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. 3 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 45 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  3. 68 -

    Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

    1971 — a.k.a. Minamata, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 39 -

    La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 23 -

    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check
  6. 93 -

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 110 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  9. 66 -

    La marche de l'empereur

    2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 67 -

    A Married Couple

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 69 -

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 83 -

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  13. 11 -

    Ônibus 174

    2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 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
  15. 92 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  16. 94 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 37 -

    Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam

    1995, in 1 top list Check
  18. 106 -

    Waiting for Fidel

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  19. 82 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 24 -

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 100 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 28 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 101 -

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  24. 118 -

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 12 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 75 -

    North Sea

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  27. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 34 -

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 79 -

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 81 -

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 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
  33. 74 -

    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  34. 21 -

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  35. 47 -

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 35 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  37. 1 -

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  39. 91 -

    Shipyard

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  40. 40 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 96 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 85 -

    Les raquetteurs

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  43. 72 -

    Necrology

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 63 -

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  45. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 105 -

    Very Nice, Very Nice

    1961, in 3 top lists Check
  47. 59 -

    Le saut à la couverture

    1895 — a.k.a. Jumping the Blanket, in 1 top list Check
  48. 54 -

    La pêche aux poissons rouges

    1895 — a.k.a. Fishing for Goldfish, in 1 top list Check
  49. 14 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  50. 65 -

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
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