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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. 6011982

   Storm Riders

   Director not on record · Australia · English

   sportsurfing
2. No. 6021982

   Suzanne, Suzanne

   by Camille Billops · United States · English
3. No. 6031982

   Symbiosis

   by Paul Gerber · United States · English

   symbiosis
4. No. 60419821 h 28 min

   The Atomic Cafe

   by Pierce Rafferty · United States · English

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5. No. 6051982

   The Bridge to Freedom

   by Mehdi Madani · Iran

   war
6. No. 60619822 h

   The cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer

   by Erik Frohn Nielsen · Denmark
7. No. 6071982

   The God Makers

   Director not on record · United States

   Mormonism
8. No. 6081982

   The Great Chess Movie

   by Gilles Carle · Canada · French

   chess
9. No. 60919821 h 39 min

   The Hunger March

   by Maj Wechselmann · Sweden · Swedish
10. No. 61019821 h 30 min

    The Killing of America

    by Leonard Schrader · United States · English
11. No. 6111982

    The Painter

    by Christina Olofson · Sweden · Swedish
12. No. 612198250 min

    The Prom

    by Ulrich Seidl · Austria · German
13. No. 6131982

    The Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of Lodz

    by Peter Cohen · Sweden · English

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14. No. 61419821 h 20 min

    Tina Modotti - Fotografin und Revolutionärin

    by Marie Bardischewski · Germany

    historyTina Modotti
15. No. 6151982

    Ulysse

    by Agnès Varda · France
16. No. 61619822 h 36 min

    Unknown Chaplin

    by David Gill · United Kingdom · English

    history
17. No. 617198248 min

    Vietnam Requiem

    by Jonas McCord · United States

    warVietnam War
18. No. 61819821 h 13 min

    Visit or Memories and Confessions

    by Manoel de Oliveira · Portugal · Portuguese
19. No. 6191982

    Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die

    by Laurence Jarvik · United States · English

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20. No. 6201982

    Wonders of China

    by Jeff Blyth · United States · English

    People's Republic of China
21. No. 62119811 h 2 min

    A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula

    Director not on record · United States · Italy · English

    Caligula
22. No. 6221981

    Against Wind and Tide: A Cuban Odyssey

    by Jim Burroughs · United States · English

    immigration to the United StatesCuba
23. No. 62319811 h 2 min

    A Labour of Sharing

    by Louise Dugal · Canada · French
24. No. 6241981

    American pictures I

    by Jacob Holdt · Denmark
25. No. 625198128 min

    Americas in Transition

    by Obie Benz · United States · English

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