Best Documentary Movies on Amazon Prime Video in the UK
The top 50 of 533 documentary movies streaming on Amazon Prime Video in the UK, ranked by smart score, updated October 24, 2026.
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7.88.0 · 704 votes - 2
Rite Here Rite Now 2024Directed by Tobias Forge · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, YouTube Free7.69.0 · 95 votes - 3
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz 2014Directed by Brian Knappenberger · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten TV, Icon Film7.67.9 · 481 votes - 4
7.67.7 · 802 votes - 5
7.58.4 · 123 votes - 6
Häxan 1922Directed by Benjamin Christensen · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, JustWatch TV Free, Tubi TV7.47.6 · 465 votes - 7
7.37.7 · 326 votes - 8
7.38.0 · 152 votes - 9
7.27.5 · 377 votes - 10
7.28.5 · 76 votes - 11
7.17.9 · 126 votes - 12
Bruce Lee, the Legend 1984Directed by Raymond Chow · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, GuideDoc7.17.9 · 114 votes - 13
7.18.6 · 60 votes - 14
7.17.6 · 175 votes - 15
7.18.3 · 73 votes - 16
The Devil and Daniel Johnston 2006Directed by Jeff Feuerzeig · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Sundance Now, Amazon MX Player7.17.7 · 148 votes - 17
7.08.4 · 56 votes - 18
7.07.7 · 106 votes - 19
6.97.1 · 494 votes - 20
6.97.7 · 99 votes - 21
Life in a Day 2011Directed by Kevin Macdonald · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten TV, Icon Film6.97.2 · 259 votes - 22
6.97.3 · 194 votes - 23
6.97.1 · 294 votes - 24
Nanook of the North 1922Directed by Robert Flaherty · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, GuideDoc6.97.1 · 335 votes - 25
In Search of Darkness 2019Directed by David A. Weiner · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player6.97.5 · 111 votes - 26
6.97.7 · 83 votes - 27
6.97.7 · 86 votes - 28
6.97.6 · 90 votes - 29
Another Day of Life 2018Directed by Raúl de la Fuente · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon MX Player6.87.4 · 120 votes - 30
The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young 2014Directed by Annika Iltis · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video6.87.4 · 119 votes - 31
6.88.0 · 57 votes - 32
6.87.4 · 115 votes - 33
An Honest Liar 2014Directed by Tyler Measom · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, JustWatch TV Free, Tubi TV6.87.1 · 245 votes - 34
Ghosts and the Afterlife 2021Directed by Steve Sayre · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon MX Player6.89.6 · 23 votes - 35
6.87.2 · 152 votes - 36
6.87.3 · 125 votes - 37
6.87.2 · 140 votes - 38
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed 2022Directed by Laura Poitras · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, BBC iPlayer6.87.1 · 176 votes - 39
The Great Warning 2024Directed by Juan Carlos Salas Tamez · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Plex, Amazon MX Player6.79.4 · 22 votes - 40
6.78.0 · 46 votes - 41
6.77.6 · 66 votes - 42
Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert 2025Directed by Paul Dugdale · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video6.78.2 · 39 votes - 43
P!nk: All I Know So Far 2021Directed by Michael Gracey · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten TV6.77.7 · 58 votes - 44
6.77.4 · 87 votes - 45
American: The Bill Hicks Story 2010Directed by Matt Harlock · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon MX Player6.77.4 · 83 votes - 46
The Decline of Western Civilization 1981Directed by Penelope Spheeris · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Plex, Sundance Now6.77.2 · 120 votes - 47
Paraguay, Droga y Banana 2016Directed by Juan Manuel Salinas A. · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Plex6.78.2 · 37 votes - 48
6.77.8 · 51 votes - 49
6.76.7 · 1.9K votes - 50
6.77.6 · 58 votes
Smart score = (votes × rating + 82 × 6.03) ÷ (votes + 82): the TMDB rating, pulled toward the catalog average as if every film had 82 extra average votes. Streaming data by JustWatch.
Hidden gems
Highly rated but with 22 votes or fewer (the median for this list), ranked with a lighter prior of 14 votes so smaller films can show.
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Master of Dark Shadows 2019Directed by David Gregory · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Plex6.69.0 · 21 votes - 2
Dark Shadows and Beyond: The Jonathan Frid Story 2021Directed by Mary O'Leary · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Plex, Amazon MX Player6.59.4 · 13 votes - 3
6.49.1 · 10 votes - 4
9/11: The Day the World Stood Still 2025Directed by Finlay Bald · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Plex, YouTube Free6.48.3 · 17 votes - 5
Letting Go of God 2008Directed by Julia Sweeney · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Plex, YouTube Free6.48.3 · 15 votes - 6
Rescue Bus 300 2018Directed by Rotem Shamir · Streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player6.47.9 · 22 votes - 7
6.48.1 · 17 votes - 8
6.47.9 · 21 votes - 9
6.47.9 · 22 votes - 10
6.48.1 · 16 votes
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