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Best American Documentary Movies

This collection ranks 21,835 american 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 Stop Making Sense.

21,835 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data

  3. 153

    Gleason

    2016· 1h 50m· en

    8.455
  4. 154

    Elena

    2013· 1h 22m· pt

    7.396
  8. 158

    Let It Be

    1970· 1h 21m· en

    7.6177
  12. 162

    Religulous

    2008· 1h 41m· en

    7.0667
  23. 173

    Piece by Piece

    2024· 1h 34m· en

    7.1163
  28. 178

    The Square

    2013· 1h 28m· ar

    7.6166
  31. 181

    Casting By

    2012· 1h 29m· en

    6.942
  33. 183

    Stutz

    2022· 1h 36m· en

    7.5207
  34. 184

    Navalny

    2022· 1h 38m· en

    7.2281
  37. 187

    Sly

    2023· 1h 37m· en

    7.2220
  42. 192

    Roger & Me

    1989· 1h 31m· en

    7.1324
  45. 195

    LA 92

    2017· 1h 54m· en

    7.7136

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Frequently asked questions

How many qualifyingmovies are in this list?

21,835 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?

Stop Making Sense currently holds the top position in this collection.

How often is this list updated?

Rankings are recalculated whenever the underlying movie data changes.