The 14 Best All-Archive Documentaries

14 documentaries

Told entirely through existing footage, with no new interviews on screen.

Told entirely through existing footage, with no new talking heads on screen. Senna, Apollo 11 and They Shall Not Grow Old show how powerful that can be when it's done well. Adam Curtis has made a career of it.

The Power of Nightmares poster
1

The Power of Nightmares

2004 · 3 eps

8.788%
They Shall Not Grow Old poster
2

They Shall Not Grow Old

2018 · 1h 39m

8.299%
Apollo 11 poster
3

Apollo 11

2019 · 1h 33m

8.199%
Senna poster
4

Senna

2010 · 1h 46m

8.493%
Amy poster
5

Amy

2015 · 2h 8m

7.896%
Summer of Soul poster
6

Summer of Soul

2021 · 1h 57m

8.099%
The Century of the Self poster
7

The Century of the Self

2002 · 4 eps

8.7
Listen to Me Marlon poster
8

Listen to Me Marlon

2015 · 1h 43m

8.195%
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat poster
9

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

2024 · 2h 30m

7.897%
Cobain: Montage of Heck poster
10

Cobain: Montage of Heck

2015 · 2h 12m

7.597%
The Atomic Cafe poster
11

The Atomic Cafe

1982 · 1h 26m

7.693%
Moonage Daydream poster
12

Moonage Daydream

2022 · 2h 15m

7.692%
Diego Maradona poster
13

Diego Maradona

2019 · 2h 10m

7.790%
HyperNormalisation poster
14

HyperNormalisation

2016 · 2h 47m

8.2

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