The best documentaries of 2018
The top 3 according to 117 votes from people: The Silence of Others (2018) · Free Solo (2018) · Notes for a Heist Film (2018). (Updated Feb 2, 2019.)
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).
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 13
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The Silence of Others (2018)
Victims of the Franco regime seek justice; Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar.
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2
Free Solo (2018)
Alex Honnold climbs El Capitan without ropes.
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3
Notes for a Heist Film (2018)
Elías León Siminiani and the 'Robin Hood of Vallecas'.
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4
Human Flow (2017)
Ai Weiwei and the refugee crisis.
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5
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018)
Fred Rogers and his children's programme.
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6
Minding the Gap (2018)
Three skater friends from Rockford grow up on camera.
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7
Morir para contar (2018)
Spanish war reporters on the cost of their work.
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8
Three Identical Strangers (2018)
Triplets separated at birth who find each other by chance.
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9
78/52 (2017)
The Psycho shower scene, shot by shot.
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10
RBG (2018)
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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11
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
Wim Wenders follows Pope Francis.
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12
Bergman: A Year in a Life (2018)
1957, the year of The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
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13
Ni distintos ni diferentes: Campeones (2018)
The real actors of the film Champions.
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14
They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
Peter Jackson colourises First World War footage.
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Comments (2)
El silencio de otros debería verse en todos los institutos
Free Solo me dio vértigo desde el sofá, no sé cómo lo grabaron