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
Dziga Vertov
- Documentary
Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
- Documentary, (Self: Sebastião Salgado)
Peter Watkins
- Documentary
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)
Román Escoda
- Documentary, (Self: Michael Robinson)
Jorge Furtado
- Documentary
Matt O'Casey
- Documentary, (Self: Freddie Mercury, Brian May) ...
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
Jonathan Hock
- Documentary
Antoni P. Canet
- Documentary, (Self: Carlos Cristos)
![Shoah](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/shoah-920081291-mmed.jpg)
Shoah (1985)
documentary
1
![Human](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/human-397519235-msmall.jpg)
Human (2015)
documentary
2
![Samsara](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/samsara-137238820-msmall.jpg)
Samsara (2011)
documentary
3
![As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/as_i_was_moving_ahead_occasionally_i_saw_brief_glimpses_of_beauty-616881958-msmall.jpg)
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000)
documentary
4
![Life of Crime 1984-2020](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/life_of_crime_1984_2020-310830078-msmall.jpg)
Life of Crime 1984-2020 (2021)
documentary
5
![Night and Fog](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/nuit_et_brouillard-394262474-msmall.jpg)
Night and Fog (1956)
mediadocumentary
6
![A Grin Without a Cat](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/le_fond_de_l_air_est_rouge-642994876-msmall.jpg)
A Grin Without a Cat (1977)
documentary
7
![The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/la_batalla_de_chile_parte_i_la_insurreccion_de_la_burguesia-634359234-msmall.jpg)
The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection (1975)
documentary
8
![The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/la_batalla_de_chile_parte_ii_el_golpe_de_estado-296936733-msmall.jpg)
The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup (1976)
documentary
9
![Baraka](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/baraka-894157737-msmall.jpg)
Baraka (1992)
documentary
10
![The Man with the Movie Camera](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/chelovek_s_kino_apparatom_the_man_with_a_movie_camera-119479618-mmed.jpg)
The Man with the Movie Camera (1929)
documentary
11
![The Salt of the Earth](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/the_salt_of_the_earth-206561999-msmall.jpg)
The Salt of the Earth (2014)
documentary
12
![La Commune (Paris 1871)](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/la_commune_paris_1871-188363241-msmall.jpg)
La Commune (Paris 1871) (2000)
documentary
13
![Safe Journey](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/latcho_drom-291330897-msmall.jpg)
Safe Journey (1993)
documentary
14
![Informe Robinson: Cuando fuimos campeones (TV)](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/informe_robinson_cuando_fuimos_campeones-851009327-msmall.jpg)
Informe Robinson: Cuando fuimos campeones (2010)
episodedocumentary
15
![Searching for Sugar Man](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/searching_for_sugar_man-205022172-msmall.jpg)
Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
documentary
16
![David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/david_attenborough_a_life_on_our_planet-224550946-msmall.jpg)
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
documentary
17
![Oceans](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/oceans_oceans-141101258-msmall.jpg)
Oceans (2009)
documentary
18
![Informe Robinson: Michael Robinson - Good, Better, Best (TV)](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/informe_robinson_michael_robinson_good_better_best-940058195-mmed.jpg)
Informe Robinson: Michael Robinson - Good, Better, Best (2020)
episodedocumentary
19
![Isle of Flowers (S)](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ilha_das_flores_isle_of_flowers-761531299-msmall.jpg)
Isle of Flowers (1989)
short filmdocumentary
20
![Queen: Days of Our Lives (TV)](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/queen_days_of_our_lives_tv-542280259-msmall.jpg)
Queen: Days of Our Lives (TV) (2011)
documentary
21
![Ennio: The Maestro](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/ennio_the_maestro-589848922-msmall.jpg)
Ennio: The Maestro (2021)
documentary
22
![The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/la_batalla_de_chile_parte_iii_el_poder_popular-619608336-msmall.jpg)
The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People (1979)
documentary
23
![The Disenchantment](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/el_desencanto-779766309-msmall.jpg)
The Disenchantment (1976)
documentary
24
![Voices Through Time](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/voci_nel_tempo-278044465-msmall.jpg)
Voices Through Time (1996)
documentary
25
![Home](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/home-282370435-msmall.jpg)
Home (2009)
documentary
26
![Earth](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/earth-428621671-msmall.jpg)
Earth (2007)
documentary
27
![The Cove](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/the_cove-626996898-msmall.jpg)
The Cove (2009)
documentary
28
![Survive and Advance (TV)](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/30_for_30_survive_and_advance-849565588-msmall.jpg)
Survive and Advance (2013)
episodedocumentary
29
![Las alas de la vida (The Wings of Life)](https://pics.filmaffinity.com/las_alas_de_la_vida-290218785-msmall.jpg)
Las alas de la vida (The Wings of Life) (2006)
documentary
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