Best Documentaries by Rank
2737
298
2009
Ben Steinbauer
Jack Rebney, Ben Steinbauer, Keith Gordon, Nick Prueher, Joe Pickett
Documentary / Biography / Comedy
USA
English
2738
299
2009
Vikram Jayanti
Phil Spector, Lana Clarkson, Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley, Ronma Perry
Documentary / Music / Biography / Crime
USA / UK
English
2738
299
1987
Kay Armatage
Joyce Wieland
Documentary / Biography
Canada
English
2738
299
2008
Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
Michael Bennett, Bob Avian, Marvin Hamlisch, Donna McKechnie, Baayork Lee
Documentary / Musical / Biography
USA
English
2738
299
2000
David Shapiro, Laurie Shapiro
Tobias Schneebaum, Norman Mailer, Charlie Rose, Mike Douglas
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2738
299
1992
Mark Achbar, Peter Wintonick
Mark Achbar, Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman, William F. Buckley, Kelvin Flook
Documentary / Biography
Canada
English
2738
299
2000
Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
Rupert Everett, Klaus Müller, Karl Gorath, Pierre Seel, Heinz F.
Documentary / History / War
UK / Germany / USA
English
2740
300
1942
Humphrey Jennings, Stewart McAllister
Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan, Leonard Brockington, Myra Hess
Documentary / Short / War
UK
English
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2741
301
1975
Patricio Guzmán
Abilio Fernández, Salvador Allende
Documentary / History
Chile / Cuba
Spanish
2744
302
1949
Georges Franju
Georges Hubert, Nicole Ladmiral
Documentary / Short / Drama
France
French
2745
303
1987
Kazuo Hara
Kenzo Okuzaki, Emperor Hirohito
Documentary / War / History
Japan
Japanese
2746
304
1967
Vilgot Sjöman
Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börje Ahlstedt
Documentary / Drama
Sweden
Swedish
2747
305
1974
Jacques Tati
Jacques Tati, Karl Kossmayer, Pierre Bramma, Pia Colombo
Documentary / Family
France / Sweden
French
2747
305
1982
Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Bernard Menoud, Anne-Marie Miéville
Jean-Luc Godard
Documentary
France / Switzerland
French
2750
306
1969
Jonas Mekas
Timothy Leary, Andy Warhol, Allen Ginsberg, John Lennon
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2752
307
2015
Chantal Akerman
Chantal Akerman, Natalia Akerman, Sylvaine Akerman
Documentary
Belgium / France
French
2757
309
2006
Pedro Costa
Ventura, Vanda Duarte, Beatriz Duarte, Gustavo Sumpta, Cila Cardoso, Isabel Cardoso
Drama / Documentary
Portugal / France / Switzerland
Portuguese
2758
310
1989
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Documentary
France / West Germany
German
2758
310
1998
Caspar Stracke
John Kelly, Kyle deCamp, Charles Duval, Annie Iobst
Experimental / Documentary
USA / Germany
English
2758
310
1990
Sergei Parajanov
Sofiko Chiaureli, Yuri Mgoyan
Documentary / Biography
Soviet Union
Georgian
2758
310
1994
Jean-Daniel Pollet
Michael Lonsdale
Documentary / Experimental
France / Belgium
French
2758
310
1998
Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini
Joanna Rosethall
Documentary
UK
Persian
2758
310
1988
Luc Moullet
Françoise Buraux, Richard Copans, Luc Moullet
Short / Documentary / Comedy
France
French
2758
310
1990
Katherine Gilday
Rebecca Jenkins, Marion Woodman, Susan Griffin, Chris Alt
Documentary
Canada
English
2758
310
1978
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Robert Coote, Hilton Edwards
Documentary
West Germany
English
2758
310
1977
Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville
Betty Berr, Albert Dray, Arnaud Martin, Camille Virolleaud
Documentary
France
French
2758
310
1987
Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
