Best Documentary on Paramount+, ranked by IMDb rating
74 documentary titles on Paramount+ rate 6.0+ on IMDb — the top 50 are ranked below.
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Nathan for You (2013)
★ 8.9 IMDb
Self-proclaimed business expert, writer, director and comedian Nathan Fielder helps real small businesses turn a profit with marketing tactics that no ordinary consultant would dare to attempt. From driving foot traffic
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Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough (2015)
★ 8.6 IMDb
Following his visit to the Great Barrier Reef in 1957, naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough returns and uses the latest filming techniques to unlock the secrets of the natural wonder.
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Couples Therapy (2019)
★ 8.5 IMDb
Far from reality-show caricatures, this is true documentary filmmaking that brings viewers into the authentic and visceral experience of weekly therapy with four couples. World-class therapist Dr. Orna Guralnik deftly gu
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Ozzy: No Escape from Now (2025)
★ 8.3 IMDb
Ozzy Osbourne faces his identity and mortality after his world stops. Dealing with health issues and Parkinson's, he questions if he can perform again while music remains his life's cornerstone.
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Penn & Teller: Bull! (2003)
★ 8.2 IMDb
This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the realit
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Outcry (2020)
★ 8.2 IMDb
A five-part documentary series examining the gripping story of high school football star Greg Kelley who was convicted of sexual assault of a four-year-old boy, and sentenced to 25 years in prison with no possibility for
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The Comedy Store (2020)
★ 8.2 IMDb
This documentary series brings to life the legends, heartbreak and history created at iconic L.A. club The Comedy Store, which over the past 47 years has launched the careers of a breathtaking array of stars.
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Listen to Me Marlon (2015)
★ 8.1 IMDb 🍅 95%
With exclusive access to his extraordinary unseen and unheard personal archive including hundreds of hours of audio recorded over the course of his life, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting
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EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2026)
★ 8.1 IMDb 🍅 97%
Long-lost footage from Elvis Presley's legendary Las Vegas residency in the 1970s woven together with rare 16mm footage from Elvis on Tour, and 8mm from the Graceland archive, plus recordings of Elvis telling "his side o
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Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men (2019)
★ 8.1 IMDb
Transcending the music documentary genre by creating a new lane that merges music, socio-cultural commentary and and intimate family portrait of the Wu-Tang Clan.
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The Green Book: Guide to Freedom (2019)
★ 8.1 IMDb
In 1936, Victor H. Green (1892-1960) published The Negro Motorist Green Book, a book that was both a travel guide and a survival manual, to help African-Americans navigate safe those regions of the United States where se
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Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019)
★ 7.9 IMDb 🍅 100%
The remarkable story of the legendary Motown Records is told through exclusive interviews with the label’s visionary founder, Berry Gordy, and many of its superstar artists and creative figures, as well as rare performan
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We Need to Talk About Cosby (2022)
★ 7.8 IMDb
During his nearly 50 years in show business, Bill Cosby became one of America's most recognizable black celebrities: his career was a model of excellence for millions of Americans, until the painful testimonies of dozens
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South Park: The 25th Anniversary Concert (2022)
★ 7.8 IMDb
Trey Parker and Matt Stone celebrate South Park's 25th anniversary with a concert in Colorado, featuring Primus and Ween.
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6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park (2011)
★ 7.7 IMDb
Viewers will get a look at Parker and Stone's thought process as they approach a new episode and the 24/7 grind they subject themselves to each time the show is in production. The documentary also includes in-depth inter
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The Fire That Took Her (2022)
★ 7.7 IMDb 🍅 100%
Mother-of-two Judy Malinowski, then 31, was doused in gasoline and set on fire by her crazed boyfriend – and one of the first ever to testify from beyond the grave, at the trial for her own murder. A story that lives at
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11 Minutes (2022)
★ 7.7 IMDb
A four-part documentary that takes viewers inside the heart-stopping stories of terror and survival experienced by those who were at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas.
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The End of the Storm (2020)
★ 7.7 IMDb 🍅 75%
Featuring exceptional access to Liverpool Football Club, this is the gripping inside story of the club’s 2019/20 Premier League winning season, set against the context of their global fan base waiting for 30 years of dis
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We Will Dance Again (2024)
★ 7.6 IMDb
A music festival symbolizing peace, freedom, and eternal love transforms into a horrifying nightmare of terror. Survivors, marked by death and trauma, reconstruct the event through their perspectives, embodying the lost
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The Seven Five (2015)
★ 7.6 IMDb 🍅 81%
Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of '80s Brooklyn.
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Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen (2011)
★ 7.6 IMDb
It's Charlie Sheen's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.
