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Top 25 best documantaries in English

Based on MovieMeter ratings, these are the 25 best documantaries in English

This is a list of the best 25 Englishe documantaries and highly rated on MovieMeter.

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Top 25 best documantaries in English

1
20 Days in Mariupol

20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

Documentary
95 minutes
3,98(96)
3
2
Roger Waters the Wall

Roger Waters the Wall (2014)

Documentary, Music
132 minutes
3,97(90)
3
Memory of the Camps

Memory of the Camps (2014)

Alternative title: German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Documentary
70 minutes
3,96(27)
4
42 Up

42 Up (1998)

Alternative title: 42: Forty Two Up
Documentary
139 minutes
3,94(69)
5
Earth

Earth (2007)

Documentary
96 minutes
3
6
Queen: Days of Our Lives

Queen: Days of Our Lives (2011)

Alternative title: A Certain Band Called Queen
Documentary, Music
120 minutes
3,92(316)
3
7
For Sama

For Sama (2019)

Documentary, War
100 minutes
3,92(285)
3
8
Ocean with David Attenborough

Ocean with David Attenborough (2025)

Documentary
95 minutes
3,90(75)
2
9
Monterey Pop

Monterey Pop (1968)

Documentary, Music
78 minutes
3,90(68)
10
God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan

God Grew Tired of Us: The Story of Lost Boys of Sudan (2006)

Alternative title: God Had Genoeg van Ons
Documentary
90 minutes
3,90(34)
11
Hôtel Terminus

Hôtel Terminus (1988)

Alternative title: Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
Documentary, Biography
267 minutes
3,89(31)
12
28 Up

28 Up (1985)

Documentary
136 minutes
3,88(69)
2
13
The Great White Silence

The Great White Silence (1924)

Documentary
108 minutes
3,88(33)
14
DiG!

DiG! (2004)

Documentary
110 minutes
3,87(55)
15
Streetwise

Streetwise (1984)

Documentary
91 minutes
3,87(30)
3
16
63 Up

63 Up (2019)

Documentary
144 minutes
3,87(27)
2
17
My Architect

My Architect (2003)

Documentary
116 minutes
3,86(53)
18
More Than a Game

More Than a Game (2008)

Documentary
105 minutes
3,86(49)
19
My Mom Jayne

My Mom Jayne (2025)

Documentary
105 minutes
3,86(21)
20
Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972)

Documentary, Music
62 minutes
3,85(181)
21
Nazi Concentration Camps

Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)

Alternative title: Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps
Documentary, History
59 minutes
3,85(65)
22
Children Underground

Children Underground (2001)

Documentary
104 minutes
3,85(55)
23
The Last Lions

The Last Lions (2011)

Documentary
88 minutes
3,84(185)
24
Dominion

Dominion (2018)

Documentary
120 minutes
3,84(40)
25
Be Here Now

Be Here Now (2015)

Documentary, Drama
100 minutes
3,84(38)