| 1 |  | Harlan County U.S.A.(1976) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 2 |  | The House I Live In(2012) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 3 |  | The Bridge(2006) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 4 |  | Hearts and Minds(1974) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 5 |  | The Untold History of the United States(2012) | ⭐ 8.6 |
| 6 |  | Exit Through the Gift Shop(2010) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 7 |  | This Film Is Not Yet Rated(2006) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 8 |  | Winter Soldier(1972) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 9 |  | Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father(2008) | ⭐ 8.5 |
| 10 |  | Seven Up!(1964) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 11 |  | Inside Job(2010) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 12 |  | An Inconvenient Truth(2006) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 13 |  | Night and Fog(1956) | ⭐ 8.6 |
| 14 |  | Hoop Dreams(1994) | ⭐ 8.3 |
| 15 |  | Riding Giants(2004) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 16 |  | Bowling for Columbine(2002) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 17 |  | Crumb(1994) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 18 |  | The Last Waltz(1978) | ⭐ 8.1 |
| 19 |  | The Thin Blue Line(1988) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 20 |  | Grizzly Man(2005) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 21 |  | I Am Not Your Negro(2016) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 22 |  | A Brief History of Time(1991) | ⭐ 7.3 |
| 23 |  | The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters(2007) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 24 |  | Tim's Vermeer(2013) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 25 |  | Roger & Me(1989) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 26 |  | Gimme Shelter(1970) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 27 |  | Man on Wire(2008) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 28 |  | Sicko(2007) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 29 |  | Bettie Page Reveals All(2012) | ⭐ 7.0 |
| 30 |  | Capturing the Friedmans(2003) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 31 |  | Grey Gardens(1975) | ⭐ 7.5 |
| 32 |  | Jodorowsky's Dune(2013) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 33 |  | Maxed Out(2006) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 34 |  | 7 Plus Seven(1970) | ⭐ 7.9 |
| 35 |  | Inequality for All(2013) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 36 |  | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution(2015) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 37 |  | Catfish(2010) | ⭐ 7.1 |
| 38 |  | Food, Inc.(2008) | ⭐ 7.8 |
| 39 |  | GasLand(2010) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 40 |  | The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz(2014) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 41 |  | We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists(2012) | ⭐ 7.2 |
| 42 |  | Prohibition(2011) | ⭐ 8.2 |
| 43 |  | The Botany of Desire(2009) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 44 |  | Style Wars(1983) | ⭐ 8.0 |
| 45 |  | Taxi to the Dark Side(2007) | ⭐ 7.4 |
| 46 |  | Cocaine Cowboys(2006) | ⭐ 7.7 |
| 47 |  | The Invisible War(2012) | ⭐ 7.6 |
| 48 |  | Bully(2011) | ⭐ 7.3 |
| 49 |  | Planet Earth(2006) | ⭐ 9.4 |
| 50 |  | Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room(2005) | ⭐ 7.5 |