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Documentaries of the 1980s in 2026 · page 18

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. 42619841 h 57 min

   Jango

   by Silvio Tendler · Brazil · Portuguese
2. No. 42719841 h 18 min

   Kerouac, the Movie

   Director not on record · United States

   history
3. No. 4281984

   Leben in Wittstock

   by Volker Koepp · East Germany · German
4. No. 42919841 h 35 min

   Le prime bande

   by Paolo Gobetti · Italy
5. No. 43019841 h 5 min

   Les années déclic

   by Raymond Depardon · France
6. No. 431198458 min

   Lisboa Cultural

   by Manoel de Oliveira · Italy · Portuguese
7. No. 4321984

   Little People

   by Jan Krawitz · United States · English
8. No. 4331984

   Living Los Sures

   Director not on record · United States
9. No. 434198450 min

   Lulu in Berlin

   by Richard Leacock · United States · Germany
10. No. 435198445 min

    Making Michael Jackson's - Thriller

    by John Landis · United States

    music
11. No. 4361984

    Margaret Atwood: Once in August

    by Michael Rubbo · Canada · English

    woman
12. No. 43719841 h 34 min

    Marlene

    by Maximilian Schell · Germany · German, French

    historyMarlene Dietrich
13. No. 43819841 h 36 min

    Naked and Cruel

    by Bitto Albertini · Italy · Italian
14. No. 4391984

    Nude Portraits - Gundula Schulze

    by Helke Misselwitz · East Germany · German
15. No. 44019843 h 47 min

    Once Upon a Time in America

    by Sergio Leone · United States · Italy · Italian, English

    historycrime
16. No. 44119841 h 17 min

    Ornette: Made in America

    by Shirley Clarke · United States · English
17. No. 442198440 min

    Punks

    Director not on record · Brazil
18. No. 4431984

    Red Matildas

    by Trevor Graham · Australia
19. No. 4441984

    Ricochet

    by Gerry Troyna · United Kingdom · English

    David Bowie
20. No. 4451984

    Sing Blue Silver

    Director not on record

    music
21. No. 446198450 min

    Snowscreen

    Director not on record · Canada
22. No. 4471984

    Snowstorm in the jungle

    by Jacques Cousteau · France
23. No. 4481984

    Streetwise

    by Martin Bell · United States · English

    prostitution
24. No. 4491984

    Such Was the S.O. 36

    by Manfred Jelinski · Germany · German
25. No. 45019841 h 24 min

    Terror in the Aisles

    by Andrew J. Kuehn · United States · English

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