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Best Chinese Documentary Movies

This collection ranks 702 Chinese documentary movies. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. At the top of the list is Biang Biang Express. Films listed here were originally released in Chinese (普通话).

702 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  13. 13

    Behemoth

    2015· 1h 35m

    7.453
  20. 20

    Faceless

    2021· 1h 22m

    6.96
  30. 30

    24 City

    2008· 1h 48m

    7.063
  48. 48

    August

    2024· 53m

    9.52

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

702 movies with real rating data match this collection.

How are these movies ranked?

By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.

Which movie is ranked #1?

Biang Biang Express currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.