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. 194 +7

    Ningen jôhatsu

    1967 — a.k.a. A Man Vanishes, in 3 top lists Check
  2. 85 +7

    Santiago

    2007, in 5 top lists Check
  3. 202 +7

    Jai Bhim Comrade

    2011, in 1 top list Check
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 246 +7

    Gambling, Gods and LSD

    2002, in 3 top lists Check
  7. 182 +7

    Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 1 top list Check
  9. 223 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  10. 225 +7

    En construcción

    2001, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 231 +7

    Stand van de Sterren

    2010 — a.k.a. Position Among the Stars, in 1 top list Check
  12. 216 +7

    Xianshi shi guoqu de weilai

    2009 — a.k.a. Disorder, in 2 top lists Check
  13. 195 +7

    Tierische Liebe

    1996 — a.k.a. Animal Love, in 1 top list Check
  14. 150 +7

    Route One USA

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  15. 156 +7

    Dukhovnye golosa. Iz dnevnikov voyny....

    1995, in 3 top lists Check
  16. 135 +7

    Diary

    1983 — a.k.a. Diary 1973-1983, in 3 top lists Check
  17. 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
  18. 249 +7

    La bocca del lupo

    2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check
  19. 98 +7

    London

    1994, in 5 top lists Check
  20. 120 +7

    Minamata: Kanja-san to sono sekai

    1971 — a.k.a. Minamata, in 5 top lists Check
  21. 250 +7

    Délits flagrants

    1994, in 1 top list Check
  22. 24 -

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  23. 181 +7

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 3 top lists Check
  24. 189 +7

    Episode 3: 'Enjoy Poverty'

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  25. 219 +7

    La pyramide humaine

    1961 — a.k.a. The Human Pyramid, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 224 +7

    The Hunters

    1957, in 2 top lists Check
  27. 168 +7

    Near Death

    1989, in 3 top lists Check
  28. 187 +7

    The Sound of Insects: Record of a Mummy

    2009, in 1 top list Check
  29. 137 +7

    El desencanto

    1976 — a.k.a. The Disenchantment, in 4 top lists Check
  30. 220 +7

    One + One

    1968 — a.k.a. The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil, in 1 top list Check
  31. 136 +7

    Five Broken Cameras

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  32. 113 +7

    On the Bowery

    1956, in 4 top lists Check
  33. 161 +7

    Dreams of a Life

    2011, in 2 top lists Check
  34. 226 +7

    Gokushiteki erosu: Renka 1974

    1974 — a.k.a. Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974, in 1 top list Check
  35. 204 +7

    Autobiografia lui Nicolae Ceausescu

    2010 — a.k.a. The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 148 +7

    Melancholian 3 huonetta

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
  37. 139 +7

    Jaguar

    1967, in 1 top list Check
  38. 213 +7

    Primate

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  39. 144 +7

    Chung Kuo - Cina

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  40. 52 +7

    Belovy

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  41. 222 +7

    Demon Lover Diary

    1980, in 1 top list Check
  42. 185 +7

    Fourteen Days in May

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  43. 191 +7

    Cocksucker Blues

    1972, in 2 top lists Check
  44. 228 +7

    The Spirit of '45

    2013, in 1 top list Check
  45. 145 +7

    Robinson in Space

    1997, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 264 +7

    Eyes on the Prize

    1987, in 1 top list Check
  47. 258 +7

    Tishe!

    2003, in 1 top list Check
  48. 262 +7

    Dal Polo all'Equatore

    1987 — a.k.a. From the Pole to the Equator, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 174 +7

    Seventeen

    1983, in 1 top list Check
  50. 105 +7

    Shestaya chast mira

    1926 — a.k.a. The Sixth Part of the World, in 3 top lists Check
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