The Top 100 Documentaries of the 2010s

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1

Exit Through The Gift Shop

2010  •  Banksy  •  Rated R

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Held position in the past 45 days 0

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2

Senna

2010  •  Asif Kapadia  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Sports and Recreation

Down by 3 in the past 45 days 3

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3

Restrepo

2010  •  Tim Hetherington  •  Rated R

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Military and War

Up by 19 in the past 45 days 19

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4

Catfish

2010  •  Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman  •  Rated PG13

Biography  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 22 in the past 45 days 22

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5

Inside Job

2010  •  Charles Ferguson  •  Rated PG13

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Politics and Government

Down by 9 in the past 45 days 9

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6

Searching for Sugar Man

2012  •  Malik Bendjelloul  •  Rated PG13

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Music

Up by 179 in the past 45 days 179

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7

Jackass 3D

2010  •  Jeff Tremaine  •  Rated R

Based-on-Television  •  Comedy  •  Documentary

Down by 37 in the past 45 days 37

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8

The Imposter

2012  •  Bart Layton  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

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9

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

2010  •  Werner Herzog  •  Rated G

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 10 in the past 45 days 10

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11

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

2011  •  Rodman Flender  •  Not Rated

Comedy  •  Documentary

Down by 13 in the past 45 days 13

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12

The Tillman Story

2010  •  Amir Bar-Lev  •  Rated R

Documentary  •  History  •  Military and War

Up by 93 in the past 45 days 93

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13

Waiting for 'Superman'

2010  •  Davis Guggenheim  •  Rated PG

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Social Issues

Up by 24 in the past 45 days 24

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14

Project Nim

2011  •  James Marsh  •  Rated PG13

Animal Picture  •  Documentary  •  History

Down by 85 in the past 45 days 85

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15

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2011  •  David Gelb  •  Rated PG

Biography  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Up by 55 in the past 45 days 55

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17

Winnebago Man

2010  •  Ben Steinbauer  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary

Up by 15 in the past 45 days 15

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18

The Interrupters

2011  •  Steve James  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Social Issues

Up by 33 in the past 45 days 33

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21

The Queen of Versailles

2012  •  Lauren Greenfield  •  Rated PG

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Up by 205 in the past 45 days 205

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22

Life in a Day

2011  •  Kevin Macdonald  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Slice of Life

Up by 94 in the past 45 days 94

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23

Marwencol

2010  •  Jeff Malmberg  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 70 in the past 45 days 70

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24

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

2011  •  Morgan Spurlock  •  Rated PG13

Comedy  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Up by 41 in the past 45 days 41

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25

Tabloid

2010  •  Errol Morris  •  Rated R

Biography  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 57 in the past 45 days 57

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26

Into the Abyss

2011  •  Werner Herzog  •  Rated PG13

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Law and Crime

Up by 118 in the past 45 days 118

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27

Pearl Jam Twenty

2011  •  Cameron Crowe  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Music

Up by 12 in the past 45 days 12

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29

Side by Side

2012  •  Christopher Kenneally  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Media Documentary

Up by 238 in the past 45 days 238

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30

The People vs. George Lucas

2010  •  Alexandre O. Philippe  •  Not Rated

Comedy  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 212 in the past 45 days 212

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31

GasLand

2010  •  Josh Fox  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 60 in the past 45 days 60

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33

Foo Fighters: Back and Forth

2011  •  James Moll  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Music

Down by 201 in the past 45 days 201

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34

George Harrison: Living In The Material World

2011  •  Martin Scorsese  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Music

Up by 62 in the past 45 days 62

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35

Jackass 3.5

2011  •  Jeff Tremaine  •  Rated R

Based-on-Television  •  Comedy  •  Documentary

Down by 137 in the past 45 days 137

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36

Bill Cunningham New York

2010  •  Richard Press  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary

Down by 202 in the past 45 days 202

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38

The Arbor

2010  •  Clio Barnard  •  Not Rated

Avant-garde / Experimental  •  Biography  •  Documentary

Down by 114 in the past 45 days 114

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41

The Invisible War

2012  •  Kirby Dick  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Military and War

Up by 587 in the past 45 days 587

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42

The Two Escobars

2010  •  Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  History

Up by 450 in the past 45 days 450

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43

Catching Hell

2011  •  Alex Gibney  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Sociology

Down by 392 in the past 45 days 392

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44

Undefeated

2011  •  Dan Lindsay, T.J. Martin  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Sports and Recreation

Up by 864 in the past 45 days 864

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45

Bully

2011  •  Lee Hirsch  •  Rated R

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Social Issues

Down by 1428 in the past 45 days 1428

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47

Marley

2012  •  Kevin Macdonald  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Music

Up by 1626 in the past 45 days 1626

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48

Samsara

2011  •  Ron Fricke  •  Rated PG13

Avant-garde / Experimental  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Up by 199 in the past 45 days 199

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49

Room 237

2012  •  Rodney Ascher  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Media Documentary

Up by 1876 in the past 45 days 1876

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50

The Fab Five

2011  •  Jason Hehir  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Made-for-Television  •  Sports and Recreation

