Best Social & Cultural Documentary Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 31 top-rated social & cultural documentary movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

Veneno 2020 ★ 8.4
Baraka 1992 ★ 8.2
Honeyland 2019 ★ 7.9
The Act of Killing 2012 ★ 7.7
Disclosure 2020 ★ 7.8
The Red Pill 2016 ★ 7.5
HyperNormalisation 2016 ★ 7.5
The Toys That Made Us 2017 ★ 7.5
Pretend It's a City 2021 ★ 7.4
Age of Samurai: Battle for Japan 2021 ★ 7.1
Becoming 2020 ★ 7.2
WHAM! 2023 ★ 7.3
One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5 2026 ★ 7.3
History 101 2020 ★ 7.1
Feels Good Man 2020 ★ 7.0
Writing with Fire 2021 ★ 7.3
Europe from Above 2019 ★ 7.5
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood 2023 ★ 7.0
Flint Town 2018 ★ 7.0
Afternoons of Solitude 2025 ★ 6.9
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021 ★ 6.8
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin 2019 ★ 7.0
Ugly Delicious 2018 ★ 6.9
The 11th Hour 2007 ★ 6.7