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Best Documentaries
The most compelling and impactful documentary films ever made, covering crime, nature, society, music, sport, and more.
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Title↕ | Year↕ | Director↕ | Subject↕ | Platform / Distributor↕ | IMDb Rating↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making a Murderer | 2,015 | Laura Ricciardi & Moira Demos | Criminal Justice / Steven Avery Case | Netflix | 8.6 |
| Blackfish | 2,013 | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | SeaWorld / Orca Captivity | CNN Films | 8.1 |
| The Act of Killing | 2,012 | Joshua Oppenheimer | Indonesian Mass Killings (1965–66) | Drafthouse Films | 8.2 |
| Searching for Sugar Man | 2,012 | Malik Bendjelloul | Rodriguez — Lost Music Legend | Sony Pictures Classics | 8.2 |
| 13th | 2,016 | Ava DuVernay | Racial Inequality / US Prison System | Netflix | 8.2 |
| March of the Penguins | 2,005 | Luc Jacquet | Emperor Penguins / Nature | National Geographic | 7.7 |
| Amy | 2,015 | Asif Kapadia | Amy Winehouse — Life and Death | A24 | 7.8 |
| Senna | 2,010 | Asif Kapadia | Ayrton Senna — F1 Legend | Universal Pictures | 8.5 |
| The Imposter | 2,012 | Bart Layton | Identity Fraud / Missing Child | Tribeca Film | 7.4 |
| Roger & Me | 1,989 | Michael Moore | GM Layoffs / Flint Michigan | Warner Bros. | 8 |
| I Am Not Your Negro | 2,016 | Raoul Peck | James Baldwin / Race in America | Magnolia Pictures | 7.9 |
| The Square | 2,013 | Jehane Noujaim | Egyptian Revolution 2011 | Netflix | 7.9 |
| Free Solo | 2,018 | Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi | Alex Honnold / El Capitan Climb | National Geographic | 8.2 |
| Won't You Be My Neighbor? | 2,018 | Morgan Neville | Fred Rogers / Mister Rogers Neighborhood | Focus Features | 8.4 |
| The Last Dance | 2,020 | Jason Hehir | Michael Jordan / 1997–98 Chicago Bulls | Netflix / ESPN | 9.1 |
| Bowling for Columbine | 2,002 | Michael Moore | US Gun Culture / Columbine Shooting | United Artists | 7.9 |
| Planet Earth II | 2,016 | David Attenborough / BBC | Wildlife / Natural World | BBC | 9.5 |
| Icarus | 2,017 | Bryan Fogel | Russian Doping Scandal | Netflix | 7.9 |
| Tiger King | 2,020 | Eric Goode & Rebecca Chaiklin | Joe Exotic / Big Cat World | Netflix | 7.5 |
| Super Size Me | 2,004 | Morgan Spurlock | Fast Food / McDonald's Health Experiment | Samuel Goldwyn Films | 7.2 |
| My Octopus Teacher | 2,020 | Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed | Human-Octopus Bond / Nature | Netflix | 8.1 |
| Fahrenheit 9/11 | 2,004 | Michael Moore | Bush Administration / Iraq War | Lions Gate Films | 7.5 |
| Grass is Greener | 2,019 | Fab 5 Freddy | Marijuana Legalization / Racial Disparity | Netflix | 7.4 |
| The Cave | 2,019 | Feras Fayyad | Syrian War / Underground Hospital | National Geographic | 7.6 |
| Citizenfour | 2,014 | Laura Poitras | Edward Snowden / NSA Surveillance | RADiUS-TWC | 8 |
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