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Best Documentary Movies

The 50 highest-rated documentary movies among the 2,619 with at least 1,000 IMDb votes, ranked by IMDb rating and votes. Ratings are IMDb’s. Badges show the services that carry each title in your country; pick one to keep only its titles. Open a title for every way to watch it, or run it as a live search to see the badges on every card.

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1. 1
   20 Days in Mariupol(2023)

   ★ 8.6 · 66K votes · Documentary, War · 97m

2. 2
   David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet(2020)

   ★ 8.9 · 36K votes · Biography, Documentary, Drama · 83m

3. 3
   Senna(2010)

   ★ 8.4 · 84K votes · Biography, Documentary, Sport · 106m

4. 4
   Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father(2008)

   ★ 8.5 · 47K votes · Biography, Crime, Documentary · 95m

5. 5
   Inside Job(2010)

   ★ 8.2 · 83K votes · Crime, Documentary · 109m

6. 6
   The Cove(2009)

   ★ 8.4 · 53K votes · Biography, Crime, Documentary · 92m

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   Baraka(1992)

   ★ 8.5 · 43K votes · Documentary · 96m

8. 8
   O.J.: Made in America(2016)

   ★ 8.9 · 24K votes · Biography, Crime, Documentary, History · 467m

9. 9
   Searching for Sugar Man(2012)

   ★ 8.2 · 77K votes · Biography, Documentary, Music · 86m

10. 10
    Free Solo(2018)

    ★ 8.1 · 89K votes · Adventure, Documentary, Sport · 100m

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    Bowling for Columbine(2002)

    ★ 7.9 · 153K votes · Crime, Documentary, Drama · 120m

12. 12
    Blackfish(2013)

    ★ 8.1 · 77K votes · Documentary, Drama, Thriller · 83m

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    Samsara(2011)

    ★ 8.4 · 40K votes · Documentary, Music · 102m

14. 14
    My Octopus Teacher(2020)

    ★ 8.1 · 73K votes · Documentary, Drama · 85m

15. 15
    No Other Land(2024)

    ★ 8.2 · 56K votes · Documentary · 92m

16. 16
    Stop Making Sense(1984)

    ★ 8.7 · 25K votes · Documentary, Music · 88m

17. 17
    Sicko(2007)

    ★ 8.0 · 78K votes · Documentary, Drama, Comedy · 123m

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    Koyaanisqatsi(1982)

    ★ 8.2 · 45K votes · Documentary, Music · 86m

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    The Act of Killing(2012)

    ★ 8.2 · 45K votes · Biography, Crime, Documentary, History · 117m

20. 20
    They Shall Not Grow Old(2018)

    ★ 8.2 · 41K votes · Documentary, History, War · 99m

21. 21
    Waltz with Bashir(2008)

    ★ 8.0 · 63K votes · Animation, Biography, Documentary, Drama, War · 90m

22. 22
    Citizenfour(2014)

    ★ 8.0 · 60K votes · Biography, Documentary · 114m

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    13th(2016)

    ★ 8.2 · 40K votes · Crime, Documentary, History · 100m

24. 24
    What Is a Woman?(2022)

    ★ 8.1 · 48K votes · Documentary · 95m

25. 25
    Exit Through the Gift Shop(2010)

    ★ 7.9 · 71K votes · Comedy, Crime, Documentary · 87m

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    Home(2009)

    ★ 8.5 · 23K votes · Documentary, Family, Drama · 118m

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    Earthlings(2005)

    ★ 8.6 · 21K votes · Documentary · 95m

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    Man with a Movie Camera(1929)

    ★ 8.3 · 31K votes · Documentary · 68m

29. 29
    Hoop Dreams(1994)

    ★ 8.3 · 30K votes · Documentary, Drama, Sport · 170m

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    The Salt of the Earth(2014)

    ★ 8.4 · 26K votes · Biography, Documentary, History · 110m

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    Won't You Be My Neighbor?(2018)

    ★ 8.3 · 28K votes · Biography, Documentary, History · 95m

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    Icarus(2017)

    ★ 7.9 · 59K votes · Documentary, Sport · 120m

33. 33
    Seaspiracy(2021)

    ★ 8.1 · 36K votes · Adventure, Documentary, Crime · 89m

34. 34
    Navalny(2022)

    ★ 7.8 · 70K votes · Biography, Documentary · 99m

35. 35
    Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief(2015)

    ★ 8.0 · 43K votes · Documentary · 119m

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    Endless Corridor(2014)

    ★ 8.0 · 42K votes · Documentary, History, Drama · 52m

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    The Rescue(2021)

    ★ 8.3 · 24K votes · Action, Documentary, Mystery, Drama · 107m

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    The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters(2007)

    ★ 8.0 · 39K votes · Biography, Documentary, Sport · 79m

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    Amy(2015)

    ★ 7.8 · 58K votes · Biography, Documentary, Music · 128m

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    Fahrenheit 9/11(2004)

    ★ 7.5 · 135K votes · Documentary, Drama, War · 122m

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    Before the Flood(2016)

    ★ 8.1 · 30K votes · Documentary, News · 96m

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    The Social Dilemma(2020)

    ★ 7.6 · 95K votes · Documentary, Drama · 94m

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    Apollo 11(2019)

    ★ 8.1 · 29K votes · Documentary, History, Drama · 93m

44. 44
    Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom(2015)

    ★ 8.3 · 22K votes · Documentary, History · 102m

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    Food, Inc.(2008)

    ★ 7.8 · 53K votes · Documentary, News · 94m

46. 46
    Grizzly Man(2005)

    ★ 7.7 · 68K votes · Biography, Documentary · 103m

47. 47
    Touching the Void(2003)

    ★ 7.9 · 40K votes · Adventure, Documentary, Drama, Action · 106m

48. 48
    Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret(2014)

    ★ 8.1 · 28K votes · Documentary · 90m

49. 49
    Man on Wire(2008)

    ★ 7.7 · 61K votes · Biography, Crime, Documentary · 94m

50. 50
    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse(1991)

    ★ 8.1 · 26K votes · Documentary · 96m