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. 76 +7

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 53 +7

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  3. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
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    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
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    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 18 -

    7 Plus Seven

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 17 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  9. 198 +7

    Soupçons

    2004 — a.k.a. The Staircase, in 1 top list Check
  10. 39 +7

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 97 +7

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  12. 237 +7

    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 60 +7

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 91 +7

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  16. 129 +7

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 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
  18. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 171 +7

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  20. 10 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 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
  22. 252 +7

    Louisiana Story

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
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    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 83 +7

    High School

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  27. 46 +7

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 79 +7

    Chelsea Girls

    1966, in 6 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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    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 141 +7

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  34. 181 +7

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
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    28 Up

    1984, in 5 top lists Check
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    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
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    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 23 -

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
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    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 123 +7

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 101 +7

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 163 +7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 223 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 81 +7

    The Arbor

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 178 +7

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief...

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 186 +7

    At Sea

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 204 +7

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 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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