The best documentaries of 2011

28 documentaries from 2011, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. 5 Broken Cameras Score 50.8 · IMDb 7.9 · Tomatometer 96% · Metascore 78
  2. Chimpanzee Score 50.3 · IMDb 7.1 · Tomatometer 74% · Metascore 57
  3. This Is Not a Film Score 49.0 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 97% · Metascore 90
  4. Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Score 48.8 · IMDb 7.6 · Tomatometer 95% · Metascore 71
  5. Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain Score 48.3 · IMDb 7.3 · Tomatometer 67%
  6. Life in a Day Score 47.8 · IMDb 7.6 · Tomatometer 79% · Metascore 58
  7. Pearl Jam Twenty Score 47.0 · IMDb 8.2 · Tomatometer 68% · Metascore 59
  8. Bobby Fischer Against the World Score 46.3 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 88% · Metascore 76
  9. Forks Over Knives Score 45.8 · IMDb 7.7 · Tomatometer 61% · Metascore 57
  10. Zeitgeist: Moving Forward Score 44.0 · IMDb 8.1