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:
#112 Disintegration Loop 1.1 (2024, Basinski)
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247 -3
Shakedown
2018, in 0 top lists Check -
230 -2
4 Little Girls
1997, in 1 top list Check -
218 -5
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...
2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check -
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Night Will Fall
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
211 -3
How to Survive a Plague
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
180 -
Let the Fire Burn
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
138 +3
Obyknovennyy fashizm
1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check -
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Om våld
2014 — a.k.a. Concerning Violence, in 1 top list Check -
126 -1
102 Minutes That Changed America
2008, in 0 top lists Check -
117 -4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
116 -2
Monterey Pop
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
112 -4
When We Were Kings
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
111 -4
For All Mankind
1989, in 2 top lists Check -
99 -1
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
86 -3
American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
74 -3
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
64 -3
Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 24, 2024 by Chilton; source