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. 229 +7

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  2. 70 +7

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 128 +7

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 108 +7

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 43 +7

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 227 +7

    The Civil War

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 117 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 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
  11. 66 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  12. 46 +7

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 60 +7

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 141 +7

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  16. 181 +7

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 19 -

    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 20 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 21 -

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 22 -

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 23 -

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 24 -

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 18 -

    7 Plus Seven

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 123 +7

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 101 +7

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 163 +7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  29. 223 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 81 +7

    The Arbor

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  31. 178 +7

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

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  32. 186 +7

    At Sea

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 204 +7

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check
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    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 26 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 27 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 175 +7

    The Battle of Midway

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  38. 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
  39. 52 +7

    Belovy

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 76 +7

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  41. 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
  42. 160 +7

    Black Harvest

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 249 +7

    La bocca del lupo

    2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 57 +7

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 203 +7

    Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land

    2008 — a.k.a. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, in 1 top list Check
  46. 211 +7

    Cabra Marcado Para Morrer

    1984 — a.k.a. Twenty Years Later, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 39 +7

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 103 +7

    The Century of the Self

    2002, in 2 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
  50. 172 +7

    La chasse au lion à l'arc

    1966 — a.k.a. The Lion Hunters, in 2 top lists Check
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