Best Documentary Dramas

Pulse of Cinema's documentary drama catalogue holds 434 films, ranked by the Pulse Score blended from IMDb, Letterboxd and TMDB. The highest Pulse-rated are Hoop Dreams, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions, a good place to start.

7.6

Hoop Dreams

1994

8.4

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

2020

8.5

Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

2020

8.0

The Rescue

2021

7.6

Streetwise

1984

7.9

Apollo 11

2019

7.8

Home

2009

7.8

Blackfish

2013

7.5

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

1997

8.4

Jogo de Cena

2007

7.9

My Octopus Teacher

2020

7.7

Waltz with Bashir

2008

7.5

Bowling for Columbine

2002

7.6

Touching the Void

2003

7.5

Sans Soleil

1983

7.5

Homework

1989

8.2

Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry

2021

7.6

The Square

2013

7.6

Anvil! The Story of Anvil

2008

7.4

Sicko

2007

7.3

Grey Gardens

1976

7.3

A Secret Love

2020

7.2

Titicut Follies

1967

7.2

Ashes and Snow

2005

8.1

How to Die in Oregon

2011

8.0

Be Here Now

2015

7.6

Cobain: Montage of Heck

2015

7.5

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017

7.5

Four Daughters

2023

7.5

Hands on a Hardbody: The Documentary

1997

6.9

My Winnipeg

2008

6.9

Into the Abyss

2011

6.5

The Metamorphosis of Birds

2021

7.5

Indie Game: The Movie

2012

7.5

Oceans

2010

7.5

The True Cost

2015

7.3

Tell Me Who I Am

2019

7.3

Elena

2013

7.3

Three Identical Strangers

2018

7.2

Life in a Day

2011

7.2

Salesman

1969

7.1

Dick Johnson Is Dead

2020

7.0

20,000 Days on Earth

2014

6.9

Swimming to Cambodia

1987

6.7

Salaam Cinema

1995

8.8

The Clock

2010

7.8

Voices Through Time

1997

7.6

From Ground Zero

2025