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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. 45119841 h 59 min

   The Compleat Beatles

   by Patrick Montgomery · United States · English

   music
2. No. 4521984

   The Family of Chimps

   by Bert Haanstra · Netherlands · Dutch
3. No. 45319842 h 30 min

   The Last Sailors: The Final Days of Working Sail

   by Neil Hollander · United States · English
4. No. 454198430 min

   The Parching Winds of Somalia

   Director not on record · Somalia · English
5. No. 4551984

   The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

   by Ken Burns · United States

   Shakers
6. No. 456198428 min

   The Silent Scream

   by Bernard Nathanson · United States · English

   abortion
7. No. 457198413 min

   The So-called Caryatids

   by Agnès Varda · France · French
8. No. 458198457 min

   The Target Is Your Brain

   by Feliks Soboliev · Soviet Union · Russian
9. No. 45919841 h 30 min

   The Times of Harvey Milk

   by Rob Epstein · United States · English

   Watch freeLGBTQ rightssocial invisibility
10. No. 46019841 h 27 min

    Tosca's Kiss

    by Daniel Schmid · Switzerland · Italian
11. No. 4611984

    Twelve Views of Kensal House

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
12. No. 46219841 h 59 min

    Twenty Years Later

    by Eduardo Coutinho · Brazil · Portuguese

    human rights
13. No. 463198426 min

    Unnecessary Fuss

    by Alex Pacheco · United States · English
14. No. 46419841 h 30 min

    Victoria 392

    by Juan J. Campanella · Argentina · Spanish
15. No. 4651984

    Waterwalker

    by Bill Mason · Canada · English
16. No. 4661984

    What we remember

    by Roland Steiner · East Germany · German
17. No. 46719841 h

    Which Side Are You On?

    by Ken Loach · United Kingdom · English
18. No. 46819841 h 45 min

    Xueiv

    by Patrick Brunie · France · French
19. No. 469198455 min

    Zydeco

    Director not on record · English, French

    musiczydeco
20. No. 47019831 h 17 min

    12 meseci zime

    by Krsto Škanata · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian

    Stalinism
21. No. 4711983

    Ake Hasselgard Story

    by Jonas Sima · Sweden · Swedish
22. No. 47219831 h 15 min

    Anarchism in America

    by Steven Fischler · United States · English

    Watch free
23. No. 473198358 min

    À propos de Nice

    by Manoel de Oliveira · France · French
24. No. 4741983

    Athens, Return to the Acropolis

    by Thodoros Angelopoulos · Greece · Modern Greek
25. No. 4751983

    Atomic Artist

    by Glenn Silber · United States

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