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Top 50 Documentary Movies by rating on Flick. Ranked by a confidence-weighted average rating — titles need at least 200 ratings to qualify. Last updated Nov 2, 2026.

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Paris Is Burning

1990

8.9Flick0.0You

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No Other Land

2024

8.5Flick0.0You

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3

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

2008

8.3Flick0.0You

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4

Night and Fog

1956

8.1Flick0.0You

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5

The Act of Killing

2012

8.0Flick0.0You

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6

13th

2016

7.9Flick0.0You

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7

Hoop Dreams

1994

7.9Flick0.0You

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8

Senna

2010

7.9Flick0.0You

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9

Moonage Daydream

2022

7.9Flick0.0You

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10

Koyaanisqatsi

1982

7.8Flick0.0You

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Grizzly Man

2005

7.8Flick0.0You

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12

20 Days in Mariupol

2023

7.8Flick0.0You

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13

Talking Heads

1980

7.8Flick0.0You

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14

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2018

7.7Flick0.0You

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15

Fire of Love

2022

7.7Flick0.0You

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16

Flee

2021

7.7Flick0.0You

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17

F for Fake

1973

7.7Flick0.0You

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18

Young Royals Forever

2024

7.7Flick0.0You

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19

Man with a Movie Camera

1929

7.7Flick0.0You

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20

Minding the Gap

2018

7.7Flick0.0You

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21

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

2022

7.7Flick0.0You

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22

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

2024

7.7Flick0.0You

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23

The Beaches of Agnès

2008

7.6Flick0.0You

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24

Black Panthers

1968

7.6Flick0.0You

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25

Grey Gardens

1975

7.6Flick0.0You

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26

Free Solo

2018

7.6Flick0.0You

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27

The House Is Black

1963

7.6Flick0.0You

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28

Amy

2015

7.6Flick0.0You

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29

The Alabama Solution

2025

7.6Flick0.0You

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30

The Gleaners and I

2000

7.6Flick0.0You

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31

O.J.: Made in America

2016

7.6Flick0.0You

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32

I Am Not Your Negro

2016

7.6Flick0.0You

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33

Isle of Flowers

1989

7.6Flick0.0You

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34

American Movie

1999

7.6Flick0.0You

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35

Cobain: Montage of Heck

2015

7.6Flick0.0You

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36

Will & Harper

2024

7.6Flick0.0You

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37

Baraka

1992

7.6Flick0.0You

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38

Häxan

1922

7.6Flick0.0You

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39

The Menendez Brothers

2024

7.5Flick0.0You

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40

Bowling for Columbine

2002

7.5Flick0.0You

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41

STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie

2023

7.5Flick0.0You

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42

Love Meetings

1964

7.5Flick0.0You

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43

Kedi

2016

7.5Flick0.0You

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44

News from Home

1976

7.5Flick0.0You

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45

All the Empty Rooms

2025

7.5Flick0.0You

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46

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024

7.5Flick0.0You

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47

Blackfish

2013

7.5Flick0.0You

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48

Faces Places

2017

7.5Flick0.0You

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49

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

7.5Flick0.0You

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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

2020

7.5Flick0.0You

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