List Challenges
Travel Movies Books Food Other
Sign In
Trending
New
Popular
type to search
Sign In
 Make a List Browse Lists Search Lists Leaders Help / Contact Newsletter

50 Must-See Documentary Movies

A list of fifty documentary movies that every movie buff, documentary fan, or just every person in general may want to see.
137 users · 510 views
 
made by The Movie Man
avg. score: 6 of 50 (12%)
required scores: 1, 2, 3, 5, 11 
type to search

How many have you seen?

Page 1 of 2
1
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
2
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
3
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
4
Night and Fog (1955)
Night and Fog (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Titicut Follies (1967)
Titicut Follies (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
7
Woodstock (1970)
Woodstock (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Gates of Heaven (1978)
Gates of Heaven (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
10
Scared Straight! (1978)
Scared Straight! (1978)
11
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Last Waltz (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
12
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
13
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
14
Roger & Me (1989)
Roger & Me (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
15
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
16
Crumb (1994)
Crumb (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
17
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
18
Frank and Ollie (1995)
Frank and Ollie (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
19
Microcosmos (1996)
Microcosmos (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
20
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
21
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes®   91%
22
American Movie (1999)
American Movie (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
23
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
24
Grizzly Man (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
25
Murderball (2005)
Murderball (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
26
Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West (2005)
Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West (2005)
27
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
28
The King of Kong (2007)
The King of Kong (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
29
Food, Inc. (2008)
Food, Inc. (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
30
Man on Wire (2008)
Man on Wire (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Rotten Tomatoes®   71%
32
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
33
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
34
Sound City (2013)
Sound City (2013)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
Babies Are Murdered Here (2014)
Babies Are Murdered Here (2014)
36
Life Itself (2014)
Life Itself (2014)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
37
An Open Secret (2015)
An Open Secret (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   88%
38
Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
39
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
40
Life, Animated (2016)
Life, Animated (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
Page 1 of 2
Click movies you've seen
Trending Movie Lists
Newsletter · Help/Contact · Privacy · Copyright Claim   © 2024 App Spring, Inc. · This product uses the TMDb API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDb.
Seen It - Movies & TV 
Android & iOS
Seen It is a new app from the creators of List Challenges. You can view movies and shows in one place and filter by streaming provider, genre, release year, runtime, and rating (Rotten Tomatoes, Imdb, and/or Metacritic). Also, you can track what you've seen, want to see, like, or dislike, as well as track individual seasons or episodes of shows. In addition, you can see the most watched/liked stuff amongst your friends. Learn more at SEENIT.FUN