Best drama documentaries - Charts
Best drama documentaries
![The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/076/76107_55416b.jpg)
1. The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver (2002)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Martin Šulík
Cast: Marek Juráček, Edita Levá
![Home](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/150/160150210_c92432.jpg)
![Oceans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/435/160435717_093a0c.jpg)
3. Oceans (2009)
France / Switzerland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
![Bowling for Columbine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/504/162504322_ede70d.jpg)
4. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Canada / USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Michael Moore
Cast: Michael Moore, Matt Stone
![Touching the Void](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/450/164450474_7d31ae.jpg)
5. Touching the Void (2003)
UK, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Nicholas Aaron, Richard Hawking
![Waltz with Bashir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/378/160378954_91c8d3.jpg)
6. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Israel / France, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Ari Folman
Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון
![Be Here Now](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/549/161549056_fecdb0.jpg)
7. Be Here Now (2015)
USA / Australia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lilibet Foster
Cast: Andy Whitfield
![Where the Trail Ends](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/173/158173455_0eba20.jpg)
8. Where the Trail Ends (2012)
USA / Argentina, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jeremy Grant
Cast: Darren Berrecloth, James Doerfling
![Autumn Gold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/096/160096804_853410.jpg)
![Nicky's Family](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/121/161121365_caa288.jpg)
10. Nicky's Family (2011)
Slovakia / Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Nicholas Winton, Jana Kepková
![20,000 Days on Earth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/885/159885022_7860bd.jpg)
11. 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
UK, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Cast: Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld
![Young at Heart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/296/159296926_aa5dc7.jpg)
![The Other F Word](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/928/159928218_787b95.jpg)
![The Five Obstructions](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/089/167089930_214544.jpg)
14. The Five Obstructions (2003)
Denmark / Switzerland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
![Manny](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/268/158268471_f45363.jpg)
15. Manny (2014)
USA / Philippines, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Leon Gast, Ryan Moore
Cast: Manny Pacquiao, Liam Neeson
![Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/620/168620765_kox0vb.jpg)
16. Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Keith Melton
Cast: Ian McKellen
![Looking for Richard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/228/159228608_ec5c59.jpg)
17. Looking for Richard (1996)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Al Pacino
Cast: Al Pacino, Gordon MacDonald
![Through the Eyes of the Photographer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/123/160123031_e7c4c5.jpg)
18. Through the Eyes of the Photographer (2015)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Zuzana Mináčová, Matej Mináč
![Little Dieter Needs to Fly](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/076/76139_6ca522.jpg)
19. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
France / Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Dieter Dengler
![The Wildest Dream](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/532/159532817_5b3eaf.jpg)
20. The Wildest Dream (2010)
USA, Biography / Documentary
Directed by: Anthony Geffen
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Ralph Fiennes
![A Film Unfinished](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/525/159525258_fb5d63.jpg)
21. A Film Unfinished (2010)
Germany / Israel, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Yael Hersonski
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Alexander Beyer
![Prisoners of a White God](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/058/58541_b01c16.jpg)
22. Prisoners of a White God (2008)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Steve Lichtag
Cast: Ladislav Cigánek
![Life According to Sam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/240/158240528_dcf053.jpg)
![Ashes and Snow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/054/54686_d79b59.jpg)
24. Ashes and Snow (2005)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Gregory Colbert
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Ken Watanabe
![The Road to Guantanamo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/412/159412556_db9fa8.jpg)
25. The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
UK, Drama / Documentary
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
Cast: Riz Ahmed, George W. Bush
![Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/340/340673_16042a.jpg)
26. Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? (2010)
USA / New Zealand, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Taggart Siegel
Cast: Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan
![Blind Loves](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/824/159824392_b93456.jpg)
![Salaam Cinema](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/075/75780_3e2b89.jpg)
28. Salaam Cinema (1995)
