The 30 best Documentary movies of the 2020s

1. 1

   Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (2022)

   directed by Alek Keshishian · 95 min · 8.5 620 votes

2. 2

   Friends: The Reunion (2021)

   directed by Ben Winston · 104 min · 7.8 1,374 votes

3. 3

   My Octopus Teacher (2020)

   directed by Pippa Ehrlich · 85 min · 7.9 1,080 votes

4. 4

   The Social Dilemma (2020)

   directed by Jeff Orlowski · 89 min · 7.5 1,841 votes

5. 5

   David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)

   directed by Alastair Fothergill · 83 min · 8.4 459 votes

6. 6

   BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020)

   directed by Caroline Suh · 79 min · 8.2 529 votes

7. 7

   Squid Game: Making Season 2 (2025)

   28 min · 8.3 459 votes

8. 8

   Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts (2022)

   directed by Joe Pearlman · 103 min · 7.3 3,564 votes

9. 9

   Ennio (2022)

   directed by Giuseppe Tornatore · 156 min · 8.3 390 votes

10. 10

    Miss Americana (2020)

    directed by Lana Wilson · 85 min · 7.8 654 votes

11. 11

    Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry (2021)

    directed by R.J. Cutler · 140 min · 8.2 348 votes

12. 12

    Money Heist: The Phenomenon (2020)

    directed by Luis Alfaro · 57 min · 7.4 1,086 votes

13. 13

    Seaspiracy (2021)

    directed by Ali Tabrizi · 89 min · 7.8 471 votes

14. 14

    ariana grande: excuse me, i love you (2020)

    directed by Paul Dugdale · 97 min · 7.9 382 votes

15. 15

    20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

    directed by Mstyslav Chernov · 94 min · 8.1 313 votes

16. 16

    No Other Land (2024)

    directed by Rachel Szor · 92 min · 8.0 339 votes

17. 17

    Flee (2021)

    directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen · 89 min · 7.7 410 votes

18. 18

    The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)

    directed by Bao Nguyen · 96 min · 7.9 310 votes

19. 19

    American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)

    directed by Jenny Popplewell · 83 min · 7.2 776 votes

20. 20

    Schumacher (2021)

    directed by Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns · 112 min · 7.3 477 votes

21. 21

    The Tinder Swindler (2022)

    directed by Felicity Morris · 114 min · 7.0 1,143 votes

22. 22

    14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021)

    directed by Torquil Jones · 101 min · 7.3 397 votes

23. 23

    Black Adam: Saviour or Destroyer? (2022)

    22 min · 7.2 454 votes

24. 24

    Navalny (2022)

    directed by Daniel Roher · 98 min · 7.3 303 votes

25. 25

    Girl in the Picture (2022)

    directed by Skye Borgman · 102 min · 7.1 310 votes

26. 26

    Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return (2022)

    directed by David Gelb · 60 min · 6.8 1,021 votes

27. 27

    Jackass Forever (2022)

    directed by Jeff Tremaine · 96 min · 6.8 973 votes

28. 28

    Return (2023)

    directed by Pete Tolton · 92 min · 6.8 408 votes

29. 29

    The Perfect Neighbor (2025)

    directed by Geeta Gandbhir · 97 min · 6.8 332 votes

30. 30

    Return (2023)

    directed by Katja Fedulova · 61 min · 6.5 567 votes

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Method: TMDb audience rating weighted by vote count, with a vote floor per list. No position is editorial opinion; it is the catalogue, ordered.

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