Letterboxd's Official Top 250 Documentary Films
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A companion piece to Dave Vis' list of Letterboxd's official top 250 films of all-time, which excludes documentaries from consideration.
Ranked by average user rating. This list was extracted from here. Updated once a month. This is an official list progress project on all-time stats pages for Pro and Patron users. Expanded from a top 100 to a top 250 on June 27th, 2021, on the list's 3-year anniversary.
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ELIGIBILITY RULES:
• Documentaries must be feature-length (45+ minutes), with a theatrical and/or festival release in its entirety.
• TV series, miniseries, and episodes are excluded but docs listed as 'TV movie' on IMDb are eligible. Exceptions made for series and episodes that also had a limited theatrical release.
• No featurettes unless theatrically distributed, even if feature-length (featurettes are marked as 'Video' on IMDb, such as 'making of' docs).
• In an attempt to combat unintentional fan manipulation, all music-adjacent films must have screened at a film festival to qualify.
• No standup comedy marked as a documentary, nor any stage shows. Exceptions may be made for borderline exceptions.
• Skateboarding compilations are excluded.
• There is a 1,000 minimum ratings threshold.
NOT ON IMDB:
#115 Disintegration Loop 1.1 (2024, Basinski)
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
186 -
Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
40 +2
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
71 -3
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
65 -3
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
16 -
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
129 -2
The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
61 +3
Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
46 -2
F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
18 -1
Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
35 -
Tongues Untied
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
151 -5
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
101 -2
Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
150 +2
Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
20 -1
Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
116 -2
El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
77 -3
Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
219 -2
La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
49 +1
The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
240 -2
My Winnipeg
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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Stop Making Sense
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
199 -1
Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
26 +1
La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check -
216 +2
Être et avoir
2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check -
156 -1
Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
79 -1
Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989, in 8 top lists -
172 +4
La région centrale
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
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Tiexi qu
2002 — a.k.a. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, in 8 top lists Check -
98 -4
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
75 -3
Hearts and Minds
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
111 +2
News from Home
1976, in 7 top lists Check -
193 -
Nostalgia de la luz
2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check -
6 -
O.J.: Made in America
2016, in 7 top lists Check -
25 -2
Welfare
1975, in 7 top lists Check -
108 +3
When We Were Kings
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief...
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
29 -
La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check -
123 +3
La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...
1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check -
17 +1
Cabra Marcado Para Morrer
1984 — a.k.a. Twenty Years Later, in 6 top lists Check -
80 +1
Cameraperson
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
213 -2
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...
2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check -
53 -
I Am Not Your Negro
2016, in 6 top lists Check -
96 +2
Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
55 +5
Obrazy starého sveta
1972 — a.k.a. Pictures of the Old World, in 6 top lists Check -
141 +6
Obyknovennyy fashizm
1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check
Last updated on Mar 28, 2024 by Chilton; source