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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. 5261983

   The Courtesans of Bombay

   by Ismail Merchant · United Kingdom · English
2. No. 52719831 h 22 min

   The Eighties

   by Chantal Akerman · Belgium · France
3. No. 5281983

   The Kid Who Couldn't Miss

   by Paul Cowan · Canada

   aviation
4. No. 5291983

   The Lost Requiem

   by Khosrow Sinai · Iran · Persian
5. No. 53019831 h 15 min

   The Man in the Silk Hat

   by Maud Linder · France · French

   actor
6. No. 5311983

   The Profession of Arms

   by Tina Viljoen · Canada · English
7. No. 5321983

   The Red and the Blue: Impressions of Two Political Conferences - Autumn 1982

   by Ken Loach · United Kingdom
8. No. 5331983

   To the Ends of the Earth

   by William Kronick · United Kingdom
9. No. 5341983

   To the Rhythm of My Heart

   by Jean Pierre Lefebvre · Canada · French
10. No. 5351983

    Turbo Time

    by Antonio Climati · Italy · Italian
11. No. 53619831 h 30 min

    Twenty Years of African Cinema

    by Férid Boughedir · Tunisia · French

    cinema of Africa
12. No. 5371983

    UK/DK: A Film About Punks and Skinheads

    Director not on record
13. No. 538198348 min

    Veronica Four Rose

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
14. No. 53919831 h 2 min

    Voyage in Time

    by Tonino Guerra · Italy · Russian, Italian
15. No. 5401983

    Wanted: A Man

    by Ivars Seleckis · Soviet Union · Latvian
16. No. 54119831 h 23 min

    When the Mountains Tremble

    by Pamela Yates · United States · Guatemala
17. No. 5421983

    When Women Kill

    by Lee Grant · United States · English
18. No. 54319831 h 26 min

    Wilde Clique

    by Dieter Köster · Germany · German
19. No. 54419831 h 22 min

    Wild Style

    by Charlie Ahearn · United States · English

    music
20. No. 5451983

    You Are Free

    by Ilene Landis · Germany · German
21. No. 54619831 h 30 min

    Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

    by D. A. Pennebaker · United States · United Kingdom · English

    Ziggy StardustThe Spiders from Mars
22. No. 54719821 h 24 min

    A Caminho das Índias

    by Augusto Sevá · Brazil · Portuguese
23. No. 5481982

    A Portrait of Giselle

    Director not on record · United States · English
24. No. 549198259 min

    Ben's Mill

    by Michel Chalufour · United States · English

    Thresher Mill
25. No. 550198238 min

    Beyrouth, Ma Ville

    by Jocelyne Saab · Lebanon · French, Arabic

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