Best Documentaries in the history of film
1000 top rated Documentaries on Filmaffinity with +400 votes
- Claude Lanzmann
- Documentary, (Self: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik) ...
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Documentary
- Ron Fricke
- Documentary
- Jonas Mekas
- Documentary
- Jon Alpert
- Documentary, Freddie Rodriguez, Deliris Vasquez ...
- Alain Resnais
- Documentary, (Voice: Michel Bouquet)
- Chris Marker
- Documentary, (Voice: Simone Signoret, François Périer) ...
- Patricio Guzmán
- Documentary, (Self: Salvador Allende, Abilio Fernández)
- Patricio Guzmán
- Documentary, (Self: Salvador Allende, Carlos Altamirano) ...
- Ron Fricke
- Documentary
- Peter Watkins
- Documentary
- Dziga Vertov
- Documentary
- Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
- Documentary, (Self: Sebastião Salgado)
- Tony Gatlif
- Documentary
- Michael Robinson, Román Escoda
- Documentary, (Self: Michael Robinson)
- Malik Bendjelloul
- Documentary, (Self: Sixto Rodríguez)
- Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes ...
- Documentary, (Self: David Attenborough)
- Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
- Documentary, (Self: Jacques Perrin, Lancelot Perrin)
- Jorge Furtado
- Documentary
- Matt O'Casey
- Documentary, (Self: Freddie Mercury, Brian May) ...
- Román Escoda
- Documentary, (Self: Michael Robinson)
- Giuseppe Tornatore
- Documentary, (Self: Ennio Morricone, Quentin Tarantino) ...
- Patricio Guzmán
- Documentary
- Jaime Chávarri
- Documentary, (Self: Felicidad Blanc, Juan Luis Panero) ...
- Franco Piavoli
- Documentary
- Yann Arthus-Bertrand
- Documentary
- Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
- Documentary
- Louie Psihoyos
- Documentary
- Alejo Moreno
- Documentary
- Jonathan Hock
- Documentary
Shoah (1985)
documentary
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Human (2015)
documentary
2
Samsara (2011)
documentary
3
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
documentary
4
Life of Crime 1984-2020 (2021)
documentary
5
Night and Fog (1956)
mediadocumentary
6
A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
documentary
7
The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection (1975)
documentary
8
The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup (1976)
documentary
9
Baraka (1992)
documentary
10
La Commune (Paris 1871) (2000)
documentary
11
The Man with the Movie Camera (1929)
documentary
12
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
documentary
13
Safe Journey (1993)
documentary
14
Informe Robinson: Cuando fuimos campeones (2010)
episodedocumentary
15
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
documentary
16
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
documentary
17
Oceans (2009)
documentary
18
Isle of Flowers (1989)
short filmdocumentary
19
Queen: Days of Our Lives (TV) (2011)
documentary
20
Informe Robinson: Michael Robinson - Good, Better, Best (2020)
episodedocumentary
21
Ennio: The Maestro (2021)
documentary
22
The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People (1979)
documentary
23
The Disenchantment (1976)
documentary
24
Voices Through Time (1996)
documentary
25
Home (2009)
documentary
26
Earth (2007)
documentary
27
The Cove (2009)
documentary
28
Proven Facts (2021)
documentary
29
Survive and Advance (2013)
episodedocumentary
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