Best Documentaries by Director
2758
310
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / Experimental / Crime
USA
English
2758
310
1986
Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson
Documentary / History / Experimental / War
USA
English
2709
280
2010
Pierre Thoretton
Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Bergé
Documentary / Biography
France
English
2552
201
2004
Ondi Timoner
Anton Newcombe, Courtney Taylor-Taylor, Joel Gion, Matt Hollywood, Peter Holmstrom
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2725
288
2015
Pamela Tom
Tyrus Wong, Don Hahn, Sonia Mak, Kim Wong, John Canemaker, Andreas Deja
Documentary / Animation / Biography / History
USA
English
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2181
115
2000
Fernando Trueba
Michel Camilo, Tito Puente, Gato Barbieri, Eliane Elias
Documentary / Music / Biography
Spain / France / Italy
French
2663
257
1966
Mary J. Tsosie, Maxine Tsosie
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2779
319
1972
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Documentary / History / Biography
Japan
Japanese
2725
288
2006
Michael Tucker, Petra Epperlein
Yunis Khatayer Abbas
Documentary / Biography / War
Germany / USA
English
2718
284
2010
John Turturro
John Turturro, Max Casella, Fiorello, Lina Sastri, Angela Luce, Massimo Ranieri
History / Music / Documentary
Italy / USA
Italian
2736
297
2016
Clay Tweel
Steve Gleason, Mike Gleason, Scott Fujita, Mike McKenzie, Michel Varisco-Gleason
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2616
235
2010
J. Clay Tweel
Siphiwe Fangase, Hiroki Hara, Bill Koch, Krystyn Lambert, Derek McKee
Documentary
USA / Japan / South Africa
English
2555
202
2019
Matt Tyrnauer
Roy Cohn, Barbara Walters, Roger Stone, Ken Auletta, Anne Roiphe, Donald Trump
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2583
217
1972
unknown
Rusty Sachs, Joe Bangert, Scott Shimabukuro, Kenneth Campbell, Scott Camil
Documentary / War
USA
English
2606
230
1953
unknown
Laurence Olivier, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip
Documentary / Biography
UK
English
2663
257
1928
unknown
Daniel Joseph Jenkins
Documentary / Short / Music
USA
English
2663
257
1937
unknown
Herbert Morrison
Short / Documentary / History
USA
English
2663
257
1910
unknown
James J. Jeffries, Jack Johnson
Documentary / Sports
USA
English (Silent)
2663
257
1939
unknown
Marian Anderson
Music / Documentary
USA
English
2663
257
1944
unknown
Martha Graham
Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
2663
257
1906
unknown
Documentary / Short / History
USA
English (Silent)
2663
257
1946
unknown
Gloria Blondell
Animation / Short / Documentary / Family
USA
English
2725
288
1993
unknown
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, The Boswell Sisters
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2725
288
1961
unknown
Walt Disney, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn, Ray Bolger
Documentary / Family
USA
English
2725
288
1934
unknown
Cab Calloway, Louis Prima, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Desi Arnaz
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2725
288
2008
unknown
Carmen Miranda
Documentary / Biography / Musical
USA
English
2725
288
2007
unknown
Leonard Maltin, Mickey Rooney, Rose Marie, Rudy Behlmer, Scott Eyman
Documentary
USA
English
2725
288
1973
unknown
Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Groucho Marx
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
2725
288
1959
unknown
Walt Disney, Pat O'Brien
Documentary / Family
USA
English
2725
288
2005
unknown
Thomas A. Edison, Charles Musser
Documentary / Biography / History
USA
English
2725
288
1956
unknown
Elvis Presley, Ed Sullivan, John Byner, Carol Burnett, Priscilla Presley
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2725
288
2008
unknown
Fats Waller, Maurice Waller, Eddie Barefield, Marshall Royal, Sammy Price
Documentary / Biography / Music
USA
English
2725
288
1922
unknown
Ramon Novarro, Jack Warner, Max Linder, Vola Vale
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2725
288
1917
unknown
Pedro León
Documentary / Short / Western
USA
English (Silent)
2725
288
1938
unknown
Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli
Short / Documentary / Biography / Music
UK
English
2725
288
2008
unknown
Sonny Rollins, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, Roland Kirk, Lionel Hampton
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2725
288
2007
unknown
Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Wes Montgomery, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon
Music / Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2725
288
1959
unknown
Walt Disney, Art Linkletter, Annette Funicello, Ricky Nelson, Fred MacMurray
Documentary / Family
USA
English
2725
288
2007
unknown
Maurice Jarre, Christian Lauliac
Documentary / Music
USA
French
2725
288
1998
unknown
Noel Coward, Richard Attenborough, Judy Campbell, John Gielgud, John Mills
Documentary / Biography
UK
English
2725
288
2009
unknown
Fanny Brice, The Boswell Sisters, Jimmy Durante, Bessie Smith, Woody Guthrie
Documentary / History
USA
English
2725
288
1944
unknown
Leon Errol, Martha O'Driscoll, Lois Collier, Milburn Stone
Short / War / Documentary / History
USA
English
2725
288
2005
unknown
Kander & Ebb, Alan J. Lerner, E.Y. 'Yip' Harburg, Sheldon Harnick, Burton Lan
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2725
288
2006
unknown
Svend Asmussen, Christian Jensen, Svend Haugberg, Kjeld Bonfils, Helge Jacobsen
Documentary / Biography / Music
unknown
English
2725
288
1993
unknown
Jimmie Rodgers, Whistler's Jug Band, Jack Johnson's Jazz Band, Ted Weems, Otto Gray
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2727
290
1930
unknown
Richard E. Byrd, Clair D. Alexander, Bernt Balchen, George H. Black
Documentary / Adventure / Biography / History
USA
English
2518
186
1996
Hugo Van Lawick
John Gielgud
Documentary / Family
USA / Netherlands
English
775
15
2000
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, François Wertheimer, Bodan Litnanski
Documentary / Biography
France
French
2625
239
2008
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, André Lubrano, Blaise Fournier, Vincent Fournier
Documentary / Biography
France
French
2772
316
1975
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda, Robert François, Lucien Bossy
Documentary
France / West Germany
French
2522
187
2003
various
Andrea Arnold, Stephen Daldry, Mike Leigh, Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott
Short / Documentary / Comedy / Drama
UK
English
2725
288
1952
various
Lous Costello, Bud Abbott
Comedy / Documentary
USA
English
2725
288
2015
various
Paul Howard, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Joe DeRita
Comedy / Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2706
278
2025
Valentyn Vasyanovych
Misha Lubarsky, Hryhoriy Naumov, Marianna Novikova, Vladlen Odudenko
Documentary / Comedy / Drama / War
Ukraine / Lithuania
Ukrainian
NR
-
2010
Dmitry Vasyukov, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Documentary
Germany
English
2663
257
1913
George Veditz
George Veditz
Documentary / Short
USA
English (Silent)
2647
249
1948
Nicole Védrès
Claude Dauphin, Monty Woolley
Documentary / History
France
French
2445
167
1956
Carlos Velo
Luis Procuna, Consuelo Procuna, Ángel Procuna
Documentary / Drama
Mexico
Spanish
2725
288
2007
Peter Ventrella
Peter Bogdanovich, Bruce Dern
Documentary / Short / Biography
USA
English
74
1
1929
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2630
243
1926
Dziga Vertov
Documentary / Experimental
Soviet Union
Russian (Silent)
2630
243
1934
Dziga Vertov
V.I. Lenin, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Stalin, Dolores Ibárruri
Documentary / History / Biography
Soviet Union
Russian
2725
288
2012
Jesse Vile
Jason Becker, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Ehren Becker, Gary Becker, Pat Becker
Documentary / Biography / Music
UK / USA
English
2725
288
2012
Stephen Vittoria
Mumia Abu-Jamal, Cornel West, Alice Walker, Dick Gregory, Angela Davis, Amy Goodman
Documentary / Biography / History
USA
English
2736
297
2017
Tom Volf
Fanny Ardant, Joyce DiDonato, Maria Callas, Aristotle Onassis, Vittorio De Sica
Documentary / Biography / Music
France
English
2725
288
1946
Gunther von Fritsch
Charles Reineke, Ben Hall, Ralph Montgomery, Gil Perkins, Jason Robards Sr.
