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. 102 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  2. 118 -

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
  3. 23 -

    Yuki yukite, shingun

    1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 3 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  5. 77 -

    Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  6. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 33 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
  8. 13 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  9. 12 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 2 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 82 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  14. 65 -

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 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
  16. 40 -

    Housing Problems

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  17. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 24 -

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  19. 89 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 46 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  21. 43 -

    In the Year of the Pig

    1968, in 4 top lists Check
  22. 85 -

    Les raquetteurs

    1958, in 1 top list Check
  23. 100 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 11 -

    Ônibus 174

    2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
  25. 38 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  26. 104 -

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 88 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  28. 117 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  29. 86 -

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  30. 14 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 7 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 79 -

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  33. 87 -

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
  34. 31 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  35. 47 -

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 80 -

    Menschen am Sonntag

    1930 — a.k.a. People on Sunday, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 105 -

    Very Nice, Very Nice

    1961, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 61 -

    Baignade en mer

    1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check
  39. 62 -

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 96 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 15 -

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 70 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  43. 94 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 54 -

    La pêche aux poissons rouges

    1895 — a.k.a. Fishing for Goldfish, in 1 top list Check
  45. 59 -

    Le saut à la couverture

    1895 — a.k.a. Jumping the Blanket, in 1 top list Check
  46. 60 -

    Place des Cordeliers à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Cordeliers' Square in Lyon, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 50 -

    Lonely Boy

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  48. 63 -

    Manhatta

    1921, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 21 -

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  50. 29 -

    Forgotten Silver

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
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