Flavorwire's 50 Best Documentaries of All Time

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The list is ordered top-down. #6 and #19 in the original list are series ("Up" and "Paradise Lost"): all the movies in those series have been included here.

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  1. 8 new

    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 9 new

    28 Up

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 10 new

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 11 new

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 12 new

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 7 new

    7 Plus Seven

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 59 new

    After Tiller

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
  8. 58 new

    Biggie and Tupac

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  9. 23 new

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 33 new

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  11. 18 new

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 49 new

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  13. 42 new

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  14. 47 new

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  15. 6 new

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  16. 25 new

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  17. 40 new

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
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Last updated on Oct 23, 2014; source