r/DocumentaryReviews

1.1K archived posts · Aug 2013 – Sep 2026

Nothing but the facts, ma'am.

It's hard to know what documentaries are best and most accurate ones to watch. You can come here and we'll help you figure that out.

Created Aug 4, 2013

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A History Network Member

While historical analysis was the inspiration of this subreddit, it is not the only type of submission permissible. Any review that is accurate and sourced is accepted (nay, encouraged). My focus has always been history, and the genesis of this sub-reddit is found in r/badhistory. However reviews of any kind of documentary are acceptable, as long as the reviews are accurate and sourced.

Some things to remember when submitting a review:

Reviews should be comprehensive. Don't review the first 10 minutes of a documentary and then stop. Tag your post as [Review] for ease in browsing.
Episodes of a multi-part documentary are considered to be separate documentaries for review purposes. If you choose to do a multi-part review of a documentary with multiple episodes please link back to the earlier reviews.
You don't have to be an academic to do reviews. The primary concern is that your review be comprehensive, accurate, and sourced.
Please give an overall rating (.e.g. While this documentary has a few points of historical inaccuracy it's not enough to detract from the overall and is still worth your time. 7/10)
Submissions are self-post only. Any links should be included in that self-post.
The primary intent of this sub-reddit is to review documentaries, not to share them.
If you would like to request a review tag your post as [Request]

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