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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    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 53 +7

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 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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    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
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    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  8. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 54 +7

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
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    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 46 +7

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
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    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  17. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  18. 60 +7

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 66 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 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
  22. 95 +7

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
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    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 69 +7

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  25. 64 +7

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  26. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 170 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
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    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  29. 121 +7

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
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    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  31. 94 +7

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  32. 192 +7

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 76 +7

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 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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    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 129 +7

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 43 +7

    Roger & Me

    1989, 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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    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 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
  43. 47 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 96 +7

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  45. 114 +7

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  46. 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
  47. 44 +7

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  48. 183 +7

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 55 +7

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

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 118 +7

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
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