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. 169 +7

    Hôtel des Invalides

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 235 +7

    A Portrait of Ga

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 252 +7

    Louisiana Story

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 40 +7

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 124 +7

    In the Street

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 210 +7

    Nevinost bez zastite

    1968 — a.k.a. Innocence Unprotected, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 67 +7

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 175 +7

    The Battle of Midway

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  10. 171 +7

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  11. 34 -

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 214 +7

    London Can Take It!

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  13. 180 +7

    Misère au Borinage

    1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 96 +7

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  15. 95 +7

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  16. 49 +7

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  17. 46 +7

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  18. 41 +7

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 242 +7

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  20. 14 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 82 +7

    Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)

    1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check
  22. 237 +7

    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 56 +7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 1 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  25. 218 +7

    Finis terrae

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 176 +7

    Drifters

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 259 +7

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  28. 88 +7

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 76 +7

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 167 +7

    Padenie dinastii Romanovykh

    1927 — a.k.a. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 105 +7

    Shestaya chast mira

    1926 — a.k.a. The Sixth Part of the World, in 3 top lists Check
  32. 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
  33. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  35. 129 +7

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  36. 91 +7

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  37. 141 +7

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  39. 181 +7

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 19 -

    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 20 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
  42. 21 -

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 22 -

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 23 -

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 24 -

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 18 -

    7 Plus Seven

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 123 +7

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  48. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  49. 101 +7

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 163 +7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
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