# Documentary films in our catalog

> All documentary films catalogued, ranked by audience score. From the well-known picks down to the niche documentary the catalogue surfaces.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/genre/documentary/>

## 80 films in this list

- **[Close Up](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/close-up-2012/)** (2012) — ★ 9.5 · 2 votes · atmospheric
- **[Ado SPECIAL LIVE "Shinzou" in Cinema](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/ado-special-live-shinzou-in-cinema-2025/)** (2025) — ★ 9.4 · 13 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Break the Silence: The Movie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/break-the-silence-the-movie-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 9.0 · 187 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Hideaki Anno: The Final Challenge of Evangelion](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/hideaki-anno-the-final-challenge-of-evangelion-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 8.6 · 10 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Life is Fruity](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/life-is-fruity-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 8.6 · 14 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Dominion](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dominion-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 8.5 · 89 votes · atmospheric
- **[The Sorrow and the Pity: The Film That Shocked France](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-sorrow-and-the-pity-the-film-that-shocked-france-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 8.5 · 4 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/selena-gomez-my-mind-me-2022/)** (2022) — ★ 8.5 · 590 votes · atmospheric
- **[Twenty Years Later](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/twenty-years-later-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 8.4 · 74 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[O.J.: Made in America](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/o-j-made-in-america-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 8.4 · 263 votes · atmospheric, slow-burn
- **[One Direction: Where We Are - The Concert Film](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/one-direction-where-we-are-the-concert-film-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 8.4 · 169 votes · atmospheric
- **[Squid Game: Making Season 2](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/squid-game-making-season-2-2025/)** (2025) — ★ 8.4 · 449 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Burn the Stage: The Movie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/burn-the-stage-the-movie-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 8.3 · 431 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Stop Making Sense](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/stop-making-sense-1984/)** (1984) — ★ 8.3 · 360 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[Ennio](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/ennio-2022/)** (2022) — ★ 8.3 · 381 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric, slow-burn
- **[Bring the Soul: The Movie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/bring-the-soul-the-movie-2019/)** (2019) — ★ 8.3 · 459 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Night and Fog](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/night-and-fog-1956/)** (1956) — ★ 8.3 · 557 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/bts-world-tour-love-yourself-in-seoul-2019/)** (2019) — ★ 8.2 · 455 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/billie-eilish-the-world-s-a-little-blurry-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 8.2 · 332 votes · atmospheric
- **[Baraka](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/baraka-1992/)** (1992) — ★ 8.2 · 685 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[One Direction: This Is Us](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/one-direction-this-is-us-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 8.2 · 1,065 votes · atmospheric
- **[BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/blackpink-light-up-the-sky-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 8.2 · 519 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Shoah](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/shoah-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 8.2 · 220 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[Senna](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/senna-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 8.1 · 1,187 votes · atmospheric
- **[The Salt of the Earth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-salt-of-the-earth-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 8.1 · 678 votes · weird, foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Earthlings](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/earthlings-2005/)** (2005) — ★ 8.1 · 337 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-fresh-prince-of-bel-air-reunion-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 8.1 · 169 votes · atmospheric
- **[HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/homecoming-a-film-by-beyonce-2019/)** (2019) — ★ 8.1 · 346 votes · atmospheric
- **[Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/super-man-the-christopher-reeve-story-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 8.1 · 201 votes · atmospheric
- **[Samsara](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/samsara-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 8.1 · 684 votes · atmospheric
- **[Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dear-zachary-a-letter-to-a-son-about-his-father-2008/)** (2008) — ★ 8.0 · 578 votes · devastating, cult, atmospheric
- **[Music by John Williams](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/music-by-john-williams-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 8.0 · 83 votes · atmospheric
- **[Won't You Be My Neighbor?](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/won-t-you-be-my-neighbor-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 8.0 · 588 votes · atmospheric
- **[The Cove](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-cove-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.9 · 674 votes · devastating, cult, atmospheric
- **[Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/hearts-of-darkness-a-filmmaker-s-apocalypse-1991/)** (1991) — ★ 7.9 · 413 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[Tupac: Resurrection](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tupac-resurrection-2003/)** (2003) — ★ 7.9 · 170 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[Tsukiji Wonderland](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tsukiji-wonderland-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 7.9 · 21 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[My Love, Don't Cross That River](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-love-don-t-cross-that-river-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 7.9 · 29 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Apollo 11](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/apollo-11-2019/)** (2019) — ★ 7.9 · 700 votes · atmospheric, devastating
