BFI's 100 Documentary Films

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"100 Documentary Films is the first book to offer concise and authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective. Many different types of documentary are discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore. Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other films featured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts."

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  1. 66 -

    La marche de l'empereur

    2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 56 -

    Les forgerons

    1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 48 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 116 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 110 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 81 -

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  12. 63 -

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  13. 52 -

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  14. 79 -

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  15. 32 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 8 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 30 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 38 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  19. 97 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 92 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  21. 46 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 117 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  23. 43 -

    In the Year of the Pig

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  24. 76 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 41 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 64 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  27. 70 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  28. 98 -

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  29. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 2 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 3 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 61 -

    Baignade en mer

    1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check
  33. 27 -

    Baraye azadi

    1979 — a.k.a. For Liberty, in 1 top list Check
  34. 4 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 5 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 6 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 7 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 9 -

    A British Picture

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  39. 10 -

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 12 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 13 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  43. 14 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  44. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 17 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 18 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 19 -

    David Holzman's Diary

    1967, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 20 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 55 -

    Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon, in 1 top list Check
  50. 21 -

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
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