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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. 5011983

   Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

   Director not on record · United States · English
2. No. 50219831 h 52 min

   Improper Conduct

   by Néstor Almendros · France · French, Spanish

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3. No. 5031983

   In the Nuclear Shadow: What Can the Children Tell Us?

   by Eric Thiermann · United States · English
4. No. 5041983

   Jazz Is My Native Language

   by Renee Cho · United States · English
5. No. 50519832 h 26 min

   La República perdida

   by Miguel Pérez · Argentina · Spanish
6. No. 5061983

   Leuchtturm des Chaos

   by Manfred Blank · Germany · English

   actor
7. No. 5071983

   Lousy Little Sixpence

   by Alec Morgan · Australia · English
8. No. 5081983

   Mississippi Blues

   by Robert Parrish · United States · France

   music
9. No. 50919831 h 30 min

   Mi tía Nora

   by Jorge Prelorán · Argentina · Ecuador · Spanish
10. No. 51019831 h 46 min

    Mit starrem Blick aufs Geld

    by Helga Reidemeister · Germany · German
11. No. 5111983

    Na odsiecz Wiedniowi

    by Lucyna Smolińska · Poland · Polish
12. No. 51219831 h 16 min

    Nature's Revenge

    by Stefan Jarl · Sweden · Swedish
13. No. 51319831 h 48 min

    News Items

    by Raymond Depardon · France · French
14. No. 514198347 min

    Pelota

    by Jørgen Leth · Denmark · Danish
15. No. 5151983

    Raoul Wallenberg: Buried Alive

    Director not on record · Canada · English
16. No. 5161983

    Return Engagement

    by Alan Rudolph · United States · English
17. No. 51719831 h 43 min

    Sans Soleil

    by Chris Marker · France · French
18. No. 51819831 h 20 min

    Schindler: The Documentary

    by Jon Blair · United Kingdom
19. No. 51919831 h 40 min

    Seeing Red

    by Julia Reichert · United States · English
20. No. 5201983

    Signals Through The Flames

    Director not on record · United States · English
21. No. 5211983

    Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph

    by Bob Eisenhardt · United States · English
22. No. 52219831 h 30 min

    Strada Pia

    by Georg Brintrup · Italy · Germany · Italian
23. No. 52319831 h 9 min

    Style Wars

    by Tony Silver · United States · English

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24. No. 524198330 min

    The Children of Himmlerstadt

    by Hartmut Kaminski · Germany · Polish, German
25. No. 525198327 min

    The Coastline

    by Peter Greenaway · United Kingdom · English

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