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Overall Rankings for "My Favorite Documentaries"

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1	Add to lists Play trailer Share movie card Share user rating Movie added to list Movie removed from list An error occurred Bowling for Columbine Bowling for Columbine documentary 2002 7.6 64,725 Michael Moore Documentary, Self: Michael Moore, Charlton Heston, Dick Clark ...	734
2	Fahrenheit 9/11 (Fahrenheit 911) Fahrenheit 9/11 (Fahrenheit 911) documentary 2004 7.0 70,347 Michael Moore Documentary, Self: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, George Bush, Condoleezza Rice ...	503
3	Searching for Sugar Man Searching for Sugar Man documentary 2012 8.0 28,762 Malik Bendjelloul Documentary, Self: Sixto Rodríguez	468
4	Zeitgeist: The Movie Zeitgeist: The Movie documentary 2007 7.3 22,128 Peter Joseph Documentary	315
5	Baraka Baraka documentary 1992 8.1 11,575 Ron Fricke Documentary	309

6	Apocalypse: The Second World War Apocalypse: The Second World War miniseriesdocumentary 2009 8.6 14,822 Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke Documentary, Self: Mathieu Kassovitz	295
7	Planet Earth Planet Earth tv seriesdocumentary 2006 8.5 16,166 Alastair Fothergill Documentary	288
8	Super Size Me Super Size Me documentary 2004 6.6 36,031 Morgan Spurlock Documentary, Self: Morgan Spurlock	280
9	Inside Job Inside Job documentary 2010 7.6 19,540 Charles Ferguson Documentary, Self: Gylfi Zoega, Andri Snær Magnasson, Sigridur Benediktsdottir ...	272
10	Sicko Sicko documentary 2007 7.4 17,368 Michael Moore Documentary, Self: Michael Moore	264
11	The Act of Killing The Act of Killing documentary 2012 7.8 8,296 Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Anonymous Documentary	264
12	The Light Bulb Conspiracy The Light Bulb Conspiracy mediadocumentary 2010 7.8 13,872 Cosima Dannoritzer Documentary	263
13	An Inconvenient Truth An Inconvenient Truth documentary 2006 6.8 30,829 Davis Guggenheim Documentary, Self: Al Gore	252
14	Cosmos Cosmos tv seriesdocumentary 1980 8.8 13,552 Carl Sagan (Creator), David F. Oyster, Adrian Malone Documentary, Self: Carl Sagan	250
15	The Cove The Cove documentary 2009 7.9 10,766 Louie Psihoyos Documentary	248
16	The Salt of the Earth The Salt of the Earth documentary 2014 8.1 10,063 Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Documentary, Self: Sebastião Salgado	244
17	March of the Penguins March of the Penguins documentary 2005 7.5 16,428 Luc Jacquet Documentary	241
18	Man on Wire Man on Wire documentary 2008 7.4 11,956 James Marsh Documentary, Self: Philippe Petit	238
19	Earth Earth documentary 2007 7.9 15,418 Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield Documentary	227
20	Oceans Oceans documentary 2009 8.0 12,865 Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud Documentary, Self: Jacques Perrin, Lancelot Perrin	222
21	Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey tv seriesdocumentary 2014 8.6 10,912 Ann Druyan (Creator), Steven Soter (Creator) ... Documentary, Self: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth MacFarlane	219
22	Shoah Shoah documentary 1985 8.4 4,173 Claude Lanzmann Documentary, Self: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaïdl, Hanna Zaïdl	205
23	Senna Senna documentary 2010 7.8 12,476 Asif Kapadia Documentary, Self: Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell ...	200
24	Darwin's Nightmare Darwin's Nightmare documentary 2004 7.6 7,009 Hubert Sauper Documentary	196
25	Grizzly Man Grizzly Man documentary 2005 7.2 9,709 Werner Herzog Documentary, Self: Timothy Treadwell	196
26	Exit Through the Gift Shop Exit Through the Gift Shop documentary 2010 7.6 14,390 Banksy Documentary, Self: Thierry Guetta, Banksy	195
27	Capturing the Friedmans Capturing the Friedmans documentary 2003 7.5 7,635 Andrew Jarecki Documentary	183
28	Home Home documentary 2009 7.9 9,497 Yann Arthus-Bertrand Documentary, Narrator: Glenn Close, Jacques Gamblin, Salma Hayek, Zdeněk Svěrák ...	175
29	Night and Fog Night and Fog mediadocumentary 1956 8.2 5,978 Alain Resnais Documentary, Voice: Michel Bouquet	168
30	Zeitgeist: Addendum Zeitgeist: Addendum documentary 2008 7.3 9,262 Peter Joseph Documentary	157
31	The Corporation The Corporation documentary 2003 7.8 4,333 Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, Joel Bakan Documentary, Self: Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman ...	153
32	The Shock Doctrine The Shock Doctrine documentary 2009 7.4 5,254 Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross Documentary	152
33	My Octopus Teacher My Octopus Teacher documentary 2020 7.3 10,679 Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed Documentary, Self: Craig Foster	150