Short / Drama / Documentary
USA
English
2725
288
2017
Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Cecil Beaton, Rupert Everett, Julie Andrews, Truman Capote, David Hockney
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
468
4
1970
Michael Wadleigh
Richie Havens, Joan Baez, Roger Daltrey
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2424
164
2010
Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim
Vik Muniz, Fabio Ghivelder, Sebastiao Carlos Dos Santos
Documentary / Biography
Brazil / UK
Portuguese
2734
295
2007
Stephen Walker
Bob Cilman, Stan Goldman, Jeanne Hatch, Patricia Linderme, Steve Martin
Documentary / Drama / Music / Biography
UK
English
2663
257
1929
Aloha Wanderwell
Aloha Wanderwell, Walter Wanderwell
Documentary
USA
English (Silent)
2529
189
2002
Bing Wang
Documentary / Biography
China / Netherlands
Mandarin
2783
322
1995
Tong Wang
Tao shu, Lu zhi, Shi jun, Zhang Shi
Drama / Documentary
Taiwan
Mandarin
2728
291
2018
Tim Wardle
Edward Galland, David Kellman, Robert Shafran
Documentary / Biography / Drama / Mystery
UK
English
1241
31
1965
Peter Watkins
Michael Aspel, Peter Graham
Drama / Sci-Fi / War / Documentary
UK
English
2450
169
1936
Harry Watt, Basil Wright
John Grierson, Stuart Legg
Short / Documentary
UK
English
2758
310
2000
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Experimental / Documentary / Biography
Thailand
Thai
2725
288
2011
Robert B. Weide
Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Diane Keaton, Letty Aronson, Scarlett Johansson
Documentary / Biography / History / Music / Romance
USA
English
2725
288
2015
Eric Weinrib
Roseanne Barr, Michael Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Tom Smothers
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
2718
284
1990
Ellen Weissbrod
Quincy Jones, Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
2564
208
2017
Ai Weiwei
Israa Abboud, Hiba Abed, Rami Abu Sondos, Asmaa Al-Bahiyya, Eman Al-Masina
Documentary
Germany
English
1655
50
1974
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten
Documentary / Experimental / Biography
France / Iran / West Germany
English
2758
310
1978
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Robert Coote, Hilton Edwards
Documentary
West Germany
English
1704
55
1999
Wim Wenders
Lázaro Villa, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea, Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / USA / UK / France / Cuba
English
2252
125
2011
Wim Wenders
Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Malou Airaudo, Ruth Amarante, Jorge Puerta Armenta
Documentary / Music / Biography
Germany / France / UK
German
2581
216
2004
Mark Wexler
Peter Bart, Verna Bloom, Billy Crystal, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Milos Forman
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2775
317
1995
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Documentary / Biography
Denmark / Poland
Polish
2590
222
2016
Roger Ross Williams
Jonathan Freeman, Gilbert Gottfried, Owen Suskind, Ron Suskind
Documentary / Animation / Family / Biography
France / USA
English
2725
288
2019
Dan Wingate
Kaye Ballard, Carol Burnett, Joy Behar, Carol Channing, Doris Day
Biography / Documentary
USA
English
2718
284
2009
Joe Winston
Angel Dillard, Brittany Barden, Donn Teske
Documentary
USA
English
2663
257
1970
Frederick Wiseman
Eugene Friedman M.D., Stanley Friedman M.D., Robert Schwartz M.D.
Documentary
USA
English
1208
29
1979
Ira Wohl
Zero Mostel, Christine O'Connor, Frances Reiss, Philip Wohl
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2725
288
2009
Bruno Wollheim
David Hockney
Documentary / Biography
UK
English
2725
288
2014
Chuck Workman
Orson Welles, Peter Bogdanovich
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2709
280
2023
Sam Wrench
Taylor Swift, Mike Meadows, Max Bernstein, Paul Sidoti, Amos Heller
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2663
257
1944
William Wyler
Robert Morgan, Vince Evans, Captain James A. Verinis
Documentary / War / History
USA
English
2762
312
1993
Andrew Young, Susan Todd, Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2663
257
1931
Anthony Young
John J. Bradley, Emile Gauvreau
Documentary / War / History
USA
English
2535
192
1961
Robert Youngson
Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Houdini
Adventure / Comedy / Documentary / Family
USA
English
2535
192
1957
Robert Youngson
Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Will Rogers, Carole Lombard, Jean Harlow, Ben Turpin
Comedy / Documentary / History / Family
USA
English
2535
192
1963
Robert Youngson
Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Douglas Fairbanks
Comedy / Documentary / Family
USA
English (Silent Scenes)
2535
192
1960
Robert Youngson
Charles Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase
Comedy / Documentary / History / Family
USA
English
2644
247
1963
Abraham Zapruder
John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, John Connally
Documentary / Short / History / Crime
USA
English
2725
288
2012
Leslie Zemeckis
Violet Hilton, Daisy Hilton, Nancy Allen, Blake Boyd, Tim Stack, Lea Thompson
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2718
284
2008
Marina Zenovich
Roman Polanski, Samantha Geimer, Douglas Dalton, Roger Gunson, Mia Farrow
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA / UK
English
2725
288
2004
Yaron Zilberman
Judith Haspel, Trude Hirschler, Anni Lampl, Hanni Lux, Ann Marie Pisker
Documentary / History / Sports / Biography
France / Israel / USA
English
731
14
2014
Andrey Zvyagintsev
Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov
Drama / Documentary
Russia
Russian
2730
293
2013
Alan Zweig
Aaron Berg, Rodney Dangerfield, Gilbert Gottfried, Howie Mandel, Marc Maron
Documentary / Comedy / Religion
Canada
English
2484
176
1988
Charlotte Zwerin
Jimmy Cleveland, Harry Colomby, John Coltrane, Ray Copeland
Documentary / Biography / Music
USA
English
569
10
1994
Terry Zwigoff
Robert Crumb, Aline Kominsky, Charles Crumb, Maxon Crumb, Robert Hughes
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2718
284
1986
Terry Zwigoff
Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Cab Calloway, Les Blank, Alan Governar
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
