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. 43 -

    In the Year of the Pig

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 28 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 17 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 67 -

    A Married Couple

    1969, in 7 top lists Check
  5. 83 -

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 68 -

    Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

    1971 — a.k.a. Minamata, in 5 top lists Check
  7. 82 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  8. 109 -

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 104 -

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 19 -

    David Holzman's Diary

    1967, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 100 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 74 -

    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 23 -

    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 9 top lists Check
  14. 24 -

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  15. 35 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 116 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  18. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  20. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 47 -

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  22. 93 -

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  23. 79 -

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  24. 48 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 110 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  27. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 34 -

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 39 -

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

    1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 38 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 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
  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. 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
  34. 65 -

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 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. 81 -

    The Plow That Broke the Plains

    1936, in 2 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. 30 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  39. 97 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 40 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 85 -

    Les raquetteurs

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  42. 73 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 105 -

    Very Nice, Very Nice

    1961, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 53 -

    La voltige

    1895 — a.k.a. Trick Riding, in 1 top list Check
  46. 59 -

    Le saut à la couverture

    1895 — a.k.a. Jumping the Blanket, in 1 top list Check
  47. 60 -

    Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 54 -

    La pêche aux poissons rouges

    1895 — a.k.a. Fishing for Goldfish, in 1 top list Check
  49. 55 -

    Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon, in 1 top list Check
  50. 56 -

    Les forgerons

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