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List: The Best Documentaries of All Time ( Sight & Sound )

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The Man with the Movie Camera The Man with the Movie Camera

documentary

1929

8.1

6,446

Dziga Vertov

Documentary

-
2

Shoah Shoah

documentary

1985

8.4

4,172

Claude Lanzmann

Documentary, Self: Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaïdl, Hanna Zaïdl

-
3

Sunless (Sans soleil) Sunless (Sans soleil)

documentary

1983

7.8

2,920

Chris Marker

Documentary, Self: Florence Delay, Arielle Dombasle

-
4

Night and Fog Night and Fog

mediadocumentary

1956

8.2

5,977

Alain Resnais

Documentary, Voice: Michel Bouquet

8
5

The Thin Blue Line The Thin Blue Line

documentary

1988

7.4

1,506

Errol Morris

Documentary

-
6

Chronicle of a Summer Chronicle of a Summer

documentary

1961

7.5

990

Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch

Documentary, Self: Edgar Morin, Jean Rouch

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7

Nanook of the North Nanook of the North

documentary

1922

7.6

7,551

Robert J. Flaherty

Documentary

-
8

The Gleaners and I The Gleaners and I

documentary

2000

7.6

4,758

Agnès Varda

Documentary

-
9

Dont Look Back Dont Look Back

Concert

1967

7.6

930

D.A. Pennebaker

Documentary, Self: Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Alan Price, Albert Grossman ...

-
10

Grey Gardens Grey Gardens

documentary

1975

7.4

1,243

Ellen Hovde, Albert Maysles, David Maysles

Documentary

-
11

The Sorrow and the Pity The Sorrow and the Pity

documentary

1969

7.5

310

Marcel Ophüls

Documentary

-
12

Grizzly Man Grizzly Man

documentary

2005

7.2

9,708

Werner Herzog

Documentary, Self: Timothy Treadwell

-
13

Land Without Bread Land Without Bread

mediadocumentary

1933

7.4

7,988

Luis Buñuel

Documentary

-
14

Nostalgia for the Light Nostalgia for the Light

documentary

2010

7.5

1,810

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary, Self: Gaspar Galaz, Lautaro Núñez de Arco, Luís Henríquez, Miguel Lawner ...

-
15

F. for Fake F. for Fake

documentary

1973

7.6

5,638

Orson Welles

Documentary, Self: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar, Joseph Cotten ...

6
16

7 Up - The Up Series 7 Up - The Up Series

mediadocumentaryTV

1964

7.7

197

Paul Almond

Documentary

-
17

Hoop Dreams Hoop Dreams

documentary

1994

7.6

1,672

Steve James

Documentary

-
18

Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

documentary

2002

8.1

233

Wang Bing

Documentary

-
19

The Act of Killing The Act of Killing

documentary

2012

7.8

8,295

Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn, Anonymous

Documentary

-
20

The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection The Battle of Chile: Part 1: The Bourgeois Insurrection

documentary

1975

8.2

1,691

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary, Self: Salvador Allende

-
21

The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup The Battle of Chile: Part 2: The Coup

documentary

1976

8.1

1,362

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary, Self: Salvador Allende, Carlos Altamirano, Fernando Castillo

-
22

The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People The Battle of Chile: Part 3: The Struggle of an Unarmed People

documentary

1979

7.9

1,150

Patricio Guzmán

Documentary

-
23

The House Is Black The House Is Black

short filmdocumentary

1963

7.6

1,733

Forugh Farrokhzad

Documentary

-
24

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

documentary

1987

7.9

254

Kazuo Hara

Documentary, Self: Kenzo Okuzaki

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25

Harlan County, USA Harlan County, USA

documentary

1976

7.7

325

Barbara Kopple

Documentary

-
26

Histoire[s] du cinéma Histoire[s] du cinéma

documentary

1988

7.7

993

Jean-Luc Godard

Documentary, Self: Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Gos, Alain Cuny ...

-
27

Salesman Salesman

documentary

1969

7.3

536

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

Documentary

-
28

Titicut Follies Titicut Follies

documentary

1967

7.6

805

Frederick Wiseman

Documentary

-
29

Capturing the Friedmans Capturing the Friedmans

documentary

2003

7.5

7,635

Andrew Jarecki

Documentary

-
30

Gimme Shelter Gimme Shelter

Concert

1970

7.4

1,203

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin

Documentary, Self: The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards ...

-
31

Leviathan Leviathan

documentary

2012

6.5

497

Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel

Documentary, Self: Declan Conneely, Johnny Gatcombe, Adrian Guillette ...

-
32

Lessons of Darkness Lessons of Darkness

mediadocumentary

1992

7.5

796

Werner Herzog

Documentary, Self: Werner Herzog

-
33

The Quince Tree Sun The Quince Tree Sun

documentary

1992

7.4

5,721

Víctor Erice

Documentary, Self: Antonio López

-
34

Night Mail Night Mail

mediadocumentary

1936

6.9

136

Harry Watt, Basil Wright

Documentary, Self: John Grierson, Stuart Legg

-
35

Primary Primary

documentary

1960

6.8

76

Robert Drew

Documentary, Self: Robert Drew, Hubert H. Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy ...

-
36

Crumb Crumb

documentary

1994

7.7

1,836

Terry Zwigoff

Documentary, Self: Robert Crumb

-
37

A Diary for Timothy A Diary for Timothy

mediadocumentary

1945

7.2

52

Humphrey Jennings

Documentary, Self: Michael Redgrave, Myra Hess, John Gielgud, George Woodbridge

-
38

Close-up Close-up

documentary

1990

7.7

2,208

Abbas Kiarostami

Documentary, Hossain Sabzian, Mohsen Makhmalbaf

9
39

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

documentary

2003

7.4

1,534

Errol Morris

Documentary, Self: Robert McNamara

-
40

Los Angeles Plays Itself Los Angeles Plays Itself

documentary

2003

7.8

384

Thom Andersen

Documentary

-
41

Man on Wire Man on Wire

documentary

2008

7.4

11,956

James Marsh

Documentary, Self: Philippe Petit

-
42

I, a Negro I, a Negro

1958

7.4

772

Jean Rouch

Amadou Demba, Karidyo Faoudou, Oumarou Ganda, Seydou Guede ...

-
43

Portrait of Jason Portrait of Jason

documentary

1967

6.8

67

Shirley Clarke

Documentary, Self: Jason Holliday

-
44

À propos de Nice À propos de Nice

short filmdocumentary

1930

7.2

1,783

Jean Vigo

Documentary

-
45

Roger and Me Roger and Me

documentary

1989

7.0

2,384

Michael Moore

Documentary

-
46

Blood of the Beasts Blood of the Beasts

short filmdocumentary

1949

7.2

878

Georges Franju

Documentary

-
47

The War Game The War Game

mediadocumentary

1966

7.4

1,234

Peter Watkins

Documentary

-
48

Culloden Culloden

documentary

1964

7.4

240

Peter Watkins

Documentary

-
49

Walden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches Walden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches

documentary

1969

7.8

425

Jonas Mekas

Documentary, Timothy Leary, Ed Emshwiller, Jack Smith ...

-
50

From the East From the East

documentary

1993

7.3

273

Chantal Akerman

Documentary, Self: Natalia Chakhovskaia

-

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