The first documentary to make the top-25 list, RBG covers the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She’s known not only as a thoughtful, respected jurist but also as a pop culture icon whose face has been emblazoned on T-shirts and coffee mugs. With interviews from Ginsburg’s children, colleagues and detractors, the film chronicles the justice’s early career, her work as an ACLU lawyer and her ascent to the high court. It also shows her human side, telling the love story behind her marriage to Marty, her high school sweetheart, who died in 2010. The film was directed by documentary-makers Betsy West and Julie Cohen.

Trivia: Despite their ideological differences, Ginsburg had an enduring friendship with Justice Antonin Scalia.

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