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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140 -3
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a...
2007, in 1 top list Check -
94 -1
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011, in 0 top lists Check -
74 -3
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
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Concert for George
2003, in 0 top lists Check -
114 -2
Roger Waters the Wall
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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Amy
2015, in 2 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 -
55 -3
One More Time with Feeling
2016, in 0 top lists Check -
105 -3
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
233 -3
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010, in 1 top list Check -
192 -5
Wattstax
1973, in 1 top list Check -
39 -1
Samsara
2011, in 3 top lists Check -
76 -2
Sigur Rós: Heima
2007, in 3 top lists Check -
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Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
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Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
1972, in 1 top list Check -
161 -5
Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
83 -2
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
1973, in 0 top lists Check -
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Stop Making Sense
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
166 -9
Big Time
1988, in 0 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Searching for Sugar Man
2012, in 6 top lists Check -
136 -3
Jazz on a Summer's Day
1959, in 2 top lists Check -
92 -2
Sign 'o' the Times
1987, in 0 top lists Check -
116 -2
Monterey Pop
1968, in 2 top lists Check -
171 -6
Style Wars
1983, in 0 top lists Check -
204 -9
Songs for Drella
1990, in 0 top lists Check -
88 +1
Jimi Plays Monterey
1986, in 1 top list Check
Last updated on Apr 24, 2024 by Chilton; source