview (free), Netflix
- Love on the Spectrum U.S. (2022-) seriesNetflix
- Love the Beast (2009) filmFoxtel Now
- Luke Nguyen's India (2023) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Luxury Escapes (2016) seriesBINGE
- Lygon Street - Si parla Italiano (2013) filmDocPlay
- Mabo: Life of an Island Man (1997) filmDocPlay
- Maggie Beer's Big Mission (2024) seriesABC iview (free)
- Magical Land of Oz (2019-) seriesDocPlay, Prime Video
- Make It Look Real (2024) filmNetflix
- Makers of Modern Australia (2023) seriesABC iview (free)
- Making a Mark (2017) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Making Their Mark (2021) seriesPrime Video
- Marketing the Messiah (2020) filmTubi (free), Prime Video
- Matildas: The World at Our Feet (2023) seriesDisney+
- Mawson: Life and Death in Antarctica (2008) filmDocPlay
- Meal Tickets (2016) filmDocPlay
- Meet the Neighbours (2023) seriesSBS On Demand (free), Netflix
- Megafauna: What Killed Australia's Giants? (2024) seriesABC iview (free)
- Memory Film: A Filmmaker's Diary (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Midnight Oil: 1984 (2018) filmDocPlay
- Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line (2024) filmPrime Video
- Million Dollar Murders (2022) seriesBINGE, Foxtel Now
- Miriam Margolyes: Impossibly Australian (2024) seriesABC iview (free)
- Miso Hungry (2015) filmPrime Video
- Miss Nikki and the Tiger Girls (2012) filmDocPlay
- Monster Bug Wars (2011) seriesPrime Video
- Mountain (2017) filmABC iview (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now, Stan
- Mozart's Sister (2024) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Mr Neal Is Entitled to Be an Agitator (1991) filmDocPlay
- Murder in the Outback (2020) seriesDocPlay
- Muster Dogs: Where Are They Now (2024) seriesABC iview (free)
- Mutiny in Heaven: The Birthday Party (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- My Name Is Gulpilil (2021) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- My Name's Ben Folds - I Play Piano (2023) filmPrime Video
- Mystify: Michael Hutchence (2019) filmBINGE, DocPlay, Foxtel Now, Netflix
- MythBusters (2003-) series7plus (free), ABC iview (free), Prime Video
- MythBusters: There's Your Problem (2021) seriesABC iview (free), Prime Video
- Never Let Him Go (2023) seriesDisney+
- Next Stop Hollywood (2013) seriesPrime Video
- Night Parrot Stories (2016) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Ningaloo Nyinggulu (2023) seriesABC iview (free)
- No Mercy, No Remorse (2022) filmStan
- Not Quite Hollywood (2008) filmFoxtel Now
- Old People's Home For Teenagers (2022) seriesABC iview (free)
- ONEFOUR: Against All Odds (2023) filmNetflix
- Otto by Otto (2024) filmStan
- Our Law (2020) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Our Voice, Our Heart (2023) filmPrime Video
- Outback Car Hunters (2021) seriesBINGE, Foxtel Now
- Outback Crystal Hunters (2024) series7plus (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- Palazzo Di Cozzo (2021) filmDocPlay
- Paper City (2021) filmDocPlay
- Pauline Hanson: Please Explain! (2016) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Pellegrinis: A Melbourne Legacy (2025) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Playing with Sharks (2021) filmDisney+
- Police Strike Force (2022) series7plus (free)
- Porcelain War (2024) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Predator Countdown (2024) seriesPrime Video
- Prisoners and Pups (2017) filmDocPlay
- Project Wild (2023) seriesABC iview (free)
- Queerstralia (2023) seriesABC iview (free), Prime Video
- Rachel's Farm (2023) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Rage 30: The Story Of Rage (2017) filmABC iview (free)
- Railroad Australia (2016) series7plus (free), Foxtel Now
- Rainbow Bird & Monster Man (2002) filmPrime Video
- Rats in the Ranks (1996) filmDocPlay
- Ray Martin: Mysteries Of The Outback (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Ray Martin: The Last Goodbye (2024) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Recipe for Murder (2011) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Red Flag: Music's Failed Revolution (2024) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Reignite: A Brisbane Heat Story (2024) film7plus (free)
- Renee Gracie: Fireproof (2024) filmStan
- Restoration Australia (2015) seriesABC iview (free), DocPlay
- Revealed - Craig Bellamy: Inside the Storm (2025) filmStan
- Revealed: Ben Roberts-Smith Truth On Trial (2023) filmStan
- Revealed: Building Bad (2025) filmStan
- Revealed: How to Poison a Planet (2024) filmStan
- Revealed: Reefshot (2023) filmStan
- Revealed: Surviving Malka Leifer (2025) filmStan
- Revenge: Our Dad the Nazi Killer (2023) filmDocPlay
- Rides Down Under: Aussie Truckers (2023) series7plus (free)
- River (2021) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- RUNN (2024) filmNetflix
