The 80 Best Feel-good Documentaries

80 documentaries

Real people and stories that leave you feeling better than you started.

For when the news has been too much. Man on Wire is a tightrope walk between the Twin Towers in 1974 and pure joy from start to finish. Hoop Dreams and When We Were Kings will have you cheering at the screen.

Man on Wire poster
1

Man on Wire

2008 · 1h 34m

7.7100%
Grand Theft Hamlet poster
2

Grand Theft Hamlet

2024 · 1h 31m

94%
Hoop Dreams poster
3

Hoop Dreams

1994 · 2h 54m

8.398%
When We Were Kings poster
4

When We Were Kings

1996 · 1h 29m

7.9100%
Searching for Sugar Man poster
5

Searching for Sugar Man

2012 · 1h 25m

8.295%
Jiro Dreams of Sushi poster
6

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2011 · 1h 22m

7.899%
Paris Is Burning poster
7

Paris Is Burning

1990 · 1h 18m

8.299%
Won't You Be My Neighbor? poster
8

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

2018 · 1h 35m

8.397%
The Dawn Wall poster
9

The Dawn Wall

2017 · 1h 41m

8.1100%
The Farthest poster
10

The Farthest

2017 · 2h 1m

8.1100%
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie poster
11

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

2023 · 1h 35m

8.199%
The Rescue poster
12

The Rescue

2021 · 1h 47m

8.396%
Summer of Soul poster
13

Summer of Soul

2021 · 1h 57m

8.099%
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin poster
14

The Remarkable Life of Ibelin

2024 · 1h 43m

8.197%
Bill Cunningham New York poster
16

Bill Cunningham New York

2011 · 1h 25m

7.999%
The Greatest Night in Pop poster
17

The Greatest Night in Pop

2024 · 1h 36m

7.998%
Anvil! The Story of Anvil poster
18

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

2008 · 1h 21m

7.998%
Daughters poster
19

Daughters

2024 · 1h 48m

7.7100%
Crip Camp poster
20

Crip Camp

2020 · 1h 47m

7.7100%
Jane poster
21

Jane

2017 · 1h 30m

7.898%
Life Itself poster
22

Life Itself

2014 · 2h 1m

7.898%
Long Way Round poster
23

Long Way Round

2004 · 7 eps

8.6
My Octopus Teacher poster
24

My Octopus Teacher

2020 · 1h 25m

8.193%
Murderball poster
26

Murderball

2005 · 1h 28m

7.798%
Fantastic Fungi poster
27

Fantastic Fungi

2019 · 1h 20m

7.5100%
Chef's Table poster
28

Chef's Table

2015 · 34 eps

8.5
Stutz poster
29

Stutz

2022 · 1h 36m

7.796%
The Interrupters poster
30

The Interrupters

2011 · 2h 9m

7.599%
Undefeated poster
31

Undefeated

2011 · 1h 53m

7.796%
The Speed Cubers poster
32

The Speed Cubers

2020 · 40m

7.4100%
The Biggest Little Farm poster
33

The Biggest Little Farm

2019 · 1h 31m

8.091%
Spellbound poster
34

Spellbound

2002 · 1h 37m

7.697%
Marwencol poster
35

Marwencol

2010 · 1h 23m

7.598%
Dick Johnson Is Dead poster
36

Dick Johnson Is Dead

2020 · 1h 29m

7.499%

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