Iran, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mirhadi Tayebi
![Bílá hora: Kronika povstání](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/467/166467048_374849.jpg)
29. Bílá hora: Kronika povstání (2022)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Josef Kotalík
Cast: Viktor Preiss, Pavel Rímský
![McLaren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/611/161611013_82f88b.jpg)
30. McLaren (2017)
New Zealand, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Dwayne Cameron, Emerson Fittipaldi
![Life in a Day](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/926/159926283_b9551a.jpg)
31. Life in a Day (2011)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald, Frederic Lumiere
Cast: Jennifer M. Howd, Drake Shannon
![Titicut Follies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/045/162045284_7932e8.jpg)
![Planet of Snail](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/606/163606658_59914a.jpg)
![First Position](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/259/160259437_873673.jpg)
34. First Position (2011)
Israel / France, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: Bess Kargman
Cast: Aran Bell, Rebecca Houseknecht
![Life, Animated](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/525/162525114_467f82.jpg)
![I, a Negro](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/150/161150647_9feffe.jpg)
![Bus 174](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/091/161091053_b3134e.jpg)
![Race to World First](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/353/159353595_cc600d.jpg)
![Bet Raise Fold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/157/876/157876281_e34614.jpg)
![#chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/289/158289149_19224d.jpg)
40. #chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (2013)
USA / Syria, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Joe Piscatella
Cast: Bashar al-Assad
![Born Strong](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/475/162475981_a3865a.jpg)
![Capturing the Friedmans](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/700/158700363_a71544.jpg)
42. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Jarecki
Cast: Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman
![Our Daily Life](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/864/160864842_10e5b5.jpg)
![The Venice Syndrome](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/397/159397590_49beec.jpg)
![Target for Tonight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/222/158222863_924afe.jpg)
46. Eye of the Leopard (2006)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Dereck Joubert, Beverly Joubert
Cast: Jeremy Irons
![The Penguin King 3D](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/504/167504055_fd76o6.jpg)
![Zumiriki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/561/164561641_818672.jpg)
![FAMU Four](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/880/167880882_2yjbt5.png)
49. FAMU Four (2023)
Czech Republic, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Philippe Kastner, Petr Pylypčuk
Cast: Caroline Barnard, Jan Pokorný
![True Štúr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/191/160191436_1e7fde.jpg)
50. True Štúr (2015)
Slovakia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Michal Baláž, Noro Držiak
Cast: Robert Roth, Táňa Pauhofová
![Vermeer, Beyond Time](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/286/163286107_2e8a1c.jpg)
51. Vermeer, Beyond Time (2017)
France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Guillaume Cottet, Jean-Pierre Cottet
Cast: Pierre Arditi
![How to Die in Oregon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/467/467775_99eb0c.jpg)
![Žalman aneb Naslouchám tichu Země](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/551/162551749_df9125.jpg)
53. Žalman aneb Naslouchám tichu Země (2018)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Zdeněk Gawlik
Cast: Pavel Lohonka, Karina Rchichev
![Tell Me Who I Am](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/864/163864325_a9369e.jpg)
![All My Children](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/262/158262666_8e7377.jpg)
56. All My Children (2013)
Slovakia / Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Ladislav Kaboš
Cast: Marián Kuffa
![The Metamorphosis of Birds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/196/164196958_8064de.jpg)
57. The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020)
Portugal, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Catarina Vasconcelos
58. Life at a Cemetary (1997)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jakub Sommer
Cast: Olga Novotná
![My Fathers, My Mother & Me](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/745/162745629_4c0d29.jpg)
59. My Fathers, My Mother & Me (2012)
Austria, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Paul-Julien Robert
![Born for the Sabre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/024/164024554_339cc8.jpg)
60. Born for the Sabre (2019)
Poland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Pawel Delag
Cast: Pawel Delag, Wiktor Osiński
![Everyday Rebellion](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/343/163343525_46d3f3.jpg)
61. Everyday Rebellion (2013)
Austria / Switzerland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Arman T. Riahi, Arash T. Riahi
Cast: Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum
![Saving Face](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/157/912/157912537_3f724b.jpg)
62. Saving Face (2011)
USA / Pakistan, Short / Documentary
Directed by: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Daniel Junge
Cast: Adam Piacente
![The Wolfpack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/740/159740078_0f29fc.jpg)
