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Best Documentary Movies Starring Meryl Streep

This collection ranks 36 documentary movies starring Meryl Streep. 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. Five Came Back tops the list with a 7.9/10 audience score. The qualifying titles span 1981–2026. The most widely seen film here is Girl Rising (49 votes).

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

  7. 7

    Radioman

    2012· 1h 10m· en

    6.07
  18. 18

    Auschwitz

    2015· 15m· en

    7.410

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Frequently asked questions

How many documentary movies has Meryl Streep made?

36 documentary movies starring Meryl Streep carry real rating data in this catalog.

How are these Meryl Streep 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 Meryl Streep documentary movie?

Five Came Back currently holds the #1 position in this collection.

Which Meryl Streep documentary movie is the most popular?

Girl Rising has the largest audience (49 votes) among these titles.