- Scientology: The Ex-Files (2010) filmPrime Video
- Scrum (2015) filmTubi (free), Prime Video
- Searching for Superhuman (2020) seriesABC iview (free), DocPlay, Prime Video
- Second to None (2024) seriesDocPlay
- Secret Files of the Inquisition (2006-) seriesPrime Video
- Secret Science (2024) seriesABC iview (free)
- Secrets of the Octopus (2024) seriesDisney+
- Senses of Cinema (2022) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Sensing Murder (2006) seriesPrime Video
- Servant or Slave (2016) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Prime Video
- Shackleton: The Greatest Story of Survival (2023) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- Shane (2022) filmFoxtel Now, Prime Video
- Shape (2023) filmTubi (free), Stan
- Shaun Micallef's Origin Odyssey (2024) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Sherpa (2015) film, co-productionABC iview (free), DocPlay
- Shipwreck Hunters Australia (2022) seriesDisney+
- Show Me The Money II (2023) filmStan
- Signorinella: Little Miss (2025) filmDocPlay
- Skategoat (2024) filmTubi (free)
- Splice Here: A Projected Odyssey (2022) filmDocPlay
- Spookers (2017) filmDocPlay
- Still Standing (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Still We Rise (2022) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Strictly Jewish: The Secret World of Adass Israel (2016) filmTubi (free), Prime Video
- Super Senses: The Secret Power of Animals (2014) seriesTubi (free)
- Suzi Q (2019) filmTubi (free), DocPlay
- Sydney Football Stadium: Our Place (2022) filmStan
- Take the Steps (2024) filmDocPlay
- Tales by Light (2015) seriesNetflix
- Tender (2014) filmDocPlay
- That Sugar Film (2014) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now, Netflix
- The Assembly (2024) seriesABC iview (free)
- The Australian Dream (2019) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now, Stan
- The Back of Beyond (1954) filmPrime Video
- The Blind Sea (2024) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Netflix
- The Burnt Half (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- The Chocolate Queen (2018) seriesSBS On Demand (free), BINGE, Foxtel Now
- The Coming Back Out Ball Movie (2018) filmDocPlay
- The Coming War on China (2016) filmTubi (free), DocPlay
- The Cult of the Family (2019) seriesDocPlay, Prime Video
- The Danube (2020) seriesDocPlay
- The Dark Emu Story (2023) filmABC iview (free), DocPlay, Prime Video, Stan
- The Dreamlife of Georgie Stone (2022) filmNetflix
- The Endangered Generation? (2023) filmDocPlay
- The Eulogy (2018) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- The Extraordinary Tale Of William Buckley (2010) filmPrime Video
- The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul (2015) filmDocPlay
- The First Inventors (2023) series10 Play (free), SBS On Demand (free), Paramount+
- The Gateway Bug (2017) filmDocPlay
- The Giants (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Foxtel Now, Netflix
- The Go-Betweens: Right Here (2017) filmDocPlay
- The Great Acceleration (2020) seriesABC iview (free), DocPlay
- The Grey Line (2024) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- The Heart & The Sea (2012) filmDocPlay
- The Hidden Spring (1917) filmDocPlay
- The Hospital: In the Deep End (2024) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- The Howard Years (2008) seriesABC iview (free)
- The Hungry Tide (2012) filmTubi (free), DocPlay
- The Jury: Death on the Staircase (2024) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- The Kimberley (2025) seriesABC iview (free)
- The Last Daughter (2023) filmDocPlay
- The Last Goldfish (2017) filmDocPlay, Prime Video, Stan
- The Last Year of Television (2020) seriesBINGE
- The Leunig Fragments (2019) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- The Lost City of Melbourne (2022) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay, Netflix
- The Mission (2023) seriesSBS On Demand (free), Netflix
- The Night Caller (2020) series7plus (free), Stan
- The Perfect Adventure (2019) filmDisney+
- The Piano (2025) seriesABC iview (free)
- The Pool (2024) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now, Netflix, Stan
- The Road to Patagonia (2024) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
- The Role of a Lifetime (2025) seriesABC iview (free)
- The Search for the Ocean's Super Predator (2014) filmPrime Video
- The Search for the Palace Letters (2024) filmDocPlay
- The Secret (2006) filmTubi (free), Prime Video
- The Song Keepers (2017) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- The Soundtrack of Australia (2023) seriesABC iview (free)
- The Speedway Murders (2024) filmNetflix, Prime Video
- The Tall Man (2011) filmDocPlay
- The Test: A New Era for Australia's Team (2020) seriesPrime Video (free)
- The Travel Bug (2009) seriesPrime Video
- The Tunnel: The Other Side of Darkness (2021) filmPrime Video
