![]() Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (Marilyn Agrelo) – HBO MaxĢ2. Ascension(Jessica Kingdon) – Paramount+Ģ1. State Funeral (Sergey Loznitsa) – MubiĢ0. Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry(R.J. Faya Dayi(Jessica Beshir) – Criterion Channelġ8. Listening to Kenny G (Penny Lane) – HBO Maxġ7. In the Same Breath(Nanfu Wang) – HBO Maxġ6. The First Wave(Matthew Heineman) – The First Waveġ5. Julia (Julie Cohen and Betsy West) – VODġ4. Attica (Traci Curry and Stanley Nelson) – Showtimeġ3. A Glitch in the Matrix(Rodney Ascher) – Huluġ2. Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain (Morgan Neville)Īs it says on the thin, this is a film about Anthony Bourdain, the prolific chef, food writer, and TV show host who shockingly committed suicide in 2018. Val Kilmer looks back on his life and acting career using home video footage and on-set diaries he’s been shooting for decades. ![]() Rachel Fleit’s feature directorial debut intimately follows along with Selma Blair after the actress is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. Like a modern-day Man with a Movie Camera, this mix of essay film and straightforward documentary tackles ways of seeing, primarily focused on the blurred line between cameras and weapons. Todd Haynes’ first documentary follows the history of The Velvet Underground in an editing style befitting the iconic art-rock group. The Sparks Brothers (Edgar Wright)Įdgar Wright’s first documentary follows the lengthy career and influence of Ron and Russell Mael, otherwise known as the band Sparks. Six men who were sexually abused as children by Catholic priests work through their trauma by creating films within this film that dramatize their experiences. The Rescue (Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi)įrom the directors of Free Solo, this film recounts, through a variety of storytelling tools, the 2018 rescue of a boys soccer team who became trapped in a cave. This animated documentary chronicles the coming-of-age story of Amin, a gay man born in Afghanistan, following his family to Russia in the 1980s and following him eventually to Denmark. Questlove’s directorial debut resurrects never-before-seen footage shot during the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival and surrounds that concert material with deep historical context. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson) Below are the best documentaries we all saw last year and where you can watch them now. You can find some contributors’ submissions, including our own favorite docs, on another page here. ![]() If you’re mentioned below, you’ve done very well. So, don’t feel bad if you’re the director of a film that is placed in a seemingly less-desirable spot. I should acknowledge that a lot of the lower-ranking films, and especially those listed outside the top 50 best documentaries of 2021 section, are probably only there because they haven’t been seen by as many of our participants. The top five ranked below are on the Oscar shortlist, at least. We’ll see how this year’s ranking fits with the Academy’s tastes. ![]() But two of the top three were Oscar nominees. The last winner there, My Octopus Teacher, ranked #40 on the best of 2020 list. These results won’t help you pick the next Oscar winner for Best Documentary Feature. For the third year in a row, the top doc on this list matches the winner of the Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature. There are some deemed better than others, however. From those entries, we have compiled a ranked list of the 50 best documentaries of 2021.Īs continued proof there is an overwhelming amount of great documentaries out there, this year’s submissions included 150 titles qualified as official 2021 releases. Once again, we surveyed critics, filmmakers, and others within the documentary community for their favorite nonfiction features, shorts, and series released in the last 12 months. Welcome to the 9th annual year-end Nonfics poll results. ![]()
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