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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Les statues meurent aussi
1953 — a.k.a. Statues also Die, in 4 top lists Check -
180 +7
Misère au Borinage
1934 — a.k.a. Borinage, in 4 top lists Check -
257 +7
Reassemblage: From the Firelight to the Screen
1983, in 4 top lists Check -
124 +7
In the Street
1948, in 4 top lists Check -
207 +7
Crossroads
1976, in 4 top lists Check -
152 +7
Now
1965, in 5 top lists Check -
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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 -
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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 -
236 +7
Streetwise
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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28 Up
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
142 +7
Une histoire de vent
1988 — a.k.a. A Tale of the Wind, in 5 top lists Check -
116 +7
Hôtel Terminus
1988, in 6 top lists Check -
48 +7
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
43 +7
Roger & Me
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
150 +7
Route One USA
1989, in 3 top lists Check -
65 +7
Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
94 +7
Stop Making Sense
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
122 +7
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
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Yuki yukite, shingun
1987 — a.k.a. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, in 9 top lists Check -
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21 Up
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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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 -
57 +7
Burden of Dreams
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
121 +7
Edvard Munch
1974, in 9 top lists Check -
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F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
80 +7
Le fond de l'air est rouge
1977 — a.k.a. A Grin Without A Cat, in 3 top lists Check -
166 +7
Gates of Heaven
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
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Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
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Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
147 +7
Hearts and Minds
1974, in 7 top lists Check -
77 +7
Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit
1971 — a.k.a. Land of Silence and Darkness, in 5 top lists Check -
183 +7
The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
72 +7
News from Home
1976, in 7 top lists Check -
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Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
140 +7
Trop tôt/Trop tard
1981 — a.k.a. Too Early/Too Late, in 5 top lists Check -
125 +7
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
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7 Plus Seven
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le chagrin et la pitié
1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check -
79 +7
Chelsea Girls
1966, in 6 top lists Check -
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Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960)
1961 — a.k.a. Chronicle of a Summer, in 8 top lists Check -
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Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
102 +7
Fata Morgana
1971, in 4 top lists Check -
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Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
1989, in 8 top lists -
55 +7
La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
151 +7
India: Matri Bhumi
1959, in 5 top lists Check -
62 +7
Moi, un noir
1958 — a.k.a. I, a Negro, in 3 top lists Check -
59 +7
Portrait of Jason
1967, in 11 top lists Check -
58 +7
Primary
1960, in 6 top lists Check
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