Best drama documentaries - Charts
Best drama documentaries
1. The Key for Determining Dwarfs or The Last Travel of Lemuel Gulliver (2002)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Martin Šulík
Cast: Marek Juráček, Edita Levá
3. Oceans (2009)
France / Switzerland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jacques Perrin, Jacques Cluzaud
4. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Canada / USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Michael Moore
Cast: Michael Moore, Matt Stone
5. Touching the Void (2003)
UK, Drama / Adventure
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Nicholas Aaron, Richard Hawking
6. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
Israel / France, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Ari Folman
Cast: Ari Folman, אורי סיון
7. Be Here Now (2015)
USA / Australia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lilibet Foster
Cast: Andy Whitfield
8. Where the Trail Ends (2012)
USA / Argentina, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jeremy Grant
Cast: Darren Berrecloth, James Doerfling
10. Nicky's Family (2011)
Slovakia / Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Nicholas Winton, Jana Kepková
11. 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
UK, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard
Cast: Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld
14. The Five Obstructions (2003)
Denmark / Switzerland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
15. Manny (2014)
USA / Philippines, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Leon Gast, Ryan Moore
Cast: Manny Pacquiao, Liam Neeson
16. Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Keith Melton
Cast: Ian McKellen
17. Through the Eyes of the Photographer (2015)
Czech Republic / Slovakia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Matej Mináč
Cast: Zuzana Mináčová, Matej Mináč
18. Looking for Richard (1996)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Al Pacino
Cast: Al Pacino, Gordon MacDonald
19. The Wildest Dream (2010)
USA, Biography / Documentary
Directed by: Anthony Geffen
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Ralph Fiennes
20. A Film Unfinished (2010)
Germany / Israel, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Yael Hersonski
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Alexander Beyer
21. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997)
France / Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Werner Herzog, Dieter Dengler
22. Prisoners of a White God (2008)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Steve Lichtag
Cast: Ladislav Cigánek
24. Ashes and Snow (2005)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Gregory Colbert
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Ken Watanabe
26. The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
UK, Drama / Documentary
Directed by: Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
Cast: Riz Ahmed, George W. Bush
27. Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us? (2010)
USA / New Zealand, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Taggart Siegel
Cast: Vandana Shiva, Michael Pollan
28. Bílá hora: Kronika povstání (2022)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Josef Kotalík
Cast: Viktor Preiss, Pavel Rímský
29. Salaam Cinema (1995)
Iran, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Cast: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mirhadi Tayebi
30. McLaren (2017)
New Zealand, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Dwayne Cameron, Emerson Fittipaldi
31. Life in a Day (2011)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald, Frederic Lumiere
Cast: Jennifer M. Howd, Drake Shannon
34. News from Home (1976)
Belgium / France, Drama / Documentary
Directed by: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Chantal Akerman
35. First Position (2011)
Israel / France, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: Bess Kargman
Cast: Aran Bell, Rebecca Houseknecht
38. #chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator (2013)
USA / Syria, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Joe Piscatella
Cast: Bashar al-Assad
42. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Andrew Jarecki
Cast: Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman
45. FAMU Four (2023)
Czech Republic, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Philippe Kastner, Petr Pylypčuk
Cast: Caroline Barnard, Jan Pokorný
48. Eye of the Leopard (2006)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Dereck Joubert, Beverly Joubert
Cast: Jeremy Irons
49. Žalman aneb Naslouchám tichu Země (2018)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Zdeněk Gawlik
Cast: Pavel Lohonka, Karina Rchichev
52. True Štúr (2015)
Slovakia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Michal Baláž, Noro Držiak
Cast: Robert Roth, Táňa Pauhofová
53. Vermeer, Beyond Time (2017)
France, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Guillaume Cottet, Jean-Pierre Cottet
Cast: Pierre Arditi
57. All My Children (2013)
Slovakia / Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Ladislav Kaboš
Cast: Marián Kuffa
58. The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020)
Portugal, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Catarina Vasconcelos
59. Life at a Cemetary (1997)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jakub Sommer
Cast: Olga Novotná
60. My Fathers, My Mother & Me (2012)
Austria, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Paul-Julien Robert
61. Born for the Sabre (2019)
Poland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Pawel Delag
Cast: Pawel Delag, Wiktor Osiński
62. Everyday Rebellion (2013)
Austria / Switzerland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Arman T. Riahi, Arash T. Riahi
Cast: Mike Bonanno, Andy Bichlbaum
63. Saving Face (2011)
USA / Pakistan, Short / Documentary
Directed by: Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Daniel Junge
Cast: Adam Piacente
68. Last Train Home (2009)
Canada / China, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Lixin Fan
Cast: Qin Zhang
71. Warsaw Uprising (2014)
Poland, Drama / War
Directed by: Jan Komasa
Cast: Michal Zurawski, Maciej Nawrocki
72. The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq (2014)
France, Comedy / Drama
Directed by: Guillaume Nicloux
73. 14 kilómetros (2007)
Spain, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Gerardo Olivares
Cast: Ahmed Alansar, Tano Alansar
74. CT Fletcher: My Magnificent Obsession (2015)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Vlad Yudin
Cast: Steve Austin, Bill Goldberg
76. Far from Vietnam (1967)
France, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker
Cast: Bernard Fresson, Karen Blanguernon
77. My Barefoot Friend – The Story of Shallim and His Old Rickshaw (2010)
South Korea / India, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Seong-gyou Lee
78. The Arbor (2010)
UK, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Clio Barnard
Cast: Christine Bottomley, Danny Webb
79. Ryan (2004)
Canada, Short / Animation
Directed by: Chris Landreth
Cast: Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth
86. Vycestovacia doložka pre Dubčeka (2018)
Slovakia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Juraj Lihosit
Cast: Alexander Dubček, Miroslav Kusý
89. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: 20th Anniversary Celebration (2002)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Laurent Bouzereau
Cast: Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton
90. The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003)
Germany / Mongolia, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Luigi Falorni, Byambasuren Davaa
Cast: Janchiv Ayurzana, Chimed Ohin
91. Tarnation (2003)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Jonathan Caouette
Cast: Jonathan Caouette, Michael Cox
92. XXX: A Filmmakers Diary (2003)
Czech Republic, Action / Short
Directed by: T.G. Matthews
Cast: Rob Cohen, Vin Diesel
96. Rainbow Bridge (1972)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Chuck Wein
Cast: Bob Amacker, Baron Bingen
97. Whateverest (2012)
Denmark / Norway, Short / Documentary
Directed by: Kristoffer Borgli
Cast: Marius Solem Johansen, Jan Thomsen
98. Concerning Violence (2014)
Sweden / Finland, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Göran Olsson
Cast: Lauryn Hill, Kati Outinen
100. Nostalgia for the Light (2010)
France / Germany, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Patricio Guzmán