diff --git a/src/documents/serialisers.py b/src/documents/serialisers.py
index 04c332393..b1c2239d8 100644
--- a/src/documents/serialisers.py
+++ b/src/documents/serialisers.py
@@ -1540,6 +1540,41 @@ class DocumentListSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         return documents
 
 
+class DocumentSelectionSerializer(DocumentListSerializer):
+    documents = serializers.ListField(
+        required=False,
+        label="Documents",
+        write_only=True,
+        child=serializers.IntegerField(),
+    )
+
+    all = serializers.BooleanField(
+        default=False,
+        required=False,
+        write_only=True,
+    )
+
+    filters = serializers.DictField(
+        required=False,
+        allow_empty=True,
+        write_only=True,
+    )
+
+    def validate(self, attrs):
+        if attrs.get("all", False):
+            attrs.setdefault("documents", [])
+            return attrs
+
+        if "documents" not in attrs:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(
+                "documents is required unless all is true.",
+            )
+
+        documents = attrs["documents"]
+        self._validate_document_id_list(documents)
+        return attrs
+
+
 class SourceModeValidationMixin:
     def validate_source_mode(self, source_mode: str) -> str:
         if source_mode not in bulk_edit.SourceModeChoices.__dict__.values():
@@ -1547,7 +1582,7 @@ class SourceModeValidationMixin:
         return source_mode
 
 
-class RotateDocumentsSerializer(DocumentListSerializer, SourceModeValidationMixin):
+class RotateDocumentsSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer, SourceModeValidationMixin):
     degrees = serializers.IntegerField(required=True)
     source_mode = serializers.CharField(
         required=False,
@@ -1630,17 +1665,17 @@ class RemovePasswordDocumentsSerializer(
     )
 
 
-class DeleteDocumentsSerializer(DocumentListSerializer):
+class DeleteDocumentsSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer):
     pass
 
 
-class ReprocessDocumentsSerializer(DocumentListSerializer):
+class ReprocessDocumentsSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer):
     pass
 
 
 class BulkEditSerializer(
     SerializerWithPerms,
-    DocumentListSerializer,
+    DocumentSelectionSerializer,
     SetPermissionsMixin,
     SourceModeValidationMixin,
 ):
@@ -2212,7 +2247,7 @@ class DocumentVersionLabelSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         return normalized or None
 
 
-class BulkDownloadSerializer(DocumentListSerializer):
+class BulkDownloadSerializer(DocumentSelectionSerializer):
     content = serializers.ChoiceField(
         choices=["archive", "originals", "both"],
         default="archive",
diff --git a/src/documents/views.py b/src/documents/views.py
index e26edf69c..bf15a022d 100644
--- a/src/documents/views.py
+++ b/src/documents/views.py
@@ -2215,7 +2215,36 @@ class SavedViewViewSet(BulkPermissionMixin, PassUserMixin, ModelViewSet):
     ordering_fields = ("name",)
 
 
-class DocumentOperationPermissionMixin(PassUserMixin):
+class DocumentSelectionMixin:
+    def _resolve_document_ids(
+        self,
+        *,
+        user: User,
+        validated_data: dict[str, Any],
+        permission_codename: str = "view_document",
+    ) -> list[int]:
+        if not validated_data.get("all", False):
+            # if all is not true, just pass through the provided document ids
+            return validated_data["documents"]
+
+        # otherwise, reconstruct the document list based on the provided filters
+        filters = validated_data.get("filters") or {}
+        permitted_documents = get_objects_for_user_owner_aware(
+            user,
+            permission_codename,
+            Document,
+        )
+        return list(
+            DocumentFilterSet(
+                data=filters,
+                queryset=permitted_documents,
+            )
+            .qs.distinct()
+            .values_list("pk", flat=True),
+        )
+
+
+class DocumentOperationPermissionMixin(PassUserMixin, DocumentSelectionMixin):
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
     parser_classes = (parsers.JSONParser,)
     METHOD_NAMES_REQUIRING_USER = {
@@ -2309,8 +2338,15 @@ class DocumentOperationPermissionMixin(PassUserMixin):
         validated_data: dict[str, Any],
         operation_label: str,
     ):
-        documents = validated_data["documents"]
-        parameters = {k: v for k, v in validated_data.items() if k != "documents"}
+        documents = self._resolve_document_ids(
+            user=self.request.user,
+            validated_data=validated_data,
+        )
+        parameters = {
+            k: v
+            for k, v in validated_data.items()
+            if k not in {"documents", "all", "filters"}
+        }
         user = self.request.user
 
         if method.__name__ in self.METHOD_NAMES_REQUIRING_USER:
@@ -2398,7 +2434,10 @@ class BulkEditView(DocumentOperationPermissionMixin):
         user = self.request.user
         method = serializer.validated_data.get("method")
         parameters = serializer.validated_data.get("parameters")
-        documents = serializer.validated_data.get("documents")
+        documents = self._resolve_document_ids(
+            user=user,
+            validated_data=serializer.validated_data,
+        )
         if method.__name__ in self.METHOD_NAMES_REQUIRING_USER:
             parameters["user"] = user
         if not self._has_document_permissions(
@@ -3242,7 +3281,7 @@ class StatisticsView(GenericAPIView):
         )
 
 
-class BulkDownloadView(GenericAPIView):
+class BulkDownloadView(DocumentSelectionMixin, GenericAPIView):
     permission_classes = (IsAuthenticated,)
     serializer_class = BulkDownloadSerializer
     parser_classes = (parsers.JSONParser,)
@@ -3251,7 +3290,10 @@ class BulkDownloadView(GenericAPIView):
         serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
         serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
 
-        ids = serializer.validated_data.get("documents")
+        ids = self._resolve_document_ids(
+            user=request.user,
+            validated_data=serializer.validated_data,
+        )
         documents = Document.objects.filter(pk__in=ids)
         compression = serializer.validated_data.get("compression")
         content = serializer.validated_data.get("content")