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. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  2. 81 +7

    The Arbor

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 249 +7

    La bocca del lupo

    2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 79 +7

    Chelsea Girls

    1966, in 6 top lists Check
  5. 188 +7

    La commune (Paris, 1871)

    2000 — a.k.a. La Commune (Paris, 1871), in 5 top lists Check
  6. 70 +7

    Culloden

    1964 — a.k.a. The Battle of Culloden, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 205 +7

    Dokfa nai meuman

    2000 — a.k.a. Mysterious Object at Noon, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 161 +7

    Dreams of a Life

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 121 +7

    Edvard Munch

    1974, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 44 +7

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  11. 102 +7

    Fata Morgana

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 218 +7

    Finis terrae

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  13. 171 +7

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 16 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  15. 151 +7

    India: Matri Bhumi

    1959, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 78 +7

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 252 +7

    Louisiana Story

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 253 +7

    Milestones

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 62 +7

    Moi, un noir

    1958 — a.k.a. I, a Negro, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 170 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 53 +7

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  22. 72 +7

    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 194 +7

    Ningen jôhatsu

    1967 — a.k.a. A Man Vanishes, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 89 +7

    No Quarto da Vanda

    2000 — a.k.a. In Vanda's Room, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 30 -

    Nostalgia de la luz

    2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check
  26. 219 +7

    La pyramide humaine

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Pyramid, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 15 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  28. 229 +7

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 64 +7

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
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