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Best French Documentary Movies

This collection ranks 5,570 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. Films listed here were originally released in French (Français).

5,570 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  2. 2

    Human

    2015· 3h 11m

    8.4310
  3. 3

    Shoah

    1985· 9h 26m

    8.2223
  5. 5

    Home

    2009· 1h 35m

    7.8558
  11. 11

    Porn

    2023

    7.47
  20. 20

    Tomorrow

    2015· 1h 58m

    7.8280
  22. 22

    Lumière!

    2016· 1h 30m

    7.975
  27. 27

    Woman

    2020· 1h 44m

    7.747
  29. 29

    Speak Up

    2017· 1h 35m

    7.8149
  41. 41

    Terra

    2015· 1h 37m

    8.372

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

5,570 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.