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. 2 -

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 92 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  3. 89 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  4. 97 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 32 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 66 -

    La marche de l'empereur

    2005 — a.k.a. March of the Penguins, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 22 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  8. 76 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  9. 102 -

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  10. 118 -

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 3 -

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 8 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 70 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  14. 1 -

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  15. 86 -

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 87 -

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
  17. 88 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 90 -

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 61 -

    Baignade en mer

    1895 — a.k.a. The Sea, in 1 top list Check
  20. 27 -

    Baraye azadi

    1979 — a.k.a. For Liberty, in 1 top list Check
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 113 -

    The Battle of Britain

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 115 -

    The Battle of China

    1944, in 3 top lists Check
  26. 114 -

    The Battle of Russia

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  27. 7 -

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  28. 10 -

    British Sounds

    1970 — a.k.a. See You at Mao, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 12 -

    Cane Toads: An Unnatural History

    1988, in 3 top lists Check
  30. 36 -

    CBS Reports: Harvest of Shame

    1960, in 2 top lists Check
  31. 13 -

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 64 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  33. 14 -

    Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)

    1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check
  34. 16 -

    Coal Face

    1935, in 2 top lists Check
  35. 17 -

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 18 -

    Daughter Rite

    1980, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 20 -

    Dead Birds

    1963, in 3 top lists Check
  38. 55 -

    Le débarquement du congrès de photographie à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon, in 1 top list Check
  39. 21 -

    A Diary for Timothy

    1945, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 112 -

    Divide and Conquer

    1943, in 3 top lists Check
  41. 93 -

    El sol del membrillo

    1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check
  42. 24 -

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  43. 26 -

    Farrebique ou Les quatre saisons

    1946 — a.k.a. Farrebique, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 28 -

    Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

    1997, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 56 -

    Les forgerons

    1895 — a.k.a. Blacksmith Scene, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 96 -

    Gadajace glowy

    1980 — a.k.a. Talking Heads, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 30 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  48. 31 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  49. 78 -

    La guerre d'un seul homme

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
  50. 33 -

    Handsworth Songs

    1986, in 5 top lists Check
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