Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
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In 2014, Sight & Sound polled 340 documentary critics, curators, academics and filmmakers asking for top 10 documentary lists. Over 1000 films got votes, from years as early as 1892 to as recent as 2013. This list is the combined critics and filmmakers list of all films that received 3 or more votes.
You can find the films receiving just one or two votes: here
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 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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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 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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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
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Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
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Salesman
1969, in 10 top lists Check -
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Las Hurdes
1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check -
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Titicut Follies
1967, in 9 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Seven Up!
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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7 Plus Seven
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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21 Up
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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28 Up
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
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35 Up
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
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42 Up
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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49 Up
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
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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 -
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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 -
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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 -
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Tiexi qu
2002 — a.k.a. Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, in 8 top lists Check -
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
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Khaneh siah ast
1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
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Listen to Britain
1942, in 7 top lists Check -
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Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 10 top lists Check -
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Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
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Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 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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Man of Aran
1934, in 5 top lists Check -
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Roger & Me
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
44 +7
El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
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Welfare
1975, in 7 top lists Check -
46 +7
Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
47 +7
Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
48 +7
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
49 +7
Night Mail
1936, in 5 top lists Check -
50 +7
Darwin's Nightmare
2004, in 3 top lists Check -
51 +7
Man on Wire
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
52 +7
Belovy
1992, in 2 top lists Check -
53 +7
Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
54 +7
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
55 +7
La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check
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