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.

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  1. 66 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
  2. 118 +7

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 54 +7

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  6. 162 +7

    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  9. 4 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  10. 129 +7

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  11. 16 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  12. 1 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  13. 5 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  15. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  16. 114 +7

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  17. 91 +7

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  18. 6 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 43 +7

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  20. 108 +7

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 60 +7

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  22. 39 +7

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  23. 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
  24. 46 +7

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  25. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  26. 32 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 36 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 117 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  29. 10 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  30. 53 +7

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  31. 183 +7

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
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    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  33. 163 +7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  34. 94 +7

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  35. 229 +7

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  36. 64 +7

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  37. 173 +7

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  38. 69 +7

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  39. 17 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 9 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  41. 63 +7

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  42. 14 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  43. 8 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 122 +7

    The Times of Harvey Milk

    1984, in 8 top lists Check
  45. 128 +7

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 31 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  47. 2 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  48. 154 +7

    Pina

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  49. 56 +7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  50. 33 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
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