The International Documentary Association produced in 2007 a list of the top 25 documentary films as voted by members.
Statistics
Night and Fog is the oldest and shortest entry on the list while An Inconvenient Truth is the most recent as of 2022.
Six Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature winners are featured on the list: Bowling for Columbine, Harlan County, U.S.A., An Inconvenient Truth, The Fog of War, Born into Brothels and Woodstock.
Michael Moore, Errol Morris and The Maysles Brothers have multiple entries on the list.
See also
- 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die
- List of films considered the best
- Documentary Now-Emmy-nominated mockumentary series parodying some of the documentary films featured on the list
References
- Thomas White (Nov–Dec 2007). "IDA's Top 25 Documentaries". Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- International Documentary Association’s List of 25 Best Docs Has Film Nerds Going Docu-Mental! - Vulture
- "International Documentary Association Releases List of Top 25 Documentaries - Film Junk". Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
- Night and Fog (1955)|The Criterion Collection
- Bowling for Columbine (2002)|The Criterion Collection
- 10 Best Documentary Feature Oscar Winners, According to Rotten Tomatoes - ScreenRant
- Lists: IDA's 25 Best Documentaries|IndieWire