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Timeout's 51 Best Documentaries of All Time

TimeOut's list description: Sometimes all you want are action movies or Miyazaki animated fantasies. We get that. Movies are a beautiful escape. But there's still that pang of conscience: What about the outside world? The real world struggling with sociopolitical inequity? The world captured by filmmakers who want to inform us and make us angry? (If they win an Oscar or two along the way, all the better.) A brilliant documentary can turn audiences into activists; it can awaken, alarm and amuse. Coming to a ranked list of the 51 best documentaries of all time wasn't easy—watching them won't be, either. But you won't regret it.
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1
Shoah (1985)
Shoah (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
2
Sans Soleil (1983, Chris Marker)
Sans Soleil (1983, Chris Marker)
3
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
4
Night and Fog (1955)
Night and Fog (1955)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
6
Dont Look Back (1967)
Dont Look Back (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
7
The War Game (1965)
The War Game (1965)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
8
Nanook of the North (1922)
Nanook of the North (1922)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
9
Roger & Me (1989)
Roger & Me (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
10
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
11
Salesman (1969)
Salesman (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
Grizzly Man (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
13
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Rotten Tomatoes®   84%
14
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
15
Crumb (1994)
Crumb (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
Titicut Follies (1967)
Titicut Follies (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
17
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Stop Making Sense (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
18
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
19
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
20
Lake of Fire (2006)
Lake of Fire (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
21
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
22
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
23
Hitler: A Film From Germany (1977)
Hitler: A Film From Germany (1977)
Rotten Tomatoes®   80%
24
High School (1968)
High School (1968)
25
Empire (Andy Warhol) (1964)
Empire (Andy Warhol) (1964)
26
In the Year of the Pig (1969)
In the Year of the Pig (1969)
27
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
28
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1896)
29
The Gleaners & I (2000)
The Gleaners & I (2000)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
30
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
31
Grey Gardens (1975)
Grey Gardens (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
32
Woodstock (1970)
Woodstock (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
33
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
34
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
35
The Up Series (1964)
The Up Series (1964)
36
Sherman's March (1985)
Sherman's March (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
37
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   90%
38
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Burden of Dreams (1982)
Rotten Tomatoes®   89%
39
Point of Order! (1964)
Point of Order! (1964)
40
The Fog of War (2003)
The Fog of War (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
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