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. 95 -

    Surname Viet Given Name Nam

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 85 -

    Les raquetteurs

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  3. 108 -

    We Are the Lambeth Boys

    1959, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 42 -

    I for India

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  5. 62 -

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  6. 76 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  7. 32 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  8. 45 -

    Kon-Tiki

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 66 -

    La marche de l'empereur

    2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 88 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  11. 48 -

    Let There Be Light

    1946, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 72 -

    Necrology

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 110 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  14. 53 -

    La voltige

    1895 — a.k.a. Trick Riding, in 1 top list Check
  15. 8 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  16. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 24 -

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  18. 59 -

    Le saut à la couverture

    1895 — a.k.a. Jumping the Blanket, in 1 top list Check
  19. 40 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 54 -

    La pêche aux poissons rouges

    1895 — a.k.a. Fishing for Goldfish, in 1 top list Check
  21. 60 -

    Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 58 -

    Repas de bébé

    1895 — a.k.a. Baby's Meal, in 3 top lists Check
  23. 94 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 30 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 33 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  26. 65 -

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  27. 73 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 102 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  29. 61 -

    Baignade en mer

    1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check
  30. 56 -

    Les forgerons

    1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 41 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 1 -

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  33. 64 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  34. 51 -

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    1976, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 80 -

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 104 -

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  37. 7 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  38. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 91 -

    Shipyard

    1935, in 1 top list Check
  43. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  44. 2 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 21 -

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  46. 57 -

    L'arroseur arrosé

    1895 — a.k.a. The Waterer Watered, in 6 top lists Check
  47. 70 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  48. 75 -

    North Sea

    1938, in 1 top list Check
  49. 12 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 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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