Best South American documentary series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch documentary shows from South America, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
Neymar: The Perfect Chaos (2022)
The Superfantastic Story of Balão (2023)
The Superfantastic Story of Balão (2023)
In Brazil of the 1980s, the children’s music group Balão Mágico brought together a charming girl singer, a shy boy with an angelic voice, the heir of a famous thief, and the son of a famous Brazilian musician. Some 40 years after their heyday, former members Simony, Tob, Mike, and Jairzinho reunite to discuss the untold side of the group’s playful and colorful years in the spotlight.
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America (2020)
BREAK IT ALL: The History of Rock in Latin America (2020)
Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
A Tragedy Foretold: Flight 3054 (2025)
Hei$t: The Great Robbery of Brazil's Central Bank (2022)
Hei$t: The Great Robbery of Brazil's Central Bank (2022)
In August 2005, through a tunnel almost 80 meter long, thiefs invaded the bank vault of Brazil's Central Bank in Fortaleza and stole over 160 milions reais, ou or nealy 3,5 tons of cash. This documenty explores that spectacular and historic heist.
Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho (2023)
Vale o Escrito - A Guerra do Jogo do Bicho (2023)
The "jogo do bicho" (an illegal lottery of numbers) in Rio de Janeiro is controlled by families whose leaders are also patrons of samba schools. Two of these families are experiencing bloody wars of succession.
Be Eternal: Champions of America (2022)
All or Nothing: Brazil National Team (2020)
All or Nothing: Brazil National Team (2020)
The series follows the newly crowned champions of the 2019 Copa América tournament, the Brazilian football team, in a behind-the-scenes multi-part exclusive.
Ángel Di María: Breaking Down the Wall (2024)
Ángel Di María: Breaking Down the Wall (2024)
From his humble origins to becoming champion of the world, this documentary series recounts the life and career of the iconic Argentinian soccer player.
Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine (2017)
Gordon Ramsay on Cocaine (2017)
Gordon Ramsay strips away the veneer of cocaine’s glamorous image to expose how behind the powder many Brits consume as part of a night out, lies a trail of criminality, cruelty and death driving its global trade.
Maradona in Mexico (2019)
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy (2019)
Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy (2019)
Hours before denouncing Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of negotiating impunity of Iranians possibly involved in the AMIA bombing in 1994, prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in his apartment in Buenos Aires.
Xuxa, O Documentário (2023)
Xuxa, O Documentário (2023)
Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel, about to celebrate her 60th birthday and more than 40 years in the business, looks back at all the important moments in her life and career. Successes and disappointments, fights and love, she retraces her entire trajectory.
Airport Brazil: Restricted Areas (2017)
Airport Brazil: Restricted Areas (2017)
A behind-the-scenes look inside the complex operation of South America's largest and busiest airport, São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport, through a series of day-to-day cases seen from the airport’s staff perspective.
If I Were Luísa Sonza (2023)
ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared (2024)
ARA San Juan: The Submarine that Disappeared (2024)
Interviews with experts and relatives fuel this investigative docuseries about the tragic 2017 disappearance of a military submarine that shook the world.
A Vida Depois do Tombo (2021)
A Vida Depois do Tombo (2021)
Curitiba's rapper Karol Conká participated in the 21st edition of Big Brother Brasil and was eliminated with 99.17%, the biggest rejection in the history of the reality show. During her participation in the game, the singer was massively criticized for her attitudes and comments towards other participants of the house, such as Lucas Penteado, Juliette Freire, Arcrebiano and Carla Díaz.
Doctor Castor (2021)
Doctor Castor (2021)
Powerful boss of the "jogo do bicho" (an illegal and very popular lottery of numbers associated to animals), Castor de Andrade used football and carnival to legitimize his image. Seductive, charismatic and violent, he built an empire of crimes in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Flordelis: A Family Crime (2022)
Flordelis: A Family Crime (2022)
The haunting story of Flordelis, an acclaimed pastor and former member of the Brazilian parliament revered by many as a saint, accused of planning the death of her own husband, and her struggle to prove her innocence.
Senna by Ayrton (2024)
Senna by Ayrton (2024)
Ayrton Senna tells his own story. The beginning of his career, the peak in F1, the rivalries, the World Trial and his consecration as the greatest idol of a generation of brazilians.
