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 -
244 -3
Ethnic Notions
1986, in 1 top list Check -
243 -9
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
238 +4
Ram Ke Naam
1992, in 0 top lists Check -
234 -2
Citizenfour
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
233 -3
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010, in 1 top list Check -
230 -2
4 Little Girls
1997, in 1 top list Check -
229 -2
Comizi d'amore
1964 — a.k.a. Love Meetings, in 1 top list Check -
227 -2
Italianamerican
1974, in 2 top lists Check -
226 -2
Blackfish
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
219 -3
Être et avoir
2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists 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 -
217 +2
La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
214 -4
The Cove
2009, in 2 top lists Check -
209 -4
The King of Kong
2007 — a.k.a. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, in 1 top list Check -
208 -2
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
1997, in 1 top list Check -
206 +1
American Dream
1990, in 2 top lists Check -
203 -4
Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
197 -12
Ashes and Snow
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
192 -5
Wattstax
1973, in 1 top list Check -
190 -
21 Up
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
189 -3
Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
187 +1
Lake of Fire
2006, in 1 top list Check -
181 -
Dark Days
2000, in 1 top list Check -
177 -3
Nobody's Business
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
174 -2
La région centrale
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
173 -10
Il mio viaggio in Italia
1999 — a.k.a. My Voyage to Italy, in 2 top lists Check -
172 +1
35 Up
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
171 -6
Style Wars
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
170 -1
Encounters at the End of the World
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
166 -9
Big Time
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
161 -5
Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
159 -4
The Last Days
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
158 -7
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
156 -4
Depeche Mode: 101
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
153 -3
Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
151 +15
Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe
1996 — a.k.a. Microcosmos, in 3 top lists Check -
149 -2
Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire...
2001, in 3 top lists Check -
148 -2
49 Up
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
147 -2
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
1971 — a.k.a. Land of Silence and Darkness, in 5 top lists Check -
146 -6
It Felt Like a Kiss
2009, in 1 top list Check -
141 -6
42 Up
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
140 -3
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a...
2007, in 1 top list Check -
138 +3
Obyknovennyy fashizm
1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check -
137 -1
Mashgh-e Shab
1989 — a.k.a. Homework, in 4 top lists Check -
136 -3
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
135 -3
Burden of Dreams
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
133 -4
The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
130 -4
Hospital
1970, in 5 top lists Check -
126 -1
102 Minutes That Changed America
2008, in 0 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 24, 2024 by Chilton; source