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.

You can find the films receiving just one or two votes: here

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  1. 67 +7

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  2. 257 +7

    Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 17 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 234 +7

    Wszystko moze sie przytrafic

    1995 — a.k.a. Anything Can Happen, in 4 top lists Check
  5. 207 +7

    Crossroads

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 215 +7

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  7. 68 +7

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 180 +7

    Misère au Borinage

    1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 159 +7

    Jaime

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  10. 101 +7

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 242 +7

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 14 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 260 +7

    La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche...

    1977 — a.k.a. La Soufrière, in 1 top list Check
  14. 131 +7

    Les statues meurent aussi

    1953 — a.k.a. Statues also Die, in 4 top lists Check
  15. 42 +7

    Vremena goda

    1975 — a.k.a. Four Seasons, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 141 +7

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 190 +7

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 123 +7

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 49 +7

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 193 +7

    Schastye

    1995 — a.k.a. Paradise, in 1 top list Check
  21. 56 +7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 169 +7

    Hôtel des Invalides

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 40 +7

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 92 +7

    Toute la mémoire du monde

    1956, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 31 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  26. 34 -

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 175 +7

    The Battle of Midway

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  28. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 124 +7

    In the Street

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 232 +7

    O Dreamland

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 126 +7

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  32. 88 +7

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 243 +7

    Vzglyanite na litso

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  34. 84 +7

    Par desmit minutem vecaks

    1978 — a.k.a. Ten Minutes Older, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 214 +7

    London Can Take It!

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  36. 152 +7

    Now

    1965, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 235 +7

    A Portrait of Ga

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 129 +7

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 91 +7

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
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