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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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
53 +7
Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
206 +7
Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
46 +7
Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
95 +7
Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker
1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check -
96 +7
Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit
1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check -
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Khaneh siah ast
1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check -
129 +7
L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check -
119 +7
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
76 +7
Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check -
60 +7
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
48 +7
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
69 +7
Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
43 +7
Roger & Me
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
64 +7
The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
66 +7
Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 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 -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
59 +7
Portrait of Jason
1967, in 11 top lists Check -
143 +7
Tongues Untied
1989, in 11 top lists Check -
54 +7
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
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Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
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Salesman
1969, in 10 top lists Check -
40 +7
Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
65 +7
Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
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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Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check -
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
101 +7
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
1971, in 9 top lists Check -
121 +7
Edvard Munch
1974, in 9 top lists Check -
44 +7
El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
118 +7
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
55 +7
La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
183 +7
The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
170 +7
My Winnipeg
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
56 +7
À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
94 +7
Stop Making Sense
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
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Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 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
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