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The best documentary movies, ranked

Ranked by viewer rating — a thousand-vote minimum, so nothing here is a fluke.

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The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo posterViewer rating: 89%
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  1. Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me posterViewer rating: 85%
    Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me2022
  2. Everybody’s Everything posterViewer rating: 84%
    Everybody’s Everything2019
  3. Human posterViewer rating: 84%
    Human2015
  4. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet posterViewer rating: 84%
    David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet2020
  5. O.J.: Made in America posterViewer rating: 84%
    O.J.: Made in America2016
  6. Squid Game: Making Season 2 posterViewer rating: 84%
    Squid Game: Making Season 22025
  7. Burn the Stage: The Movie posterViewer rating: 83%
    Burn the Stage: The Movie2018
  8. Ennio posterViewer rating: 83%
    Ennio2022
  9. Stop Making Sense posterViewer rating: 83%
    Stop Making Sense1984
  10. Bring the Soul: The Movie posterViewer rating: 83%
    Bring the Soul: The Movie2019
  11. Night and Fog posterViewer rating: 83%
    Night and Fog1956
  12. For Sama posterViewer rating: 83%
    For Sama2019
  13. Love Meetings posterViewer rating: 82%
    Love Meetings1965
  14. Baraka posterViewer rating: 82%
    Baraka1992
  15. One Direction: This Is Us posterViewer rating: 82%
    One Direction: This Is Us2013
  16. Shoah posterViewer rating: 82%
    Shoah1985
  17. BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul posterViewer rating: 82%
    BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul2019
  18. Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry posterViewer rating: 82%
    Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry2021
  19. BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky posterViewer rating: 82%
    BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky2020
  20. Virunga posterViewer rating: 79%
    Virunga2014
  21. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse posterViewer rating: 79%
    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse1991
  22. Free Solo posterViewer rating: 79%
    Free Solo2018
  23. My Octopus Teacher posterViewer rating: 79%
    My Octopus Teacher2020
  24. The Greatest Night in Pop posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Greatest Night in Pop2024
  25. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz posterViewer rating: 79%
    The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz2014
  26. Searching for Sugar Man posterViewer rating: 79%
    Searching for Sugar Man2012
  27. Koyaanisqatsi posterViewer rating: 79%
    Koyaanisqatsi1983
  28. Honeyland posterViewer rating: 79%
    Honeyland2019
  29. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom posterViewer rating: 79%
    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom2015
  30. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind posterViewer rating: 79%
    Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind2018
  31. Apollo 11 posterViewer rating: 79%
    Apollo 112019
  32. Blackfish posterViewer rating: 78%
    Blackfish2013
  33. 13th posterViewer rating: 78%
    13th2016
  34. Friends: The Reunion posterViewer rating: 78%
    Friends: The Reunion2021
  35. Miss Americana posterViewer rating: 78%
    Miss Americana2020
  36. The Look of Silence posterViewer rating: 78%
    The Look of Silence2014
  37. Jodorowsky's Dune posterViewer rating: 78%
    Jodorowsky's Dune2013
  38. Seaspiracy posterViewer rating: 78%
    Seaspiracy2021
  39. Home posterViewer rating: 78%
    Home2009
  40. Man with a Movie Camera posterViewer rating: 78%
    Man with a Movie Camera1929
  41. Tomorrow posterViewer rating: 78%
    Tomorrow2015
  42. STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie posterViewer rating: 78%
    STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie2023
  43. Period. End of Sentence. posterViewer rating: 78%
    Period. End of Sentence.2018
  44. The Mole Agent posterViewer rating: 78%
    The Mole Agent2020
  45. They Shall Not Grow Old posterViewer rating: 78%
    They Shall Not Grow Old2018
  46. Flee posterViewer rating: 77%
    Flee2021
  47. Citizenfour posterViewer rating: 77%
    Citizenfour2014
  48. I Am Not Your Negro posterViewer rating: 77%
    I Am Not Your Negro2017

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