Movies recognized by major awards & festivals, 2021–2026

6 movies

Award-Winning Documentaries — Award & Festival Years 2021–2026

Documentaries with a major Cannes, Venice or Berlin award recorded in our catalogue 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. 6 films in this collection.

Recognition▼
8 of 13 selected
Oscar · BAFTA · Cannes · Venice · Berlin
Awards & festivals (Recognition)
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#MovieWatchYearTotal ~AudienceCriticsAward ScoreRecognitionGenreRuntime
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Laura Poitras · United States
202294.976.092.891.9
🏆VENICE 2022
Biography, Documentary, History113 min
2
D
Mati Diop · France; Senegal; Benin
202493.669.989.291.2
🏆BERLIN 2024
Documentary68 min
3
N
Yuval Abraham; Rachel Szor · United Kingdom
202693.582.097.381.4
◆VENICE 2026
Documentary80 min
4
OT
Nicolas Philibert · France
202393.068.583.891.2
🏆BERLIN 2023
Documentary109 min
5
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Maria Speth · Germany
202192.981.592.680.6
◆BERLIN 2021
Documentary217 min
6
PB
Gianfranco Rosi · Italy
202591.368.190.881.4
◆VENICE 2025
Documentary115 min
#2
D
2024 · Mati Diop · 68 min
Documentary
🏆BERLIN 2024
#3
N
2026 · Yuval Abraham; Rachel Szor · 80 min
Documentary
◆VENICE 2026

How to choose from this collection

This collection contains 6 documentaries with a major Cannes, Venice or Berlin award recorded in our catalogue during 2021–2026. The Documentary label comes from the catalogue genres; a film can belong to more than one genre. Oscar and BAFTA documentary categories are not represented.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed leads this Total Score ranking with 94.9. Naza has one of the highest Audience scores in the selection (82.0). Naza has one of the highest known Critics scores (97.3). Comparing these separate scores can help you choose between the films.

  1. 1. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    Laura Poitras · 2022 · 113 min

    Audience 76.0 · Critics 92.8 · Total 94.9

    Venice 2022: Golden Lion

  2. 2. Dahomey

    Mati Diop · 2024 · 68 min

    Audience 69.9 · Critics 89.2 · Total 93.6

    Berlin 2024: Golden Bear

  3. 3. Naza

    Yuval Abraham; Rachel Szor · 2026 · 80 min

    Audience 82.0 · Critics 97.3 · Total 93.5

    Venice 2026: Other major award

How the ranking works

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.