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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La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon
1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 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 -
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 -
206 +7
Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
237 +7
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
1925, in 6 top lists Check -
105 +7
Shestaya chast mira
1926 — a.k.a. The Sixth Part of the World, in 3 top lists Check -
76 +7
Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check -
167 +7
Padenie dinastii Romanovykh
1927 — a.k.a. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, in 2 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
176 +7
Drifters
1929, in 2 top lists Check -
88 +7
Regen
1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check -
259 +7
Turksib
1929, in 6 top lists Check -
82 +7
Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)
1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check -
56 +7
À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
41 +7
Man of Aran
1934, in 5 top lists Check -
180 +7
Misère au Borinage
1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check -
46 +7
Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
49 +7
Night Mail
1936, in 5 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 -
242 +7
The River
1938, in 4 top lists Check -
214 +7
London Can Take It!
1940, in 1 top list Check -
175 +7
The Battle of Midway
1942, in 1 top list Check -
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Listen to Britain
1942, in 7 top lists Check -
67 +7
A Diary for Timothy
1945, in 5 top lists Check -
124 +7
In the Street
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
40 +7
Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
251 +7
Afrique 50
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
169 +7
Hôtel des Invalides
1952, in 3 top lists Check -
232 +7
O Dreamland
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
131 +7
Les statues meurent aussi
1953 — a.k.a. Statues also Die, in 4 top lists Check -
68 +7
Les maîtres fous
1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
113 +7
On the Bowery
1956, in 4 top lists Check -
92 +7
Toute la mémoire du monde
1956, in 4 top lists Check -
224 +7
The Hunters
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
151 +7
India: Matri Bhumi
1959, in 5 top lists Check -
126 +7
Window Water Baby Moving
1959, in 7 top lists Check -
58 +7
Primary
1960, in 6 top lists Check -
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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
141 +7
...A Valparaíso
1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check -
263 +7
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
190 +7
Happy Mother's Day
1963, in 2 top lists Check -
93 +7
Le joli mai
1963 — a.k.a. The Lovely Month of May, in 4 top lists Check -
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Khaneh siah ast
1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check -
248 +7
Pour la suite du monde
1963 — a.k.a. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men, in 3 top lists Check -
132 +7
Empire
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
165 +7
Point of Order!
1964, in 4 top lists Check
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