Top Documentary Movies of the Past Year
Ranked by 1-Year Buzz Score, Television Stats' measure of online audience engagement across the last 365 days, for the year ending May 20, 2026.
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Movie
1 Year Buzz Score
1
The Perfect Neighbor
5.5Good
2
Melania
4.5Good
3
Being Eddie
1.7Quiet
4
John Candy: I Like Me
1.1Quiet
5
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
1.1Quiet
6
Free Solo
1.1Quiet
7
Super Size Me
1.0Quiet
8
The Smashing Machine
0.8Quiet
9
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
0.7Quiet
10
Jackass Forever
0.7Quiet
11
Stop Making Sense
0.6Quiet
12
Bowling for Columbine
0.6Quiet
13
Fahrenheit 9/11
0.5Quiet
14
The Secret
0.5Quiet
15
The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
0.5Quiet
16
Jackass: The Movie
0.4Quiet
17
An Inconvenient Truth
0.4Quiet
18
Louis Theroux: The Settlers
0.4Quiet
19
Encounters at the End of the World
0.4Quiet
20
The Thin Blue Line
0.4Quiet
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21
The Queen of Versailles
0.4Quiet
22
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
0.3Quiet
23
Searching for Sugar Man
0.3Quiet
24
Inside Job
0.3Quiet
25
Exit Through the Gift Shop
0.3Quiet
26
The Imposter
0.3Quiet
27
Hoop Dreams
0.3Quiet
28
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
0.3Quiet
29
Pumping Iron
0.3Quiet
30
Jodorowsky's Dune
0.3Quiet
31
Jackass Number Two
0.2Quiet
32
The Fog of War
0.2Quiet
33
Waltz with Bashir
0.2Quiet
34
Jackass 3D
0.2Quiet
35
Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster
0.2Quiet
36
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
0.2Quiet
37
American Movie
0.2Quiet
38
March of the Penguins
0.2Quiet
39
Crumb
0.2Quiet
40
Restrepo
0.2Quiet
41
Catfish
0.2Quiet
42
Let It Be
0.2Quiet
43
The Cove
0.2Quiet
44
Senna
0.2Quiet
45
The Original Kings of Comedy
0.2Quiet
46
Andrey Tarkovsky in Nostalghia
0.2Quiet
47
Woodstock
0.2Quiet
48
Roger & Me
0.2Quiet
49
This Is Me…Now
0.2Quiet
50
I Am Not Your Negro
0.2Quiet
51
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
0.2Quiet
52
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
0.2Quiet
53
Streetwise
0.2Quiet
54
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
0.2Quiet
55
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
0.2Quiet
56
Food, Inc.
0.2Quiet
57
One to One: John & Yoko
0.1Quiet
58
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
0.1Quiet
59
When We Were Kings
0.1Quiet
60
Dogtown and Z-Boys
0.1Quiet
61
Powaqqatsi
0.1Quiet
62
Sicko
0.1Quiet
63
Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever
0.1Quiet
64
Religulous
0.1Quiet
65
Cheech & Chong's Last Movie
0.1Quiet
66
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
0.1Quiet
67
We Live in Public
0.1Quiet
68
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
0.1Quiet
69
Prince: Sign 'o' the Times
0.1Quiet
70
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
0.1Quiet
71
Ocean with David Attenborough
0.1Quiet
72
Madonna: Truth or Dare
0.1Quiet
73
Lorne
0.1Quiet
74
4 Little Girls
0.1Quiet
75
Biggie & Tupac
0.1Quiet
76
Renaldo and Clara
0.1Quiet
77
American Symphony
0.1Quiet
78
Looking for Richard
0.1Quiet
79
Beyond the Mat
0.1Quiet
80
This Is It
0.1Quiet
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81
Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry
0.1Quiet
82
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
0.1Quiet
83
The September Issue
0.1Quiet
84
It Might Get Loud
0.1Quiet
85
Terror in the Aisles
0.1Quiet
86
Sally
0.1Quiet
87
The Celluloid Closet
0.1Quiet
88
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
0.1Quiet
89
West of Memphis
0.1Quiet
90
Sound City
0.1Quiet
91
The Kid Stays in the Picture
0.1Quiet
92
Capitalism: A Love Story
0.1Quiet
93
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
0.1Quiet
94
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert
0.1Quiet
95
The 11th Hour
0.1Quiet
96
Until the Light Takes Us
