I'm doing what I need to do to be my authentic self.

Man Made explores the experience of transgender male bodybuilders and what it's like to be born in a body you cannot innately relate to. The documentary specifically follows the 2016 Trans FitCon Bodybuilding Competition in Atlanta, which is the only all-transgender bodybuilding competition in the world. Despite honing in on such a niche trans community, Man Made ultimately makes a statement about diversity within the trans community at large, united by the universal desire to be comfortable with who you are.

It was really hard... because I wouldn't be the person I am today without him. 

Meet the Harvey Weinstein of the yoga world. In the early 70s, yogi Bikram Choudhury emigrated from India to the United States, opening a studio in LA and introducing hot yoga to Americans. Using his charisma, confidence and a specific formula he claims to have invented himself, in the 80s and 90s, Bikram elevated himself to godlike status amongst his students, many of whom were aspiring yogi women looking for validation from their great instructor. Unlike typical yoga tutorials today, Bikram's yoga classes were massive with him instructing from a pedestal with lots of showmanship and sexuality. While he seemed to be offering his disciples the invaluable gift of wellness and self-esteem, behind the scenes, Bikram was using his influence to sexually assault a number of them. 

Available on Netflix 

What did he do to make her do something like that?

Not to be confused with Netflix's Lorena, Light-Footed Woman—which, to be honest, also sounds like a documentary worth watching—Lorena is an Amazon Prime docuseries about Lorena Bobbitt, a woman who made headlines around the world in 1993 for cutting off her husband's penis while he was asleep. Morbid humour aside, the story beneath the headline is no laughing matter. The incident uncovered a secret of ongoing abuse and marital rape. A story with two sides, Lorena features interviews with both Lorena and her ex-husband John Bobbitt. 

This person wants to play a game of cat and mouse. 

Seven minutes in and you'll be invested, but the story is just at the tip of the iceberg. Easily one of the most chilling true crime documentaries of the year, Don't F**k With Cats, told in three one-hour episodes, will infuriate, shock and make your blood run cold. It begins with a disturbing video posted anonymously on the internet in 2010. A group of "internet nerds" set out to find and identify the subject, becoming aware of a terrifying reality: that he is an extreme sociopath who is feeding on all the attention and that they're now looking for a dangerous serial killer.