- The Way We Wore (2023) seriesABC iview (free), Netflix
- The Whiteley Art Scandal (2023) seriesABC iview (free), Netflix, Prime Video
- This Is Going to Be Big (2023) filmNetflix
- TikTok (2021) filmPrime Video
- Tony Armstrong's Extra-Ordinary Things (2024) seriesABC iview (free), Netflix
- Track: Search For Australia’s Bigfoot (2020) filmTubi (free), Prime Video
- Trafficked (2023) filmStan
- Trailblazers (2024) filmStan
- Train Rescue Down Under (2025) series7plus (free)
- Tunnel Vision (2017) filmDocPlay
- Ukraine Is Not a Brothel (2013) film, co-productionTubi (free), DocPlay
- Unbreakable: The Jelena Dokic Story (2024) filmNetflix, Stan
- Under the Volcano (2021) filmStan
- Undermined: Tales from the Kimberley (2018) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Unleash (2022) filmFoxtel Now, Prime Video
- Waltz With Bashir (2008) filmDocPlay
- Warnie (2022) film7plus (free)
- Wash My Soul in the River's Flow (2022) filmStan
- Watandar, My Countryman (2022) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Wayne (2018) filmDocPlay
- We Are Sexual Beings (2022) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Weeks of War (2022) seriesFoxtel Now
- Welcome to Babel (2024) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- Whatever Scares You (2022) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- When the Camera Stopped Rolling (2021) filmDocPlay
- When the Queen Came to Town (2014) filmPrime Video
- Whiteley (2017) filmDocPlay, Prime Video
- Who Gets to Stay in Australia? (2020) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Who The Bloody Hell Are We? (2023) seriesSBS On Demand (free)
- Whoopee Blues (2025) filmSBS On Demand (free)
- Wide of the Mark (2021) filmDocPlay
- WILDLIFERS! (2023) seriesABC iview (free)
- WINHANGANHA (2023) filmDocPlay
- Yakka: Australia At Work (2023) seriesABC iview (free)
- You Can Go Now! (2023) filmSBS On Demand (free), DocPlay
- You Should Have Been Here Yesterday (2024) film7plus (free), Foxtel Now
- Чоно Үүр Шөнөөр Ирдэг (2025) filmDocPlay, Foxtel Now
Cheapest way to watch Australian documentaries
The cheapest plan of each service, checked on its own website in the last 90 days, in AUD.
| Service | Titles | From | Sign up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prime VideoAmazon Prime Annual | 84 | $8.14a month | Watch |
| Foxtel NowStarter | 57 | $35.00a month | Watch |
| StanBasic with ads | 40 | $9.99a month | Watch |
| NetflixStandard with ads | 37 | $9.99a month | Watch |
| BINGEBasic Annual | 20 | $6.49a month | Watch |
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Frequently asked questions
Which streaming service has the most Australian documentaries in Australia?
DocPlay, with 152 of the 375 Australian documentaries streaming in Australia on 16 November 2026. Next: Prime Video (84), SBS On Demand (67) and Foxtel Now (57).
Can I watch Australian documentaries for free in Australia?
Yes: 164 of them are free to stream, with ads, on SBS On Demand, ABC iview, Tubi and 7plus. No subscription needed.
What are the best Australian documentaries streaming in Australia?
By IMDb score weighted by the number of votes: Chef's Table, MythBusters, Waltz With Bashir, The Test: A New Era for Australia's Team and Love on the Spectrum.
What Australian documentaries are popular in Australia right now?
The most watched this week on JustWatch Australia: MythBusters, Aussie Gold Hunters, Rats in the Ranks, Ambulance Australia and Border Security: Australia's Front Line.
What Australian documentaries are new to streaming?
6 arrived on an Australian streaming service since 29 October 2026. They are listed under "New this month" on this page.
What is the cheapest way to watch Australian documentaries in Australia?
Prime Video carries the most (84) and its cheapest plan is $8.14 a month, checked on its own website. The 164 on free services cost nothing.
Where can I watch Australian shows for free?
164 of the 375 Australian documentaries on this page stream free, on SBS On Demand, ABC iview, Tubi and 7plus, with no subscription. ABC iview and SBS On Demand carry most of the free Australian drama and comedy. Checked 16 November 2026.
Which streaming service has the most Australian shows and movies?
DocPlay, with 152 of the 375 Australian documentaries on this page. A title on two services counts on both. Checked 16 November 2026.
What counts as Australian on this page?
A title counts when TMDB gives Australia as its first production country, or as the partner in a two-country co-production without a US studio. 3 are co-productions led by another country (for example a UK and Australian drama); each is marked. Hollywood films that were only shot here are left out. Where it streams comes from JustWatch Australia: included in a subscription, free or free with ads. Renting and buying do not count.