IMDb's Documentary Top 50

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Strictly speaking, documentary films are non-fictional, factual works of art. Originally, the earliest documentaries were either short newsreels, instructional pictures, or travelogues (termed actualities) without any creative story-telling or staging. But they have branched out and taken many forms, and have sometimes become propagandistic and non-objective. Mockumentaries are comedic parodies of documentaries. Some documentaries have been considered propagandistic.

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  1. 3 -

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 7 -

    Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  3. 9 -

    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a...

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  4. 17 -

    Samsara

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 20 -

    Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  6. 21 -

    U2 3D

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  7. 22 -

    Sigur Rós: Heima

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 28 -

    Iron Maiden: Flight 666

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  9. 32 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 34 -

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  11. 46 -

    Pearl Jam Twenty

    2011, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Apr 22, 2024; source