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Nothing Compares (2022)
★ 7.6 IMDb 🍅 99%
Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and per
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The Kingmaker (2019)
★ 7.6 IMDb 🍅 97%
Documentary centering on the controversial political career of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines whose behind-the-scenes influence of her husband Ferdinand's presidency rocketed her to the global po
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JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass (2021)
★ 7.5 IMDb 🍅 64%
Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1
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Black Box Diaries (2024)
★ 7.5 IMDb 🍅 99%
Journalist Shiori Ito embarks on a courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Her quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's ou
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Milli Vanilli (2023)
★ 7.5 IMDb 🍅 100%
The story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, who became fast friends during their youth in Germany. With Rob coming from a broken home and Fabrice having left an abusive household, they shared a similar upbringing, as
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Attica (2021)
★ 7.5 IMDb 🍅 100%
Follows the largest prison uprising in US history, conducting dozens of new interviews with inmates, journalists, and other witnesses.
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48 Hours (1988)
★ 7.5 IMDb
This newsmagazine series investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening
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Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts (2011)
★ 7.5 IMDb
Daniel Tosh performs in front of a live San Francisco audience in this stand-up special for Comedy Central, and touches on topics ranging from sports and pop culture, to religion and politics.
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¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor! (2024)
★ 7.5 IMDb 🍅 100%
Casa Bonita opened in 1974 in an unassuming strip mall. The massive "Disneyland of Mexican restaurants" is an Old West and Acapulco-inspired fever dream made famous by its indoor waterfall, cliff divers, and haunted cave
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Incident at Oglala (1992)
★ 7.5 IMDb 🍅 100%
On June 26, 1975, during a period of high tensions on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, two FBI agents were killed in a shootout with a group of Indians. Although several men were charged with killing the agent
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The Putin Interviews (2017)
★ 7.4 IMDb
A revealing series of interviews between renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone and Vladimir Putin in which the Russian President speaks candidly on the US Election, Trump, Syria, Snowden and more.
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The Eternal Memory (2023)
★ 7.4 IMDb 🍅 92%
Augusto and Paulina have been together for 25 years. Eight years ago, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Both fear the day he no longer recognizes her.
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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2018)
★ 7.4 IMDb 🍅 69%
An unflinching and deeply personal journey into the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton told through his own words and songs.
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Behind the Music (1997)
★ 7.4 IMDb
An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.
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The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021)
★ 7.3 IMDb 🍅 96%
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
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The Circus (2016)
★ 7.3 IMDb
Come one, come all to The Circus. This real-time documentary series pulls back the curtain on the current political stories, revealing the intense, inspiring and infuriating stories behind the headlines. Key characters a
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True Life (1998)
★ 7.3 IMDb
True Life is a documentary series running on MTV since March 24, 1998. Each episode follows a particular topic, such as heroin addiction as in the first episode, "Fatal Dose." The show is created by following a series of
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Belushi (2020)
★ 7.2 IMDb 🍅 91%
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny
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Prophet's Prey (2015)
★ 7.2 IMDb 🍅 92%
Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.
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Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson (2005)
★ 7.1 IMDb
Comedy Central's best roasters and stand up comedians take a whack at actor/model Pamela Anderson.
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Kokomo City (2023)
★ 7.1 IMDb 🍅 99%
Four Black transgender sex workers in Atlanta and New York City break down the walls of their profession.
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Dark Net (2016)
★ 7.1 IMDb
A documentary series that explores the furthest reaches of the internet and the people who frequent it, Dark Net provides a revealing and cautionary look inside a vast cyber netherworld rarely witnessed by most of us. Pr
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76 Days (2020)
★ 7.1 IMDb 🍅 100%
Raw and intimate, this documentary captures the struggles of patients and frontline medical professionals battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan.
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Murder in the Bayou (2019)
★ 7.1 IMDb
The five-part docu-series investigates the unsolved murders of eight women whose bodies were discovered between 2005 and 2009 in drainage canals and on desolate back roads in and around the town of Jennings, Louisiana in
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How Music Got Free (2024)
★ 7.1 IMDb
Details the fascinating, and often funny, inside story of the technology-driven disruption that changed music during the late-90s and early-2000s. File sharing technology, combined with the insatiable demand for new musi
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Nothing Lasts Forever (2022)
★ 7.1 IMDb 🍅 100%
Hidden from public view, a war is raging inside the diamond industry. When filmmaker Jason Kohn infiltrates this highly secretive world, he uncovers a vast, far reaching crime that threatens the value of every diamond ev
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Buried (2021)
★ 7.1 IMDb
The gripping story of Eileen Franklin who, while playing with her young daughter, suddenly had a memory of witnessing the rape and murder of her childhood best friend, 8-year-old Susan Nason, which led to a re-opening of
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Kingdom of Silence (2020)
★ 7.1 IMDb 🍅 88%
A political thriller examining the complex relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and how the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi amplified entanglements between the two countries.
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Jackass Number Two (2006)
★ 7.0 IMDb 🍅 66%
Jackass Number Two is a compilation of various stunts, pranks and skits, and essentially has no plot. Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, and the whole crew return to the screen to raise the stakes hig