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Best German Documentary Movies

This collection ranks 4,149 German 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 Lessons of Darkness. Films listed here were originally released in German (Deutsch).

4,149 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  3. 3

    Me Time

    2022· 1h 26m

    9.213
  7. 7

    Pina

    2011· 1h 46m

    7.4282
  19. 19

    Tokyo-Ga

    1985· 1h 32m

    7.1103
  20. 20

    Merkel

    2022· 1h 37m

    6.911
  36. 36

    Anselm

    2023· 1h 33m

    6.748
  44. 44

    Untitled

    2017· 1h 42m

    7.510

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

4,149 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?

Lessons of Darkness currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.