Letterboxd's Official Top 250 Documentary Films
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LAST UPDATE: April 2024
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:
#112 Disintegration Loop 1.1 (2024, Basinski)
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248 -8
My Winnipeg
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
247 -3
Shakedown
2018, in 0 top lists Check -
203 -4
Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
197 -12
Ashes and Snow
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
196 -3
Nostalgia de la luz
2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check -
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Let the Fire Burn
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
144 -
How to Die in Oregon
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
128 -
Om våld
2014 — a.k.a. Concerning Violence, in 1 top list Check -
122 -6
El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
113 -2
News from Home
1976, in 7 top lists Check -
87 -1
Blue
1993, in 5 top lists Check -
33 -1
Jogo de Cena
2007 — a.k.a. Playing, in 4 top lists Check -
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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
2008, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 24, 2024 by Chilton; source