The 48 best documentary movies according to critics

The 15 critics' lists picked 48 documentary movies. Here they all are, starting with those picked by the most lists.

The decades with the most picks: the 1990s (10), the 1980s (7) and the 2010s (7).

The most frequent directors: Michael Apted (5), Errol Morris (2) and Dziga Vertov (1).

The lists that pick it most: Sight & Sound (17), Roger Ebert (14) and Mark Kermode (11).