0.1Quiet
97
Kumaré
0.1Quiet
98
Chimpanzee
0.1Quiet
99
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa
0.1Quiet
100
Wattstax
0.1Quiet
101
The Times of Harvey Milk
0.1Quiet
102
Tupac: Resurrection
0.1Quiet
103
Murder on a Sunday Morning
0.1Quiet
104
Oceans
0.1Quiet
105
Shine a Light
0.1Quiet
106
Winnebago Man
0.1Quiet
107
Marley
0.1Quiet
108
Valentino: The Last Emperor
0.1Quiet
109
When You're Strange
0.1Quiet
110
Comedian
0.1Quiet
111
Glee: The Concert Movie
0.1Quiet
112
The Wildest Dream
0.1Quiet
113
Ladies & Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones
0.1Quiet
114
Jonas Brothers: The Concert Experience
0.1Quiet
115
Lost in La Mancha
0.1Quiet
116
POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
0.1Quiet
117
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
0.1Quiet
118
Good Hair
0.1Quiet
119
Waking Sleeping Beauty
0.0Quiet
120
Life Itself
0.0Quiet
121
Five Broken Cameras
0.0Quiet
122
Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
0.0Quiet
123
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
0.0Quiet
124
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
0.0Quiet
125
The Invisible War
0.0Quiet
126
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
0.0Quiet
127
Imagine: John Lennon
0.0Quiet
128
Mad Hot Ballroom
0.0Quiet
129
African Cats
0.0Quiet
130
Rockshow
0.0Quiet
131
The Big One
0.0Quiet
132
Unzipped
0.0Quiet
133
Jackass: Best and Last
0.0Quiet
134
Manson
0.0Quiet
135
Wild Man Blues
0.0Quiet
136
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest
0.0Quiet
137
The Tillman Story
0.0Quiet
138
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain
0.0Quiet
139
Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary
0.0Quiet
140
Shut Up and Play the Hits
0.0Quiet
141
It Came from Hollywood
0.0Quiet
142
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
0.0Quiet
143
Navalny
0.0Quiet
144
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
0.0Quiet
145
The Endless Summer II
0.0Quiet
146
That's Entertainment! III
0.0Quiet
147
Hype!
0.0Quiet
148
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
0.0Quiet
149
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
0.0Quiet
150
The Age of Stupid
0.0Quiet
151
Buck
0.0Quiet
152
My Voyage to Italy
0.0Quiet
153
How to Make Money Selling Drugs
0.0Quiet
154
Project Nim
0.0Quiet
155
This Is Elvis
0.0Quiet
156
That's Entertainment, Part II
0.0Quiet
157
Step Into Liquid
0.0Quiet
158
Untold: The Fall of Favre
0.0Quiet
159
Love the Beast
0.0Quiet
160
Chasing Ice
0.0Quiet
161
12th & Delaware
0.0Quiet
162
Tyson
0.0Quiet
163
Mansome
0.0Quiet
164
That's Dancing!
0.0Quiet
165
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator
0.0Quiet
166
Sting - Bring on the Night
0.0Quiet
167
America's Heart & Soul
0.0Quiet
168
The Real Cancun
0.0Quiet
169
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
0.0Quiet
170
In Search of Noah's Ark
0.0Quiet
171
Examined Life
0.0Quiet
172
Chicago 10
0.0Quiet
173
The Concert for Bangladesh
0.0Quiet
174
The Business of Being Born
0.0Quiet
175
Revolution OS
0.0Quiet
176
Finding Harmony: A King's Vision
0.0Quiet
177
Defamation
0.0Quiet
178
Full Tilt Boogie
0.0Quiet
179
U2 3D
0.0Quiet
180
Farewell
0.0Quiet
181
Divine Madness
0.0Quiet
182
Soul Power
0.0Quiet
183
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
0.0Quiet
184
First Position
0.0Quiet
185
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
0.0Quiet
186
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
0.0Quiet
187
Marc by Sofia
0.0Quiet
188
Scratch
0.0Quiet
189
House of Numbers: Anatomy of an Epidemic
0.0Quiet
190
Trouble the Water
0.0Quiet
191
Sweetgrass
0.0Quiet
192
Heavy Petting
0.0Quiet
193
Walt & El Grupo
0.0Quiet
194
Every Little Step
0.0Quiet
195
South of the Border
0.0Quiet
196
Countdown to Zero
0.0Quiet
197
Arctic Tale
0.0Quiet
198
Unmistaken Child
0.0Quiet
199
Gerhard Richter Painting
0.0Quiet
200
Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again
0.0Quiet