Best Documentary Movies & TV Series of the 1950s

Looking for the best Documentary movies and TV series of the 1950s? These 24 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Night and Fog 1956 ★ 8.3

The Wonderful World of Disney 1954 ★ 7.9

Glass 1958 ★ 7.7

I, a Negro 1959 ★ 7.4

The Living Desert 1953 ★ 7.1

Daybreak Express 1957 ★ 7.2

All the World's Memory 1956 ★ 7.1

The Vanishing Prairie 1954 ★ 7.2

The African Lion 1955 ★ 7.1

Statues Also Die 1953 ★ 6.9

Toss Me a Dime 1958 ★ 7.1

Letter from Siberia 1957 ★ 6.9

Diary of a Pregnant Woman 1958 ★ 6.7

Water-Mirror of Granada 1955 ★ 6.7

Anticipation of the Night 1958 ★ 6.5

Sunday in Peking 1956 ★ 6.4

O Seasons, O Castles 1958 ★ 6.4

Guernica 1951 ★ 6.1

Hôtel des Invalides 1952 ★ 5.9

Teaserama 1955 ★ 5.5

Nymphlight 1957 ★ 5.5

Sapovnela 1959 ★ 5.2

The James Dean Story 1957 ★ 5.4

The Seafarers 1953 ★ 4.5