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Best Documentary Movies of 1984

This collection ranks 284 documentary movies released in 1984. 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 Stop Making Sense.

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

  5. 5

    Style Wars

    1984· 1h 10m· en

    7.558
  8. 8

    28 Up

    1984· 2h 16m· en

    7.576
  10. 10

    Jango

    1984· 1h 55m· pt

    6.98
  13. 13

    Kaddish

    1984· 1h 32m· en

    —0
  14. 14

    Our Nazi

    1984· 1h 34m· de

    8.58
  18. 18

    Speed

    1984· 25m· en

    6.28
  25. 25

    Biquefarre

    1984· 1h 33m· fr

    7.712
  33. 33

    Buñuel

    1984· 1h 20m· es

    4.73

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

284 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?

Stop Making Sense currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.