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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Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
48 +7
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
54 +7
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
102 +7
Fata Morgana
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
118 +7
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
206 +7
Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
183 +7
The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
104 +7
Senna
2010, in 4 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
261 +7
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski
1999 — a.k.a. My Best Fiend, in 1 top list Check -
119 +7
Woodstock
1970, in 13 top lists Check -
53 +7
Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
60 +7
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
46 +7
Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
51 +7
Man on Wire
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
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Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
56 +7
À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
108 +7
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
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Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
170 +7
My Winnipeg
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
147 +7
Hearts and Minds
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
77 +7
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
1971 — a.k.a. Land of Silence and Darkness, in 5 top lists Check -
95 +7
Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker
1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check -
57 +7
Burden of Dreams
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
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Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
96 +7
Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit
1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check -
121 +7
Edvard Munch
1974, in 9 top lists Check -
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Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
101 +7
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
1971, in 9 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 -
205 +7
Dokfa nai meuman
2000 — a.k.a. Mysterious Object at Noon, in 6 top lists Check -
128 +7
Encounters at the End of the World
2007, in 2 top lists Check -
61 +7
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...
2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check -
78 +7
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997, in 2 top lists Check -
173 +7
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
127 +7
Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner
1974 — a.k.a. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, in 3 top lists Check -
97 +7
Être et avoir
2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check -
166 +7
Gates of Heaven
1978, in 4 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 -
82 +7
Entuziazm (Simfoniya Donbassa)
1930 — a.k.a. Enthusiasm, in 7 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 3, 2017 by PeacefulAnarchy; source