The best documentaries of 2021

27 documentaries from 2021, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell Score 44.0 · IMDb 6.8 · Tomatometer 78% · Metascore 62
  2. Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed Score 43.9 · IMDb 6.9 · Tomatometer 79% · Metascore 55
  3. Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord Score 40.2 · IMDb 7.3
  4. Why Did You Kill Me? Score 36.3 · IMDb 5.6 · Tomatometer 70%
  5. Britney vs Spears Score 35.3 · IMDb 6.4 · Tomatometer 60% · Metascore 41
  6. Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes Score 33.6 · IMDb 6.3
  7. The Minimalists: Less Is Now Score 16.4 · IMDb 5.9 · Tomatometer 0%