Cinemaths · List View Movie Documentaries Ranked List
38 films · View as Text List
1.
90 /100
90th percentile
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991 96m Documentary R
Directed by
George Hickenlooper, Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola
USA · English
2.
88 /100
87th percentile
Life Itself
2014 121m Documentary R
Directed by
Steve James
USA · English
3.
83 /100
76th percentile
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019 95m Documentary, History NR
Directed by
Midge Costin
USA · English
4.
82 /100
74th percentile
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 98m Documentary, History NR
Directed by
Wendy Apple
USA · English
5.
82 /100
74th percentile
QT8: The First Eight
2019 103m Documentary NR
Directed by
Tara Wood
USA · English
6.
80 /100
70th percentile
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006 98m Documentary NR
Directed by
Kirby Dick
USA · English
7.
79 /100
67th percentile
Spielberg
2017 147m Documentary NR
Directed by
Susan Lacy
USA · English
8.
79 /100
67th percentile
De Palma
2016 108m Documentary R
Directed by
Jake Paltrow, Noah Baumbach
USA · English
9.
78 /100
64th percentile
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 99m Documentary NR
Directed by
Marina Zenovich
USA · English
10.
78 /100
64th percentile
Five Came Back
2017 195m Documentary, War NR
Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
USA · English
11.
76 /100
60th percentile
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 110m Documentary NR
Directed by
George Stevens Jr.
USA · English
12.
75 /100
58th percentile
Visions of Light
1993 92m Documentary, History NR
Directed by
Stuart Samuels, Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy
USA · English
13.
75 /100
58th percentile
A Letter to Elia
2010 60m Documentary NR
Directed by
Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones
USA · English
14.
74 /100
56th percentile
The Making of 'Jaws'
1995 125m Documentary NR
Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
USA · English
15.
73 /100
54th percentile
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022 103m Documentary PG-13
Directed by
Joe Pearlman, Casey Patterson, Eran Creevy, Giorgio Testi
UK · English
16.
70 /100
48th percentile
21 Years: Richard Linklater
2014 79m Documentary NR
Directed by
Michael Dunaway
USA · English
17.
70 /100
48th percentile
Becoming Bond
2017 91m Documentary, Comedy NR
Directed by
Josh Greenbaum
USA · English
18.
69 /100
45th percentile
Music by John Williams
2024 106m Documentary, Music PG
Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
USA · English
19.
68 /100
43rd percentile
Val
2021 109m Documentary R
Directed by
Leo Scott, Ting Poo
USA · English
20.
67 /100
41st percentile
Aliens Expanded
2024 282m Documentary NR
Directed by
Ian Nathan
USA · English
21.
66 /100
39th percentile
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 108m Documentary PG
Directed by
Ron Howard
USA · English
22.
64 /100
35th percentile
Hitler's Hollywood
2017 100m Documentary, History NR
Directed by
Rüdiger Suchsland
Germany · German
23.
63 /100
33rd percentile
These Amazing Shadows
2011 88m Documentary NR
Directed by
Kurt Norton, Paul Mariano
USA · English
24.
63 /100
33rd percentile
Fascism on a Thread: The Strange Story of Nazisploitation Cinema
2019 91m Documentary NR
Directed by
Naomi Holwill
USA · English
25.
62 /100
31st percentile
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 87m Documentary PG-13
Directed by
Frank Pavich
USA · English
26.
61 /100
30th percentile
Wick Is Pain
2025 127m Documentary NR
Directed by
Jeffrey Doe
USA · English
27.
59 /100
27th percentile
Sidney
2022 112m Documentary PG-13
Directed by
Reginald Hudlin
USA · English
28.
59 /100
27th percentile
MoviePass, MovieCrash
2024 89m Documentary PG-13
Directed by
Muta’Ali
USA · English
29.
57 /100
24th percentile
In Search of the Last Action Heroes
2019 140m Documentary, Action NR
Directed by
Oliver Harper
UK · English
30.
56 /100
23rd percentile
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2024 101m Documentary R
Directed by
Nanette Burstein
USA · English
31.
55 /100
21st percentile
Side by Side
2012 99m Documentary NR
Directed by
Christopher Kenneally
USA · English
32.
55 /100
21st percentile
The Eyes of Orson Welles
2018 111m Documentary NR
Directed by
Mark Cousins
UK · English
33.
54 /100
20th percentile
Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford
2023 90m Documentary NR
Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
USA · English
34.
51 /100
17th percentile
The Shark Is Still Working: The Impact & Legacy of "Jaws"
2012 103m Documentary NR
Directed by
Erik Hollander
USA · English
35.
50 /100
16th percentile
Faye
2024 91m Documentary, TV Movie PG-13
Directed by
Laurent Bouzereau
USA · English
36.
48 /100
14th percentile
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019 83m Documentary NR
Directed by
Xavier Burgin
USA · English
37.
44 /100
11th percentile
Back in Time
2015 95m Documentary PG
Directed by
Jason Aron
USA · English
38.
35 /100
7th percentile
In Search of Darkness
2019 264m Documentary, Horror NR
Directed by
David A. Weiner
USA · English