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PurpleCow17's Top 50 Favorite Documentaries of All Time
Global Ranking |
Movie Title |
Release Year |
Director |
MPAA Rating |
Your Ranking |
3171 |
Seven Up! |
1964 |
Paul Almond |
NR |
- |
9464 |
56 Up |
2012 |
Michael Apted, Paul Almond |
NR |
- |
6514 |
Tickled |
2016 |
David Farrier, Dylan Reeve |
NR |
- |
9990 |
Flee |
2021 |
Jonas Poher Rasmussen |
NR |
- |
588 |
Hoop Dreams |
1994 |
Steve James |
PG13 |
- |
5819 |
Tower |
2016 |
Keith Maitland |
NR |
- |
56425 |
Forgiving Dr. Mengele |
2006 |
Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh |
NR |
- |
49234 |
Shakespeare Behind Bars |
2005 |
Hank Rogerson |
NR |
- |
5313 |
42 Up |
1999 |
Michael Apted |
NR |
- |
3216 |
13th |
2016 |
Ava DuVernay |
NR |
- |
3117 |
28 Up |
1985 |
Michael Apted |
NR |
- |
5013 |
49 Up |
2005 |
Michael Apted |
NR |
- |
14199 |
American Teen |
2008 |
Nanette Burstein |
PG13 |
- |
2840 |
21 Up |
1977 |
Michael Apted |
NR |
- |
4999 |
Catfish |
2010 |
Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman |
PG13 |
- |
3396 |
35 Up |
1992 |
Michael Apted |
NR |
- |
2778 |
Spellbound |
2002 |
Jeffrey Blitz |
G |
- |
1503 |
Man on Wire |
2008 |
James Marsh |
PG13 |
- |
44038 |
Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage |
2021 |
Garret Price |
NR |
- |
800 |
Koyaanisqatsi |
1982 |
Godfrey Reggio |
NR |
- |
3932 |
7 Plus Seven |
1970 |
Michael Apted |
NR |
- |
10784 |
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness |
2013 |
Mami Sunada |
NR |
- |
2826 |
The Imposter |
2012 |
Bart Layton |
NR |
- |
492 |
F for Fake |
1973 |
Orson Welles |
NR |
- |
65243 |
The Speed Cubers |
2020 |
Sue Kim |
PG |
- |
86732 |
Spring Awakening: Those You've Known |
2022 |
Michael John Warren |
NR |
- |
1169 |
The Act of Killing |
2012 |
Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn |
NR |
- |
73445 |
The Light In Her Eyes |
2011 |
Julia Meltzer, Laura Nix |
NR |
- |
2540 |
Bowling for Columbine |
2002 |
Michael Moore |
R |
- |
16862 |
My Date With Drew |
2005 |
Jon Gunn |
PG |
- |
45545 |
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal |
2007 |
Richard Trank |
PG13 |
- |
85784 |
What Happened, Brittany Murphy? |
2021 |
Cynthia Hill |
NR |
- |
5878 |
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) |
2021 |
Questlove |
NR |
- |
24969 |
The Velvet Underground |
2021 |
Todd Haynes |
R |
- |
70981 |
The Dissident |
2021 |
Bryan Fogel |
PG13 |
- |
17339 |
The Sparks Brothers |
2021 |
Edgar Wright |
R |
- |
15245 |
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles |
2011 |
Jon Foy |
NR |
- |
54376 |
The Fear of 13 |
2015 |
David Sington |
NR |
- |
10165 |
Finding Vivian Maier |
2013 |
John Maloof, Charlie Siskel |
NR |
- |
68121 |
The Tinder Swindler |
2022 |
Felicity Morris |
NR |
- |
1297 |
Senna |
2010 |
Asif Kapadia |
NR |
- |
10637 |
Cropsey |
2009 |
Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman |
NR |
- |
54720 |
Tab Hunter Confidential |
2015 |
Jeffrey Schwarz |
NR |
- |
7607 |
Bill Cunningham New York |
2010 |
Richard Press |
NR |
- |
18272 |
With Byrd at the South Pole |
1930 |
Unknown |
NR |
- |
17079 |
Val |
2021 |
Ting Poo, Leo Scott |
R |
- |
7120 |
Wordplay |
2006 |
Patrick Creadon |
PG |
- |
56172 |
Nothing Like A Dame |
2018 |
Roger Michell |
NR |
- |
9240 |
Bully |
2011 |
Lee Hirsch |
R |
- |
11066 |
The Cruise |
1998 |
Bennett Miller |
PG13 |
- |