BFI's 100 Documentary Films

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"100 Documentary Films is the first book to offer concise and authoritative individual critical commentaries on some of the key documentary films - from the Lumière brothers and the beginnings of cinema through to recent films such as Bowling for Columbine and When the Levees Broke - and is global in perspective. Many different types of documentary are discussed, as well as films by major documentary directors, including Robert Flaherty, Humphrey Jennings, Jean Rouch, Dziga Vertov, Errol Morris, Nick Broomfield and Michael Moore. Each entry provides concise critical analysis, while frequent cross reference to other films featured helps to place films in their historical and aesthetic contexts."

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  1. 2 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 92 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 89 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 97 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 107 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 32 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 66 -

    La marche de l'empereur

    2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 22 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  9. 80 -

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  10. 76 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 98 -

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
  12. 102 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  13. 118 -

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 8 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 70 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 86 -

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 87 -

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 88 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  21. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  22. 61 -

    Baignade en mer

    1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check
  23. 27 -

    Baraye azadi

    1979 — a.k.a. For Liberty, in 1 top list Check
  24. 4 -

    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
  25. 5 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 6 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  29. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 7 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 9 -

    A British Picture

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  32. 10 -

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 12 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 13 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  36. 64 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  37. 14 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  38. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 17 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 18 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 19 -

    David Holzman's Diary

    1967, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 20 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  43. 55 -

    Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon, in 1 top list Check
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    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 93 -

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  47. 24 -

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  48. 26 -

    Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons

    1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 28 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 56 -

    Les forgerons

    1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check
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