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. 227 +7

    The Civil War

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 198 +7

    Soupçons

    2004 — a.k.a. The Staircase, in 1 top list Check
  3. 2 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  4. 28 -

    Tiexi qu

    2002 — a.k.a. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 132 +7

    Empire

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 233 +7

    L'Inde fantôme

    1969 — a.k.a. Phantom India, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 264 +7

    Eyes on the Prize

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  8. 168 +7

    Near Death

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 188 +7

    La commune (Paris, 1871)

    2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check
  10. 135 +7

    Diary

    1983 — a.k.a. Diary 1973-1983, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 156 +7

    Dukhovnye golosa. Iz dnevnikov voyny....

    1995, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 178 +7

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief...

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 37 new

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
    Check
  14. 116 +7

    Hôtel Terminus

    1988, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 55 +7

    La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 150 +7

    Route One USA

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 125 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  18. 11 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 223 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 80 +7

    Le fond de l'air est rouge

    1977 — a.k.a. A Grin Without A Cat, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 245 +7

    Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de...

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 103 +7

    The Century of the Self

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  24. 79 +7

    Chelsea Girls

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 121 +7

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 202 +7

    Jai Bhim Comrade

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  27. 253 +7

    Milestones

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 204 +7

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 246 +7

    Gambling, Gods and LSD

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 239 +7

    La région centrale

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  33. 86 +7

    Diaries Notes and Sketches

    1968, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 89 +7

    No Quarto da Vanda

    2000 — a.k.a. In Vanda's Room, in 6 top lists Check
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    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  36. 71 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 182 +7

    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 45 +7

    Welfare

    1975, in 7 top lists Check
  39. 93 +7

    Le joli mai

    1963 — a.k.a. The Lovely Month of May, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 265 +7

    The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 65 +7

    Sherman's March

    1985, in 10 top lists Check
  42. 201 +7

    Dying at Grace

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 117 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  44. 24 -

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 173 +7

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 22 -

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 20 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 144 +7

    Chung Kuo - Cina

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 44 +7

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 194 +7

    Ningen jôhatsu

    1967 — a.k.a. A Man Vanishes, in 3 top lists Check
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