iCM Forum's Top 250 Highest Rated Documentaries

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Our highest rated documentaries with 5+ votes from IMDb vote histories provided by 57 members. Ties are sorted by highest number of votes.

Includes movies, TV movies, shorts, TV shorts and video.

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Thanks to themagician for creating the original versions of these lists.

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  1. 215 new

    ...And the Pursuit of Happiness

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  2. 81 +1

    13th

    2016, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 210 -8

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 219 -7

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 68 -6

    4 Little Girls

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  6. 123 -7

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 254 -7

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 161 new

    8 Flags for 99¢

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  9. 47 +1

    LA 92

    2017, in 2 top lists
    Check
  10. 102 -2

    9/11

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  11. 104 -6

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 58 +9

    Al midan

    2013 — a.k.a. The Square, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 37 -

    American Dream

    1990, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 178 -4

    American Factory

    2019, in 1 top list
    Check
  15. 122 -7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 108 -5

    Andre the Giant

    2018, in 0 top lists
    Check
  17. 98 new

    Anthropocene: The Human Epoch

    2018, in 0 top lists
    Check
  18. 159 -6

    Anvil: The Story of Anvil

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 195 -10

    Året gjennom Børfjord

    1991 — a.k.a. A Year Along the Abandoned Road, in 1 top list Check
  20. 218 -25

    The Art of Flying

    2015, in 0 top lists
    Check
  21. 183 -6

    Ascension

    2021, in 0 top lists
    Check
  22. 223 -8

    At Berkeley

    2013, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 166 -8

    At the Death House Door

    2008, in 1 top list Check
  24. 204 -10

    Athlete A

    2020, in 0 top lists
    Check
  25. 151 -4

    Attica

    2021, in 0 top lists
    Check
  26. 60 -2

    Baraka

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 207 -9

    Bébé(s)

    2010 — a.k.a. Babies, in 0 top lists Check
  28. 129 -6

    Before Stonewall

    1984, in 1 top list Check
  29. 230 +15

    Bei xi mo shou

    2015 — a.k.a. Behemoth, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 15 +1

    Bergman och filmen, Bergman och teatern,...

    2004 — a.k.a. Bergman Island, in 1 top list Check
  31. 198 -39

    Bezucelná procházka

    1930, in 0 top lists Check
  32. 26 -15

    Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

    1989 — a.k.a. Images of the World and the Inscription of War, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 16 +2

    Bitter Lake

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
  34. 199 -12

    Black Harvest

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 1 -

    Black Is... Black Ain't

    1994, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 251 new

    Black Panthers

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 158 -6

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  38. 211 -8

    The Bridge

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  39. 51 +2

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 7 -

    Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land

    2008 — a.k.a. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, in 1 top list Check
  41. 93 -1

    Call Me Lucky

    2015, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 227 +15

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 155 -10

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  44. 244 new

    Cave of Forgotten Dreams

    2010, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 19 +3

    The Central Park Five

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
  46. 140 -8

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  47. 44 +3

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  48. 61 +2

    Citizenfour

    2014, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 257 -7

    City Hall

    2020, in 2 top lists
    Check
  50. 243 -2

    Colectiv

    2019 — a.k.a. Collective, in 2 top lists
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