Best Documentaries on Prime Video
The best documentaries by audience rating and number of votes, all streaming on Prime Video in the US. Each movie links to a list of similar ones. Still can't decide? Swipe to find yours.
1. Ennio (2022)
★ 8.3 · 392 votes · Documentary, Music, History
A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
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2. Baraka (1992)
★ 8.2 · 726 votes · Documentary
A paralysingly beautiful documentary with a global vision—an odyssey through landscape and time—that attempts to capture the essence of life.
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3. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
★ 8.1 · 613 votes · Documentary, Crime
In 2001, Andrew Bagby, a medical resident, is murdered not long after breaking up with his girlfriend. Soon after, when she announces she's pregnant, one of Andrew's many close friends, Kurt Kuenne, begins this film, a gift to the child.
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