Best documentaries 2011 – 2020 - Charts
Best documentaries 2011 – 2020
1. The Nagano Tapes (2018)
USA / Czech Republic, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Ondřej Hudeček
Cast: Dominik Hašek, Jaromír Jágr
2. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
UK, Documentary
Directed by: Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes
Cast: David Attenborough, Max Hughes
3. The Alpinist (2020)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
Cast: Marc-André Leclerc, Peter Mortimer
4. The Dawn Wall (2017)
Austria / USA, Documentary
Directed by: Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer
Cast: Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson
5. Dominion (2018)
Australia, Documentary
Directed by: Chris Delforce
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara
6. Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender (2012)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Rhys Thomas
Cast: Freddie Mercury, Brian May
7. Earth: One Amazing Day (2017)
UK / China, Documentary / Family
Directed by: Peter Webber, Richard Dale
Cast: Robert Redford, Jackie Chan
8. Lumière ! L’aventure commence (2017)
France, Documentary
Directed by: Thierry Frémaux
Cast: Thierry Frémaux, Martin Scorsese
9. They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
UK / New Zealand, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Peter Jackson
10. Valley Uprising (2014)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Peter Mortimer, Nick Rosen
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Dean Potter
11. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Sweden / UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Malik Bendjelloul
Cast: Rodriguez, Malik Bendjelloul
12. My Octopus Teacher (2020)
South Africa, Documentary
Directed by: Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
Cast: Craig Foster, Tom Foster
13. Free Solo (2018)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Cast: Alex Honnold, Jimmy Chin
14. Roger Waters: The Wall (2014)
UK, Music / Documentary
Directed by: Sean Evans, Roger Waters
Cast: Roger Waters, Darren Kent
16. The Crash Reel (2013)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Lucy Walker
Cast: Shaun White, Rory Bushfield
17. A Plastic Ocean (2016)
Hong Kong / UK, Documentary
Directed by: Craig Leeson
Cast: David Attenborough, Sylvia Earle
18. Planet Ocean (2012)
France / UK, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michael Pitiot
Cast: Josh Duhamel
19. Jane (2017)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Brett Morgen
Cast: Jane Goodall, Hugo van Lawick
20. Hitting The Apex (2015)
UK, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Mark Neale
Cast: Valentino Rossi, Brad Pitt
22. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years (2016)
UK / USA, Documentary
Directed by: Ron Howard
Cast: The Beatles, Paul McCartney
24. 38 (2014)
Slovakia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lukáš Zednikovič, Dano Dangl
Cast: Pavol Demitra, Mária Demitrová
25. One More Time with Feeling (2016)
UK / France, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Andrew Dominik
Cast: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
26. Pink Floyd: The Story of Wish You Were Here (2012)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: John Edginton
Cast: Roger Waters, David Gilmour
27. Caught in the Net (2020)
Czech Republic, Documentary
Directed by: Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák
Cast: Sabina Dlouhá, Anežka Pithartová
28. Hrana - 4 filmy o Marekovi Brezovskom (2014)
Slovakia, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Patrik Lančarič
Cast: Oskar Rózsa, Ali Brezovský
30. Pearl Jam Twenty (2011)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Cameron Crowe
Cast: Cameron Crowe, Eddie Vedder
31. Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: James Moll
Cast: Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
32. Grounded: Making The Last of Us (2013)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Jason Bertrand, Matt Chandronait
Cast: Ashley Johnson, Ashley Scott
33. The Art of Flight (2011)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Curt Morgan
Cast: Travis Rice, Scotty Lago
35. God of War: Raising Kratos (2019)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Brandon Akiaten
Cast: Cory Barlog, Christopher Judge
36. Trabant at the End of the World (2014)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Road movie
Directed by: Dan Přibáň
Cast: Dan Přibáň, Aleš Vašíček
37. Through Africa on a Pioneer (2019)
Slovakia, Documentary / Road movie
Directed by: Marek Slobodník
Cast: Marek Slobodník, Martin Kochaník
38. Addicted to Altitude (2017)
Slovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Pavol Barabáš
Cast: Viktor Beránek, Zoltán Demján
40. Racing Extinction (2015)
USA / China, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Louie Psihoyos, David Doubilet
Cast: Elon Musk, Louie Psihoyos
41. Klitschko (2011)
Germany, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Sebastian Dehnhardt
Cast: Lennox Lewis, Vitali Klitschko
42. Karel Zeman: Adventurer in Film (2015)
Czech Republic / Canada, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Tomáš Hodan
Cast: Karel Zeman, Ludmila Zemanová
43. Old Man and the World (2014)
Czech Republic, Documentary
Directed by: Petr Horký
Cast: Miroslav Zikmund, Miroslav Zikmund
45. African Cats: Kingdom of Courage (2011)
USA, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson
46. Virunga (2014)
UK / Democratic Republic of the Congo, Documentary