Up by 757 in the past 45 days 757

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51

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics

2010  •  Mac Carter  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  History

Up by 900 in the past 45 days 900

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52

Babies

2010  •  Thomas Balmès  •  Rated PG

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Sociology

Up by 745 in the past 45 days 745

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53

Waste Land

2010  •  Lucy Walker, Karen Harley, João Jardim  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Sociology

Down by 215 in the past 45 days 215

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54

American Grindhouse

2010  •  Elijah Drenner  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Media Documentary

Down by 134 in the past 45 days 134

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58

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

2010  •  Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Music

Down by 646 in the past 45 days 646

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59

Bobby Fischer Against the World

2010  •  Liz Garbus  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Up by 825 in the past 45 days 825

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60

June 17, 1994

2010  •  Brett Morgen  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Made-for-Television  •  Sports and Recreation

Up by 114 in the past 45 days 114

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61

Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

2011  •  Jon M. Chu  •  Rated G

Biography  •  Concert Film  •  Documentary

Down by 410 in the past 45 days 410

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62

How to Survive a Plague

2012  •  David France  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Up by 2437 in the past 45 days 2437

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64

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

2010  •  Mark Hartley  •  Rated R

Documentary  •  Media Documentary

Down by 99 in the past 45 days 99

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66

Lemmy

2010  •  Greg Olliver, Wes Orshoski  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Music

Down by 165 in the past 45 days 165

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68

The Parking Lot Movie

2010  •  Meghan Eckman  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Sociology

Up by 568 in the past 45 days 568

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69

Hubble 3D

2010  •  Toni Myers  •  Rated G

Documentary

Up by 454 in the past 45 days 454

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70

I Am Comic

2010  •  Jordan Brady  •  Rated R

Comedy  •  Documentary  •  Media Documentary

Down by 24 in the past 45 days 24

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71

Exporting Raymond

2011  •  Philip Rosenthal  •  Rated PG

Comedy  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 194 in the past 45 days 194

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72

Armadillo

2010  •  Janus Metz Pedersen  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Foreign Language Film

Up by 204 in the past 45 days 204

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73

Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry

2012  •  Alison Klayman  •  Rated R

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Up by 871 in the past 45 days 871

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75

The True Story of Wrestlemania

2011  •  Kevin Dunn  •  Not Rated

Action  •  Documentary  •  Sports and Recreation

Up by 573 in the past 45 days 573

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76

Buck

2011  •  Cindy Meehl  •  Rated PG

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 155 in the past 45 days 155

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78

Superheroes

2011  •  Michael Barnett  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Sociology

Up by 480 in the past 45 days 480

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79

Countdown to Zero

2010  •  Lucy Walker  •  Rated PG

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  History

Down by 71 in the past 45 days 71

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80

And Everything Is Going Fine

2010  •  Steven Soderbergh  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 96 in the past 45 days 96

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81

African Cats

2011  •  Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey  •  Rated G

Adventure  •  Documentary

Down by 290 in the past 45 days 290

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82

West of Memphis

2012  •  Amy Berg  •  Rated R

Documentary  •  History  •  Law and Crime

Down by 89 in the past 45 days 89

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83

Kumaré

2011  •  Vikram Gandhi  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Sociology

Up by 1091 in the past 45 days 1091

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84

The Best That Never Was

2010  •  Jonathan Hock  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Made-for-Television  •  Sports and Recreation

Down by 181 in the past 45 days 181

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86

Hot Coffee

2011  •  Susan Saladoff  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 51 in the past 45 days 51

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87

Once Brothers

2010  •  Michael Tolajian  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Made-for-Television

Up by 58 in the past 45 days 58

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88

Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles

2011  •  Jon Foy  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  History  •  Sociology

Up by 287 in the past 45 days 287

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89

The Captains

2011  •  William Shatner  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Media Documentary

Down by 390 in the past 45 days 390

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90

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure

2011  •  Matthew Bate  •  Not Rated

Comedy Drama  •  Documentary  •  Drama

Down by 362 in the past 45 days 362

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91

Public Speaking

2010  •  Martin Scorsese  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary

Up by 122 in the past 45 days 122

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92

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals

2010  •  Erza Edelman  •  Not Rated

Biography  •  Documentary  •  Sports and Recreation

Up by 172 in the past 45 days 172

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93

Hell and Back Again

2011  •  Danfung Dennis  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary  •  Military and War

Up by 435 in the past 45 days 435

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94

Pony Excess

2010  •  Thaddeus D. Matula  •  Not Rated

Documentary  •  Made-for-Television  •  Sports and Recreation

Down by 28 in the past 45 days 28

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96

Blood Into Wine

2010  •  Ryan Page  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 117 in the past 45 days 117

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97

Girl Walk: All Day

2011  •  Jacob Krupnick  •  Not Rated

Dance Film  •  Documentary  •  Music

Down by 108 in the past 45 days 108

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98

Knuckle

2011  •  Ian Palmer  •  Rated R

Documentary  •  History  •  Social History

Up by 211 in the past 45 days 211

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100

5 Broken Cameras

2011  •  Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi  •  Not Rated

Culture and Society  •  Documentary

Down by 89 in the past 45 days 89

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