11 Best Science Documentaries on Netflix Streaming

4. Grizzly Man

Site Score: 8, IMDb Score: 7, Overall Score: 15
Directed by Werner Herzog
Year: 2006

Another Werner Herzog documentary on our list, Grizzly Man tells the story of Timothy Treadwell. Treadwell was a frequent visitor to Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. He spent 13 summers camping in the wilderness and used his time to approach bears that roamed the park. He filmed over 100 hours of material, some of which Werner Herzog used in creating his documentary. But in 2003, while camping with his girlfriend, something went wrong, and both of them were killed and eaten by bears. Treadwell’s tapes contained an audio recording of the attack, which Herzog decided not to use in the film, regarding them too disturbing.