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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