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. 129 +7

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 91 +7

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  3. 235 +7

    A Portrait of Ga

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  4. 152 +7

    Now

    1965, in 5 top lists Check
  5. 214 +7

    London Can Take It!

    1940, in 1 top list Check
  6. 84 +7

    Par desmit minutem vecaks

    1978 — a.k.a. Ten Minutes Older, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 243 +7

    Vzglyanite na litso

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  8. 88 +7

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  9. 232 +7

    O Dreamland

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 126 +7

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 124 +7

    In the Street

    1948, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 175 +7

    The Battle of Midway

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  14. 31 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 34 -

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  16. 92 +7

    Toute la mémoire du monde

    1956, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 169 +7

    Hôtel des Invalides

    1952, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 40 +7

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  19. 56 +7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  20. 123 +7

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 49 +7

    Night Mail

    1936, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 193 +7

    Schastye

    1995 — a.k.a. Paradise, in 1 top list Check
  23. 190 +7

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 141 +7

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  25. 42 +7

    Vremena goda

    1975 — a.k.a. Four Seasons, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 14 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 260 +7

    La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche...

    1977 — a.k.a. La Soufrière, in 1 top list Check
  28. 131 +7

    Les statues meurent aussi

    1953 — a.k.a. Statues also Die, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 242 +7

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 101 +7

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  31. 4 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 159 +7

    Jaime

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  33. 207 +7

    Crossroads

    1976, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 215 +7

    Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  35. 68 +7

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 180 +7

    Misère au Borinage

    1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check
  37. 234 +7

    Wszystko moze sie przytrafic

    1995 — a.k.a. Anything Can Happen, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 67 +7

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 257 +7

    Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 17 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 127 +7

    Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner

    1974 — a.k.a. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 64 +7

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 176 +7

    Drifters

    1929, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 18 -

    7 Plus Seven

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 263 +7

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 199 +7

    The World at War

    1973, in 1 top list Check
  47. 133 +7

    Ici et ailleurs

    1976 — a.k.a. Here and Elsewhere, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 47 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 153 +7

    Khlebnyy den

    1998 — a.k.a. Bread Day, in 1 top list Check
  50. 143 +7

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
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