# The best documentaries of 2019

From For Sama to Apollo 11: the 2019 documentaries rated highest by audiences and critics (AlloCiné, SensCritique).

- 1 vote · 12 items
- Oct 19, 2023 · S. Bonvin
- https://even.best/en/l/2143/the-best-documentaries-of-2019

## Top 12

1. **Apollo 11 (2019)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — The Moon mission in unseen 70mm footage.
2. **For Sama (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Waad al-Kateab films Aleppo at war for her daughter.
3. **Honeyland (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A lone beekeeper in the mountains of North Macedonia.
4. **American Factory (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Chinese company reopens a factory in Ohio.
5. **Varda by Agnès (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Agnès Varda's last cinema lesson.
6. **Diego Maradona (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Naples years; Asif Kapadia.
7. **Et je choisis de vivre (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — After losing her child, a young woman walks through the Drôme.
8. **Nouvelle Cordée (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The 'zero long-term unemployment' experiment; Marie-Monique Robin.
9. **Lourdes (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The pilgrims of Lourdes and their prayers.
10. **The Cave (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An underground hospital in Syria.
11. **68, mon père et les clous (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Paris hardware shop closes down; Samuel Bigiaoui.
12. **Wonder Boy (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Balmain's creative director searches for his birth parents.

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