Brighton Film Academy's 100 Documentary Films to Watch
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The goals with this list were as follows: To, try not to include more than one film from the same director. Two, to cover a broad range of topics and styles, and not just what is currently popular.
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American Movie
1999, in 5 top lists Check -
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The Aristocrats
2005, in 0 top lists Check -
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The Atomic Cafe
1982, in 3 top lists Check -
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San Pietro
1945, in 4 top lists Check -
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Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt
1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check -
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Buena Vista Social Club
1999, in 3 top lists Check -
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Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
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Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
2004, in 1 top list Check -
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Burden of Dreams
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 top lists Check -
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Children Underground
2001, in 0 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 -
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City of Gold
1957, in 1 top list Check -
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The Civil War
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
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Coal Face
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
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Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter
1994, in 0 top lists Check -
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Control Room
2004, in 0 top lists Check -
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Cosmos
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
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Dark Days
2000, in 1 top list Check -
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Darwin's Nightmare
2004, in 3 top lists Check -
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Daughter from Danang
2002, in 0 top lists Check -
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Daughter Rite
1980, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dead Birds
1963, in 3 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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Drifters
1929, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Endless Summer
1965, in 2 top lists Check -
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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
2005, in 1 top list Check -
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Frontline: The Farmer's Wife
1998, in 0 top lists Check -
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Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
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Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
1925, in 6 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame
1960, in 2 top lists Check -
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Hearts and Minds
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Housing Problems
1935, in 2 top lists Check -
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In the Year of the Pig
1968, in 4 top lists Check -
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Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
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The King of Kong
2007 — a.k.a. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, in 1 top list Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
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The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
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Life and Debt
2001, in 1 top list Check -
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The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
1980, in 3 top lists Check -
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Looking for Richard
1996, in 1 top list Check -
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The Lumière Brothers' First Films
1996, in 0 top lists Check -
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Las madres de la Plaza de Mayo
1985 — a.k.a. The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, in 0 top lists Check -
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Man on Wire
2008, in 6 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 -
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Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992, in 2 top lists Check
Last updated on Jul 2, 2012; source