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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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 -
249 +7
La bocca del lupo
2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check -
204 +7
Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu
2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check -
182 +7
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992, in 2 top lists Check -
179 +7
Tarnation
2003, in 3 top lists Check -
178 +7
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief...
2000, in 6 top lists Check -
161 +7
Dreams of a Life
2011, in 2 top lists Check -
137 +7
El desencanto
1976 — a.k.a. The Disenchantment, in 4 top lists Check -
134 +7
Le tombeau d'Alexandre
1993 — a.k.a. The Last Bolshevik, in 3 top lists Check -
127 +7
Die große Ekstase des Bildschnitzers Steiner
1974 — a.k.a. The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, in 3 top lists Check -
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The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
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Edvard Munch
1974, in 9 top lists Check -
116 +7
Hôtel Terminus
1988, in 6 top lists Check -
114 +7
Searching for Sugar Man
2012, in 6 top lists Check -
104 +7
Senna
2010, in 4 top lists Check -
100 +7
Time Indefinite
1993, in 3 top lists Check -
81 +7
The Arbor
2010, in 5 top lists Check -
78 +7
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997, in 2 top lists Check -
65 +7
Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
60 +7
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
54 +7
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
51 +7
Man on Wire
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
44 +7
El sol del membrillo
1992 — a.k.a. The Quince Tree Sun, in 9 top lists Check -
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Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 top lists Check -
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49 Up
2005, in 2 top lists Check -
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42 Up
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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35 Up
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
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28 Up
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
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21 Up
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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7 Plus Seven
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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Seven Up!
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check
Last updated on Aug 3, 2017 by PeacefulAnarchy; source