Best Documentary Plot 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 Plot, 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. I Like Killing Flies (2004) — Q 8
5. 180° South (2010) — Q 8
6. Waltz with Bashir (2008) — Q 8
7. Isle of Flowers (1989) — Q 8
8. Searching for Sugar Man (2012) — Q 8
9. No Other Land (2024) — Q 8
10. Three Identical Strangers (2018) — Q 8
11. Kumaré (2012) — Q 8
12. Grizzly Man (2005) — Q 8
13. Man on Wire (2008) — Q 8
14. Bus 174 (2002) — Q 8
15. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) — Q 8
16. Burden of Dreams (1982) — Q 8
17. The Imposter (2012) — Q 8
18. The Cove (2009) — Q 8
19. 9/11 (2002) — Q 8
20. Senna (2010) — Q 8
21. My Winnipeg (2008) — Q 8
22. The Gatekeepers (2012) — Q 8
23. Navalny (2022) — Q 8
24. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) — Q 8
25. Nostalgia for the Light (2010) — Q 8
26. One Day in September (1999) — Q 8
27. The Central Park Five (2012) — Q 8
28. Icarus (2017) — Q 7.5
29. The Thin Blue Line (1988) — Q 7.5
30. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) — Q 7.5

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