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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. 7619891 h 15 min

   The Missing Reel

   Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
2. No. 7719891 h 27 min

   The Monkey Folk

   by Gérard Vienne · France · French
3. No. 7819895 h 40 min

   The Owl's Legacy

   by Chris Marker · France
4. No. 791989

   The World at War: The Making of the Series.

   by Peter Tiffin · United Kingdom
5. No. 8019891 h 29 min

   Three chords for hallelujah

   by Klaus-Peter Trimpop · Germany · German
6. No. 8119891 h

   Time Has No Name

   by Stefan Jarl · Sweden · Swedish
7. No. 82198930 min

   Tiny and Ruby: Hell Divin' Women

   Director not on record · United States
8. No. 831989

   Tong Tana

   by Jan Röed · Sweden · Swedish
9. No. 84198957 min

   Water and Power

   by Pat O'Neill · United States · English
10. No. 8519891 h 14 min

    When Memory Speaks

    by Alcides Chiesa · Argentina · German
11. No. 86198948 min

    Wodaabe – Herdsmen of the Sun

    by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
12. No. 8719891 h 24 min

    W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism

    by Dušan Makavejev · Germany · Yugoslavia · Serbian
13. No. 881988

    Aaro Iivari Aukusti, maanviljelijän poika

    by Arto Halonen · Finland · Finnish

    Aaro Heikkilä
14. No. 89198846 min

    A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth

    by Philip Haas · United States · English
15. No. 901988

    Afghantsi

    by Peter Kosminsky · United Kingdom · English
16. No. 9119881 h 56 min

    After Winter Comes Spring

    by Helke Misselwitz · East Germany · German
17. No. 921988

    American Tongues

    by Andrew Kolker · United States · English
18. No. 931988

    Amors Bilar

    by Ylva Floreman · Sweden · Swedish
19. No. 941988

    Arrow Head

    Director not on record · France
20. No. 9519881 h 20 min

    A Tale of the Wind

    by Marceline Loridan-Ivens · Netherlands · France · French, Mandarin

    Joris Ivens
21. No. 961988

    Australia Daze

    by Pat Fiske · Australia · English
22. No. 971988

    A Year Goes By

    by Ebbe Gilbe · Sweden
23. No. 9819881 h 39 min

    Back to Ararat

    by Jim Downing · Sweden · English, French

    warArmenian Genocide
24. No. 9919881 h 30 min

    Because of That War

    by Orna Ben-Dor Niv · Israel · Hebrew
25. No. 1001988

    Birthplace Unknown

    by Karin Junger · Netherlands

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