I need to return/get back/go back/come back watching the documental
I need to return/get back/go back/come back to watch the documental.
The sentences would works the same way as the first two sentences. Note that the expression is get back to watching or to studying. The word is documentary.
So to recap, the nuance between the use of study and studying or watching and watch is somewhat the period of the interruption.
And there can also be a difference between I will return to watch the documentary and I will get back to watching the documentary. the first sentence means that you are going home so you can watch the documentary. The second one means that you were watching it but we're interrupted in it and are now going to get back to watching it