Letterboxd top 250 Documentaries

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"A companion piece to Dave Vis' list of Letterboxd's official top 250 films of all-time, which excludes documentaries from consideration. Credit to Andrew for the idea.

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ELIGIBILITY RULES:

• Documentaries must be feature-length (45+ minutes), with a theatrical and/or festival release in its entirety.
• TV series, miniseries, and episodes are excluded but docs listed as 'TV movie' on IMDb are eligible. Exceptions made for series that also had a limited theatrical release.
• No featurettes unless theatrically distributed, even if feature-length (featurettes are marked as 'Video' on IMDb, such as 'making of' docs).
• Concert films are allowed if they had a theatrical release. However, documentaries and concert films about contemporary musicians have a 10-year grace period before eligibility due to unintentional vote manipulation by fans. Exceptions are made for disbanded or deceased groups as well as films that debuted at a film festival.
• No standup comedy marked as a documentary, nor any stage shows. Exceptions may be made for borderline exceptions.
• There is a 1,000 minimum ratings threshold. "

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  1. 160 -8

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 41 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 180 -9

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  4. 38 -1

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  5. 45 -1

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  6. 100 -4

    For All Mankind

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 218 -6

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  8. 55 -1

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 65 -2

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 5 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  11. 94 -2

    Woodstock

    1970, in 12 top lists Check
  12. 14 -1

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 36 -1

    Baraka

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 91 -3

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 90 -5

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 20 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  17. 82 -1

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 97 -4

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 141 -5

    Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit

    1971 — a.k.a. Land of Silence and Darkness, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 234 -7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 35 -2

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 124 -5

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 73 -3

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  24. 81 -2

    Monterey Pop

    1968, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 85 -3

    American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  26. 121 -3

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 143 -5

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 40 -1

    Century of Cinema: A Personal Journey with...

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  29. 95 -6

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  30. 237 -7

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 51 -1

    Jimi Plays Monterey

    1986, in 1 top list Check
  32. 241 -8

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  33. 212 -4

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 232 -9

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 69 -1

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  37. 220 -7

    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 138 -6

    28 Up

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 59 -1

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 208 -6

    The Great White Silence

    1922, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 61 -

    Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires

    1989, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 203 -5

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 154 -14

    Il mio viaggio in Italia

    1999 — a.k.a. My Voyage to Italy, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 96 -1

    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  45. 87 -1

    Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood...

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 15 -

    Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii

    1972, in 1 top list Check
  47. 189 -5

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 42 -2

    Tôkyô orinpikku

    1965 — a.k.a. Tokyo Olympiad, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 152 -3

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 231 -9

    Always for Pleasure

    1978, in 1 top list Check
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