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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. 251198659 min

   All American High

   by Keva Rosenfeld · United States
2. No. 2521986

   Amerasia

   by Wolf-Eckart Bühler · West Germany
3. No. 25319861 h 20 min

   And the Pursuit of Happiness

   by Louis Malle · United States · English

   immigration to the United States
4. No. 254198638 min

   Asian Heart

   by Malene Ravn · Denmark
5. No. 25519861 h 24 min

   Caspar David Friedrich – Grenzen der Zeit

   by Peter Schamoni · France · Germany · German
6. No. 25619861 h 30 min

   Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker

   Director not on record · English
7. No. 257198656 min

   Chernobyl: Chronicle of Difficult Weeks

   by Vladimir Shevchenko · Ukraine · Soviet Union · Russian
8. No. 258198657 min

   Chile: When Will It End?

   by David Bradbury · Australia · Spanish
9. No. 25919861 h 10 min

   ¿Cómo ves?

   by Paul Leduc · Mexico · Spanish
10. No. 2601986

    Dads and Kids

    Director not on record · Canada · English
11. No. 26119861 h 15 min

    Dalí

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
12. No. 262198622 min

    Disappearing Worlds

    by Jens Bjerre · Denmark
13. No. 26319861 h 20 min

    Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola

    by Semyon Aranovich · Soviet Union · Russian

    historyDmitri Shostakovich
14. No. 2641986

    Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief

    by Carol Geddes · Canada · English

    First Nationswoman
15. No. 265198657 min

    Down and Out in America

    by Lee Grant · United States · English
16. No. 2661986

    Dream Tracks

    by Jean-Daniel Lafond · Canada · French
17. No. 26719861 h 50 min

    Ex Voto

    by Erich Langjahr · Switzerland
18. No. 268198622 min

    Fake Fruit Factory

    by Chick Strand · United States · English
19. No. 26919861 h 23 min

    Film Before Film

    by Werner Nekes · Germany
20. No. 2701986

    Final Offer

    by Sturla Gunnarsson · Canada · English
21. No. 27119861 h 30 min

    Forest of Bliss

    by Robert Gardner · United States · English

    India
22. No. 2721986

    For Memory

    by Marc Karlin · United Kingdom
23. No. 27319861 h 50 min

    Gombrowicz, or seduction

    by Alberto Fischerman · Argentina · Spanish
24. No. 27419861 h 40 min

    Günter Wallraff - Ganz unten

    by Jörg Gfrörer · Germany · German
25. No. 275198658 min

    Halber Mensch

    by Gakuryū Ishii · Japan · Japanese

    musicEinstürzende Neubauten

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