Filmspotting Top 100 Documentaries

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The Top 100 Documentaries of all time as selected by Filmspotting forum members.

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  1. 16 -

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 5 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 82 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  4. 22 -

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  5. 9 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  6. 95 -

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 36 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  8. 92 -

    For All Mankind

    1989, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 74 -

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 1 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 64 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  12. 100 -

    Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski

    1999 — a.k.a. My Best Fiend, in 1 top list Check
  13. 31 -

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 52 -

    Baraka

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 47 -

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 23 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 2 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  18. 8 -

    Planet Earth

    2006, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 19 -

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 26 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  21. 27 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  22. 15 -

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 12 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  24. 66 -

    Super Size Me

    2004, in 1 top list Check
  25. 24 -

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 67 -

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  27. 89 -

    An Inconvenient Truth

    2006, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 18 -

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 40 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  30. 28 -

    American Masters: No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

    2005, in 0 top lists Check
  31. 4 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  32. 71 -

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 7 -

    Exit Through the Gift Shop

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  34. 13 -

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 39 -

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  36. 72 -

    Gates of Heaven

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    The King of Kong

    2007 — a.k.a. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, in 1 top list Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  39. 6 -

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  40. 43 -

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  41. 51 -

    Sicko

    2007, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 49 -

    Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood...

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 73 -

    Le peuple migrateur

    2001 — a.k.a. Winged Migration, in 1 top list Check
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    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 61 -

    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
  46. 17 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  47. 75 -

    De fem benspænd

    2003 — a.k.a. The Five Obstructions, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 35 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
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    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 30 -

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
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