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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 73 -

    Nieuwe gronden

    1933 — a.k.a. New Earth, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 116 -

    War Comes to America

    1945, in 3 top lists Check
  6. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  8. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  9. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 111 -

    The Nazis Strike

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 110 -

    Prelude to War

    1942 — a.k.a. Why We Fight, in 4 top lists Check
  12. 69 -

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  13. 74 -

    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
  14. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 34 -

    Happy Mother's Day

    1963, in 2 top lists Check
  16. 93 -

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  17. 82 -

    Portrait of Jason

    1967, in 11 top lists Check
  18. 101 -

    Tongues Untied

    1989, in 11 top lists Check
  19. 31 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  20. 100 -

    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 35 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  22. 29 -

    Forgotten Silver

    1995, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 87 -

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 62 -

    Les maîtres fous

    1955 — a.k.a. The Mad Masters, in 6 top lists Check
  25. 89 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  26. 14 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  27. 79 -

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 104 -

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  29. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  30. 97 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  31. 77 -

    Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography

    1981, in 1 top list Check
  32. 49 -

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    1980, in 3 top lists Check
  33. 30 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
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    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 86 -

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  36. 94 -

    The Spanish Earth

    1937, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 96 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  38. 38 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 105 -

    Very Nice, Very Nice

    1961, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 88 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  41. 72 -

    Necrology

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  42. 47 -

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 15 -

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
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    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  45. 107 -

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 46 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 41 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 98 -

    This Is Spinal Tap

    1984, in 22 top lists Check
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    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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