Audience
69.9
Critics
89.2
Award
91.2
🏆BERLIN 2024
Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026
Documentaries lasting 120 minutes or less with Berlinale main competition selection, including winners in 2021–2026. Ranked by audience ratings, critics’ scores and award recognition. Oscar and BAFTA documentary categories are outside this catalogue.
2021–2026 refers to ceremony and festival years, not necessarily release dates. 8 films in this collection.
| # | Movie | Watch | Year | Total ~ | Audience | Critics | Award Score | Recognition | Genre | Runtime |
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| 1 | D Mati Diop · France; Senegal; Benin | 2024 | 93.6 | 69.9 | 89.2 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2024 | Documentary | 68 min | |
| 2 | OT Nicolas Philibert · France | 2023 | 93.0 | 68.5 | 83.8 | 91.2 | 🏆BERLIN 2023 | Documentary | 109 min | |
| 3 | TL Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · Austria | 2026 | 89.3~ | 76.2 | 86.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Biography, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Music | 86 min | |
| 4 | ED Grant Gee · Ireland; United Kingdom | 2026 | 89.0~ | 72.6 | 87.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Documentary, Music | 102 min | |
| 5 | AC Alonso Ruizpalacios · Mexico | 2021 | 88.7 | 73.9 | 82.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2021 | Action, Crime, Documentary | 107 min | |
| 6 | Y( Anna Fitch; Banker White · United States | 2026 | 87.9~ | 69.9 | ~80.0 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2026 | Documentary | 78 min | |
| 7 | A Victor Kossakovsky · Germany; France; United States | 2024 | 87.8 | 64.9 | 84.7 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2024 | Documentary | 98 min | |
| 8 | EW Rithy Panh · France; Cambodia | 2022 | 83.0~ | 59.1 | 39.9 | 70.0 | ●BERLIN 2022 | Documentary, Fantasy | 98 min |
This collection contains 8 documentaries with Berlinale main competition selection, including winners during 2021–2026. Every film runs for 120 minutes or less. The shortest is 68 minutes and the longest is 109 minutes. The Documentary label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre. Only main competition films and their recorded awards are covered; other festival sections are outside this selection. Oscar and BAFTA documentary categories are not represented.
Dahomey leads this Total Score ranking with 93.6. The Loneliest Man in Town has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (76.2). Dahomey has one of the highest known Critics scores (89.2). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.
Mati Diop · 2024 · 68 min
Audience 69.9 · Critics 89.2 · Total 93.6
Berlin 2024: Golden Bear
Nicolas Philibert · 2023 · 109 min
Audience 68.5 · Critics 83.8 · Total 93.0
Berlin 2023: Golden Bear
Tizza Covi; Rainer Frimmel · 2026 · 86 min
Audience 76.2 · Critics 86.7 · Total 89.3 (provisional)
Berlin 2026: Main Competition
Total combines 40% audience ratings, 30% critic ratings and 30% original award points, with a bonus for recognition by additional institutions. Scores shown to one decimal place can be tied while their unrounded ranking differs. A Critics score marked ~ is estimated from the catalogue median; its Total is provisional. Recognition years refer to ceremonies and festival editions, not necessarily release dates.