All the best Documentary Shows Streaming on DocPlay in September 2025

If you're looking for the best Documentary Shows then you’ve come to the right place. In September 2025 DocPlay has around 101 on offer. Below are the top 20 latest and greatest Documentary Shows streaming on the service

The top 20 best Documentary Shows Streaming on DocPlay by rating.

The top 20 latest Documentary Shows Streaming on DocPlay.

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The top 5 Documentary Shows Streaming on DocPlay in Australia.

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.

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.

The Civil War

Seasons: 1

Rated: TV-14

9.0/10

A comprehensive and definitive history of the American Civil War.

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Seasons: 12

Rated: TV-PG

8.8/10

Bourdain travels across the globe to uncover little-known areas of the world and celebrate diverse cultures by exploring food and dining rituals. Known for his curiosity, candor, and acerbic wit, Bourdain takes viewers off the beaten path of tourist destinations – including some war-torn parts of the world – and meets with a variety of local citizens to offer a window into their lifestyles, and occasionally communes with an internationally lauded chef on his journeys.

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Seasons: 1

Rated: M

8.8/10

Inspired in part by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition and supported by its historical resources, this documentary series examines the rise of Hitler and Nazism in Germany in the context of global antisemitism and racism, the eugenics movement in the United States, and race laws in the American south.