The 25 Best Car & Motorsport Documentaries

42 documentaries

Racing, road trips and the people obsessed with cars and motorbikes.

Racing, road trips and people obsessed with anything with an engine. Senna is one of the best sport documentaries ever made, full stop. TT3D: Closer to the Edge shows why the Isle of Man TT is the most dangerous race in the world, and Long Way Round is two mates on motorbikes going round the planet.

Senna poster

1

Senna

2010 · 1h 46m

8.493%

Endurance poster

2

Endurance

2020 · 2h 12m

8.9

TT3D: Closer to the Edge poster

3

TT3D: Closer to the Edge

2011 · 1h 44m

7.9100%

Long Way Round poster

4

Long Way Round

2004 · 7 eps

8.6

Formula 1: Drive to Survive poster

5

Formula 1: Drive to Survive

2019 · 78 eps

8.5

Long Way Down poster

6

Long Way Down

2007 · 6 eps

8.3

Williams poster

7

Williams

2017 · 1h 49m

7.693%

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman poster

8

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

2015 · 1h 24m

7.692%

Long Way Up poster

9

Long Way Up

2020 · 11 eps

8.2

Being Evel poster

10

Being Evel

2015 · 1h 40m

7.297%

Who Killed the Electric Car? poster

11

Who Killed the Electric Car?

2006 · 1h 32m

7.689%

Hitting the Apex poster

12

Hitting the Apex

2015 · 2h 18m

8.1

Grand Prix: The Killer Years poster

13

Grand Prix: The Killer Years

2011 · 1h

8.1

Truth in 24 poster

14

Truth in 24

2008 · 1h 35m

8.1

Road poster

15

Road

2014 · 1h 42m

7.882%

On Any Sunday poster

16

On Any Sunday

1971 · 1h 36m

7.783%

1 poster

17

1

2013 · 1h 52m

7.9

Speed Sisters poster

18

Speed Sisters

2015 · 1h 20m

7.092%

The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid poster

19

The Doctor, The Tornado & The Kentucky Kid

2006 · 1h 32m

7.8

Ferrari: Race to Immortality poster

20

Ferrari: Race to Immortality

2017 · 1h 32m

6.990%

Fastest poster

21

Fastest

2011 · 1h 50m

7.7

Blink of an Eye poster

22

Blink of an Eye

2019 · 1h 28m

7.675%

McLaren poster

23

McLaren

2016 · 1h 34m

7.379%

Why We Ride poster

24

Why We Ride

2013 · 1h 25m

7.5

Weekend of a Champion poster

25

Weekend of a Champion

2013 · 1h 34m

7.573%

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Shelby American poster

Shelby American

2019 · 1h 59m

7.4

Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts poster

Truth in 24 II: Every Second Counts

2012 · 1h 22m

7.4

APEX: The Story of the Hypercar poster

APEX: The Story of the Hypercar

2016 · 1h 25m

7.3

Full Speed poster

Full Speed

2024 · 11 eps

7.2

Le Mans: Racing Is Everything poster

Le Mans: Racing Is Everything

2017 · 6 eps

7.2

The 24 Hour War poster

The 24 Hour War

2016 · 1h 39m

7.2

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans poster

Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans

2015 · 1h 42m

6.877%

And We Go Green poster

And We Go Green

2019 · 1h 39m

6.778%

Revenge of the Electric Car poster

Revenge of the Electric Car

2011 · 1h 30m

7.169%

A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story poster

A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story

2020 · 1h 32m

7.0

The Lady and the Dale poster

The Lady and the Dale

2021 · 4 eps

6.9

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