Directed by: Orlando von Einsiedel
47. Atentát na Heydricha - Príbeh Jozefa Gabčíka a Jana Kubiša (2013)
Slovakia, Documentary / War
Directed by: Veronika Tóthová
Cast: Jaroslav Čvančara
48. Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Lili Fini Zanuck
Cast: Eric Clapton, John Mayall
49. Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Stacy Peralta
Cast: Shepard Fairey, Tony Hawk
51. Meru (2015)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Cast: Jon Krakauer, Conrad Anker
52. Dylan Moran: Yeah, Yeah (2011)
UK, Comedy / Documentary
Directed by: Paul Machliss
Cast: Dylan Moran
53. Road (2014)
UK / Ireland, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Michael Hewitt, Dermot Lavery
Cast: Liam Neeson
54. Brother Karel (2016)
Czech Republic / Poland, Documentary
Directed by: Krystyna Krauze
Cast: Karel Kryl, Andrzej Zajączkowski
55. Samsara (2011)
USA / Indonesia, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Ron Fricke
Cast: Neelesha Barthel, Robert Henline
57. Avicii: True Stories (2017)
Sweden, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Levan Tsikurishvili
Cast: Avicii
58. Trabant Goes to Africa (2011)
Czech Republic, Documentary / Road movie
Directed by: Dan Přibáň, Dana Zlatohlávková
Cast: Dan Přibáň, Jan Martin Kozel
59. Freedom Under Load (2016)
Slovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Pavol Barabáš
Cast: Viktor Beránek, Ladislav Chudík
61. Be Here Now (2015)
USA / Australia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Lilibet Foster
Cast: Andy Whitfield
62. Red Army (2014)
USA / Russia, Documentary
Directed by: Gabe Polsky
Cast: Vladislav Tretiak, Vladimir Putin
63. Black Sabbath: The End of The End (2017)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Dick Carruthers
Cast: Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi
64. Kiss the Ground (2020)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder
65. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
USA / Canada, Documentary
Directed by: Chris Smith
Cast: Jim Carrey, Andy Kaufman
66. Eddie Vedder: Water on the Road (2011)
USA, Music / Documentary
Directed by: Brendan Canty, Christoph Green
Cast: Eddie Vedder
67. Apollo 11 (2019)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Todd Douglas Miller
Cast: Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong
68. Supersonic (2016)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Mat Whitecross
Cast: Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher
69. Chemical Brothers: Don't Think (2011)
Japan / UK, Music / Documentary
Directed by: Adam Smith
Cast: Tom Rowlands
71. Scream for Me Sarajevo (2017)
UK / Bosnia-Herzegovina, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Tarik Hodžić
Cast: Bruce Dickinson, Fedja Stukan
72. George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: George Harrison, John Lennon
73. The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus (2012)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Charles de Lauzirika
Cast: Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender
75. Freightened: The Real Price of Shipping (2016)
Spain / France, Documentary
Directed by: Denis Delestrac
77. The Class of 92 (2013)
UK, Documentary
Directed by: Ben Turner, Gabe Turner
Cast: David Beckham, Tony Blair
78. Where the Trail Ends (2012)
USA / Argentina, Documentary / Adventure
Directed by: Jeremy Grant
Cast: Darren Berrecloth, James Doerfling
79. Fastest (2011)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Mark Neale
Cast: Valentino Rossi, Ewan McGregor
80. Marley (2012)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff
81. Deliverance: The Making of Kingdom Come (2018)
Czech Republic, Documentary
Directed by: Ondřej Bojo, Jiři Bigas
Cast: Daniel Vávra
83. The Salt of the Earth (2014)
France / Italy, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
84. Blackfish (2013)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Cast: James Earl Jones, Lori Marino
87. V síti 18+ (2020)
Czech Republic, Documentary
Directed by: Barbora Chalupová, Vít Klusák
Cast: Tereza Těžká, Anežka Pithartová
89. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Marina Zenovich
Cast: Robin Williams, Laurie Williams
90. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Brian Knappenberger
Cast: David Sirota
91. Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret (2014)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Kip Andersen, Keegan Kuhn
Cast: Kip Andersen, Michael Klaper
92. Weit. The Story of a Journey Around the World (2017)
Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Patrick Allgaier, Gwendolin Weisser
93. All.I.Can. (2011)
USA, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Eric Crosland, Dave Mossop
Cast: Lynsey Dyer, Mark Abma
95. Winter on Fire (2015)
UK / Ukraine, Documentary
Directed by: Evgeny Afineevsky
Cast: Kamaliya Zahoor, Vitali Klitschko
96. Sigur Rós - Inni (2011)
Iceland / UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Vincent Morisset
Cast: Sigur Rós, Georg Hólm
97. Johnny Cash: American Rebel (2015)
Canada, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Derik Murray, Jordan Tappis
Cast: Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson
98. HyperNormalisation (2016)
UK, Documentary
Directed by: Adam Curtis
Cast: Adam Curtis, David Cameron
99. Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)
USA, Documentary / Crime
Directed by: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Cast: Megyn Kelly, Natalie Maines
100. All This Mayhem (2014)
UK / Australia, Documentary
Directed by: Eddie Martin
Cast: Tas Pappas, Ben Pappas