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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Shoah
1985, in 18 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 -
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O.J.: Made in America
2016, in 7 top lists Check -
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American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief...
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
53 -2
Human
2015, in 2 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 -
140 -3
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a...
2007, in 1 top list Check -
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
64 -3
Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
173 -10
Il mio viaggio in Italia
1999 — a.k.a. My Voyage to Italy, in 2 top lists Check -
78 -2
Le fond de l'air est rouge
1977 — a.k.a. A Grin Without A Cat, in 3 top lists Check -
165 -5
Long Strange Trip
2017, in 0 top lists Check -
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Feng ai
2013 — a.k.a. 'Til Madness Do Us Part, in 1 top list Check -
43 -1
Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with...
1995, in 1 top list Check -
94 -1
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
225 -3
In Jackson Heights
2015, in 2 top lists Check -
74 -3
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
148 -2
49 Up
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
132 -1
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976, in 2 top lists Check -
174 -2
La région centrale
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
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Diaries Notes and Sketches
1968, in 5 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Tôkyô orinpikku
1965 — a.k.a. Tokyo Olympiad, in 6 top lists Check -
117 -4
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
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Welfare
1975, in 7 top lists Check -
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HyperNormalisation
2016, in 1 top list Check -
106 -6
Le joli mai
1963 — a.k.a. The Lovely Month of May, in 4 top lists Check -
187 +1
Lake of Fire
2006, in 1 top list Check -
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood...
1996, in 2 top lists Check -
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Concert for George
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
221 -4
56 Up
2012, in 2 top lists Check -
141 -6
42 Up
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
138 +3
Obyknovennyy fashizm
1965 — a.k.a. Triumph Over Violence, in 6 top lists Check -
125 -3
28 Up
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
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El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
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Amy
2015, in 2 top lists Check -
172 +1
35 Up
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
21 -1
Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 9 top lists Check -
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Cabra Marcado Para Morrer
1984 — a.k.a. Twenty Years Later, in 6 top lists Check -
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Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
65 +2
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance
1993, in 3 top lists Check -
131 -1
Yume to kyôki no ôkoku
2013 — a.k.a. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
156 -4
Depeche Mode: 101
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
50 -1
The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
123 -3
Instrument
1999, in 0 top lists Check -
234 -2
Citizenfour
2014, in 3 top lists Check -
55 -3
One More Time with Feeling
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
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9/11
2002, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Apr 24, 2024 by Chilton; source