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Top 100 Documentary Movies | Rotten Tomatoes

Top 100 Documentary Movies | Rotten Tomatoes

Movies with 40 or more critic reviews vie for their place in history at Rotten Tomatoes. Eligible movies are ranked based on their Adjusted Scores.For the original list, visit:
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Man on Wire

Movie | 2008 | Biography | Documentary

7.87.9
2
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I Am Not Your Negro

Movie | 2016 | Documentary

7.98.5
3

Life Itself

Movie | 2014 | Biography | Documentary

7.87.7
4
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Blackfish

Movie | 2013 | Biography | Documentary | Drama | News

8.17.3
5
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20 feet from stardom

Movie | 2013 | Biography | Documentary | History | Music

7.47.3
6

Murderball

Movie | 2005

5.6
7
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Weiner

Movie | 2016 | Documentary

7.67.4
8

Tower

Movie | 2016 | Animation | Crime | Documentary

7.98.2
9
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Amy

Movie | 2015 | Biography | Documentary | Music

7.87.5
10
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Anvil

Movie | 2008 | Biography | Documentary | Drama | Music

7.97.2
11

Cameraperson

Movie | 2016 | Documentary

7.47.6
12
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Inside Job

Movie | 2010 | Crime | Documentary

8.27.8
13
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi

Movie | 2011 | Documentary

7.96.7
14
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Seymour: An Introduction

Movie | 2014 | Biography | Documentary | Music

7.47.3
15
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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds

Movie | 2016 | Documentary

8.06.8
16
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Waste Land

Movie | 2010 | Documentary

7.96.8
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Jag Är Ingrid

Movie | 2015 | Biography | Documentary

7.46.5
18
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Hoop Dreams

Movie | 1994 | Documentary | Drama | Sport

8.38.8
19

Waltz with Bashir

Movie | 2008 | Animation | Biography | Drama | War

8.08.1
20

3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

Movie | 2015 | Crime | Documentary

7.26.6
21
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Cobain: Montage Of Heck

Movie | 2015 | Animation | Biography | Documentary | Music

7.57.3
22
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Listen to me Marlon

Movie | 2015 | Biography | Documentary

8.27.7
23
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Red Army

Movie | 2014 | Biography | Documentary | History

7.67.3
24

The Overnighters

Movie | 2014 | Documentary | Drama

7.47.9
25
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Hitchcock/Truffaut

Movie | 2015 | Documentary

7.46.9
26
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King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Movie | 2007 | Biography | Documentary | Sport

8.17.3
27
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West of Memphis

Movie | 2012 | Crime | Documentary | Drama

7.97
28
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Heart Of A Dog

Movie | 2015 | Documentary | Drama

7.07.4
29
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Kedi

Movie | 2016 | Documentary

7.76.8
30
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Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

Movie | 2012 | Documentary

7.67.1
31

Taxi till den mörka sidan

Movie | 2007 | Crime | Documentary | War

7.57.2
32
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City of Ghosts

Movie | 2017 | Documentary | War

7.47.6
33
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Jodorowsky's Dune

Movie | 2013 | Documentary

8.16.9
34

Fräls oss ifrån ondo

Movie | 2006 | Crime | Documentary

8.07.6
35
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Whose streets?

Movie | 2017 | Documentary

5.46.9
36

The Missing Picture

Movie | 2013 | Documentary

7.47.7
37
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The Square

Movie | 2013 | Documentary | Drama | History | News

8.17.4
38

Project Nim

Movie | 2011 | Documentary

7.47.3
39
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Movie | 2003 | Biography | Documentary | History | War

8.27.7
40

Spellbound

Movie | 2002 | Comedy | Documentary | Thriller

7.67
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Dödens ingenjör

Movie | 1999 | Biography | Documentary

7.56.8
42
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Citizenfour

Movie | 2014 | Biography | Documentary | History | News | Thriller

8.07.8
43

Afghan Star

Movie | 2009 | Documentary | Music

7.36.8
44
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O.J.: Made in America