34	Buena Vista Social Club Buena Vista Social Club documentary 1999 7.7 7,516 Wim Wenders Documentary, Self: Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Rubén González ...	149
35	Informe Robinson: Cuando fuimos campeones Informe Robinson: Cuando fuimos campeones episodedocumentary 2010 8.0 16,544 Michael Robinson, Román Escoda Documentary, Self: Michael Robinson, Sergio Busquets, Iker Casillas ...	146
36	Isle of Flowers Isle of Flowers short filmdocumentary 1989 8.0 10,232 Jorge Furtado Documentary	146
37	When We Were Kings When We Were Kings documentary 1996 7.7 5,213 Leon Gast Documentary, Self: Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Don King ...	142
38	The Disenchantment The Disenchantment documentary 1976 7.9 7,115 Jaime Chávarri Documentary, Self: Felicidad Blanc, Juan Luis Panero, Leopoldo María Panero, Michi Panero	140
39	30 for 30: Once Brothers 30 for 30: Once Brothers documentaryTV 2010 8.0 6,216 Michael Tolajian Documentary, Self: Vlade Divac	140
40	Nanook of the North Nanook of the North documentary 1922 7.6 7,551 Robert J. Flaherty Documentary	140
41	The Last Dance The Last Dance miniseriesdocumentary 2020 8.2 16,385 Jason Hehir Documentary, Self: Michael Jordan, Phil Jackson, Scottie Pippen ...	138
42	Planet Earth II Planet Earth II miniseriesdocumentary 2016 8.9 4,600 Elizabeth White, Justin Anderson, Ed Charles Documentary, Self: David Attenborough	134
43	Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance documentary 1982 7.8 5,234 Godfrey Reggio Documentary	134
44	Samsara Samsara documentary 2011 8.2 4,033 Ron Fricke Documentary	133
45	Blackfish Blackfish documentary 2013 7.3 6,561 Gabriela Cowperthwaite Documentary	129
46	The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone documentary 2003 6.8 12,781 Julio Medem Documentary	128
47	The Imposter The Imposter documentary 2012 7.1 7,648 Bart Layton Documentary	128
48	Earthlings Earthlings documentary 2005 7.8 4,745 Shaun Monson Documentary, Self: Joaquin Phoenix	127
49	Amy Amy documentary 2015 7.3 13,073 Asif Kapadia Documentary, Self: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Salaam Remi ...	125
50	The Look of Silence The Look of Silence documentary 2014 7.8 2,448 Joshua Oppenheimer Documentary, Self: Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan ...	125

51	The Gleaners and I The Gleaners and I documentary 2000 7.6 4,761 Agnès Varda Documentary	121
52	The Man with the Movie Camera The Man with the Movie Camera documentary 1929 8.1 6,448 Dziga Vertov Documentary	117
53	En construcción En construcción documentary 2001 7.2 7,173 José Luis Guerín Documentary	115
54	The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst miniseriesdocumentary 2015 7.9 8,214 Andrew Jarecki Documentary	113
55	The World at War The World at War tv seriesdocumentary 1974 8.4 5,608 Jeremy Isaacs (Creator), Hugh Raggett ... Documentary	110
56	Wild Wild Country Wild Wild Country miniseriesdocumentary 2018 7.4 7,754 Chapman Way, Maclain Way Documentary, Self: Osho, Ma Anand Sheela, George Meredith ...	110
57	Human Planet Human Planet miniseriesdocumentary 2011 8.4 2,710 Nicolas Brown, Mark Flowers, Tom Hugh-Jones Documentary, Self: John Hurt	109
58	Winged Migration Winged Migration documentary 2001 7.5 4,697 Jacques Perrin, Michel Debats, Jacques Cluzaud Documentary	107
59	The Children of Leningradsky The Children of Leningradsky mediadocumentary 2004 7.8 4,384 Hanna Polak, Andrzej Celinski Documentary	106
60	Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music Concert 1970 7.8 5,596 Michael Wadleigh Documentary, Self: Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker ...	105
61	The Story of Film: An Odyssey The Story of Film: An Odyssey tv seriesdocumentary 2011 8.2 3,755 Mark Cousins Documentary, Self: Aleksandr Sokúrov, Norman Lloyd, Lars von Trier ...	104
62	No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture No Direction Home: Bob Dylan - A Martin Scorsese Picture documentary 2005 7.8 5,304 Martin Scorsese Documentary, Self: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Allen Ginsberg ...	104
63	El hombre y la Tierra El hombre y la Tierra tv seriesdocumentary 1974 7.8 15,577 Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (Creator) Documentary, Self: Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente	103
64	Capitalism: A Love Story Capitalism: A Love Story documentary 2009 6.8 6,664 Michael Moore Documentary, Self: Michael Moore	103
65	Citizenfour Citizenfour documentary 2014 7.2 6,914 Laura Poitras Documentary, Self: Edward Snowden, Jacob Appelbaum, Julian Assange ...	103
66	The Silence of Others (El silencio de otros) The Silence of Others (El silencio de otros) documentary 2018 7.7 6,656 Almudena Carracedo, Robert Bahar Documentary	103
67	Apocalypse: The First World War Apocalypse: The First World War miniseriesdocumentary 2014 8.4 4,010 Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke Documentary, Self: Mathieu Kassovitz, V.I. Lenin, Raymond Poincaré, Ferdinand Foch	102
