Flavorwire's 50 Best Documentaries of All Time

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The list is ordered top-down. #6 and #19 in the original list are series ("Up" and "Paradise Lost"): all the movies in those series have been included here.

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  1. 8 new

    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  2. 9 new

    28 Up

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  3. 10 new

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  4. 22 new

    4 Little Girls

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  5. 11 new

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  6. 12 new

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
  7. 13 new

    56 Up

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
  8. 7 new

    7 Plus Seven

    1970, in 2 top lists Check
  9. 29 new

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  10. 59 new

    After Tiller

    2013, in 0 top lists Check
  11. 57 new

    The Atomic Cafe

    1982, in 3 top lists Check
  12. 58 new

    Biggie and Tupac

    2002, in 0 top lists Check
  13. 44 new

    Brother's Keeper

    1992, in 1 top list Check
  14. 23 new

    Capturing the Friedmans

    2003, in 7 top lists Check
  15. 55 new

    The Central Park Five

    2012, in 0 top lists Check
  16. 19 new

    Le chagrin et la pitié

    1969 — a.k.a. The Sorrow and the Pity, in 11 top lists Check
  17. 14 new

    Chelovek s kino-apparatom

    1929 — a.k.a. Man with a Movie Camera, in 24 top lists Check
  18. 33 new

    Crumb

    1994, in 12 top lists Check
  19. 21 new

    Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

    2008, in 2 top lists Check
  20. 52 new

    Deliver Us from Evil

    2006, in 0 top lists Check
  21. 53 new

    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

    2005, in 1 top list Check
  22. 16 new

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  23. 45 new

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of...

    2003 — a.k.a. The Fog of War, in 6 top lists Check
  24. 5 new

    Gates of Heaven

    1978, in 4 top lists Check
  25. 3 new

    Grey Gardens

    1975, in 10 top lists Check
  26. 18 new

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  27. 32 new

    Harlan County U.S.A.

    1976, in 11 top lists Check
  28. 30 new

    Hearts and Minds

    1974, in 7 top lists Check
  29. 51 new

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 1 new

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  31. 41 new

    Inside Job

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  32. 50 new

    Italianamerican

    1974, in 2 top lists Check
  33. 49 new

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    1970, in 1 top list Check
  34. 42 new

    Little Dieter Needs to Fly

    1997, in 1 top list Check
  35. 47 new

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  36. 37 new

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  37. 46 new

    No End in Sight

    2007, in 1 top list Check
  38. 20 new

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  39. 35 new

    Ônibus 174

    2002 — a.k.a. Bus 174, in 5 top lists Check
  40. 27 new

    Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
  41. 28 new

    Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
  42. 26 new

    Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood...

    1996, in 2 top lists Check
  43. 36 new

    Pressure Cooker

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
  44. 15 new

    Primary

    1960, in 6 top lists Check
  45. 38 new

    Roger & Me

    1989, in 12 top lists Check
  46. 31 new

    Salesman

    1969, in 10 top lists Check
  47. 17 new

    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  48. 6 new

    Seven Up!

    1964, in 5 top lists Check
  49. 4 new

    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  50. 39 new

    Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan,...

    1997, in 0 top lists Check
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