| 1. | Hoop Dreams (1994), Steve James |
| 2. | The Thin Blue Line (1988), Errol Morris |
| 3. | Bowling for Columbine (2002), Michael Moore |
| 4. | Spellbound (2002), Jeffrey Blitz |
| 5. | Harlan County U.S.A. (1976), Barbara Kopple |
| 6. | An Inconvenient Truth (2006), Davis Guggenheim |
| 7. | Crumb (1994), Terry Zwigoff |
| 8. | Gimme Shelter (1970), Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin |
| 9. | The Fog of War (2003), Errol Morris |
| 10. | Roger & Me (1989), Michael Moore |
| 11. | Super Size Me (2004), Morgan Spurlock |
| 12. | Don't Look Back (1967) D.A. Pennebaker |
| 13. | Salesman (1968), Albert Maysles, David Maysles, and Charlotte Zwerin |
| 14. | Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (1982), Godfrey Reggio |
| 15. | Sherman's March (1986), Ross McElwee |
| 16. | Grey Gardens (1976), Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Ellen Hovde, and Muffie Meyer |
| 17. | Capturing the Friedmans (2003), Andrew Jarecki |
| 18. | Born into Brothels, (2004), Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski |
| 19. | Titicut Follies (1967), Frederick Wiseman |
| 20. | Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Wim Wenders |
| 21. | Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004), Michael Moore |
| 22. | Winged Migration (2002), Jacques Perrin |
| 23. | Grizzly Man (2005), Werner Herzog |
| 24. | Night and Fog (1955), Alain Resnais |
| 25. | Woodstock (1970), Michael Wadleigh |