11 Best Travel Documentaries Streaming on Netflix

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6. Encounters at the End of the World

Site Rank: 4; IMDb rank 7; Total Rank: 11

Directed by Werner Herzog
Year: 2007

Werner Herzog doesn’t make ordinary films. Hence Encounters at the End of the World doesn’t include a destination any of us is likely to visit, but that’s just a reason more to watch this film which ranks 6th on our list of best travel documentaries streaming on Netflix. Documentaries filmed in Antarctica don’t have to be about “fluffy penguins”, as Herzog put it, in order to be interesting. They can also be about people who live and work there and unusual places, unique to the area, just like any other travel documentary. Based on the 94% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and a nomination for the Academy Award, this is a movie well worth watching and not just for the people interested in Antarctica.

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