The 25 Best Art Documentaries

40 documentaries

Artists, forgers and the worlds they work in.

Art, film and the people who make it, usually under pressure. Hearts of Darkness shows how close Apocalypse Now came to destroying everyone involved. Exit Through the Gift Shop is Banksy's film, and nobody is quite sure how much of it is true.

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse poster

1

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991 · 1h 36m

8.1100%

Exit Through the Gift Shop poster

2

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010 · 1h 26m

7.996%

American Movie poster

3

American Movie

1999 · 1h 44m

7.894%

Paris Is Burning poster

4

Paris Is Burning

1990 · 1h 18m

8.299%

The Salt of the Earth poster

5

The Salt of the Earth

2014 · 1h 50m

8.494%

Bill Cunningham New York poster

6

Bill Cunningham New York

2011 · 1h 25m

7.999%

Jodorowsky's Dune poster

7

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013 · 1h 27m

8.097%

Listen to Me Marlon poster

8

Listen to Me Marlon

2015 · 1h 43m

8.195%

Faces Places poster

9

Faces Places

2017 · 1h 34m

7.899%

Life Itself poster

10

Life Itself

2014 · 2h 1m

7.898%

Crumb poster

11

Crumb

1994 · 2h 1m

8.095%

McQueen poster

12

McQueen

2018 · 1h 51m

7.799%

Koyaanisqatsi poster

13

Koyaanisqatsi

1982 · 1h 26m

8.291%

Baraka poster

14

Baraka

1992 · 1h 37m

8.585%

Marwencol poster

15

Marwencol

2010 · 1h 23m

7.598%

Burden of Dreams poster

16

Burden of Dreams

1982 · 1h 37m

7.992%

Finding Vivian Maier poster

17

Finding Vivian Maier

2013 · 1h 23m

7.795%

The Lost Leonardo poster

18

The Lost Leonardo

2021 · 1h 35m

7.498%

Pina poster

19

Pina

2011 · 1h 46m

7.695%

Shirkers poster

20

Shirkers

2018 · 1h 37m

7.399%

The Gleaners and I poster

21

The Gleaners and I

2000 · 1h 22m

7.793%

Tim's Vermeer poster

22

Tim's Vermeer

2013 · 1h 20m

7.891%

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed poster

23

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

2022 · 2h 2m

7.595%

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond poster

24

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017 · 1h 33m

7.692%

Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? poster

25

Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock?

2006 · 1h 14m

7.0100%

More art documentaries

Lost in La Mancha poster

Lost in La Mancha

2002 · 1h 33m

7.394%

F for Fake poster

F for Fake

1973 · 1h 29m

7.788%

Best Worst Movie poster

Best Worst Movie

2009 · 1h 33m

7.294%

The Pigeon Tunnel poster

The Pigeon Tunnel

2023 · 1h 32m

7.096%

Samsara poster

Samsara

2011 · 1h 42m

8.475%

My Kid Could Paint That poster

My Kid Could Paint That

2007 · 1h 22m

7.194%

Style Wars poster

Style Wars

1983 · 1h 10m

8.080%

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson poster

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

2008 · 2h

7.685%

This Film Is Not Yet Rated poster

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

2006 · 1h 38m

7.484%

My Best Fiend poster

My Best Fiend

1999 · 1h 39m

7.878%

China's Van Gogh poster

China's Van Gogh

2016 · 1h 15m

7.6

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