Sight & Sound 50 Greatest Documentaries of All Time
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What are the greatest documentaries ever made? We polled 340 critics, programmers and filmmakers in the search for authoritative answers.
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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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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 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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Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 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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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 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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Nostalgia de la luz
2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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Seven Up!
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 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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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 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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Khaneh siah ast
1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check -
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Listen to Britain
1942, in 7 top lists Check -
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Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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Histoire(s) du cinéma: Toutes les histoires
1989, in 0 top lists Check -
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Salesman
1969, in 10 top lists Check -
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Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
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Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 top lists Check -
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Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
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Leviathan
2012, in 5 top lists Check -
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Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
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Night Mail
1936, in 5 top lists Check -
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Primary
1960, in 6 top lists Check -
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Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
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A Diary for Timothy
1945, in 5 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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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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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2003, in 5 top lists Check -
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Man on Wire
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
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Moi, un noir
1958 — a.k.a. I, a Negro, in 3 top lists Check -
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Portrait of Jason
1967, in 11 top lists Check -
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À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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Roger & Me
1989, in 12 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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The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
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Culloden
1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check -
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Diaries Notes and Sketches
1968, in 5 top lists Check -
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D'Est
1993 — a.k.a. From the East, in 5 top lists Check -
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Handsworth Songs
1986, in 5 top lists Check
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