Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time

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In 2014, Sight & Sound polled 340 documentary critics, curators, academics and filmmakers asking for top 10 documentary lists. Over 1000 films got votes, from years as early as 1892 to as recent as 2013. This list is the combined critics and filmmakers list of all films that received 3 or more votes.

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  1. 66 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 12 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 54 +7

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 102 +7

    Fata Morgana

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 1 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  7. 118 +7

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 3 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  9. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 183 +7

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 4 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  12. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 2 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  14. 261 +7

    Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski

    1999 — a.k.a. My Best Fiend, in 1 top list Check
  15. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  16. 53 +7

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  17. 60 +7

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 32 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 16 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  20. 46 +7

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  21. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 36 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  23. 56 +7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 10 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  25. 108 +7

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 8 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  27. 170 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 147 +7

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  30. 77 +7

    Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit

    1971 — a.k.a. Land of Silence and Darkness, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 95 +7

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  32. 57 +7

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  34. 96 +7

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  35. 121 +7

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 47 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 5 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 101 +7

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 11 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  40. 205 +7

    Dokfa nai meuman

    2000 — a.k.a. Mysterious Object at Noon, in 6 top lists Check
  41. 128 +7

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 61 +7

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 78 +7

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 173 +7

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 154 +7

    Pina

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 127 +7

    Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner

    1974 — a.k.a. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 97 +7

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 166 +7

    Gates of Heaven

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 7 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 82 +7

    Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)

    1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check
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