The 267 Best Documentaries of the 2010s

267 documentaries

The documentaries from the 2010s worth your time, ranked.

The decade streaming turned documentaries into something everyone talked about. Free Solo, The Jinx and O.J.: Made in America are as good as the form gets, and O.J. is nearly eight hours that fly by. They Shall Not Grow Old makes First World War footage look like it was shot yesterday.

Free Solo poster
1

Free Solo

2018 · 1h 40m

8.197%
The Jinx poster
2

The Jinx

2015 · 12 eps

8.6
O.J.: Made in America poster
3

O.J.: Made in America

2016 · 7h 47m

8.9100%
For Sama poster
4

For Sama

2019 · 1h 40m

8.598%
AlphaGo poster
5

AlphaGo

2017 · 1h 30m

7.8100%
Planet Earth II poster
6

Planet Earth II

2016 · 6 eps

9.4
They Shall Not Grow Old poster
7

They Shall Not Grow Old

2018 · 1h 39m

8.299%
Inside Job poster
8

Inside Job

2010 · 1h 49m

8.298%
Apollo 11 poster
9

Apollo 11

2019 · 1h 33m

8.199%
Blue Planet II poster
10

Blue Planet II

2017 · 7 eps

9.3
13th poster
11

13th

2016 · 1h 40m

8.297%
The House I Live In poster
12

The House I Live In

2012 · 1h 50m

7.994%
The Act of Killing poster
13

The Act of Killing

2012 · 2h 39m

8.296%
Senna poster
14

Senna

2010 · 1h 46m

8.493%
Searching for Sugar Man poster
15

Searching for Sugar Man

2012 · 1h 25m

8.295%
Our Planet poster
16

Our Planet

2019 · 12 eps

9.2
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey poster
17

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

2014 · 26 eps

9.2
Citizenfour poster
18

Citizenfour

2014 · 1h 53m

8.096%
Jiro Dreams of Sushi poster
19

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2011 · 1h 22m

7.899%
The Vietnam War poster
20

The Vietnam War

2017 · 10 eps

9.1
Going Clear poster
21

Going Clear

2015 · 2h

8.095%
Exit Through the Gift Shop poster
22

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010 · 1h 26m

7.996%
Tickled poster
23

Tickled

2016 · 1h 32m

7.594%
Amy poster
24

Amy

2015 · 2h 8m

7.896%
Making a Murderer poster
25

Making a Murderer

2015 · 20 eps

8.5
Sour Grapes poster
26

Sour Grapes

2016 · 1h 26m

7.296%
Icarus poster
27

Icarus

2017 · 2h 1m

7.992%
Three Identical Strangers poster
28

Three Identical Strangers

2018 · 1h 37m

7.696%
Hamilton's Pharmacopeia poster
29

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

2016 · 20 eps

8.9
Won't You Be My Neighbor? poster
30

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2018 · 1h 35m

8.397%
The Dawn Wall poster
31

The Dawn Wall

2017 · 1h 41m

8.1100%
The Farthest poster
32

The Farthest

2017 · 2h 1m

8.1100%
Virunga poster
33

Virunga

2014 · 1h 40m

8.1100%
Collective poster
34

Collective

2019 · 1h 49m

8.199%
Restrepo poster
35

Restrepo

2010 · 1h 33m

7.497%
Don't F**k with Cats poster
36

Don't F**k with Cats

2019 · 3 eps

8.0

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