Documentary Movies

The best documentary movies, ranked by TMDB rating.

H₂O poster

6.9

H₂O

1929 · Documentary

À propos de Nice poster

6.9

À propos de Nice

1930 · Documentary

Walking from Munich to Berlin poster

6.8

Walking from Munich to Berlin

1927 · Documentary

Emak-Bakia poster

6.8

Emak-Bakia

2020 · Documentary

Jackass Forever poster

6.8

Jackass Forever

2022 · Action

Salt for Svanetia poster

6.8

Salt for Svanetia

1973 · Documentary

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return poster

6.8

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

2022 · Documentary

Gates of Heaven poster

6.8

Gates of Heaven

1978 · Documentary

Cloud Phenomena of Maloja poster

6.8

Cloud Phenomena of Maloja

1924 · Documentary

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty poster

6.7

Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty

1940 · Documentary

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness poster

6.7

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

1927 · Adventure

A Sixth Part of the World poster

6.7

A Sixth Part of the World

1926 · Documentary

Kino Eye poster

6.7

Kino Eye

2015 · Documentary

Moana poster

6.7

Moana

1926 · Documentary

Manhatta poster

6.6

Manhatta

1921 · Documentary

The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice poster

6.6

The Mysteries of the Chateau of Dice

1929 · Documentary

Why We Fight: Prelude to War poster

6.4

Why We Fight: Prelude to War

1942 · Documentary

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas poster

6.4

Enthusiasm. Symphony of Donbas

1930 · Documentary

Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III poster

6.4

Kodachrome Two-Color Test Shots No. III

1922 · Documentary

The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty poster

6.3

The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty

1927 · Documentary

Twenty-Four Dollar Island poster

6.3

Twenty-Four Dollar Island

1928 · Documentary

Taris poster

6.3

Taris

1931 · Documentary

Games on Reflection and Speed poster

6.3

Games on Reflection and Speed

1925 · Documentary

Stride, Soviet! poster

6.3

Stride, Soviet!

1926 · Documentary

Mondo Cane poster

6.2

Mondo Cane

1962 · Documentary

Listen to Britain poster

6.2

Listen to Britain

2019 · Documentary

Night Mail poster

6.2

Night Mail

1938 · Documentary

1925 Studio Tour poster

6.2

1925 Studio Tour

1925 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 16: Spring Pravda. A Lyrical View Newsreel poster

6.2

Kino-Pravda No. 16: Spring Pravda. A Lyrical View Newsreel

1923 · Documentary

The Battle of San Pietro poster

6.1

The Battle of San Pietro

1945 · Documentary

Three Songs About Lenin poster

6.1

Three Songs About Lenin

1934 · Documentary

The Eleventh Year poster

6.0

The Eleventh Year

1928 · Documentary

The Battle of Midway poster

5.9

The Battle of Midway

1942 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality poster

5.9

Kino-Pravda No. 18: A Movie-Camera Race Over 299 Metres and 14 Minutes and 50 Seconds in the Direction of Soviet Reality

1924 · Documentary

Day of the Fight poster

5.8

Day of the Fight

1951 · Documentary

The Stickleback's Eggs poster

5.8

The Stickleback's Eggs

1925 · Documentary

Victory Through Air Power poster

5.7

Victory Through Air Power

1943 · Animation

Kino-Pravda No. 14 poster

5.6

Kino-Pravda No. 14

1923 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 1 poster

5.5

Kino-Pravda No. 1

1922 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin poster

5.5

Kino-Pravda No. 21: Lenin Kino-Pravda. A Film Poem About Lenin

1925 · Documentary

The 1924 Chamonix Olympic Games poster

5.4

The 1924 Chamonix Olympic Games

1924 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 17 poster

5.3

Kino-Pravda No. 17

1923 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean poster

5.3

Kino-Pravda No. 19: A Movie-Camera Race Moscow – Arctic Ocean

1924 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda poster

5.3

Kino-Pravda No. 20: Pioneer Pravda

1924 · Documentary

Kino-Pravda No. 13: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Film Poem Dedicated to the October Revolution poster

5.3

Kino-Pravda No. 13: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. A Film Poem Dedicated to the October Revolution

1922 · Documentary

Flying Padre poster

5.1

Flying Padre

1951 · Documentary

The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece poster

5.1

The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece

1924 · Documentary

Tommy Tucker's Tooth poster

5.0

Tommy Tucker's Tooth

1922 · Animation