Best Documentary Novelty in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These documentary films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Novelty, ranked by their overall Q score.

1. Valley Uprising (2014) — Q 10
2. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) — Q 9
3. Free Solo (2018) — Q 9
4. Stutz (2022) — Q 8.5
5. The Dawn Wall (2017) — Q 8.5
6. HyperNormalisation (2016) — Q 8.5
7. Zero Days (2016) — Q 8.5
8. What Is a Woman? (2022) — Q 8
9. Juan Gabriel en el Palacio de Bellas Artes (1990) — Q 8
10. Particle Fever (2013) — Q 8
11. Citizenfour (2014) — Q 8
12. Kumaré (2012) — Q 8
13. Meru (2015) — Q 8
14. Better Left Unsaid (2021) — Q 8
15. Isle of Flowers (1989) — Q 8
16. The Donut King (2020) — Q 7.5
17. The Pervert's Guide to Cinema (2006) — Q 7.5
18. Bowling for Columbine (2002) — Q 7.5
19. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) — Q 7.5
20. Dig! (2004) — Q 7.5
21. Re-Existences (2020) — Q 7.5
22. The Yes Men Fix the World (2009) — Q 7.5
23. The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014) — Q 7.5
24. Juliette of The Herbs (1998) — Q 7.5
25. Lessons of Darkness (1992) — Q 7.5
26. Twinsters (2015) — Q 7.5
27. Collapse (2009) — Q 7.5
28. Let It Be (1970) — Q 7.5
29. Super Size Me (2004) — Q 7
30. Baraka (1992) — Q 7

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