The best documentaries of 2018

26 documentaries from 2018, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Free Solo Score 71.4 · IMDb 8.1 · Tomatometer 97% · Metascore 83 · Documentary, Adventure
  2. They Shall Not Grow Old Score 69.2 · IMDb 8.2 · Tomatometer 99% · Metascore 91
  3. Won't You Be My Neighbor? Score 68.0 · IMDb 8.3 · Tomatometer 97% · Metascore 85
  4. Minding the Gap Score 60.1 · IMDb 8.0 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 89
  5. The Biggest Little Farm Score 58.0 · IMDb 8.0 · Tomatometer 91% · Metascore 73
  6. Three Identical Strangers Score 57.9 · IMDb 7.6 · Tomatometer 96% · Metascore 81
  7. Operation Odessa Score 57.8 · IMDb 7.7 · Tomatometer 100%
  8. RBG Score 56.8 · IMDb 7.6 · Tomatometer 93% · Metascore 71
  9. Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind Score 55.6 · IMDb 7.9 · Tomatometer 94% · Metascore 74
  10. McQueen Score 55.2 · IMDb 7.7 · Tomatometer 99% · Metascore 84