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. 1 -

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 14 -

    Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  3. 16 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 38 -

    Samsara

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 49 +1

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 52 -1

    One More Time with Feeling

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
  7. 54 -2

    Concert for George

    2003, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 71 -3

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  9. 74 -3

    Sigur Rós: Heima

    2007, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 81 -2

    Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

    1973, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 89 -1

    Jimi Plays Monterey

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  12. 90 -3

    Sign 'o' the Times

    1987, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 93 +2

    George Harrison: Living in the Material World

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  14. 101 -2

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  15. 102 -1

    The Devil and Daniel Johnston

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 103 -

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 112 -4

    Roger Waters the Wall

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
  18. 114 +1

    Monterey Pop

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 133 -

    Jazz on a Summer's Day

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 137 -2

    Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a...

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  21. 152 -4

    Depeche Mode: 101

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  22. 156 -1

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 157 +9

    Big Time

    1988, in 0 top lists Check
  24. 165 +2

    Style Wars

    1983, in 0 top lists Check
  25. 168 +1

    Amy

    2015, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 187 +3

    Wattstax

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  27. 195 -

    Songs for Drella

    1990, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 230 -

    Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  29. 247 -1

    Pearl Jam Twenty

    2011, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Mar 28, 2024 by Chilton; source