# The best documentaries of 2025

The non-fiction films critics loved most in 2025 (Variety, Rolling Stone, RogerEbert.com, Deadline).

- 18 votes · 10 items
- Aug 4, 2026 · cutscene_glasgow
- https://even.best/en/l/1907/the-best-documentaries-of-2025

## Top 10

1. **Cover-Up** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus on investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.
2. **Predators** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — A hard look at the TV show To Catch a Predator.
3. **Mr. Scorsese** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Rebecca Miller's five-hour portrait of Martin Scorsese.
4. **My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Julia Loktev follows independent female journalists in Putin's Russia.
5. **The Perfect Neighbor** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A fatal neighbourhood dispute rebuilt only from doorbell cameras, police bodycams and 911 calls. Sundance directing award.
6. **Come See Me in the Good Light** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — A poet facing terminal cancer, one of the year's most moving films.
7. **Stringer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Who really took the «Napalm Girl» photo? An investigation.
8. **Endless Cookie** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — An animated documentary by two half-brothers, full of humour.
9. **Coexistence, My Ass!** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — An Israeli comedian's activism on stage and off.
10. **The Tale of Silyan** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Macedonian farmer and a stork, a festival favourite.

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