# The best documentaries of 2018

From Free Solo to The Silence of Others: the 2018 documentaries that stood out for Spanish and American critics (decine21, National Board of Review on FilmAffinity, El Hype).

- 117 votes · 14 items
- Feb 2, 2019 · Sebastián Díaz
- https://even.best/en/l/2172/the-best-documentaries-of-2018

## Top 13

1. **The Silence of Others (2018)** (8 · ▲9 ▼1) — Victims of the Franco regime seek justice; Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar.
2. **Free Solo (2018)** (7 · ▲12 ▼5) — Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan without ropes.
3. **Notes for a Heist Film (2018)** (7 · ▲8 ▼1) — Elías León Siminiani and the 'Robin Hood of Vallecas'.
4. **Human Flow (2017)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Ai Weiwei and the refugee crisis.
5. **Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)** (6 · ▲9 ▼3) — Fred Rogers and his children's programme.
6. **Minding the Gap (2018)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — Three skater friends from Rockford grow up on camera.
7. **Morir para contar (2018)** (6 · ▲7 ▼1) — Spanish war reporters on the cost of their work.
8. **Three Identical Strangers (2018)** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Triplets separated at birth who find each other by chance.
9. **78/52 (2017)** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — The Psycho shower scene, shot by shot.
10. **RBG (2018)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
11. **Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Wim Wenders follows Pope Francis.
12. **Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1957, the year of The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
13. **Ni distintos ni diferentes: Campeones (2018)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — The real actors of the film Champions.
14. **They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)** (0 · ▲3 ▼3) — Peter Jackson colourises First World War footage.

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