The Documentary Blog’s own top 50 docs of the decade

50. Rize (LaChapelle, 2005) — Trailer49. The Smashing Machine (Hyams, 2002) — Trailer48. Lost in La Mancha (Fulton & Pepe, 2002) — Trailer47. Dig! (Timoner, 2004) — Trailer46. Protagonist (Yu, 2007) — Trailer45. Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (Berger & Klores, 2005) — Trailer44. Bowling for Columbine (Moore, 2002)43. Rank (Hyams, 2006) — Trailer42. Our Daily Bread (Geyrhalter, 2005) — Trailer41. Helvetica (Hustwit, 2007) — Trailer40. New World Order (Meyer & Neel, 2009) — Trailer39. Best Worst Movie (Stephenson, 2009) — Trailer38. The Cove (Psihoyos, 2009) — Trailer37. Kurt Cobain: About a Son (Schnack, 2006) — Trailer36. Tyson (Toback, 2008) — Trailer35. Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Gervasi, 2008) — Trailer34. When the Levee’s Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (Lee, 2006)33. Bus 174 (Padilha & Lacerda, 2002)32. God Grew Tired of Us (Quinn & Walker, 2006) — Trailer31. The Bridge (Steel, 2006) — Trailer30. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (Kuenne, 2008) — Trailer29. 9/11 (Hanlon, Klug & Naudet, 2002) — Clip28. The White Diamond (Herzog, 2004) — Clip27. Deep Water (Osmond & Rothwell, 2006) — Trailer26. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (Nelson, 2006) — Trailer25. Murder on a Sunday Morning (de Lestrade, 2001)24. Hell House (Ratliff, 2001) — Trailer23. Dark Days (Singer, 2000) — Trailer22. Billy the Kid (Venditti, 2007) — Trailer21. Crazy Love (Klores & Stevens, 2007) — Trailer20. Young @ Heart (Walker & George, 2007) — Trailer19. Fog of War (Morris, 2003) — Trailer18. Zoo (Devor, 2007) — Trailer17. Stevie (James, 2002) — Trailer16. Man on Wire (Marsh, 2008) — Trailer15. Spellbound (Blitz, 2002) — Trailer14. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (Gordon, 2007) — Trailer13. This American Life (Series) (Glass, 2007) — Trailer12. Standard Operating Procedure (Morris, 2008) — Trailer11. Touching the Void (Macdonald, 2003) — Trailer10. Lake of Fire (Kaye, 2006) — Trailer9. Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (Berlinger & Sinofsky, 2004) — Trailer8. Encounters at the End of the World (Herzog, 2007) — Trailer7. Manda Bala (Send a Bullet) (Kohn, 2007) — Trailer6. The Staircase (de Lestrade, 2004) — Clip5. Capturing the Friedmans (Jarecki, 2003) — Trailer4. The English Surgeon (Smith, 2007) — Trailer3. Paradise Lost 2: Revelations (Berlinger & Sinofsky, 2000) — Clip2. The Devil and Daniel Johnston (Feuerzeig, 2005) — Trailer1. Grizzly Man (Herzog, 2005) — Trailer