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Best Documentaries in the history of film

All Rankings

1000 top rated Documentaries on Filmaffinity with +400 votes

1

Shoah Shoah

documentary

1985

Claude Lanzmann

Documentary, Self: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaïdl, Hanna Zaïdl

8.4

4,171
2

Human Human

documentary

2015

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Documentary

8.2

2,029
3

Samsara Samsara

documentary

2011

Ron Fricke

Documentary

8.2

4,028
4

Night and Fog Night and Fog

mediadocumentary

1956

Alain Resnais

Documentary, Voice: Michel Bouquet

8.2

5,968
5

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

documentary

2000

Jonas Mekas

Documentary

8.2

599
6

A Grin Without a Cat A Grin Without a Cat

documentary

1977

Chris Marker

Documentary, Voice: Simone Signoret, François Périer, Jorge Semprún, Yves Montand ...

8.2

809
7

The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection

documentary

1975

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary, Self: Salvador Allende

8.2

1,689
8

Life of Crime 1984-2020 Life of Crime 1984-2020

documentary

2021

Jon Alpert

Documentary, Freddie Rodriguez, Deliris Vasquez, Robert Steffey

8.1

666
9

The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup

documentary

1976

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary, Self: Salvador Allende, Carlos Altamirano, Fernando Castillo

8.1

1,359
10

Baraka Baraka

documentary

1992

Ron Fricke

Documentary

8.1

11,569
11

The Man with the Movie Camera The Man with the Movie Camera

documentary

1929

Dziga Vertov

Documentary

8.1

6,438
12

The Salt of the Earth The Salt of the Earth

documentary

2014

Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

Documentary, Self: Sebastião Salgado

8.1

10,054
13

Heima Heima

documentary

2007

Dean DeBlois

Documentary, Self: Jon Thor Birgisson, Orri P. Dyrason, Georg Holm, Kjartan Sveinsson

8.0

2,105
14

Safe Journey Safe Journey

documentary

1993

Tony Gatlif

Documentary

8.0

468
15

Informe Robinson: Cuando fuimos campeones Informe Robinson: Cuando fuimos campeones

episodedocumentary

2010

Michael Robinson, Román Escoda

Documentary, Self: Michael Robinson, Sergio Busquets, Iker Casillas, Vicente Del Bosque ...

8.0

16,534
16

Searching for Sugar Man Searching for Sugar Man

documentary

2012

Malik Bendjelloul

Documentary, Self: Sixto Rodríguez

8.0

28,729
17

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

documentary

2020

Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey

Documentary, Self: David Attenborough

8.0

2,878
18

Oceans Oceans

documentary

2009

Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud

Documentary, Self: Jacques Perrin, Lancelot Perrin

8.0

12,858
19

La Commune (Paris 1871) La Commune (Paris 1871)

documentary

2000

Peter Watkins

Documentary

8.0

578
20

Isle of Flowers Isle of Flowers

short filmdocumentary

1989

Jorge Furtado

Documentary

8.0

10,226
21

Queen: Days of Our Lives (TV) Queen: Days of Our Lives (TV)

documentary

2011

Matt O'Casey

Documentary, Self: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Jim Beach ...

8.0

969
22

Informe Robinson: Michael Robinson - Good, Better, Best Informe Robinson: Michael Robinson - Good, Better, Best

episodedocumentary

2020

Román Escoda

Documentary, Self: Michael Robinson

8.0

1,112
23

Ennio: The Maestro Ennio: The Maestro

documentary

2021

Giuseppe Tornatore

Documentary, Self: Ennio Morricone, Quentin Tarantino, Clint Eastwood, Hans Zimmer ...

8.0

2,301
24

Voices Through Time Voices Through Time

documentary

1996

Franco Piavoli

Documentary

7.9

340
25

The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People

documentary

1979

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary

7.9

1,146
26

The Disenchantment The Disenchantment

documentary

1976

Jaime Chávarri

Documentary, Self: Felicidad Blanc, Juan Luis Panero, Leopoldo María Panero, Michi Panero

7.9

7,106
27

Home Home

documentary

2009

Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Documentary, Narrator: Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin, Salma Hayek, Zdeněk Svěrák, Zhou Xun

7.9

9,495
28

The Cove The Cove

documentary

2009

Louie Psihoyos

Documentary

7.9

10,744
29

Earth Earth

documentary

2007

Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield

Documentary

7.9

15,417
30

Survive and Advance Survive and Advance

episodedocumentary

2013

Jonathan Hock

Documentary

7.9

343

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