Diego Maradona (2019)

Kapadia's second sports masterpiece eclipses even #7 Senna in its raw emotional depth, chronicling Maradona's turbulent years at Napoli with unprecedented access. Over 500 hours of archival footage reveal how a working-class city worshipped him as a god while his cocaine addiction and ties to the Camorra spiraled out of control. The documentary captures his peak performances: 81 goals in 188 games for Napoli, leading them to two Serie A titles. Yet it doesn't flinch from his fall, showing a cocaine habit costing him an estimated $30 million over his career. His 1990 World Cup final loss to West Germany feels like a Greek tragedy; by contrast, this film outranks typical athlete biopics because it uses the dual-perspective lens of triumph and self-destruction.