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. 51 -

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 71 -

    Native Land

    1942, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 84 -

    Primate

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 95 -

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 25 -

    Padenie dinastii Romanovykh

    1927 — a.k.a. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 108 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 9 -

    A British Picture

    1989, in 1 top list Check
  9. 66 -

    La marche de l'empereur

    2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 78 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 20 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 26 -

    Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons

    1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 11 -

    Ônibus 174

    2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
  14. 49 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 18 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 75 -

    North Sea

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  17. 91 -

    Shipyard

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  18. 99 -

    Time Indefinite

    1993, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 67 -

    A Married Couple

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  20. 106 -

    Waiting for Fidel

    1974, in 1 top list Check
  21. 77 -

    Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  22. 118 -

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 24 -

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  24. 101 -

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  25. 28 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  26. 109 -

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 82 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  31. 85 -

    Les raquetteurs

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  32. 45 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 12 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  34. 3 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 68 -

    Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

    1971 — a.k.a. Minamata, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 116 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  39. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 43 -

    In the Year of the Pig

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 69 -

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  44. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  45. 73 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 34 -

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 81 -

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    1936, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 96 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 40 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
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