Documentary

100% on Rotten Tomatoes from here on out. Every single doc in the top 25 has a perfect critical score....

99% on Rotten Tomatoes. We’re in the top 30, and these docs are nearly flawless according to critics. Apollo 11...

98% on RT. Making a Murderer. Secret Mall Apartment. Wild Wild Country. We are in rarefied air now. These are...

The 97% club continues. The Keepers, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, The Tinder Swindler — plus the My Lai massacre...

97% on Rotten Tomatoes. This is where documentaries stop being ‘pretty good’ and start being life-altering. 13th is in this...

We’ve hit the 96% tier on Rotten Tomatoes. Every doc in this batch is near-universally acclaimed. Cheer, The Last Dance,...

Top 55 to 51 — and we’ve got David Attenborough, the Boy Scouts scandal, Obama-produced Oscar winners, and the OG...

Rolling Thunder Revue. Take Care of Maya. The Crash. We’re into Martin Scorsese territory now, and the hits just keep...

We’re firmly in the 90s on RT now, and honestly every documentary from here to #1 could be someone’s favorite...

The quality is getting absurd now. Every doc in this batch is sitting at 88% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes,...

Halfway through the list and I’m realizing I need to watch some of these again. The docs in this batch...

We’ve officially crossed into the 80s on the countdown, and from here on out, every single one of these is...

Part four of the countdown, and we’re getting into docs that reviewers are starting to really love. The RT scores...

Alright, we’re picking up steam now. If you caught the last batch, you know the drill — I’m counting down...