Letterboxd's Official Top 250 Documentary Films

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LAST UPDATE: March 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:
#115 Disintegration Loop 1.1 (2024, Basinski)

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  1. 122 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 135 -1

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 146 -4

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 173 -3

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 190 -7

    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 217 -2

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
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Last updated on Mar 28, 2024 by Chilton; source