Searching for Sugar Man
By utilizing cinematography seldom seen in documentaries and by allowing its subject’s music to be the driving force of the documentary, Searching for Sugar Man wins the audience over easily and earns its place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
Life Itself
Life Itself beautifully captures the story of legendary film critic Roger Ebert, using his life and death to showcase what it is that makes all of us want to keep on living, particularly at the movies, but in the other aspects of life too, earning it a spot among the greats.
Last train Home
Last Train Home excels through its focus on a unique and necessary subject and a filmmaking style closer to drama films than documentaries, setting itself apart in that world and earning a spot among the Greatest Films of All Time.
Taxi to the Dark Side
Taxi to the Dark Side presents a clear and unpleasant look at American military intelligence gathering practices, offering a clear moral (and sometimes practical) condemnation of our current modes of torture and incarceration, which earns the film recognition as a bold and great documentary.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Andersen’s opus on the use, portrayal, and erasure of Los Angeles by the Hollywood film industry offers a unique perspective on that particular aspect of film history and film culture, inserting itself through a use of great films into a place among the Greatest Films of All Time.
Fire of Love
The execution of the concepts in Fire of Love is well done, giving the audience a visually pleasing documentary done in a fairly unique style that is worthy of its recognition as one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
Rivers and Tides
Thanks to Goldsworthy’s truly rewarding art and his vision for creating something that inspires an awareness of our own temporality, Rivers and Tides has earned itself a spot on the list of Greatest Films of All Time.
All That Breathes
All That Breathes is an excellently shot documentary that delivers a fairly fresh and unique take on nature documentaries and highlights its subjects’ passion for their work in the process.
The Thin Blue Line
The legacy of The Thin Blue Line and its high entertainment value and continued relevance to conversations in modern society make it one of the best documentaries ever and one of the Greatest Films of All Time.
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
By telling a story that transcends the norms of its genre by focusing on the characters at the heart of the band, Anvil: The Story of Anvil elevates itself to a place of honor among music documentaries.
The Gatekeepers
The Gatekeepers is an entertaining game of espionage, doublespeak, and contradictions that ultimately leads to a place of potential change and growth for both its subjects and the audience.
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me provides a touching tribute to a great artist and a meaningful look into the lives of people living with Alzheimer’s, highlighting the good parts without ignoring the difficulties.
Waste Land
By providing personal connections and anecdotes and faces to put with its grand ideas, Waste Land manages to endear its audience to its characters and elicit buy-in in a way that few other documentaries on the issues of poverty have been able to do.
Stories We Tell
Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell serves its dual purpose of allowing the filmmaker to process revelations about her own life and inviting the audience to process and examine their own pasts and stories as well.
20 Feet from Stardom
20 Feet from Stardom has reached its place of greatness because it provides a plethora of familiar connections for audiences while introducing them to something new that they may never have thought to ask about in a beautiful blend of storytelling and interviews that touches on industry and societal issues.
Jodorowsky’s Dune
Jodorowsky’s Dune highlights the potential of an unmade film, its impact despite not being made, and the reasons for its rejection by Hollywood, crafting a documentary that has plenty to say and does justice to its subject matter.
