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. 60 +7

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  2. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  3. 39 +7

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  4. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  5. 173 +7

    Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

    2004, in 4 top lists Check
  6. 162 +7

    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  7. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  8. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  9. 163 +7

    American Movie

    1999, in 5 top lists Check
  10. 117 +7

    The Corporation

    2003, in 4 top lists Check
  11. 47 +7

    Lektionen in Finsternis

    1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check
  12. 33 -

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  13. 64 +7

    The War Game

    1966, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 147 +7

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 4 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  16. 97 +7

    Être et avoir

    2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check
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    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  18. 118 +7

    Fahrenheit 9/11

    2004, in 9 top lists Check
  19. 54 +7

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  20. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 13 top lists Check
  21. 66 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 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
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    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  26. 20 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 5 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
  31. 18 -

    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. 223 +7

    Amsterdam Global Village

    1996, in 3 top lists Check
  36. 81 +7

    The Arbor

    2010, in 5 top lists Check
  37. 178 +7

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

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  38. 186 +7

    At Sea

    2007, in 4 top lists Check
  39. 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
  41. 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
  42. 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
  43. 175 +7

    The Battle of Midway

    1942, in 1 top list Check
  44. 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
  45. 52 +7

    Belovy

    1992, in 2 top lists Check
  46. 76 +7

    Berlin - Die Sinfonie der Großstadt

    1927 — a.k.a. Berlin: Symphony of Metropolis, in 12 top lists Check
  47. 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
  48. 160 +7

    Black Harvest

    1992, in 4 top lists Check
  49. 249 +7

    La bocca del lupo

    2009 — a.k.a. The Mouth of the Wolf, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 57 +7

    Burden of Dreams

    1982, in 4 top lists Check
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