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. 265 +7

    The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
  2. 264 +7

    Eyes on the Prize

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  3. 263 +7

    Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

    1963, in 5 top lists Check
  4. 262 +7

    Dal Polo all'Equatore

    1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check
  5. 261 +7

    Mein liebster Feind - Klaus Kinski

    1999 — a.k.a. My Best Fiend, in 1 top list Check
  6. 260 +7

    La Soufrière - Warten auf eine unausweichliche...

    1977 — a.k.a. La Soufrière, in 1 top list Check
  7. 259 +7

    Turksib

    1929, in 6 top lists Check
  8. 258 +7

    Tishe!

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  9. 257 +7

    Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen

    1983, in 4 top lists Check
  10. 256 +7

    The Interrupters

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  11. 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
  12. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  13. 253 +7

    Milestones

    1975, in 2 top lists Check
  14. 252 +7

    Louisiana Story

    1948, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 250 +7

    Délits flagrants

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  17. 249 +7

    La bocca del lupo

    2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check
  18. 248 +7

    Pour la suite du monde

    1963 — a.k.a. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men, in 3 top lists Check
  19. 247 +7

    The Moon and the Sledgehammer

    1971, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 246 +7

    Gambling, Gods and LSD

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  21. 245 +7

    Informe general sobre unas cuestiones de...

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  22. 244 +7

    Cuadecuc, vampir

    1971, in 4 top lists Check
  23. 243 +7

    Vzglyanite na litso

    1966, in 1 top list Check
  24. 242 +7

    The River

    1938, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 241 +7

    Unser täglich Brot

    2005 — a.k.a. Our Daily Bread, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 240 +7

    The Leader, His Driver, and the Driver's Wife

    1991, in 1 top list Check
  27. 239 +7

    La région centrale

    1971, in 8 top lists Check
  28. 238 +7

    Viewpoint '87: Living on the Edge

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  29. 237 +7

    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

    1925, in 6 top lists Check
  30. 236 +7

    Streetwise

    1984, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 235 +7

    A Portrait of Ga

    1952, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 234 +7

    Wszystko moze sie przytrafic

    1995 — a.k.a. Anything Can Happen, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 233 +7

    L'Inde fantôme

    1969 — a.k.a. Phantom India, in 4 top lists Check
  34. 232 +7

    O Dreamland

    1953, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 231 +7

    Stand van de Sterren

    2010 — a.k.a. Position Among the Stars, in 1 top list Check
  36. 230 +7

    P.O.V.: My Country, My Country

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  37. 229 +7

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  38. 228 +7

    The Spirit of '45

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  39. 227 +7

    The Civil War

    1990, in 3 top lists Check
  40. 226 +7

    Gokushiteki erosu: Renka 1974

    1974 — a.k.a. Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974, in 1 top list Check
  41. 225 +7

    En construcción

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 224 +7

    The Hunters

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 223 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  44. 222 +7

    Demon Lover Diary

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  45. 221 +7

    Routine Pleasures

    1986, in 3 top lists Check
  46. 220 +7

    One + One

    1968 — a.k.a. The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil, in 1 top list Check
  47. 219 +7

    La pyramide humaine

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Pyramid, in 2 top lists Check
  48. 218 +7

    Finis terrae

    1929, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 217 +7

    Iraq in Fragments

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  50. 216 +7

    Xianshi shi guoqu de weilai

    2009 — a.k.a. Disorder, in 2 top lists Check
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