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. 54 +7

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  3. 1 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  6. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  8. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

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

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  10. 4 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  11. 118 +7

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  12. 53 +7

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  13. 16 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  14. 32 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  15. 60 +7

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  16. 5 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  17. 94 +7

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 162 +7

    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 3 -

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  20. 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
  21. 108 +7

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 163 +7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  23. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  25. 10 -

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 69 +7

    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
  27. 2 -

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  28. 39 +7

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 183 +7

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 36 -

    Gimme Shelter

    1970, in 8 top lists Check
  31. 6 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  32. 229 +7

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  33. 128 +7

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 9 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  35. 117 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 154 +7

    Pina

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 31 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  38. 170 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  39. 64 +7

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  40. 33 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  41. 47 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  42. 192 +7

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  43. 8 -

    Dont Look Back

    1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check
  44. 43 +7

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  45. 63 +7

    When We Were Kings

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
  46. 97 +7

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
  47. 30 -

    Nostalgia de la luz

    2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 87 +7

    De fem benspænd

    2003 — a.k.a. The Five Obstructions, in 6 top lists Check
  49. 57 +7

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 17 -

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
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