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. 183 +7

    The Last Waltz

    1978, in 9 top lists Check
  2. 119 +7

    Woodstock

    1970, in 12 top lists Check
  3. 42 +7

    Vremena goda

    1975 — a.k.a. Four Seasons, in 3 top lists Check
  4. 12 -

    Grizzly Man

    2005, in 9 top lists Check
  5. 88 +7

    Regen

    1929 — a.k.a. Rain, in 7 top lists Check
  6. 32 -

    F for Fake

    1973, in 11 top lists Check
  7. 9 -

    Les glaneurs et la glaneuse

    2000 — a.k.a. The Gleaners & I, in 13 top lists Check
  8. 56 +7

    À propos de Nice

    1930 — a.k.a. À Propos de Nice, in 9 top lists Check
  9. 25 -

    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
  10. 154 +7

    Pina

    2011, in 3 top lists Check
  11. 126 +7

    Window Water Baby Moving

    1959, in 7 top lists Check
  12. 30 -

    Nostalgia de la luz

    2010 — a.k.a. Nostalgia for the Light, in 7 top lists Check
  13. 14 -

    Las Hurdes

    1933 — a.k.a. Land Without Bread, in 12 top lists Check
  14. 141 +7

    ...A Valparaíso

    1963 — a.k.a. Valparaiso, in 2 top lists Check
  15. 96 +7

    Olympia 2. Teil - Fest der Schönheit

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty, in 14 top lists Check
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    Shoah

    1985, in 18 top lists Check
  17. 177 +7

    Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania

    1972, in 5 top lists Check
  18. 41 +7

    Man of Aran

    1934, in 5 top lists Check
  19. 114 +7

    Searching for Sugar Man

    2012, in 6 top lists Check
  20. 178 +7

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

    2000, in 6 top lists Check
  21. 170 +7

    My Winnipeg

    2007, in 9 top lists Check
  22. 205 +7

    Dokfa nai meuman

    2000 — a.k.a. Mysterious Object at Noon, in 6 top lists Check
  23. 31 -

    Khaneh siah ast

    1963 — a.k.a. The House Is Black, in 13 top lists Check
  24. 129 +7

    L'arrivée d'un train à La Ciotat

    1896 — a.k.a. The Arrival of a Train, in 13 top lists Check
  25. 29 -

    The Act of Killing

    2012, in 9 top lists Check
  26. 206 +7

    Häxan

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
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    Sans soleil

    1983 — a.k.a. Sans Soleil, in 16 top lists Check
  28. 4 -

    Nuit et brouillard

    1956 — a.k.a. Night and Fog, in 17 top lists Check
  29. 128 +7

    Encounters at the End of the World

    2007, in 2 top lists Check
  30. 208 +7

    Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe

    1996 — a.k.a. Microcosmos, in 3 top lists Check
  31. 54 +7

    Vals Im Bashir

    2008 — a.k.a. Waltz with Bashir, in 11 top lists Check
  32. 66 +7

    Bowling for Columbine

    2002, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Thin Blue Line

    1988, in 12 top lists Check
  34. 51 +7

    Man on Wire

    2008, in 6 top lists Check
  35. 6 -

    Nanook of the North

    1922, in 17 top lists Check
  36. 95 +7

    Olympia 1. Teil - Fest der Völker

    1938 — a.k.a. Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations, in 14 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
  38. 16 -

    Hoop Dreams

    1994, in 15 top lists Check
  39. 89 +7

    No Quarto da Vanda

    2000 — a.k.a. In Vanda's Room, in 6 top lists Check
  40. 46 +7

    Triumph des Willens

    1935 — a.k.a. Triumph of the Will, in 16 top lists Check
  41. 53 +7

    Nema-ye Nazdik

    1990 — a.k.a. Close-Up, in 21 top lists Check
  42. 104 +7

    Senna

    2010, in 4 top lists Check
  43. 48 +7

    Koyaanisqatsi

    1982, in 12 top lists Check
  44. 254 +7

    1000-nen kizami no hidokei

    1987 — a.k.a. Magino Village: A Tale, in 2 top lists Check
  45. 181 +7

    Le 17e parallèle: La guerre du peuple

    1968 — a.k.a. 17th Parallel: Vietnam in War, in 2 top lists Check
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    21 Up

    1977, in 2 top lists Check
  47. 20 -

    28 Up

    1984, in 6 top lists Check
  48. 21 -

    35 Up

    1991, in 2 top lists Check
  49. 22 -

    42 Up

    1998, in 2 top lists Check
  50. 23 -

    49 Up

    2005, in 2 top lists Check
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