The best documentary films

The 50 highest-scoring documentary films on MoviePedia, ranked by the MoviePedia score. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) leads with 86, followed by 20 Days in Mariupol (2023).

  1. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
  2. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
  3. No Other Land (2024)
  4. Hoop Dreams (1994)
  5. Inside Job (2010)
  6. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
  7. The Cove (2009)
  8. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
  9. The Act of Killing (2012)
  10. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
  11. I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
  12. O.J.: Made in America (2016)
  13. Free Solo (2018)
  14. Senna (2010)
  15. Blackfish (2013)
  16. Citizenfour (2014)
  17. Baraka (1992)
  18. Apollo 11 (2019)
  19. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
  20. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
  21. Stop Making Sense (1984)
  22. MST - Terra Prometida (2025)
  23. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
  24. My Octopus Teacher (2020)
  25. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
  26. Man on Wire (2008)
  27. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
  28. 13th (2016)
  29. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
  30. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
  31. The Fog of War (2003)
  32. Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (2023)
  33. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
  34. Grizzly Man (2005)
  35. Amy (2015)
  36. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
  37. Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
  38. Earthlings (2005)
  39. Navalny (2022)
  40. Food, Inc. (2008)
  41. Touching the Void (2003)
  42. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
  43. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
  44. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
  45. Home (2009)
  46. BTS Permission to Dance on Stage - Seoul: Live Viewing (2022)
  47. Shoah (1985)
  48. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
  49. Sicko (2007)
  50. Icarus (2017)

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