![Shaolin Kung Fu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/560/160560711_341356.jpg)
![The Circle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/622/159622711_19d4cf.jpg)
![Last Train Home](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/526/159526138_65d07d.jpg)
67. Last Train Home (2009)
Canada / China, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Lixin Fan
Cast: Qin Zhang
![Hooligan Sparrow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/496/160496390_73fb49.jpg)
![Happy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/293/160293127_f07e7a.jpg)
![Far from Vietnam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/415/160415293_92a466.jpg)
70. Far from Vietnam (1967)
France, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker
Cast: Bernard Fresson, Karen Blanguernon
![The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/577/158577903_e077d0.png)
72. The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Guillaume Nicloux
![14 kilómetros](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/802/158802587_709540.jpg)
73. 14 kilómetros (2007)
Spain, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Gerardo Olivares
Cast: Ahmed Alansar, Tano Alansar
![CT Fletcher: My Magnificent Obsession](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/145/160145560_4f48b8.jpg)
74. CT Fletcher: My Magnificent Obsession (2015)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Vlad Yudin
Cast: Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg
![Warsaw Uprising](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/526/162526608_75ffbf.jpg)
75. Warsaw Uprising (2014)
Poland, Drama / War
Directed by: Jan Komasa
Cast: Michal Zurawski, Maciej Nawrocki
![My Barefoot Friend – The Story of Shallim and His Old Rickshaw](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/292/160292499_2c29d1.jpg)
76. My Barefoot Friend – The Story of Shallim and His Old Rickshaw (2010)
South Korea / India, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Seong-gyou Lee
![The Arbor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/709/160709670_9e3191.jpg)
77. The Arbor (2010)
UK, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Clio Barnard
Cast: Christine Bottomley, Danny Webb
![Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/043/43665_48666c.jpg)
78. Ryan (2004)
Canada, Short / Animation
Directed by: Chris Landreth
Cast: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth
![Pink Saris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/514/162514019_8cd7e1.jpg)
![Close Ties](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/165/611/165611012_3aa2ca.jpg)
![Time of the Six Sun](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/103/160103363_b34fa3.jpg)
![Red Lines](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/559/159559520_b6602a.jpg)
![The Chinese Mayor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/598/162598963_3e33b5.jpg)
![The Invisible War](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/484/160484886_b9c629.jpg)
![The Chimney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/205/159205554_406289.jpg)
87. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Celebration (2002)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Laurent Bouzereau
Cast: Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton
![The Story of the Weeping Camel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/166/166166037_756b54.jpg)
88. The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)
Germany / Mongolia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa
Cast: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin
89. XXX: A Filmmakers Diary (2003)
Czech Republic, Action / Short
Directed by: T.G. Matthews
Cast: Rob Cohen, Vin Diesel
![The Missing Picture](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/724/158724748_ae49de.jpg)
![Vycestovacia doložka pre Dubčeka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/123/163123203_71f4ac.jpg)
91. Vycestovacia doložka pre Dubčeka (2018)
Slovakia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Juraj Lihosit
Cast: Alexander Dubček, Miroslav Kusý
![The Invisible Men](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/482/164482917_1a0fd4.jpg)
![Too Close](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/109/167109014_79cc21.jpg)
![Rainbow Bridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/062/62145_b6768f.jpg)
94. Rainbow Bridge (1972)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Chuck Wein
Cast: Bob Amacker, Baron Bingen
![Tarnation](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/399/159399922_f2d73d.jpg)
95. Tarnation (2003)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jonathan Caouette
Cast: Jonathan Caouette, Michael Cox
![Concerning Violence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/761/161761596_9d9bd4.jpg)
96. Concerning Violence (2014)
Sweden / Finland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Göran Hugo Olsson
Cast: Lauryn Hill, Kati Outinen
![Nostalgia for the Light](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/468/159468730_e0f6ed.jpg)
97. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
France / Germany, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Patricio Guzmán
![Paolo Borsellino. Adesso tocca a me](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/479/163479839_56f20a.jpg)
98. Paolo Borsellino. Adesso tocca a me (2017)
Italy, Historical / Drama
Directed by: Francesco Miccichè
Cast: Anna Ammirati, Cesare Bocci
![Whateverest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/175/158175970_965377.jpg)
99. Whateverest (2012)
Denmark / Norway, Short / Documentary
Directed by: Kristoffer Borgli
Cast: Marius Solem Johansen, Jan Thomsen
![Dirty Wars](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/160/159160973_130b55.jpg)