- **[Koyaanisqatsi](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/koyaanisqatsi-1983/)** (1983) — ★ 7.9 · 767 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[My Octopus Teacher](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/my-octopus-teacher-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 7.9 · 1,027 votes · atmospheric
- **[Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/robin-williams-come-inside-my-mind-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 7.9 · 258 votes · atmospheric
- **[13th](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/13th-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 7.9 · 789 votes · atmospheric
- **[The Making of The Walking Dead](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-making-of-the-walking-dead-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.9 · 171 votes · atmospheric
- **[John Candy: I Like Me](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/john-candy-i-like-me-2025/)** (2025) — ★ 7.9 · 89 votes · atmospheric
- **[Lessons of Darkness](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/lessons-of-darkness-1992/)** (1992) — ★ 7.9 · 151 votes · foreign-gem, devastating, cult
- **[Man with a Movie Camera](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/man-with-a-movie-camera-1929/)** (1929) — ★ 7.8 · 799 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[Friends: The Reunion](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/friends-the-reunion-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.8 · 1,321 votes · atmospheric
- **[Blackfish](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/blackfish-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 7.8 · 1,184 votes · devastating, atmospheric
- **[Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/never-sleep-again-the-elm-street-legacy-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.8 · 170 votes · atmospheric
- **[Disclosure](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/disclosure-2020/)** (2020) — ★ 7.8 · 143 votes · atmospheric
- **[Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/coldplay-a-head-full-of-dreams-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 7.8 · 141 votes · atmospheric
- **[SCANDAL Documentary film HELLO WORLD](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/scandal-documentary-film-hello-world-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.8 · 16 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Earth: One Amazing Day](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/earth-one-amazing-day-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 7.8 · 190 votes · atmospheric
- **[In the Absence](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/in-the-absence-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 7.8 · 47 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/hayao-miyazaki-and-the-heron-2024/)** (2024) — ★ 7.8 · 37 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/still-a-michael-j-fox-movie-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 7.8 · 226 votes · atmospheric
- **[They Shall Not Grow Old](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/they-shall-not-grow-old-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 7.8 · 663 votes · devastating, atmospheric
- **[Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/interstellar-nolan-s-odyssey-2014/)** (2014) — ★ 7.8 · 186 votes · atmospheric
- **[Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/empire-of-dreams-the-story-of-the-star-wars-trilogy-2004/)** (2004) — ★ 7.8 · 207 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[Tomorrow](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tomorrow-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.8 · 280 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[Flee](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/flee-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.7 · 391 votes · devastating, foreign-gem, atmospheric
- **[I Am Not Your Negro](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/i-am-not-your-negro-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 7.7 · 512 votes · atmospheric
- **[Tokyo Olympiad](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tokyo-olympiad-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 7.7 · 51 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[Hitting the Apex](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/hitting-the-apex-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.7 · 141 votes · cozy, atmospheric
- **[Jiro Dreams of Sushi](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/jiro-dreams-of-sushi-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 7.7 · 766 votes · atmospheric
- **[The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-king-of-kong-a-fistful-of-quarters-2007/)** (2007) — ★ 7.7 · 491 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/to-end-all-war-oppenheimer-the-atomic-bomb-2023/)** (2023) — ★ 7.7 · 229 votes · atmospheric
- **[Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tie-xi-qu-west-of-the-tracks-2004/)** (2004) — ★ 7.7 · 51 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[Inside Job](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/inside-job-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.7 · 1,031 votes · atmospheric
- **[Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/twice-the-extraordinary-life-of-tsutomu-yamaguchi-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.7 · 14 votes · foreign-gem, devastating, atmospheric
- **[Old Partner](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/old-partner-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.7 · 19 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric
- **[Waltz with Bashir](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/waltz-with-bashir-2008/)** (2008) — ★ 7.7 · 1,044 votes · fever-dream, foreign-gem, devastating
- **[The Last Waltz](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-waltz-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 7.7 · 308 votes · cult, atmospheric
- **[Dave Chappelle: For What It's Worth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/dave-chappelle-for-what-it-s-worth-2004/)** (2004) — ★ 7.7 · 160 votes · cozy, cult, atmospheric
- **[Don't F*#% With John Wick](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/don-t-f-with-john-wick-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.7 · 57 votes · atmospheric
- **[Tora-san of Goto](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/tora-san-of-goto-2016/)** (2016) — ★ 7.7 · 13 votes · foreign-gem, atmospheric, cozy
- **[Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/summer-of-soul-or-when-the-revolution-could-not-be-televised-2021/)** (2021) — ★ 7.6 · 219 votes · atmospheric
- **[The Thin Blue Line](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-thin-blue-line-1988/)** (1988) — ★ 7.6 · 411 votes · devastating, cult, atmospheric
- **[The Gleaners and I](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-gleaners-and-i-2000/)** (2000) — ★ 7.6 · 221 votes · foreign-gem, cult, atmospheric

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