The 30 best Documentary movies of the 2010s

1. 1

   One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

   directed by Morgan Spurlock · 100 min · 8.2 1,079 votes

2. 2

   Senna (2010)

   directed by Asif Kapadia · 105 min · 8.1 1,233 votes

3. 3

   Free Solo (2018)

   directed by Jimmy Chin · 100 min · 7.9 1,567 votes

4. 4

   Blackfish (2013)

   directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite · 83 min · 7.9 1,213 votes

5. 5

   Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

   directed by Malik Bendjelloul · 86 min · 7.9 1,064 votes

6. 6

   BTS World Tour: Love Yourself - Japan Edition (2019)

   139 min · 9.2 335 votes

7. 7

   Citizenfour (2014)

   directed by Laura Poitras · 113 min · 7.7 1,443 votes

8. 8

   Samsara (2011)

   directed by Ron Fricke · 102 min · 8.1 704 votes

9. 9

   The Salt of the Earth (2014)

   directed by Juliano Ribeiro Salgado · 110 min · 8.1 692 votes

10. 10

    Amy (2015)

    directed by Asif Kapadia · 128 min · 7.6 1,331 votes

11. 11

    Inside Job (2010)

    directed by Charles Ferguson · 105 min · 7.7 1,069 votes

12. 12

    Apollo 11 (2019)

    directed by Todd Douglas Miller · 93 min · 7.9 728 votes

13. 13

    Bring the Soul: The Movie (2019)

    directed by Park Jun-soo · 105 min · 8.3 463 votes

14. 14

    13th (2016)

    directed by Ava DuVernay · 100 min · 7.8 813 votes

15. 15

    Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

    directed by Morgan Neville · 95 min · 8.0 615 votes

16. 16

    Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

    directed by Frank Pavich · 87 min · 7.8 772 votes

17. 17

    Burn the Stage: The Movie (2018)

    directed by Park Jun-soo · 84 min · 8.3 435 votes

18. 18

    Before the Flood (2016)

    directed by Fisher Stevens · 95 min · 7.7 828 votes

19. 19

    They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)

    directed by Peter Jackson · 99 min · 7.8 695 votes

20. 20

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)

    directed by David Gelb · 83 min · 7.7 797 votes

21. 21

    The Act of Killing (2012)

    directed by Joshua Oppenheimer · 166 min · 7.7 779 votes

22. 22

    Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)

    directed by Alex Gibney · 119 min · 7.6 885 votes

23. 23

    Icarus (2017)

    directed by Bryan Fogel · 121 min · 7.6 851 votes

24. 24

    Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

    directed by Banksy · 86 min · 7.5 994 votes

25. 25

    Human (2015)

    directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand · 191 min · 8.4 314 votes

26. 26

    Everybody’s Everything (2019)

    directed by Sebastian Jones · 115 min · 8.4 310 votes

27. 27

    Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

    directed by Brett Morgen · 132 min · 7.6 761 votes

28. 28

    The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)

    directed by Brian Knappenberger · 105 min · 7.9 474 votes

29. 29

    For Sama (2019)

    directed by Waad al-Kateab · 95 min · 8.2 319 votes

30. 30

    Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)

    directed by Chris Smith · 93 min · 7.5 747 votes

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