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767 documentaries · ordered 26 October 2026 · How we order lists

Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

1. No. 226198787 h

   The Cure for Insomnia

   by John Henry Timmis IV · United States · English
2. No. 22719871 h 53 min

   The Cure in Orange

   by Tim Pope · United Kingdom

   music
3. No. 2281987

   The Dream

   by Mohammad Malas · Syria · Arabic
4. No. 22919872 h 2 min

   The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On

   by Kazuo Hara · Japan · Japanese
5. No. 23019871 h 50 min

   The Eva Perón Mystery

   by Tulio Demicheli · Argentina · Spanish
6. No. 231198758 min

   The Hero's Journey

   by Janelle Balnicke · United States · English

   historyJoseph Campbell
7. No. 23219871 h 11 min

   The Last Judgement

   by Herz Frank · Soviet Union
8. No. 23319872 h 47 min

   The Story of Yanagawa's Canals

   by Isao Takahata · Japan · Japanese
9. No. 23419871 h 15 min

   The Super Fight

   Director not on record
10. No. 235198756 min

    The Ten-Year Lunch

    by Aviva Slesin · United States · English

    New York City
11. No. 2361987

    To be Born Again

    by Marta Rodríguez · Colombia · Spanish
12. No. 2371987

    U-Boats: The Wolfpack

    Director not on record · United States · English
13. No. 23819871 h 40 min

    Uncle Meat

    by Frank Zappa · United States · English

    sciencemusic
14. No. 23919871 h 45 min

    Urgences

    by Raymond Depardon · France
15. No. 24019871 h 33 min

    Weapons of the Spirit

    by Pierre Sauvage · France
16. No. 24119871 h 27 min

    Who Killed Vincent Chin?

    by Christine Choy · United States · English

    racism in the United States
17. No. 242198753 min

    Yilmaz Guney: His Life, His Films

    by Jane Cousins-Mills · Turkey · Turkish
18. No. 243198720 min

    Zhertva vechernyaya

    by Alexander Sokurov · Soviet Union
19. No. 244198751 min

    Živeli! Medicine for the Heart

    by Les Blank · United States · English, Serbian

    musicmusic of Serbia
20. No. 24519862 h 25 min

    16 Days of Glory

    by Bud Greenspan · United States · English

    sportOlympic Games
21. No. 24619861 h

    50 Years of Action!

    by Douglass M. Stewart Jr. · United States · English
22. No. 24719864 h

    Acta General de Chile

    by Miguel Littin · Cuba · Chile · Spanish
23. No. 248198627 min

    A Experiência Cruspiana

    Director not on record · Brazil · Portuguese

    Residential Complex of the University of São Paulo
24. No. 24919861 h 55 min

    A futura memoria: Pier Paolo Pasolini

    by Ivo Barnabò Micheli · Italy · Italian
25. No. 2501986

    Alfred

    by Andreas Voigt · Germany

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