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Documentaries of the 1980s in 2026 · page 26

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. 626198134 min

   Angel of the Night

   by Claus Bohm · Denmark · Danish
2. No. 6271981

   A Personal History of the Australian Surf

   by Michael Blakemore · Australia

   sportsurfing
3. No. 6281981

   Az ne zhiveya edin zhivot

   by Nikola Korabov · People's Republic of Bulgaria
4. No. 6291981

   Being Different

   by Harry Rasky · Canada
5. No. 63019812 h 15 min

   Bom Povo Português

   by Rui Simões · Portugal · Portuguese
6. No. 631198158 min

   Brooklyn Bridge

   by Ken Burns · United States · English

   Brooklyn BridgeNew York City
7. No. 63219811 h 13 min

   Cada ver es...

   by Ángel García del Val · Spain · Spanish
8. No. 6331981

   Dance Craze

   by Joe Massot · United Kingdom · English
9. No. 6341981

   Duras filme

   by Jérôme Beaujour · France
10. No. 6351981

    Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott

    by Mary Benjamin · United States · English

    woman
11. No. 6361981

    El Salvador: Another Vietnam

    by Teté Vasconcellos · United States · English
12. No. 6371981

    E una domenica sera di novembre

    by Lina Wertmüller · Italy · Italian
13. No. 6381981

    Faces After the Storm

    by Prakash Jha · India
14. No. 63919811 h 25 min

    Faces of Death II

    by John Alan Schwartz · United States · English

    death
15. No. 6401981

    Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora

    by Hugh Hudson · Italy

    sportauto racing
16. No. 6411981

    Flickan fran byn

    Director not on record · Sweden · Swedish
17. No. 64219812 h 20 min

    From a Far Country

    by Krzysztof Zanussi · Poland · Italy · English, Polish
18. No. 643198156 min

    Front Line

    by David Bradbury · Australia · English
19. No. 64419811 h 54 min

    Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead

    by Len Dell'Amico · United States · English
20. No. 6451981

    Heartworn Highways

    by James Szalapski · United States · English
21. No. 64619811 h 10 min

    Heights of Macchu Picchu

    by Reinaldo Sepúlveda · Chile · Peru · Spanish
22. No. 647198158 min

    Hotel of the stars

    by Jon Bang Carlsen · Denmark
23. No. 648198141 min

    Huie's Sermon

    by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
24. No. 649198147 min

    I don’t know

    by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Poland · Polish
25. No. 65019811 h 31 min

    Imagine the Sound

    by Ron Mann · Canada · English

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