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Why We Fight
2005· 1h 38m· Documentary, History· en
7.5123
Best Documentary Movies Directed By Frank Capra
This collection ranks 35 documentary movies directed by Frank Capra. 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. Why We Fight tops the list with a 7.5/10 audience score. The qualifying titles span 1921–2023.
35 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Five Came Back
2017· 3h 15m· Documentary, War· en
7.945 - 3
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
1942· 53m· Documentary, War· en
6.573 - 4
Another Romance of Celluloid
1938· 11m· Documentary· en
5.02 - 5
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943· 1h 23m· Documentary, War· en
6.935 - 6
Attack in the Pacific
1944· 52m· Documentary· en
—0 - 7
Know Your Enemy: Japan
1945· 1h 3m· Documentary, War, History· en
5.815 - 8
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
1943· 42m· War, Documentary· en
6.429 - 9
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943· 53m· Documentary, War· en
6.821 - 10
Tunisian Victory
1944· 1h 15m· Documentary, War· en
6.417 - 11
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943· 57m· Documentary, War· en
7.018 - 12
Frank Capra's American Dream
1997· 1h 55m· Documentary, History, TV Movie· en
6.39 - 13
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008· Documentary· en
7.01 - 14
Here Is Germany
1945· 52m· War, Documentary· en
7.06 - 15
The Men who Made the Movies: Frank Capra
1973· Documentary· en
—0 - 16
Your Job in Germany
1945· 11m· Documentary· en
5.58 - 17
Our Mr. Sun
1956· 57m· Documentary, TV Movie, Animation· en
7.511 - 18
Screen Snapshots (Series 12, No. 2)
1932· 10m· Documentary· en
6.01 - 19
War Comes to America
1945· 1h 10m· Documentary, War· en
7.017 - 20
The Screen Director
1951· 9m· Documentary· en
7.02 - 21
Hollywood's Second World War
2019· 1h 30m· Documentary, War, History· de
8.02 - 22
Frank Capra, il était une fois l'Amérique
2020· Documentary, TV Movie· fr
9.54 - 23
Dear Mr. Gable
1968· 52m· Documentary· en
—0 - 24
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 12
1938· 10m· Documentary· en
6.01 - 25
Rendezvous in Space
1964· 16m· Documentary, Animation· en
—0 - 26
Why We Fight: The Battle of China
1944· 1h 5m· War, Documentary· en
6.313 - 27
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985· 1h 50m· Documentary· en
5.813 - 28
Frank Capra Jr. Remembers: 'It Happened One Night'
1999· 11m· Documentary, Comedy· en
6.54 - 29
G.I. Journal
1944· 20m· Comedy, Documentary· en
—0 - 30
Two Down and One to Go
1945· 32m· Documentary· en
6.22 - 31
Frank Capra: Mr. America
2023· 1h 33m· Documentary· en
6.05 - 32
The Making of 'It's a Wonderful Life'
1990· 23m· Documentary· en
6.02 - 33
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
1944· 56m· War, Documentary· en
6.02 - 34
The Fallbrook Story
1952· 31m· Documentary, History· en
—0 - 35
The Italian Warship Libia
1921· 25m· Documentary· it
5.01
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Frequently asked questions
How many documentary movies has Frank Capra made?
35 documentary movies directed by Frank Capra carry real rating data in this catalog.
How are these Frank Capra films 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.
What is the best Frank Capra documentary movie?
Why We Fight currently holds the #1 position in this collection.
Which Frank Capra documentary movie is the most popular?
Why We Fight has the largest audience (123 votes) among these titles.