11 Best Animal Documentaries on Netflix Instant in 2015

3. Virunga

Rank by sites 10, Rank by IMDb 10; Overall score = 20 points

Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel

Virunga National Park, deep in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is the last refuge for mountain gorillas. It’s threatened by the discovery of oil as multinational companies scramble to get a piece of the pie. The rising tensions in the region between the rebels and the government troops, threatening to escalate into a full-blown civil war, further complicate the situation. Can Virunga survive or will we lose yet another species to our greed? The film, nominated for the Academy Award fo Best Documentary, follows the story of park rangers as they try to protect Virunga.