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Documentaries About People in 2026 · page 88

3,046 documentaries · ordered 17 October 2026 · How we order lists

Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

1. No. 21762005

   In Search of Happiness

   by Alexander Gutman · Russia · Russian
2. No. 21772005

   Ithuteng

   Director not on record · South Africa
3. No. 217820051 h 19 min

   It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

   by Michael W. Dean · United States · English
4. No. 217920051 h 10 min

   Kadishman

   by Dani Dothan · Israel · Hebrew

   Menashe Kadishman
5. No. 218020051 h 30 min

   Left Lane: On the Road with Folk Poet Alix Olson

   Director not on record · United States
6. No. 218120051 h 45 min

   Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

   by Lian Lunson · Canada · United States · English

   history
7. No. 21822005

   Malfunkshun: The Andrew Wood Story

   Director not on record · United States · English
8. No. 218320051 h 22 min

   Maria Bethânia: Music Is Perfume

   by Georges Gachot · Switzerland · France · Portuguese
9. No. 218420051 h 19 min

   My Name Is Albert Ayler

   by Kasper Collin · Sweden · English
10. No. 218520053 h 25 min

    No Direction Home

    by Martin Scorsese · United States · United Kingdom · English

    music
11. No. 21862005

    Pärnography

    by Hardi Volmer · Estonia · Estonian
12. No. 21872005

    President Mir Qanbar

    by Mohammad Shirvani · Iran · Persian
13. No. 21882005

    Queen of the Mountain

    Director not on record · United States · English

    woman
14. No. 218920051 h 31 min

    Reaching Zenith: A Black Deaf Filmmaker's Journey

    Director not on record · United States
15. No. 219020051 h 28 min

    Reading Alistair MacLeod

    by William D. MacGillivray · Canada · English

    Alistair MacLeod
16. No. 21912005

    Say Amen

    by David Deri · Israel · Hebrew
17. No. 219220051 h 26 min

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

    by Sydney Pollack · United States · Germany · English
18. No. 219320051 h 27 min

    Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

    by Robert Brinkmann · United States · English

    actor
19. No. 21942005

    Storytelling Man - Spurensuche mit Henning Mankell

    by David Spaeth · Germany · German
20. No. 21952005

    That Man: Peter Berlin

    by Jim Tushinski · United States · English
21. No. 219620051 h 43 min

    The Comedians of Comedy

    by Michael Blieden · United States · English
22. No. 21972005

    The Devil and Daniel Johnston

    by Jeff Feuerzeig · United States · English

    Daniel Johnstonmental health
23. No. 219820051 h 16 min

    The Education of Shelby Knox

    by Marion Lipschutz · United States · English
24. No. 21992005

    The Fearless Freaks

    by Bradley Beesley · United States

    The Flaming Lips
25. No. 22002005

    The Girl Whose Muscles are Turning to Bone

    Director not on record · English

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