68	Land Without Bread Land Without Bread mediadocumentary 1933 7.4 7,991 Luis Buñuel Documentary	100
69	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse documentary 1991 7.6 4,246 Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper, Eleanor Coppola Documentary, Self: Francis Ford Coppola, John Milius, Martin Sheen ...	100
70	Être et avoir Être et avoir documentary 2002 7.5 4,679 Nicolas Philibert Documentary	98
71	Life Life miniseriesdocumentary 2009 8.4 2,952 Simon Blakeney, Stephen Lyle Documentary, Self: David Attenborough, Oprah Winfrey	97
72	F. for Fake F. for Fake documentary 1973 7.6 5,641 Orson Welles Documentary, Self: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten ...	95
73	Touching The Void Touching The Void documentary 2003 7.5 3,998 Kevin Macdonald Documentary, Self: Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Joe Simpson	95
74	Our Planet Our Planet tv seriesdocumentary 2019 8.5 3,278 David Attenborough (Creator), Adam Chapman ... Documentary, Self: David Attenborough	93
75	Triumph of the Will Triumph of the Will documentary 1935 7.4 5,390 Leni Riefenstahl Documentary, Self: Adolf Hitler, Josef Goebbels	91
76	Human Human documentary 2015 8.2 2,034 Yann Arthus-Bertrand Documentary	90
77	The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection documentary 1975 8.2 1,691 Patricio Guzmán Documentary, Self: Salvador Allende	88
78	Promises Promises documentary 2001 7.9 2,496 Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado Documentary	88
79	Making a Murderer Making a Murderer tv seriesdocumentary 2015 7.9 7,653 Moira Demos, Laura Ricciardi Documentary, Self: Steven Avery	86
80	The Social Dilemma The Social Dilemma documentary 2020 6.8 8,959 Jeff Orlowski Documentary, Self: Catalina Garayoa, Barbara Gehring, Skyler Gisondo ...	85
81	Free Solo Free Solo documentary 2018 7.4 6,265 Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Documentary, Self: Alex Honnold	83
82	The Last Waltz The Last Waltz Concert 1978 7.9 4,797 Martin Scorsese Documentary, Self: Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Neil Young ...	83
83	Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret documentary 2014 7.4 2,407 Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn Documentary, Self: William Potter	82
84	Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills documentary 1996 7.8 2,344 Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky Documentary	81
85	Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle documentary 2017 7.2 10,516 Gustavo Salmerón Documentary, Self: Julia Salmerón, Gustavo Salmerón	81
86	The Quince Tree Sun The Quince Tree Sun documentary 1992 7.4 5,721 Víctor Erice Documentary, Self: Antonio López	80
87	The Century of the Self The Century of the Self miniseriesdocumentary 2002 8.1 1,088 Adam Curtis Documentary	79
88	The Untold History of the United States The Untold History of the United States miniseriesdocumentary 2012 8.0 2,365 Oliver Stone Documentary, Self: Oliver Stone, Alan Shearman, Jim Ward ...	76
89	The Devil and Daniel Johnston The Devil and Daniel Johnston documentary 2005 7.7 3,496 Jeff Feuerzeig Documentary, Self: Daniel Johnston	74
90	Las alas de la vida (The Wings of Life) Las alas de la vida (The Wings of Life) documentary 2006 7.9 3,104 Antoni P. Canet Documentary, Self: Carlos Cristos	74
91	Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler Apocalypse: The Rise of Hitler miniseriesdocumentary 2011 7.9 3,875 Daniel Costelle, Isabelle Clarke Documentary	74
92	Ciutat morta (Ciudad muerta) Ciutat morta (Ciudad muerta) documentary 2014 7.5 5,191 Xavier Artigas, Xapo Ortega Documentary	73
93	Jesus Camp Jesus Camp documentary 2006 7.3 3,484 Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady Documentary	71
94	Cuban Rafters Cuban Rafters documentary 2002 7.2 1,924 Carles Bosch, Josep Maria Doménech Documentary	70
95	Food, Inc. Food, Inc. documentary 2008 7.2 3,117 Robert Kenner Documentary	70
96	Microcosmos Microcosmos documentary 1996 7.6 1,917 Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou Documentary	69
97	Zeitgeist: Moving Forward Zeitgeist: Moving Forward documentary 2011 7.5 2,636 Peter Joseph Documentary	68
98	Don't Fk with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer Don't Fk with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer miniseriesdocumentary 2019 7.2 7,655 Mark Lewis Documentary	68
99	When You're Strange When You're Strange documentary 2009 7.5 4,232 Tom DiCillo Documentary, Self: The Doors, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger ...	67
100	Encounters at the End of The World Encounters at the End of The World documentary 2007 7.4 2,514 Werner Herzog Documentary	67