Sight & Sound's The Greatest Documentaries of All Time
An official iCheckMovies list (adopted from PeacefulAnarchy).
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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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The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...
2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check -
264 +7
Eyes on the Prize
1987, in 1 top list Check -
263 +7
Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment
1963, in 5 top lists Check -
262 +7
Dal Polo all'Equatore
1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check -
261 +7
Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski
1999 — a.k.a. My Best Fiend, in 1 top list Check -
260 +7
La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche...
1977 — a.k.a. La Soufrière, in 1 top list Check -
259 +7
Turksib
1929, in 6 top lists Check -
257 +7
Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
255 +7
Nippon Sengoshi - Madamu onboro no Seikatsu
1970 — a.k.a. History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess, in 2 top lists Check -
252 +7
Louisiana Story
1948, in 5 top lists Check -
251 +7
Afrique 50
1950, in 3 top lists Check -
250 +7
Délits flagrants
1994, in 1 top list Check -
249 +7
La bocca del lupo
2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check -
248 +7
Pour la suite du monde
1963 — a.k.a. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men, in 3 top lists Check -
244 +7
Cuadecuc, vampir
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
242 +7
The River
1938, in 4 top lists Check -
241 +7
Unser täglich Brot
2005 — a.k.a. Our Daily Bread, in 2 top lists Check -
239 +7
La région centrale
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
237 +7
Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
1925, in 6 top lists Check -
236 +7
Streetwise
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
234 +7
Wszystko moze sie przytrafic
1995 — a.k.a. Anything Can Happen, in 4 top lists Check -
233 +7
L'Inde fantôme
1969 — a.k.a. Phantom India, in 4 top lists Check -
232 +7
O Dreamland
1953, in 3 top lists Check -
230 +7
P.O.V.: My Country, My Country
2006, in 1 top list Check -
229 +7
Touching the Void
2003, in 7 top lists Check -
227 +7
The Civil War
1990, in 3 top lists Check -
226 +7
Gokushiteki erosu: Renka 1974
1974 — a.k.a. Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974, in 1 top list Check -
225 +7
En construcción
2001, in 3 top lists Check -
224 +7
The Hunters
1957, in 2 top lists Check -
223 +7
Amsterdam Global Village
1996, in 3 top lists Check -
222 +7
Demon Lover Diary
1980, in 1 top list Check -
221 +7
Routine Pleasures
1986, in 3 top lists Check -
220 +7
One + One
1968 — a.k.a. The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil, in 1 top list Check -
219 +7
La pyramide humaine
1961 — a.k.a. The Human Pyramid, in 2 top lists Check -
217 +7
Iraq in Fragments
2006, in 1 top list Check -
215 +7
Hapax Legomena I: Nostalgia
1971, in 8 top lists Check -
214 +7
London Can Take It!
1940, in 1 top list Check -
213 +7
Primate
1974, in 2 top lists Check -
211 +7
Cabra Marcado Para Morrer
1984 — a.k.a. Twenty Years Later, in 6 top lists Check -
210 +7
Nevinost bez zastite
1968 — a.k.a. Innocence Unprotected, in 5 top lists Check -
209 +7
The War Room
1993, in 2 top lists Check -
208 +7
Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe
1996 — a.k.a. Microcosmos, in 3 top lists Check -
207 +7
Crossroads
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
206 +7
Häxan
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
205 +7
Dokfa nai meuman
2000 — a.k.a. Mysterious Object at Noon, in 6 top lists Check -
203 +7
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land
2008 — a.k.a. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, in 1 top list Check -
200 +7
A Married Couple
1969, in 7 top lists Check -
199 +7
The World at War
1973, in 1 top list Check -
198 +7
Soupçons
2004 — a.k.a. The Staircase, in 1 top list Check -
197 +7
The Battle of the Somme
1916 — a.k.a. Kitchener's Great Army in the Battle of the Somme, in 4 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 3, 2017 by PeacefulAnarchy; source