The best documentaries of 2019

25 documentaries from 2019, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Knock Down the House Score 54.9 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 99% · Metascore 80
  2. One Child Nation Score 54.6 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 98% · Metascore 85
  3. Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Score 54.6 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 92% · Metascore 87
  4. Fantastic Fungi Score 54.5 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 70
  5. Hail Satan? Score 52.1 · IMDb 7.3 · Tomatometer 96% · Metascore 76
  6. Mosul Score 51.5 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 83%
  7. The Great Hack Score 51.1 · IMDb 7.0 · Tomatometer 85% · Metascore 67
  8. Last Breath Score 50.8 · IMDb 7.6 · Tomatometer 88% · Metascore 61
  9. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley Score 50.2 · IMDb 7.2 · Tomatometer 78% · Metascore 66
  10. Circus of Books Score 49.3 · IMDb 7.1 · Tomatometer 98% · Metascore 74