The best documentaries of 2025

22 documentaries from 2025, ranked by a 0–100 score from IMDb ratings, critics, major awards and box office, compared with every film from the same year.

  1. Epic: Elvis Presley in Concert Score 63.4 · IMDb 8.1 · Tomatometer 97% · Metascore 86 · Music, Documentary
  2. Mr. Nobody Against Putin Score 59.5 · IMDb 7.4 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 79 · Documentary
  3. The Perfect Neighbor Score 59.2 · IMDb 7.1 · Tomatometer 98% · Metascore 83 · Crime, Documentary
  4. Ocean with David Attenborough Score 59.1 · IMDb 8.4 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 93 · Documentary
  5. The Alabama Solution Score 57.5 · IMDb 7.8 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 90 · Documentary
  6. Becoming Led Zeppelin Score 56.2 · IMDb 7.5 · Tomatometer 85% · Metascore 64 · Documentary, Music
  7. John Candy: I Like Me Score 55.8 · IMDb 8.0 · Tomatometer 89% · Metascore 69 · Documentary
  8. My Mom Jayne Score 55.6 · IMDb 8.3 · Tomatometer 100% · Metascore 75 · Documentary
  9. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish Score 51.7 · IMDb 6.7 · Tomatometer 85% · Documentary
  10. 2000 Meters to Andriivka Score 51.6 · IMDb 8.4 · Tomatometer 94% · Metascore 88 · Documentary, War