Cinemaths · List View Legal Documentaries Ranked List
29 films · View as Text List
1.
90 /100
90th percentile
The Thin Blue Line
1988 103m Crime, Documentary NR
Directed by
Errol Morris
USA · English
2.
89 /100
89th percentile
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
1996 150m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Bruce Sinofsky, Joe Berlinger
USA · English
3.
87 /100
86th percentile
The Memory of Justice
1976 278m Documentary, History PG
Directed by
Marcel Ophüls
France · French
4.
87 /100
86th percentile
The Alabama Solution
2025 117m Documentary R
Directed by
Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman
USA · English
5.
85 /100
80th percentile
West of Memphis
2012 150m Documentary R
Directed by
Amy J. Berg
USA · English
6.
85 /100
80th percentile
All In: The Fight for Democracy
2020 102m Documentary, History PG-13
Directed by
Lisa Cortés, Liz Garbus
USA · English
7.
85 /100
80th percentile
O.J.: Made in America
2016 467m Documentary, Crime, History NR
Directed by
Ezra Edelman
USA · English
8.
84 /100
78th percentile
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
2024 115m Documentary R
Directed by
Dan Reed
USA · English
9.
83 /100
76th percentile
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
2012 121m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
USA · English
10.
82 /100
74th percentile
13th
2016 100m Documentary NR
Directed by
Ava DuVernay
USA · English
11.
82 /100
74th percentile
The Crime of the Century
2021 231m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Alex Gibney
USA · English
12.
81 /100
72nd percentile
Time
2020 81m Documentary PG-13
Directed by
Garrett Bradley
USA · English
13.
81 /100
72nd percentile
The People vs. Agent Orange
2021 86m Documentary NR
Directed by
Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna
USA · English
14.
80 /100
70th percentile
Capturing the Friedmans
2003 107m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Andrew Jarecki
USA · English
15.
78 /100
64th percentile
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations
2000 130m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Bruce Sinofsky, Joe Berlinger
USA · English
16.
78 /100
64th percentile
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 99m Documentary NR
Directed by
Marina Zenovich
USA · English
17.
77 /100
62nd percentile
Crazy, Not Insane
2020 117m Documentary NR
Directed by
Alex Gibney
USA · English
18.
76 /100
60th percentile
The Central Park Five
2012 119m Documentary NR
Directed by
Sarah Burns, Ken Burns, David McMahon
USA · English
19.
73 /100
54th percentile
Athlete A
2020 105m Documentary PG-13
Directed by
Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk
USA · English
20.
73 /100
54th percentile
Who Killed Garrett Phillips?
2019 186m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Liz Garbus
USA · English
21.
72 /100
52nd percentile
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
2002 80m Documentary G
Directed by
Eugene Jarecki
USA · English
22.
72 /100
52nd percentile
MLK/FBI
2020 104m Documentary NR
Directed by
Sam Pollard
USA · English
23.
70 /100
48th percentile
American Murder: The Family Next Door
2020 83m Documentary R
Directed by
Jenny Popplewell
USA · English
24.
64 /100
35th percentile
A Crime on the Bayou
2021 91m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Nancy Buirski
USA · English
25.
61 /100
30th percentile
Crime + Punishment
2018 111m Documentary NR
Directed by
Stephen T. Maing
USA · English
26.
61 /100
30th percentile
Black Box Diaries
2024 103m Documentary NR
Directed by
Shiori Ito
Japan · Japanese
27.
58 /100
25th percentile
Jacinta
2021 105m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Jessica Earnshaw
USA · English
28.
58 /100
25th percentile
Twas the Fight Before Christmas
2021 91m Documentary R
Directed by
Becky Read
USA · English
29.
56 /100
23rd percentile
The Phantom
2021 81m Documentary, Crime NR
Directed by
Patrick Forbes
USA · English