I Am Not Your Negro 2017

The greatest films ever made, as voted by MUBI’s global community of film lovers.

https://mubi.com/lists/the-top-1000

Essential movies covering people of the African diaspora.

This list is drawn from "The New York Times Book of Movies: The Essential 1,000 Films to See", published in 2019. It contains a selection of 1000 reviews that have been printed in The New York Times. The majority of movies in this book are among the "10 Best Films" chosen by New York Times critics at the end of each year.

Source: https://www.amazon.com/New-York-Times-Book-Movies/dp/078933657X

Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (Winners & Nominees)

All the Oscar nominees in the Documentary (Feature) category (1943 - to date, reverse chronological order display).
Winners list > https://trakt.tv/users/oropher_e/lists/academy-awards-best-documentary-feature-winners?sort=rank,desc

Movies about labor movements, civil rights struggles, anti-war efforts, or community organizing. These movies often blend strong narrative storytelling with a deep exploration of social and political themes, providing viewers with not just a compelling story, but also a thought-provoking examination of the human condition and the power of collective action.

Hollywood Reporter critics pick the 50 best films of the 21st century (so far), from 2000 up until and including 2021

List compiled from: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/best-movies-21st-century

Ranked as in the list (honorable mentions start at #51 and are listed in alphabetical order)

1: Yi Yi
2: Inside Llewyn Davis
3: The Gleaners and I
4: Zodiac
5: Mulholland Drive
6: Spirited Away
7: Brokeback Mountain
8: In the Mood for Love
9: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
10: Get Out
11: Boyhood
12: Moonlight
13: Burning
14: Wall-E
15: The Power of the Dog
16: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
17: Talk to Her
18: Shoplifters
19: Drive My Car
20: Far From Heaven
21: Parasite
22: Before Sunset
23: 35 Shots of Rum
24: Timbuktu
25: Call Me by Your Name
26: Y Tu Mamá También
27: At Berkeley
28: A Serious Man
29: The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
30: Marie Antoinette
31: Manchester by the Sea
32: The Return
33: Portrait of a Lady on Fire
34: The Social Network
35: The Favourite
36: Lovers Rock
37: Wendy and Lucy
38: Children of Men
39: I Am Not Your Negro
40: Summer of Soul
41: Pan’s Labyrinth
42: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
43: Grizzly Man
44: Things to Come
45: Bridesmaids
46: Pariah
47: Bright Star
48: Time
49: Black Panther
50: Weekend

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Honorable mentions (listed alphabetically)
51: Caché
52: The Dark Knight
53: L’Enfant
54: Holy Motors
55: The Hurt Locker
56: Margaret
57: Marriage Story
58: The Piano Teacher
59: The Royal Tenenbaums
60: Summer Hours
61: There Will Be Blood
62: Under the Sand
63: Under the Skin
64: Vera Drake
65: Waltz With Bashir

Source:
Years 1931-2018 come from:
The New York Times: Book of Movies
the essential 1,000 films to see
2019 ed

Years after 2018 come from NYT website.

work in progress
There are discrepancies between the website and the book, particular for years after 2003. Please leave a comment for any errors you find.

Great to enlight and educate yourself and broaden your horizons. We need good truthful documentaries more than ever. I will add some feature movies and tv series which are based on history or true events and I think are important.

Just Documentaries

List compiled from: https://www.vogue.com/article/best-documentaries-of-all-time

Ranked as in the list

1: 13th (2016)
2: A Poem Is a Naked Person (2015)
3: The Act of Killing (2012)
4: American Factory (2019)
5: American Movie (1999)
6: Amy (2015)
7: Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
8: Blackfish (2013)
9: Bowling for Columbine (2002)
10: Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
11: Burden of Dreams (1982)
12: Cameraperson (2016)
13: Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
14: Crumb (1994)
15: Citizenfour (2014)
16: City of Gold (2015)
17: Cusp (2021)
18: Dark Money (2018)
19: Disclosure (2020)
20: Don’t Look Back (1967)
21: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
22: Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
23: F for Fake (1973)
24: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
25: Gimme Shelter (1970)
26: The Gleaners and I (2000)
27: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
28: Grey Gardens (1975)
29: Grizzly Man (2005)
30: Harlan County, USA (1976)
31: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
32: Hoop Dreams (1994)
33: How to Survive a Plague (2012)
34: I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
35: Jane (2017)
36: Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
37: Kate Plays Christine (2016)
38: Kedi (2016)
39: Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
40: Man on Wire (2008)
41: McQueen (2018)
42: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
43: My Octopus Teacher (2020)
44: Nanook of the North (1922)
45: Night and Fog (1956)
46: O.J.: Made in America (2016)
47: Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
48: Paris Is Burning (1990)
49: Pina (2011)
50: The Queen of Versailles (2012)
51: Restrepo (2010)
52: Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
53: Salesman (1969)
54: Searching for Sugarman (2012)
55: Senna (2010)
56: The September Issue (2009)
57: Sherman’s March (1985)
58: Shoah (1985)
59: Spellbound (2002)
60: Stories We Tell (2012)
61: Super Size Me (2004)
62: The Thin Blue Line (1988)
63: The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
64: Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013)
65: The Up Series (1964–)
66: Waltz With Bashir (2008)
67: The War Room (1993)
68: Weiner (2016)
69: West of Memphis (2012)
70: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts (2006)
71: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

Shows and Films that I watched in 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_based_on_actual_events

Docs

The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list serves as a companion to the They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? 1,000 Greatest Films of all time list which, - by its nature - tends to have very few films from the 21st century in it. The 21st Century's Most Acclaimed Films list attempts to highlight and honour this century's most critically revered films and act as a sort of 'resting bay' for many great films that are likely to be included in the 1,000 Greatest Films list sooner or later.

Source: http://www.theyshootpictures.com/21stcentury.htm

The Arts & Faith's Top 100 Films (previously known as the 100 most spiritually significant films) list has been selected by the Arts & Faith members, which is dedicated to the combination of art and faith.

2020 update added a new restriction of one film per director, but other films that would have made the list without that restriction can be seen in the subtitle for each main entry in the source.

Source: http://artsandfaith.com/index.php?/films/year/8-2020-top-100/

HollyWood Movies based on Popularity