FilmsRanked.com 100 Greatest Documentaries
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The 100 most critically-acclaimed documentary films of all-time, as compiled by FilmsRanked.com
[The number of films on this list is 109 because The Battle of Chile and The Up Series only count as 1 film each on the source list.)
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
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Salesman
1969, in 10 top lists Check -
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
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Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
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Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
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Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
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Roger & Me
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
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Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
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Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
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The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
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Seven Up!
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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7 Plus Seven
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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21 Up
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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28 Up
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
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35 Up
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
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42 Up
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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49 Up
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
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56 Up
2012, in 2 top lists Check -
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Tiexi qu
2002 — a.k.a. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, in 8 top lists Check -
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989, in 8 top lists -
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Leviathan
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
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Vremena goda
1975 — a.k.a. Four Seasons, in 3 top lists Check -
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Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
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Welfare
1975, in 7 top lists Check -
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Burden of Dreams
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Man of Aran
1934, in 5 top lists Check -
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When We Were Kings
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
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Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
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Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...
2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check -
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Waiting for Fidel
1974, in 1 top list Check -
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Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 top lists Check
Last updated on May 1, 2018 by spartacus007; source