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 9.5
2. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Q 9
3. All the Empty Rooms (2025) — Q 9
4. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) — Q 9
5. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) — Q 9
6. CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) — Q 9
7. O.J.: Made in America (2016) — Q 9
8. Free Solo (2018) — Q 9
9. Dominion (2018) — Q 9
10. The Alabama Solution (2025) — Q 9
11. 180° South (2010) — Q 8.5
12. No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013) — Q 8.5
13. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) — Q 8.5
14. The Salt of the Earth (2014) — Q 8.5
15. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) — Q 8.5
16. Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom (2015) — Q 8.5
17. Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010) — Q 8.5
18. Night and Fog (1956) — Q 8.5
19. Ocean with David Attenborough (2025) — Q 8.5
20. Senna (2010) — Q 8.5
21. The Cove (2009) — Q 8.5
22. Earthlings (2005) — Q 8.5
23. My Mom Jayne (2025) — Q 8.5
24. No Other Land (2024) — Q 8.5
25. For Sama (2019) — Q 8.5
26. Shoah (1985) — Q 8.5
27. Home (2009) — Q 8.5
28. 2000 Meters to Andriivka (2025) — Q 8.5
29. 9/11 (2002) — Q 8.5
30. Terra (2015) — Q 8.5

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