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. 228 +7

    The Spirit of '45

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  2. 24 -

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  3. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  4. 212 +7

    The House I Live In

    2012, in 1 top list Check
  5. 38 +7

    Leviathan

    2012, in 5 top lists Check
  6. 114 +7

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  7. 192 +7

    Stories We Tell

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
  8. 161 +7

    Dreams of a Life

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 136 +7

    Five Broken Cameras

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  10. 256 +7

    The Interrupters

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  11. 202 +7

    Jai Bhim Comrade

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  12. 154 +7

    Pina

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  13. 155 +7

    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  14. 81 +7

    The Arbor

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  15. 204 +7

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 162 +7

    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  17. 30 -

    Nostalgia de la luz

    2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check
  18. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  19. 231 +7

    Stand van de Sterren

    2010 — a.k.a. Position Among the Stars, in 1 top list Check
  20. 249 +7

    La bocca del lupo

    2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check
  21. 189 +7

    Episode 3: 'Enjoy Poverty'

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  22. 187 +7

    The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  23. 216 +7

    Xianshi shi guoqu de weilai

    2009 — a.k.a. Disorder, in 2 top lists Check
  24. 203 +7

    Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land

    2008 — a.k.a. Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country, in 1 top list Check
  25. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  26. 54 +7

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  27. 186 +7

    At Sea

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  28. 128 +7

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  29. 170 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  30. 138 +7

    RR

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  31. 85 +7

    Santiago

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  32. 217 +7

    Iraq in Fragments

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  33. 230 +7

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

    2006, in 1 top list Check
  34. 125 +7

    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts

    2006, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 164 +7

    Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle

    2006 — a.k.a. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, in 4 top lists Check
  36. 23 -

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 12 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  38. 109 +7

    Sisters in Law

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  39. 241 +7

    Unser täglich Brot

    2005 — a.k.a. Our Daily Bread, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 75 +7

    Workingman's Death

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 50 +7

    Darwin's Nightmare

    2004, in 3 top lists Check
  42. 118 +7

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  43. 148 +7

    Melancholian 3 huonetta

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 173 +7

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  45. 265 +7

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

    2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check
  46. 198 +7

    Soupçons

    2004 — a.k.a. The Staircase, in 1 top list Check
  47. 39 +7

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  48. 117 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 87 +7

    De fem benspænd

    2003 — a.k.a. The Five Obstructions, in 6 top lists Check
  50. 201 +7

    Dying at Grace

    2003, in 5 top lists Check
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