The best documentaries of 2004

10 documentaries from 2004, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Fahrenheit 9/11 Score 72.2 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 82% · Metascore 67 · Documentary
  2. Super Size Me Score 61.8 · IMDb 7.2 · Tomatometer 92% · Metascore 73 · Documentary
  3. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids Score 53.8 · IMDb 7.1 · Tomatometer 95% · Metascore 78
  4. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Score 53.4 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 88% · Metascore 74
  5. Darwin's Nightmare Score 50.2 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 90% · Metascore 84
  6. The White Diamond Score 49.5 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 90% · Metascore 83
  7. Control Room Score 49.2 · IMDb 7.6 · Tomatometer 95% · Metascore 79
  8. Dig! Score 47.1 · IMDb 7.7 · Tomatometer 89% · Metascore 76
  9. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism Score 46.1 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 85% · Metascore 58
  10. What the #$*! Do We (K)now!? Score 20.8 · IMDb 5.2 · Tomatometer 34% · Metascore 38