Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from PeacefulAnarchy).
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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.
You can find the films receiving just one or two votes: here
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Shoah
1985, in 18 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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Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 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 -
46 +7
Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
47 +7
Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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 -
64 +7
The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
70 +7
Culloden
1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check -
106 +7
In the Year of the Pig
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
111 +7
Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges
1989 — a.k.a. Images of the World and the Inscription of War, in 4 top lists Check -
133 +7
Ici et ailleurs
1976 — a.k.a. Here and Elsewhere, in 3 top lists Check -
147 +7
Hearts and Minds
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
148 +7
Melancholian 3 huonetta
2004, in 2 top lists Check -
149 +7
S21, la machine de mort khmère rouge
2003 — a.k.a. S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, in 6 top lists Check -
158 +7
Videogramme einer Revolution
1992 — a.k.a. Videogram of a Revolution, in 4 top lists Check -
171 +7
Fires Were Started
1943, in 8 top lists Check -
175 +7
The Battle of Midway
1942, in 1 top list Check -
181 +7
Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple
1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check -
182 +7
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992, in 2 top lists Check -
188 +7
La commune (Paris, 1871)
2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check -
197 +7
The Battle of the Somme
1916 — a.k.a. Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme, in 4 top lists Check -
199 +7
The World at War
1973, in 1 top list Check -
214 +7
London Can Take It!
1940, in 1 top list Check -
217 +7
Iraq in Fragments
2006, in 1 top list Check -
227 +7
The Civil War
1990, in 3 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 3, 2017 by PeacefulAnarchy; source