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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020· 1h 23m· Documentary, Drama
8.4448
Top 50 Documentary Movies
The 50 highest-ranked documentary movies across our entire catalog, selected from 79,513 qualifying titles. Ranked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data.
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Stop Making Sense
1984· 1h 28m· Documentary, Music
8.3385 - 3
Night and Fog
1956· 32m· Documentary, History
8.3574 - 4
Senna
2010· 1h 46m· Documentary
8.11.2K - 5
BTS World Tour: Love Yourself - Japan Edition
2019· 3h 51m· Music, Documentary
9.2327 - 6
20 Days in Mariupol
2023· 1h 34m· Documentary, War
8.1309 - 7
Human
2015· 3h 11m· Documentary
8.4310 - 8
Baraka
1992· 1h 37m· Documentary
8.2693 - 9
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
2021· 1h 41m· Documentary
7.3386 - 10
Samsara
2011· 1h 42m· Documentary
8.1694 - 11
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
2011· 2h 29m· Documentary, Music
8.1185 - 12
Ennio
2022· 2h 36m· Documentary, Music, History
8.3385 - 13
The Cove
2009· 1h 32m· Documentary
8.0690 - 14
Friends: The Reunion
2021· 1h 44m· Documentary, Comedy
7.81.4K - 15
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022· 1h 35m· Documentary, Music
8.5615 - 16
Free Solo
2018· 1h 40m· Documentary, Adventure
7.91.6K - 17
Inside Job
2010· 1h 49m· Documentary, Crime
7.71.1K - 18
No Other Land
2024· 1h 32m· Documentary
8.0330 - 19
O.J.: Made in America
2016· 7h 47m· Documentary, Crime, History
8.4263 - 20
For Sama
2019· 1h 40m· Documentary, War
8.3313 - 21
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022· 1h 43m· Documentary
7.33.5K - 22
My Octopus Teacher
2020· 1h 25m· Documentary
7.91.1K - 23
Man with a Movie Camera
1929· 1h 8m· Documentary
7.8819 - 24
Bring the Soul: The Movie
2019· 1h 45m· Music, Documentary
8.3462 - 25
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
2008· 1h 34m· Documentary, Crime
8.1590 - 26
Squid Game: Making Season 2
2025· 28m· Documentary
8.5432 - 27
Burn the Stage: The Movie
2018· 1h 25m· Music, Documentary
8.3432 - 28
Shoah
1985· 9h 26m· Documentary, History
8.2223 - 29
The Salt of the Earth
2014· 1h 50m· Documentary
8.1681 - 30
A Child of My Own
2026· 1h 36m· Documentary
8.449 - 31
13th
2016· 1h 40m· Documentary
7.8804 - 32
I Am Not Your Negro
2017· 1h 33m· Documentary
7.7530 - 33
Apollo 11
2019· 1h 33m· Documentary, History, Drama
7.9721 - 34
Jackass: Best and Last
2026· 1h 32m· Action, Comedy, Documentary
7.6188 - 35
Sicko
2007· 2h 3m· Documentary, Comedy, Drama
7.4759 - 36
Searching for Sugar Man
2012· 1h 25m· Music, Documentary
7.91.0K - 37
Paris Is Burning
1991· 1h 18m· Documentary, History
8.0559 - 38
Flee
2021· 1h 29m· Documentary, Animation
7.7404 - 39
The Power of the Present
2017· 2h 20m· Documentary
8.713 - 40
The Act of Killing
2012· 2h 39m· Documentary, History
7.7765 - 41
Héctor el Father: Conocerás la verdad
2018· 1h 30m· Drama, Documentary
7.8106 - 42
Everybody’s Everything
2019· 1h 56m· Documentary
8.5300 - 43
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
2024· 1h 43m· Documentary, Animation
8.1151 - 44
Earthlings
2005· 1h 35m· Documentary
8.1344 - 45
BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG
2026· 1h 6m· Music, Documentary
8.8114 - 46
The Dawn Wall
2017· 1h 41m· Documentary, Adventure
8.0357 - 47
CM101MMXI Fundamentals
2013· 2h 19m· Comedy, TV Movie, Documentary
8.2145 - 48
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
1972· 1h 24m· Music, Documentary
8.0226 - 49
BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage - LA
2022· 2h 10m· Music, Documentary
8.8166 - 50
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
2026· 1h 38m· Music, Documentary
8.299
