FilmsRanked.com 100 Greatest Documentaries
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The 100 most critically-acclaimed documentary films of all-time, as compiled by FilmsRanked.com
[The number of films on this list is 109 because The Battle of Chile and The Up Series only count as 1 film each on the source list.)
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101 new
This Is Spinal Tap
1984, in 22 top lists Check -
62 new
Bowling for Columbine
2002, in 11 top lists Check -
89 new
Vals Im Bashir
2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check -
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Chelovek s kino-apparatom
1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check -
12 new
Grizzly Man
2005, in 9 top lists Check -
25 new
Koyaanisqatsi
1982, in 12 top lists Check -
58 new
Man on Wire
2008, in 6 top lists Check -
26 new
The Act of Killing
2012, in 9 top lists Check -
97 new
Baraka
1992, in 5 top lists Check -
4 new
Nuit et brouillard
1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check -
85 new
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004, in 9 top lists Check -
45 new
Nema-ye Nazdik
1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check -
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Hoop Dreams
1994, in 15 top lists Check -
47 new
F for Fake
1973, in 11 top lists Check -
40 new
Crumb
1994, in 12 top lists Check -
69 new
Stop Making Sense
1984, in 9 top lists Check -
5 new
The Thin Blue Line
1988, in 12 top lists Check -
3 new
Sans soleil
1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check -
48 new
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...
2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check -
79 new
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991, in 2 top lists Check -
54 new
Woodstock
1970, in 12 top lists Check -
14 new
Grey Gardens
1975, in 10 top lists Check -
80 new
Paris Is Burning
1990, in 12 top lists Check -
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Shoah
1985, in 18 top lists Check -
50 new
Capturing the Friedmans
2003, in 7 top lists Check -
90 new
The Last Waltz
1978, in 9 top lists Check -
23 new
Gimme Shelter
1970, in 8 top lists Check -
74 new
O.J.: Made in America
2016, in 7 top lists Check -
7 new
Nanook of the North
1922, in 17 top lists Check -
11 new
Les glaneurs et la glaneuse
2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check -
53 new
Khaneh siah ast
1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check -
105 new
My Winnipeg
2007, in 9 top lists Check -
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The War Game
1966, in 12 top lists Check -
6 new
Harlan County U.S.A.
1976, in 11 top lists Check -
51 new
Lektionen in Finsternis
1992 — a.k.a. Lessons of Darkness, in 6 top lists Check -
84 new
Stories We Tell
2012, in 7 top lists Check -
9 new
Dont Look Back
1967 — a.k.a. Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back, in 10 top lists Check -
17 new
Roger & Me
1989, in 12 top lists Check -
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When We Were Kings
1996, in 7 top lists Check -
106 new
Être et avoir
2002 — a.k.a. To Be and to Have, in 8 top lists Check -
76 new
Nostalgia de la luz
2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check -
42 new
Burden of Dreams
1982, in 4 top lists Check -
28 new
Seven Up!
1964, in 5 top lists Check -
77 new
The Times of Harvey Milk
1984, in 8 top lists Check -
96 new
L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat
1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check -
59 new
À propos de Nice
1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check -
15 new
Triumph des Willens
1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check -
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28 Up
1984, in 6 top lists Check -
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Salesman
1969, in 10 top lists Check -
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2003, in 5 top lists Check
Last updated on May 1, 2018 by spartacus007; source