Best Documentary Movies & TV Series of the 1990s

Looking for the best Documentary movies and TV series of the 1990s? These 130 are the highest-rated on 3eyedraven, weighted by vote count so a handful of glowing reviews never beats a proven favourite.

Baraka 1992 ★ 8.2

Nirvana: Unplugged In New York 1993 ★ 8.6

Metallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M 1999 ★ 8.7

Paris Is Burning 1991 ★ 8.0

Walking with Dinosaurs 1999 ★ 8.2

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1991 ★ 7.9

The Beatles Anthology 1995 ★ 8.3

Good Eats 1999 ★ 8.7

Lessons of Darkness 1992 ★ 7.9

E! True Hollywood Story 1996 ★ 8.2

The Civil War 1990 ★ 7.9

Hoop Dreams 1994 ★ 7.6

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert 1992 ★ 8.4

Microcosmos 1996 ★ 7.6

When We Were Kings 1996 ★ 7.6

American Movie 1999 ★ 7.6

Buena Vista Social Club 1999 ★ 7.5

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996 ★ 7.6

Crumb 1995 ★ 7.5

Forensic Files 1996 ★ 7.9

The Private Life of Plants 1995 ★ 8.4

The Best of the Martial Arts Films 1990 ★ 8.7

Cold Case Files 1999 ★ 8.5

The Nazis: A Warning from History 1997 ★ 8.6