Documentary / Biography
West Germany / Italy
Italian (Silent)
2758
310
1989
Abbas Kiarostami
Babak Ahmadpoor, Farhang Akhavan, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
Documentary
Iran
Persian
2758
310
1990
Harun Farocki
Documentary / History
West Germany
German
2758
310
1976
Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Groupe Dziga Vertov, Anne-Marie Miéville
Documentary
France
French
2758
310
1991
Luc Moullet
Luc Moullet, Noël Simsolo, Jean Narboni
Short / Documentary / Comedy
France
French
2758
310
1958
Alain Resnais
Pierre Dux, Sacha Vierny
Documentary / Short
France
French
2758
310
1953
Chris Marker, Alain Resnais
Jean Négroni, François Mitterrand
Documentary / Short
France
French
2758
310
1980
William Klein
Little Richard
Documentary / Music
West Germany
French
2758
310
1986
Louis Hock
Documentary
USA
English
2758
310
1989
Emile de Antonio
Emile de Antonio, John Cage, Nancy de Antonio
Documentary / Biography
UK / USA
English
2758
310
1999
Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
Documentary / Biography
Italy / USA
English
2758
310
2000
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Experimental / Documentary / Biography
Thailand
Thai
2758
310
1990
Robert Frank
Mika Moses, Peter Orlovsky, Kevin O'Connor, Taylor Mead
Experimental / Documentary
France
English
2758
310
1982
Edgardo Cozarinsky
Niels Arestrup
Documentary / War
France / West Germany
French
2758
310
2001
Pedro Costa, Thierry Lounas
Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Documentary / Comedy / Romance
France / Portugal
Italian
2758
310
1996
Robert Altman
Harry Belafonte, Kevin Mahogany, Russell Malone
Documentary / Music
USA
English
2758
310
1968
Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens
Documentary / War / History
France / Vietnam
French
2758
310
1956
Alain Resnais
Jacques Dumesnil
Documentary / Short
France
French
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
2758
310
1970
Pere Portabella
Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom, Soledad Miranda, Jack Taylor
Documentary / Horror
Spain
English
2758
310
1950
Isidore Isou
Jean Cocteau, Jean Louis-Barrault, Blaise Cendrard, Marcel Achard
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2760
311
1959
Stan Brakhage
Stan Brakhage, Myrrena Schwegmann, Jane Wodening
Documentary / Short / Experimental
USA
English (Silent)
2762
312
2022
Shaunak Sen
Mohammad Saud, Nadeem Shehzad
Documentary
UK / India / USA
Hindi
2762
312
2013
Steve Hoover
Rocky Braat, Steve Hoover
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2762
312
1993
Andrew Young, Susan Todd, Michael Roemer, Robert M. Young
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2762
312
2025
Mohammad Reza Eyni, Sara Khaki
Sara Shahverdi
Documentary / Biography
Qatar / Chile / Iran / Canada / Netherlands / Germany / USA
Persian
2762
312
2002
Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco
Mai Thi Kim, Heidi Neville-Bub, Gerald Ford, Tom Miller, Tran Tuong Nhu
Documentary / Biography / War
USA
English
2762
312
2017
Antonio Santini, Dan Sickles
Dina Buno, Scott Levin
Documentary / Romance
USA
English
2762
312
2006
Eva Mulvad
Malalai Joya
Documentary
Denmark / Norway / Finland
English
2762
312
2022
Violet Columbus, Ben Klein
Christine Choy, Todd Phillips, Ronald Gray, Atno Smith
Documentary
USA
English
2762
312
1998
Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack
Bernard Addison, Burl Cain, George Crawford, Wilbert Rideau, Vincent Simmons
Documentary / Biography / Crime
USA
English
2762
312
1991
Camille Billops, James Hatch
Camille Billops
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2762
312
1989
Al Reinert
