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. 9 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  2. 64 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
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    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 36 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
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    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  6. 82 -

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
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    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
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    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
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    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
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    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

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

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  14. 47 -

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
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    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
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    Exit Through the Gift Shop

    2010, in 1 top list Check
  18. 88 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
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    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 24 -

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  21. 26 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  22. 27 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  23. 3 -

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  24. 52 -

    Baraka

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
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    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
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    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 13 -

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

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  29. 95 -

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 46 -

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
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    Titicut Follies

    1967, in 9 top lists Check
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    Les plages d'Agnès

    2008 — a.k.a. The Beaches of Agnès, in 6 top lists Check
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    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
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    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
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    Le sang des bêtes

    1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check
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    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 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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    Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
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    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 37 -

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  41. 67 -

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
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    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  43. 29 -

    Los Angeles Plays Itself

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
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    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
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    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 55 -

    The Cove

    2009, in 2 top lists Check
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    Gates of Heaven

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
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    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
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    Anvil: The Story of Anvil

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
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    De fem benspænd

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