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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. 72619802 h 30 min

   Hitler: A Career

   by Christian Herrendoerfer · Germany · German
2. No. 72719801 h 13 min

   Iniciación de un shamán

   by Manuel de Pedro · Venezuela · Spanish
3. No. 728198057 min

   In Search of Identity

   by Amos Gitai · Israel
4. No. 7291980

   Irreconcilable Memories

   by Johann Feindt · Germany · German

   warSpanish Civil War
5. No. 7301980

   Josip Broz Tito

   by Krsto Škanata · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian

   Josip Broz Tito
6. No. 731198025 min

   Larisa

   by Elem Klimov · Soviet Union · Russian

   historyLarisa Shepitko
7. No. 7321980

   La terza età

   by Gian Vittorio Baldi · Italy · Italian
8. No. 73319801 h 19 min

   Libidomania

   by Bruno Mattei · Italy
9. No. 73419801 h 31 min

   Lightning Over Water

   by Nicholas Ray · United States · Sweden · German

   historylung cancer
10. No. 735198035 min

    Making 'The Shining'

    by Vivian Kubrick · United States
11. No. 7361980

    Manifestations of Shiva

    Director not on record · United States · English
12. No. 73719801 h 24 min

    Monarch

    by Johannes Flütsch · Germany · German
13. No. 73819801 h 45 min

    My Name Is Anna Magnani

    by Chris Vermorcken · Belgium · Italy · Italian, French

    Anna Magnani
14. No. 73919801 h 28 min

    Mysteries of the Gods

    by Charles Romine · Germany · German

    science
15. No. 74019801 h 43 min

    No Nukes

    by Julian Schlossberg · United States · English

    music
16. No. 7411980

    Nǃai, the Story of a ǃKung Woman

    by John Marshall · United States · English

    woman
17. No. 742198058 min

    Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang

    by Saul Landau · United States · English
18. No. 74319801 h 30 min

    Picasso: A Painter's Diary

    Director not on record · United States
19. No. 7441980

    Public Telephone

    by Jean-Marie Périer · France · French
20. No. 74519803 h 52 min

    Renaldo and Clara

    by Bob Dylan · United States · English

    historymusic
21. No. 74619802 h 5 min

    Rockshow

    by Paul McCartney · United States · English

    music
22. No. 74719802 h 13 min

    Rude Boy

    by Jack Hazan · United Kingdom · English
23. No. 74819801 h 36 min

    September Wheat

    by Peter Krieg · Germany · German, English
24. No. 74919801 h 13 min

    Shadows and Light

    by Joni Mitchell · United States
25. No. 7501980

    Sista varningen

    by Lennart Malmer · Sweden · Swedish

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