Jim Lovell, Russell Schweickart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad
Documentary / History
USA
English
2762
312
1994
Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford
Ronnie Washington
Documentary / History
USA
English
2762
312
2023
Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson
Nikki Giovanni, Taraji P. Henson, Virginia Fowler, Kai Giovanni, Thomas Giovanni
Documentary
USA
English
2762
312
2006
Juan Carlos Rulfo
Sofia García López, José Guadalupe Calzada
Documentary / Biography
Mexico
Spanish
2762
312
2017
Firas Fayyad, Steen Johannessen
Documentary / War
Denmark / Syria
Arabic
2762
312
2000
Deborah Hoffmann, Frances Reid
Mary Burton, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Mongezi Manqina, Thapelo Mbelo
Documentary / Crime
USA
English
2762
312
2007
Jason Kohn
Documentary / Crime / Biography
Brazil / USA
English
2762
312
2024
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Documentary / Adventure
Norway
Norwegian
2762
312
2018
Derek Doneen
Asmita, Swati Jha, Sumedha Kailash, Arshad Mehdi, Bhuwan Ribhu, Kailash Satyarthi
Documentary
USA
English
2762
312
1985
Christian Blackwood
Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang, Charles Durning
Documentary
USA
English
2762
312
2009
Mads Brügger
Mads Brügger, Simon Jul Jørgensen, Jacob Nossell
Documentary / Comedy
Denmark
Danish
2762
312
2013
Talal Derki
Documentary / Biography / History / War
Syria / Germany
Arabic
2762
312
2014
Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos
Documentary / Biography / Drama
USA
English
2762
312
2014
Chad Gracia
Documentary / History / War
USA / UK / Ukraine
Russian
2762
312
1993
Peter Friedman, Tom Joslin
Liane Bonin, Tom Joslin, Mark Massi
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2762
312
2001
Kate Davis
Robert Eads, Lola Cola, Maxwell Scott Anderson, Cas Piotrowski, Corissa Anderson
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2762
312
2004
Leonard Retel Helmrich
Documentary / Religion / Biography
Netherlands
Indonesian
2762
312
1995
Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan
Bob Blankenship, Dean Eilts, Marge Harold, Gini Jordan, Grace Jordan
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2762
312
2015
Crystal Moselle
Bhagavan Angulo, Govinda Angulo, Jagadisa Angulo, Krsna Angulo, Mukunda Angulo,
Documentary / Biography / Drama
USA
English
2763
313
1992
Barbara Hammer
Jerre, Maria, Ruth, Sandy Binford, Peter Cramer, Barbara Hammer
Documentary / Experimental
USA
English
2768
314
2016
Arthur Jafa
Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Cassi Namoda, Bayard Rustin, Walter Scott
Short / History / Documentary
USA
English
2768
314
1958
Jean Rouch
Oumarou Ganda, Gambi, Petit Touré, Alassane Maiga, Amadou Demba
Drama / Documentary
France
French
2768
314
1970
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Gato Barbieri, Donald F. Moye, Marcello Melis, Yvonne Murray, Archie Savage
Documentary / Music
Italy
Italian
2768
314
1929
Mannus Franken, Joris Ivens
Documentary / Short / Experimental / History
Netherlands
Dutch (Silent)
2768
314
1983
Trinh T. Minh-ha
Documentary / Short
USA / Senegal
English
2770
315
1971
Werner Herzog
Heinrich Fleischmann, Vladimir Kokol, Fini Straubinger
Documentary / Biography
West Germany
German
2772
316
1975
Agnès Varda
Agnès Varda, Rosalie Varda, Robert François, Lucien Bossy
Documentary
France / West Germany
French
2772
316
1945
Humphrey Jennings
Michael Redgrave, Myra Hess, John Gielgud, Frederick Allen, George Woodbridge
Documentary / Short
UK
English
2772
316
2012
Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel
Brian Jannelle, Adrian Guillette, Arthur Smith, Asterias Vulgaris
Documentary
UK / USA
English
