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. 4 new

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  2. 19 new

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 20 new

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 22 new

    4 Little Girls

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  5. 25 new

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  6. 29 new

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  7. 43 new

    The War Room

    1993, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 45 new

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

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 48 new

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  10. 49 new

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  11. 56 new

    Waco: The Rules of Engagement

    1997, in 1 top list Check
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Last updated on Oct 23, 2014; source