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Documentaries of the 1980s in 2026 · page 27

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. 6511981

   Ingolf Fjeld

   by Dolfi Rotovnik · Denmark
2. No. 65219816 min

   Junkopia

   by Frank Simeone · France
3. No. 65319811 h 30 min

   Just Another Missing Kid

   by John Zaritsky · Canada · English
4. No. 654198140 min

   Kampucheas junglekrig – Besøg hos Khmer rouge partisanerne

   by Peter Bischoff · Denmark · Danish
5. No. 65519811 h 25 min

   Land of Silence and Darkness

   by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
6. No. 6561981

   Leben und Weben (Wittstock IV)

   by Volker Koepp · East Germany · German
7. No. 65719811 h 49 min

   Le confort et l'indifférence

   by Denys Arcand · Canada · French
8. No. 65819811 h 47 min

   Le dos au mur

   by Jean-Pierre Thorn · France · French
9. No. 6591981

   Longe é a cidade

   by Ricardo Costa · Portugal · Portuguese
10. No. 6601981

    Miller Brittain

    Director not on record

    Miller Brittain
11. No. 66119812 h 10 min

    Model

    by Frederick Wiseman · United States · English
12. No. 66219811 h 56 min

    Murder of the Jews

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
13. No. 66319811 h 29 min

    O Mundo Mágico dos Trapalhões

    by Silvio Tendler · Brazil
14. No. 66419811 h 22 min

    O Pão e o Vinho

    by Ricardo Costa · Portugal · Portuguese
15. No. 66519812 h 22 min

    O Sport, You Are Peace!

    by Yuri Ozerov · Soviet Union · Russian

    sport1980 Summer Olympics
16. No. 6661981

    Our Corpses Still Live

    by Rosa von Praunheim · Germany · German
17. No. 6671981

    P4W: Prison for Women

    by Janis Cole · Canada
18. No. 66819811 h 25 min

    Prognose Innerdalen

    by Oddvar Einarson · Norway · Norwegian

    naturenature conservation
19. No. 66919811 h 30 min

    Reporter

    by Raymond Depardon · France · French
20. No. 67019811 h 40 min

    República Guarani

    by Sylvio Back · Brazil · Portuguese
21. No. 67119811 h 35 min

    Savana violenta

    by Mario Morra · Italy · Italian
22. No. 67219811 h 34 min

    Shocking Asia

    by Rolf Olsen · Germany · Hong Kong · English
23. No. 6731981

    Silent Minority

    by Nigel Randall Evans · United Kingdom · English

    mental health
24. No. 67419811 h 55 min

    Sois belle et tais-toi

    by Delphine Seyrig · France · French, English

    actor
25. No. 67519811 h 27 min

    Soldier Girls

    by Nick Broomfield · United States · United Kingdom · English

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