
The Best Documentaries of 2020

While most blockbusters fled the scene in 2020, documentaries flourished, showing us parts of the world we would never otherwise be able to see. These are the best documentaries of 2020 as chosen by the writers of RogerEbert.com through their weekly reviews. All of these best documentaries of 2020 were given 3-4 stars in our weekly reviews. Pick one of the best documentaries and click through to the review to find out where to watch it online.


69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez

76 Days

A Most Beautiful Thing

A Secret Love

A Thousand Cuts

A Wilderness of Error

Active Measures

Agents of Chaos

AKA Jane Roe

All In: The Fight for Democracy

American Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itself

Apocalypse ’45

Assassins

Athlete A

Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

Beastie Boys Story

Becoming

Between the World and Me
