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Best French Documentary Movies

This collection ranks 6,068 french 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 Night and Fog.

6,068 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  2. 2

    Senna

    2010· 1h 46m· en

    8.11.2K
  3. 3

    Human

    2015· 3h 11m· fr

    8.4310
  4. 4

    Shoah

    1985· 9h 26m· fr

    8.2223
  7. 7

    Flee

    2021· 1h 29m· da

    7.7404
  9. 9

    Home

    2009· 1h 35m· fr

    7.8558
  15. 15

    Earth

    2007· 1h 30m· en

    7.6368
  19. 19

    Oceans

    2010· 1h 44m· en

    7.5342
  20. 20

    9/11

    2002· 2h 8m· en

    7.9128
  21. 21

    Porn

    2023· fr

    7.47
  23. 23

    F for Fake

    1973· 1h 29m· fr

    7.4372
  31. 31

    Pina

    2011· 1h 46m· de

    7.4282
  36. 36

    Tomorrow

    2015· 1h 58m· fr

    7.8280
  41. 41

    Lumière!

    2016· 1h 30m· fr

    7.975
  48. 48

    Woman

    2020· 1h 44m· fr

    7.747
  50. 50

    Why We Fight

    2005· 1h 38m· en

    7.5123

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

6,068 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?

Night and Fog currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.