The Guardian's 50 documentaries you need to see
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Ten of the best nonfiction film-makers today choose their own favourites, from serial killer stories and studies in the horrors of war to meta pranks.
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
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Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
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Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
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Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
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The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
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Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
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Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
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Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
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Man on Wire
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
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The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
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Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
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Stories We Tell
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
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Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
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La hora de los hornos: Notas y testimonios...
1968 — a.k.a. The Hour of the Furnaces, in 9 top lists Check -
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Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 top lists Check -
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Sherman's March
1985, in 10 top lists Check -
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Le sang des bêtes
1949 — a.k.a. Blood of the Beasts, in 10 top lists Check -
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When We Were Kings
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
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Amy
2015, in 2 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 -
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Gates of Heaven
1978, in 4 top lists Check -
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Pina
2011, in 3 top lists Check -
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De fem benspænd
2003 — a.k.a. The Five Obstructions, in 6 top lists Check -
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Salam Cinema
1995 — a.k.a. Hello Cinema, in 6 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 -
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Streetwise
1984, in 4 top lists Check -
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Blackfish
2013, in 0 top lists Check -
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Seven Up!
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
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Buena Vista Social Club
1999, in 3 top lists Check -
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28 Up
1984, in 5 top lists Check -
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When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts
2006, in 6 top lists Check -
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly
1997, in 2 top lists Check -
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Le joli mai
1963 — a.k.a. The Lovely Month of May, in 4 top lists Check -
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49 Up
2005, in 2 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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The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the...
2004 — a.k.a. The Power of Nightmares, in 4 top lists Check -
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7 Plus Seven
1970, in 2 top lists Check -
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21 Up
1977, in 2 top lists Check -
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42 Up
1998, in 2 top lists Check -
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56 Up
2012, in 2 top lists Check -
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35 Up
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
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The Queen of Versailles
2012, in 0 top lists Check -
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Five Broken Cameras
2011, in 2 top lists Check -
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Virunga
2014, in 0 top lists Check -
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Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
2004, in 4 top lists Check -
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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
2003, in 2 top lists Check -
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Iraq in Fragments
2006, in 1 top list Check -
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Into Eternity: A Film for the Future
2010, in 0 top lists Check
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