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Top 50 Documentary movies by average vote

note: for these charts, only votes from regular voters are considered.

Rank	Title
1	Occupation 101 (2006) 8.8/10 (320 votes)
2	Heima (2007) 8.6/10 (2076 votes)
3	Nuit et brouillard (1955) 8.6/10 (3827 votes)
4	Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) 8.6/10 (335 votes)
5	No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) 8.5/10 (5061 votes)
6	Times of Harvey Milk, The (1984) 8.5/10 (1423 votes)
7	Promises (2001) 8.5/10 (1203 votes)
8	American Zeitgeist (2006) 8.5/10 (1577 votes)
9	Chagrin et la pitié, Le (1969) 8.5/10 (1249 votes)
10	My Flesh and Blood (2003) 8.4/10 (847 votes)
11	Ilha das Flores (1989) 8.4/10 (1392 votes)
12	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007) 8.4/10 (296 votes)
13	Hearts and Minds (1974) 8.4/10 (1493 votes)
14	Nirvana Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (1994) 8.4/10 (1004 votes)
15	U2 3D (2007) 8.4/10 (1612 votes)
16	Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) 8.4/10 (1124 votes)
17	No End in Sight (2007) 8.4/10 (3289 votes)
18	Lake of Fire (2006) 8.3/10 (592 votes)
19	War Game, The (1965) 8.3/10 (1095 votes)
20	Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (1989) 8.3/10 (223 votes)
21	Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) 8.3/10 (2715 votes)
22	Chelovek s kino-apparatom (1929) 8.3/10 (3785 votes)
23	Chernobyl Heart (2003) 8.3/10 (243 votes)
24	King of Kong, The (2007) 8.3/10 (9663 votes)
25	Sicko (2007) 8.3/10 (32195 votes)
26	Pries parskrendant i zeme (2005) 8.3/10 (497 votes)
27	Zapruder Film of Kennedy Assassination (1963) 8.3/10 (737 votes)
28	Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) 8.3/10 (8699 votes)
29	Khaneh siah ast (1963) 8.2/10 (290 votes)
30	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) 8.2/10 (399 votes)
31	Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007) 8.2/10 (315 votes)
32	Please Vote for Me (2007) 8.2/10 (301 votes)
33	Enemy, The (2003) 8.2/10 (255 votes)
34	White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007) 8.2/10 (482 votes)
35	Corporation, The (2003) 8.2/10 (7705 votes)
36	Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972) 8.2/10 (2383 votes)
37	Bowling for Columbine (2002) 8.2/10 (68420 votes)
38	Mio viaggio in Italia, Il (1999) 8.2/10 (1039 votes)
39	Lektionen in Finsternis (1992) 8.2/10 (1144 votes)
40	Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002) 8.1/10 (283 votes)
41	Man on Wire (2008) 8.1/10 (2688 votes)
42	Earthlings (2003) 8.1/10 (1096 votes)
43	In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) 8.1/10 (2078 votes)
44	Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) 8.1/10 (1676 votes)
45	Obyknovennyy fashizm (1965) 8.1/10 (234 votes)
46	Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker (1938) 8.1/10 (1214 votes)
47	Un coupable idéal (2001) 8.1/10 (1064 votes)
48	Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) 8.1/10 (1207 votes)
49	Street Fight (2005) 8.1/10 (693 votes)
50	Salesman (1968) 8.1/10 (986 votes)

Bottom 10 Documentary movies

Rank	Title
10	Aquatic Wizards (1955) 1.8/10 (119 votes)
9	Assignment: Venezuela (1956) 1.8/10 (66 votes)
8	Economix - The Market (1996) 1.7/10 (77 votes)
7	Invitation aux images, L' (2003) 1.7/10 (65 votes)
6	Economix - International Trade (1996) 1.7/10 (89 votes)
5	Truck Farmer, The (1954) 1.6/10 (124 votes)
4	Date with Your Family, A (1950) 1.6/10 (381 votes)
3	Economix - Needs and Wants (1996) 1.5/10 (105 votes)
2	Catching Trouble (1950) 1.5/10 (221 votes)
1	Proud American (2008) 1.4/10 (235 votes)

The top movies report uses a weighted rank calculated as follows:

 weighted rank (WR) = (v ÷ (v+m)) × R + (m ÷ (v+m)) × C

 where:
  R = average for the movie (mean) = (Rating)
  v = number of votes for the movie = (votes)
  m = minimum votes required to be listed in the top 50
      (currently 200)
  C = the mean vote across the whole report
      (currently 6.9)