Best Documentary Movies of All Time

Documentaries are films people either forget to watch or become completely obsessed with. There's rarely a middle ground. When a documentary earns a Must from someone in your circle, it almost always means "drop everything and watch this tonight." These are the ones that consistently earn that reaction.

Why documentary recommendations need to come from people you trust

Taste in documentaries is even more personal than fiction. Whether you'll spend two hours on a subject depends entirely on whether you'll spend two hours on that subject. Friends know. Algorithms guess.