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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. 6761981

   Solidarnosc

   by Serge Poljinsky
2. No. 677198146 min

   Stations of the Elevated

   by Manfred Kirchheimer · United States · English

   New York City
3. No. 678198156 min

   Step on silence

   by Jørgen Leth · United States · Denmark
4. No. 6791981

   Take It or Leave It

   by Dave Robinson · United Kingdom · English
5. No. 6801981

   The Animals Film

   by Victor Schonfeld · United Kingdom · English
6. No. 68119811 h 31 min

   Theater in Trance

   by Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Germany
7. No. 6821981

   The Devil at Your Heels

   by Robert Fortier · Canada · English

   Watch free
8. No. 68319811 h 30 min

   The Man Who Saw Tomorrow

   by Robert Guenette · United States · English

   history
9. No. 68419812 h 8 min

   The Saimaa Gesture

   by Mika Kaurismäki · Finland · Finnish
10. No. 68519811 h 18 min

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!

    by Jim Brown · United States · English
11. No. 68619811 h 29 min

    The Yellow Star – The Persecution of the Jews in Europe 1933-45

    by Dieter Hildebrandt · Germany · German

    historywar
12. No. 68719811 h 41 min

    This Is Elvis

    by Andrew Solt · United States · English
13. No. 68819811 h 40 min

    Too Early/Too Late

    by Danièle Huillet · France · Egypt · French, Arabic
14. No. 68919811 h 28 min

    Trances

    by Ahmed El Maanouni · France · Morocco · Arabic, Moroccan Arabic

    music
15. No. 69019811 h 34 min

    Ultime grida dalla savana

    by Mario Morra · Italy · Italian
16. No. 6911981

    Verdronken Land

    by Gerard Reteig · Netherlands · Dutch
17. No. 6921981

    Vernon, Florida

    by Errol Morris · United States · English
18. No. 6931981

    Victor Sjöström

    by Gösta Werner · Sweden · Swedish
19. No. 6941981

    Whoever says the truth shall die

    by Philo Bregstein · Netherlands · Italian
20. No. 69519811 h 40 min

    Züri brännt

    Director not on record · Switzerland · German, Swiss German
21. No. 6961980

    10 vuotta köyhyydestä

    by Olavi Puusaari · Finland · Finnish
22. No. 6971980

    Agee

    by Ross Spears · United States · English
23. No. 6981980

    America Screams

    by Scott Campbell · United States · English
24. No. 6991980

    Ashram in Poona

    by Wolfgang Dobrowolny · Germany
25. No. 7001980

    A Step Away

    Director not on record · United States · English, Spanish

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