Movie | 2016 | Biography | Crime | Documentary

8.9
45
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The Interrupters

Movie | 2011 | Crime | Documentary

7.57.6
46

How to Survive a Plague

Movie | 2012 | Documentary | History | News

7.67.6
47

Iris

Movie | 2014 | Biography | Documentary | History

7.27
48
Amazon PrimeiTunes

Sound City

Movie | 2013 | Documentary | Music

7.86.6
49

The Act of Killing

Movie | 2012 | Biography | Crime | Documentary

8.28.1
50

The Invisible War

Movie | 2012 | Crime | Documentary

7.66.5
51
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The Friedmans

Movie | 2003 | Biography | Documentary | Drama

7.88
52

Gui tu lie che

Movie | 2009 | Documentary | Drama

7.77.6
53

This Is Not a Film

Movie | 2011 | Documentary

7.48
54

Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone

Movie | 2010 | Documentary | Music

7.65.9
55

We Were Here

Movie | 2011 | Biography | Documentary | History

7.98.4
56

Nostalgia de la luz

Movie | 2010 | Documentary

7.68.1
57

Ônibus 174

Movie | 2002 | Crime | Documentary

7.97.3
58

Enron-kraschen

Movie | 2005 | Documentary

7.7
59
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Bill Cunningham New York

Movie | 2010 | Biography | Documentary | History

7.96.6
60

Bowling for Columbine

Movie | 2002 | Crime | Documentary | Drama

8.06.2
61

Ringens kungar

Movie | 1996 | Documentary | Sport

8.07.3
62

The Look of Silence

Movie | 2014 | Biography | Documentary | History

8.38.2
63

Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me

Movie | 2013 | Documentary

7.57.1
64

56 Up

Movie | 2012 | Documentary

7.97.3
65

Pingvinresan

Movie | 2005 | Documentary | Family | Kids

7.66.9
66

The War Tapes

Movie | 2006 | Documentary | War

7.46.7
67
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Stories we tell

Movie | 2012 | Documentary

7.58.1
68

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Movie | 2010 | Documentary | History

7.47.6
69
iTunes

Flyttfåglar

Movie | 2001 | Documentary

8.07.2
70

Undefeated

Movie | 2011 | Documentary | Sport

7.76.1
71
Amazon Prime

Finders Keepers

Movie | 2015 | Documentary | Thriller

6.87
72
Amazon Prime

Den största synden

Movie | 2012 | Documentary

8.06.3
73

Beware of Mr. Baker

Movie | 2012 | Documentary

7.66.8
74

Djävulen kom till häst

Movie | 2007 | Documentary

7.86.8
75

Marwencol

Movie | 2010 | Biography | Documentary | Fantasy

7.67.2
76
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Blindsight

Movie | 2006 | Adventure | Documentary

7.36.2
77

The Island President

Movie | 2011 | Documentary

7.26.2
78
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Welcome to Leith

Movie | 2015 | Documentary | Thriller

6.96.8
79
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Taxi

Movie | 2015 | Comedy | Documentary | Drama

7.38.1
80

Let the Fire Burn

Movie | 2013 | Documentary | Thriller

7.87.6
81
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The Beatles: Eight Days a Week

Movie | 2016 | Documentary | Music

7.86.2
82
iTunes

For the Bible Tells Me So

Movie | 2007 | Documentary | Romance

7.86.3
83
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Sicko

Movie | 2007 | Documentary | Drama

8.06.4
84

Call Me Kuchu

Movie | 2012 | Documentary | Drama

7.67
85

Almost Holy

Movie | 2015 | Biography | Documentary | Drama

7.66.3
86

Surfwise

Movie | 2007 | Documentary | Sport

7.36.2
87

Born to Be Wild

Movie | 2011 | Adventure | Documentary

7.65.6
88
Viaplay

Restrepo

Movie | 2010 | Documentary | Drama | War

7.57.5
89

The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg

Movie | 1998 | Biography | Documentary | Sport

7.66.5
90

The Life of Reilly

Movie | 2006 | Biography | Comedy | Documentary

8.16.2
91

Wordplay

Movie | 2006 | Documentary

7.46.3
92

Chavez - statskupp framför kameran

Movie | 2003 | Documentary

8.47.1
93
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Exit Through the Gift Shop

Movie | 2010 | Comedy | Crime | Documentary

8.07.5
94

Burma Vj

Movie | 2008 | Documentary | History | News

8.07.2
95

Control Room

Movie | 2004 | Documentary

7.86.9
96

No End in Sight

Movie | 2007 | Documentary | War

8.37.9
97
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The Imposter

Movie | 2012 | Biography | Crime | Documentary

7.56.7
98

Muscle Shoals

Movie | 2013 | Biography | Documentary | History

7.76.5

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