More details of this incredibly embarrassing list at the website. It isn't even an adequate collection of the best American documentaries, let alone elsewhere.
This list is ranked and is shown in descending order.
| Rank | Title | Year | Rating |
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| 1 | Hoop Dreams | 1994 |
 
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| 2 | Thin Blue Line, The | 1988 |
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| 3 | Bowling for Columbine | 2002 | |
| 4 | Spellbound | 2002 | |
| 5 | Harlan County, U.S.A. | 1976 |
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| 6 | An Inconvenient Truth | 2006 | |
| 7 | Crumb | 1994 | |
| 8 | Gimme Shelter | 1970 | |
| 9 | Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The | 2003 | |
| 10 | Roger & Me | 1989 | |
| 11 | Super Size Me | 2004 |
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| 12 | Dont Look Back | 1967 | |
| 13 | Salesman | 1969 | |
| 14 | Koyaanisqatsi | 1983 | |
| 15 | Sherman's March | 1986 | |
| 16 | Grey Gardens | 1975 | |
| 17 | Capturing the Friedmans | 2003 |
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| 18 | Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids | 2004 | |
| 19 | Titicut Follies | 1967 | |
| 20 | Buena Vista Social Club | 1999 |
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| 21 | Fahrenheit 9/11 | 2004 | |
| 22 | Peuple migrateur, Le aka The Travelling Birds | 2001 | |
| 23 | Grizzly Man | 2005 |
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| 24 | Night and Fog aka Nuit et brouillard | 1955 |
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| 25 | Woodstock | 1970 |