2772
316
2009
Jiayin Liu
Huifen Jia, Jiayin Liu, Zaiping Liu
Documentary / Drama
China
Mandarin
2772
316
1989
Robert Kramer
Jesse Jackson, Paul McIsaac, Pat Robertson
Documentary
UK / France / Italy
English
2772
316
1979
Chick Strand
Karen Amend, Melissa Lou Beal, Johanna Demetrakas, Cathy Freeman, Simone Gad
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2775
317
1993
Nikita Mikhalkov
Anna Mikhalkova, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Nikita Mikhalkov
Documentary / Biography
Russia / France
Russian
2775
317
2006
Louise Osmond, Jerry Rothwell
Donald Crowhurst, Francoise Moitessier de Cazalet, Simon Crowhurst
Documentary / History / Sports
UK
English
2775
317
2006
Amy Berg
Thomas Doyle, Oliver O'Grady
Documentary / Biography / Religion
USA
English
2775
317
1997
Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Keith Fulton, Terry Gilliam, Dorothea Braemer, Kristi Connors, Ken Haas
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2775
317
1995
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Documentary / Biography
Denmark / Poland
Polish
2775
317
2019
Michael Apted
Nicholas Hitchon, Tony Walker, Charles Furneaux, Bruce Balden, Peter Davies
Documentary
UK
English
2775
317
1994
Adawna, Frank Cardon, La Traun Parker
Frank Cardon, Adwana, Gloria, La Traun Parker
Documentary / Biography
USA
English
2775
317
1997
Nicholas Barker
Aimee Copp, Michael De Stefano, Brenda Monte, Mikey Russo, Heather Feeney
Documentary / Experimental
France / UK / USA
English
2778
318
1983
David Perlov
Klaus Kinski, David Perlov, Mira Perlov, Neomi Perlov, Yael Perlov
Documentary
Israel
Hebrew
2779
319
1972
Noriaki Tsuchimoto
Documentary / History / Biography
Japan
Japanese
2780
320
1977
Chris Marker
Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Salvador Allende, Regis Debray, Yves Montand
Documentary / History
France
French
2781
321
1992
Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Documentary / Sci-Fi / History
France / UK / Germany
German
2783
322
1974
Werner Herzog
Walter Steiner
Documentary / Biography / Sports
West Germany
German
2783
322
1978
Guy Debord
Documentary / Experimental
France
French
2783
322
1995
Tong Wang
Tao shu, Lu zhi, Shi jun, Zhang Shi
Drama / Documentary
Taiwan
Mandarin
2783
322
1965
Ken Loach
Geraldine Sherman, Carol White, Vickery Turner, Michael Standing
Drama / Documentary
UK
English
NR
-
2012
Mark Christopher Covino, Jeff Howlett
Alice Cooper, Bobby Hackney, Dannis Hackney, David Hackney, Henry Rollins
Documentary / Music / Biography
USA
English
NR
-
2006
Eric Steel, Raymond Wood
Randall Blizzard, Harold Blizzard, Chris Piner, Allison Ruby Poss, Tommy Roche
Documentary / Biography
UK / USA
English
NR
-
2007
Brett Morgen
Hank Azaria, Dylan Baker, Nick Nolte, Mark Ruffalo, Roy Scheider, Liev Schreiber
Documentary / Animation / History / Crime
USA
English
NR
-
2004
Deborah Koons
Percy Schmeiser, Andrew Kimbrell, Dr. Ignacio Chapela, Dr. Charles Benbrook
Documentary
USA
English
NR
-
2010
Dmitry Vasyukov, Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog
Documentary
Germany
English
NR
-
2005
Philip Gröning
Documentary / Religion
France / Switzerland / Germany
French
NR
-
1943
Dave Fleischer, Dan Gordon, Isadore Sparber, Seymour Kneitel
Jack Mercer, Margie Hines, Dave Barry, William Pennell, Tedd Pierce, Gilbert Mack
Animation / Short / Musical / Family / Comedy / Fantasy / Comic / Documentary / Serial
USA
English
NR
-
2012
Thymaya Payne
Documentary / Adventure / Crime
Estonia / Philippines / Denmark / USA / Somalia / Canada
English
NR
-
1985
Jack Haley Jr.
Liza Minnelli, Shirley Temple, Gene Kelly, Mikhail Baryshnikov, John Travolta
Documentary / Musical
USA
English
