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. 9 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  2. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 6 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  4. 43 +7

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  5. 94 +7

    Stop Making Sense

    1984, in 9 top lists Check
  6. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  7. 1 -

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  8. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 91 +7

    La sortie de l'usine Lumière à Lyon

    1895 — a.k.a. Leaving the Factory, in 10 top lists Check
  10. 229 +7

    Touching the Void

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  11. 39 +7

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 64 +7

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  13. 171 +7

    Fires Were Started

    1943, in 8 top lists Check
  14. 34 -

    Listen to Britain

    1942, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  16. 166 +7

    Gates of Heaven

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 5 -

    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  18. 4 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  19. 95 +7

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 top lists Check
  20. 96 +7

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
  21. 118 +7

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 141 +7

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  24. 181 +7

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  25. 19 -

    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 20 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  27. 21 -

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  28. 22 -

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 23 -

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 24 -

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
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    7 Plus Seven

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 123 +7

    79 primaveras

    1969, in 5 top lists Check
  33. 101 +7

    The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes

    1971, in 9 top lists Check
  34. 251 +7

    Afrique 50

    1950, in 3 top lists Check
  35. 163 +7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  36. 223 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  37. 81 +7

    The Arbor

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  38. 178 +7

    As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief...

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  39. 186 +7

    At Sea

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  40. 204 +7

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check
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    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1975 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part I, in 8 top lists Check
  42. 26 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1976 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part II, in 6 top lists Check
  43. 27 -

    La batalla de Chile: La lucha de un pueblo sin...

    1979 — a.k.a. The Battle of Chile: Part III, in 6 top lists Check
  44. 175 +7

    The Battle of Midway

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  45. 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
  46. 52 +7

    Belovy

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 76 +7

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  48. 111 +7

    Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges

    1989 — a.k.a. Images of the World and the Inscription of War, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 160 +7

    Black Harvest

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  50. 249 +7

    La bocca del lupo

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