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. 158 +7

    Videogramme einer Revolution

    1992 — a.k.a. Videogram of a Revolution, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 59 +7

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 86 +7

    Diaries Notes and Sketches

    1968, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 171 +7

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  5. 120 +7

    Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

    1971 — a.k.a. Minamata, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 239 +7

    La région centrale

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 146 +7

    Cinéma, de notre temps: Où gît votre sourire...

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 133 +7

    Ici et ailleurs

    1976 — a.k.a. Here and Elsewhere, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 140 +7

    Trop tôt/Trop tard

    1981 — a.k.a. Too Early/Too Late, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 244 +7

    Cuadecuc, vampir

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 147 +7

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 124 +7

    In the Street

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 259 +7

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  14. 177 +7

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    1972, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 71 +7

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 38 +7

    Leviathan

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 44 +7

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 186 +7

    At Sea

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 138 +7

    RR

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  21. 108 +7

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 78 +7

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 142 +7

    Une histoire de vent

    1988 — a.k.a. A Tale of the Wind, in 5 top lists Check
  24. 42 +7

    Vremena goda

    1975 — a.k.a. Four Seasons, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 196 +7

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    1968, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 103 +7

    The Century of the Self

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 198 +7

    Soupçons

    2004 — a.k.a. The Staircase, in 1 top list Check
  28. 265 +7

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

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 102 +7

    Fata Morgana

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 94 +7

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 69 +7

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 72 +7

    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 178 +7

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

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  34. 160 +7

    Black Harvest

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  35. 15 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  36. 37 new

    Histoire(s) du cinéma

    1989, in 8 top lists
    Check
  37. 125 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 115 +7

    Dark Days

    2000, in 1 top list Check
  39. 126 +7

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  40. 57 +7

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  41. 36 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 97 +7

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 121 +7

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 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. 95 +7

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  46. 170 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 68 +7

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 33 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  49. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 143 +7

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
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