All the best Documentary Movies Streaming on SBS On Demand in November 2025

If you're looking for the best Documentary Movies then you’ve come to the right place. In November 2025 SBS On Demand has around 320 on offer. Below are the top 20 latest and greatest Documentary Movies streaming on the service

The top 20 best Documentary Movies Streaming on SBS On Demand by rating.

The top 20 latest Documentary Movies Streaming on SBS On Demand.

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The top 5 Documentary Movies Streaming on SBS On Demand in Australia.

The Giants

Rated:

8.6/10

A portrait of environmental folk hero & gay icon Bob Brown, who took green politics to the center of power. His story is interwoven with the life cycle of the ancient trees he's fighting for.

Stop Making Sense

Rated: Not Rated

8.6/10

A concert film documenting Talking Heads at the height of their popularity, on tour for their 1983 album "Speaking in Tongues." The band takes the stage one by one and is joined by a cadre of guest musicians for a career-spanning and cinematic performance that features creative choreography and visuals.

For Sama

Rated: MA15+

8.5/10

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.

Ophir

Rated:

8.5/10

Ophir tells the story behind the likely birth of the world’s newest nation on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. The story of an unknown indigenous revolution for humanity, land, and culture and a decade long war. The film documents its origin and aftermath, where antagonistic visions of the world collude and collide. A poetic yet dramatic ode to the indelible thirst of a peoples for freedom, culture and sovereignty; it offers a gripping exposition of the visible and invisible chains of colonisation and its enduring cycles of physical and psychological warfare.

Love in Bright Landscapes

Rated: M

8.4/10

An engrossing portrait of the rise and untimely demise of David McComb, the virtuosic frontman of Australian rock band The Triffids.