Best Documentary Novelty in Film — Rated 4/4 on Quartile

Quartile rates every film 1–4 across Plot, Acting, Cinematography, Novelty and Ending. These documentary films earned a 4 — Well Above Average — for Novelty, ranked by their overall Q score.

1. Valley Uprising (2014) · Q 9.5
2. Nirvana: Unplugged In New York (1993) · Q 9.5
3. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (2014) · Q 9
4. All the Empty Rooms (2025) · Q 9
5. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) · Q 9
6. Dominion (2018) · Q 9
7. CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) · Q 9
8. Free Solo (2018) · Q 9
9. O.J.: Made in America (2016) · Q 9
10. You Can See Everything (2026) · Q 9
11. The Alabama Solution (2025) · Q 9
12. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) · Q 8.5
13. The Dawn Wall (2017) · Q 8.5
14. Rite Here Rite Now (2024) · Q 8.5
15. Alone in the Wilderness (2004) · Q 8.5
16. Live Aid (1985) · Q 8.5
17. Zero Days (2016) · Q 8.5
18. Twenty Years Later (1984) · Q 8.5
19. Stop Making Sense (1984) · Q 8.5
20. Night and Fog (1956) · Q 8.5
21. HyperNormalisation (2016) · Q 8.5
22. Earthlings (2005) · Q 8.5
23. Samsara (2011) · Q 8.5
24. No Other Land (2024) · Q 8.5
25. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) · Q 8.5
26. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) · Q 8.5
27. Shoah (1985) · Q 8.5
28. My Mom Jayne (2025) · Q 8.5
29. BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul (2019) · Q 8.5
30. Master, a Building in Copacabana (2002) · Q 8.5

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