| 8.2 |  | Ballets Russes | 2005 | Documentary History Music | Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Irina Baronova, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, Yvonne Chouteau | * 3.8/5 |
| 8.1 | | Bill Cunningham New York | 2010 | Documentary Biography History | Richard Press | Bill Cunningham, Anna Wintour, Michael Kors | * 4.2/5 |
| 8.0 | | Above and Beyond | 2014 | Documentary Adventure History War | Roberta Grossman | Mina Alon, Richard J. Carson, Eddie Cohen | * 4.2/5 |
| 7.9 | | The Weather Underground | 2002 | Documentary History War | Sam Green, Bill Siegel (co-director) | Lili Taylor, Pamela Z, Jim Lange | * 3.6/5 |
| 7.9 | | The Decline of Western Civilization | 1981 | Documentary History Music | Penelope Spheeris | Alice Bag Band, Alice Bag, Claude Bessy | |
| 7.9 | | Central Park Five | 2012 | Documentary Crime History | Ken Burns, Sarah Burns | Antron McCray, Kevin Richardson, Kharey Wise | * 4.1/5 |
| 7.9 | | Aferim! | 2015 | Adventure Comedy Drama History Western Romania | Radu Jude | Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin | * * |
| 7.8 | | This Ain t California | 2012 | Documentary History Sport Germany | Marten Persiel | David Nathan, Anneke Schwabe, Bill Clinton | |
| 7.7 | | How to Survive a Plague | 2012 | Documentary History News | David France | Peter Staley, Larry Kramer, Iris Long | * 4.0/5 |
| 7.7 | | Empire of the Air | 1991 | Documentary History | Ken Burns | Jason Robards, Red Barber, Erik Barnouw | |
| 7.6 | | Cave of Forgotten Dreams | 2010 | Documentary History | Werner Herzog | Werner Herzog, Jean Clottes, Julien Monney | * 3.7/5 |
| 7.5 | | The Long Way Home | 1997 | Documentary History War | Mark Jonathan Harris | Morgan Freeman, Israel Lau, Livia Shacter | |
| 7.5 | | Polytechnique | 2009 | Crime Drama History Canada | Denis Villeneuve | Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse | |
| 7.5 | | Concerning Violence | 2014 | Documentary Drama History | Göran Olsson | Lauryn Hill, Kati Outinen, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | |
| 7.3 | | Honeydripper | 2007 | Crime Drama History Music Musical | John Sayles | Danny Glover, LisaGay Hamilton, Yaya DaCosta | * 3.4/5 |
| 7.1 | | Hell and Back Again | 2011 | Documentary Action History War | Danfung Dennis | Nathan Harris, Ashley Harris, The Marines of Echo Company | * 3.6/5 |
| 7.0 | | The Galapagos Affair Satan Came to Eden | 2013 | Documentary Biography Crime History Mystery | Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine | Cate Blanchett, Sebastian Koch, Thomas Kretschmann | * 3.5/5 |
| 7.0 | | Crude Impact | 2006 | Documentary History | James Jandak Wood | Thom Hartmann, William Rees, Richard Heinberg | * 3.6/5 |
| 6.0 | | Mumia Long Distance Revolutionary | 2012 | Documentary Biography History | Stephen Vittoria | | |
| 6.0 | | Coast Modern | 2012 | Documentary History | Mike Bernard (co-director), Gavin Froome (co-director) | | |
| 6.0 | | Birth Story Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives | 2012 | Documentary Biography History | Sara Lamm, Mary Wigmore | Ina May Gaskin, Rebecca Brown, Heather Chan | |
| 5.0 | | Midnight Return | 2016 | Documentary Biography History News | Sally Sussman Morina | Alan Parker, David Puttnam, Giorgio Moroder | |
| 5.0 | | Equal Means Equal | 2016 | Documentary History News | Kamala Lopez | Leslie Acoca, Beth Adubato, Brigitte Alexander | |
| 5.0 | | Bronx Obama | 2014 | Documentary Biography Family History | Ryan Murdock | Louis Ortiz | |
| 4.0 | | History Lessons | 2000 | Comedy Drama Romance | Oz Scott | Jon Tenney, Debrah Farentino, Eric Christian Olsen | |
| 4.0 | | Art House | 2016 | Documentary Biography History | Don Freeman | Alastair Gordon | |
| 4.0 | | American Journey | 2009 | Documentary Biography History France | Philippe Séclier (as Philippe Seclier) | | |
