The 88 Best Mind-blowing Documentaries

88 documentaries

Films that change how you see the world.

Films that change how you see things. The Fog of War is the man who ran the Vietnam War admitting what he got wrong, and The Power of Nightmares rewires how you read the news. AlphaGo is the day a computer found moves no human had thought of.

The Fog of War poster

1

The Fog of War

2003 · 1h 47m

8.096%

The Power of Nightmares poster

2

The Power of Nightmares

2004 · 3 eps

8.788%

AlphaGo poster

3

AlphaGo

2017 · 1h 30m

7.8100%

Planet Earth II poster

4

Planet Earth II

2016 · 6 eps

9.4

They Shall Not Grow Old poster

5

They Shall Not Grow Old

2018 · 1h 39m

8.299%

Apollo 11 poster

6

Apollo 11

2019 · 1h 33m

8.199%

The Act of Killing poster

7

The Act of Killing

2012 · 2h 39m

8.296%

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey poster

8

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

2014 · 26 eps

9.2

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet poster

9

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

2020 · 1h 23m

8.996%

Jiro Dreams of Sushi poster

10

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

2011 · 1h 22m

7.899%

Exit Through the Gift Shop poster

11

Exit Through the Gift Shop

2010 · 1h 26m

7.996%

Icarus poster

12

Icarus

2017 · 2h 1m

7.992%

Three Identical Strangers poster

13

Three Identical Strangers

2018 · 1h 37m

7.696%

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia poster

14

Hamilton's Pharmacopeia

2016 · 20 eps

8.9

The Farthest poster

15

The Farthest

2017 · 2h 1m

8.1100%

Chasing Coral poster

16

Chasing Coral

2017 · 1h 33m

8.0100%

Stories We Tell poster

17

Stories We Tell

2012 · 1h 49m

7.594%

The Imposter poster

18

The Imposter

2012 · 1h 39m

7.495%

The Century of the Self poster

19

The Century of the Self

2002 · 4 eps

8.7

Jodorowsky's Dune poster

20

Jodorowsky's Dune

2013 · 1h 27m

8.097%

Waltz with Bashir poster

21

Waltz with Bashir

2008 · 1h 30m

8.097%

Listen to Me Marlon poster

22

Listen to Me Marlon

2015 · 1h 43m

8.195%

For All Mankind poster

23

For All Mankind

1989 · 1h 20m

8.195%

Microcosmos poster

24

Microcosmos

1996 · 1h 20m

7.997%

In the Shadow of the Moon poster

25

In the Shadow of the Moon

2007 · 1h 49m

8.095%

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat poster

26

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 · 2h 30m

7.897%

Winged Migration poster

27

Winged Migration

2001 · 1h 29m

7.995%

Can't Get You Out of My Head poster

28

Can't Get You Out of My Head

2021 · 6 eps

8.5

Fantastic Fungi poster

29

Fantastic Fungi

2019 · 1h 20m

7.5100%

Human Nature poster

30

Human Nature

2019 · 1h 47m

7.797%

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom poster

31

The Trap: What Happened to Our Dream of Freedom

2007 · 3 eps

8.5

Fire of Love poster

32

Fire of Love

2022 · 1h 34m

7.698%

Chasing Ice poster

33

Chasing Ice

2012 · 1h 14m

7.796%

Tell Me Who I Am poster

34

Tell Me Who I Am

2019 · 1h 25m

7.697%

Finding Vivian Maier poster

35

Finding Vivian Maier

2013 · 1h 23m

7.795%

Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World poster

36

Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World

2018 · 1h 28m

7.3100%

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