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The Hidden Life of Trees
2020· 1h 41m· Documentary
7.121
Best German Documentary Movies of 2020
This collection ranks 193 German documentary movies released in 2020. 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 The Hidden Life of Trees.
193 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Cell 364
2020· 4m· Documentary
7.51 - 3
The Alps
2020· Documentary
8.33 - 4
Wagenknecht
2020· 1h 40m· Documentary
8.52 - 5
Frenemies: Putin and Trump
2020· 1h 30m· Documentary, History, TV Movie
7.56 - 6
SCHW31NS7EIGER: Memories - Von Anfang bis Legende
2020· 1h 52m· Documentary
7.239 - 7
Omar Sharif: Citizen of the World
2020· 53m· Documentary, TV Movie
7.05 - 8
Schocken, on the Verge of Consensus
2020· 1h 20m· Documentary
—0 - 9
On Thin Ice
2020· 52m· Documentary
8.84 - 10
Volunteer
2020· 1h 33m· Documentary
10.01 - 11
Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes
2020· 53m· Documentary, History, TV Movie
7.52 - 12
Mythos Nordsee
2020· Documentary
8.33 - 13
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
2020· 52m· Documentary, History
8.02 - 14
Lindenberg! Mach dein Ding
2020· 2h 19m· Music, Drama, Documentary
6.450 - 15
Secret operation Rubikon: The biggest coup of the BND
2020· 1h 0m· Documentary
6.95 - 16
HELGA - Die zwei Gesichter der Feddersen
2020· TV Movie, Documentary
—0 - 17
Nemesis
2020· 2h 12m· Documentary
7.53 - 18
Beyond Perfection: The Pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
2020· 52m· Documentary
8.51 - 19
For Fuck's Sake, Christian, We're Making a Porn Film
2020· 9m· Documentary
2.01 - 20
Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
2020· 53m· Documentary, History, TV Movie
7.54 - 21
All Her Dying Lovers
2020· 6m· Documentary, Animation
—0 - 22
Stress
2020· 1h 23m· Documentary, War
—0 - 23
Zürcher Tagebuch
2020· Documentary
5.01 - 24
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020· 2h 0m· Documentary
7.73 - 25
The Concorde: Myth and Tragedy
2020· 52m· Documentary
8.07 - 26
Friedrich Hölderlin - Dichter sein. Unbedingt!
2020· 1h 30m· Documentary, Drama
9.01 - 27
Early.Warning.System
2020· 1h 29m· Documentary
8.01 - 28
The Leopard Legacy
2020· Documentary, TV Movie
8.03 - 29
Leonardo da Vinci and the Bust of Flora
2020· 52m· Documentary, History, TV Movie
6.54 - 30
Osteopathy - Healing hands
2020· 52m· Documentary
—0 - 31
2020: A Very Particular Year
2020· 1h 30m· Documentary
8.02 - 32
Switzerlanders
2020· 1h 22m· Documentary
2.01 - 33
Heliopolis: The City Of The Sun
2020· 53m· Documentary
8.02 - 34
Johanna Dohnal - Visionary of Feminism
2020· 1h 45m· Documentary
10.01 - 35
Der Flussbaumeister - Wie Tulla den Rhein begradigte
2020· Documentary, History
6.01 - 36
972 Breakdowns - On The Landway to New York
2020· 1h 50m· Documentary
9.02 - 37
Piggy
2020· 20m· Documentary
—0 - 38
Cows on the Roof
2020· 1h 20m· Documentary
8.01 - 39
Your Street
2020· 8m· Documentary
7.01 - 40
Running on Empty
2020· 1h 29m· Documentary
—0 - 41
Austria 2 Australia
2020· 1h 28m· Documentary
6.111 - 42
Robolove
2020· 1h 19m· Documentary
6.02 - 43
We Hold the Line
2020· 1h 33m· Documentary
7.17 - 44
The Church
2020· Documentary
—0 - 45
Autobahn
2020· 1h 25m· Documentary
—0 - 46
Friedrich Engels - Der Unterschätzte
2020· Documentary, History, TV Movie
8.01 - 47
Just a Guy
2020· 15m· Animation, Documentary
4.02 - 48
Robin's Hood
2020· 1h 30m· Documentary
—0 - 49
Inside Prora
2020· 1h 40m· Documentary
—0 - 50
Secret Teutoburg Forest
2020· 44m· Documentary, TV Movie
6.01
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Frequently asked questions
How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?
193 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?
The Hidden Life of Trees currently holds the top position in this collection.
How often is this list updated?
Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.