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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. 1511988

   The Congress

   by Ken Burns · United States · English

   United States Congress
2. No. 15219881 h 25 min

   The Crossroad

   by Ivars Seleckis · Soviet Union · Latvian
3. No. 153198858 min

   The Cry of Reason: Beyers Naude – An Afrikaner Speaks Out

   by Robert Bilheimer · United States · English
4. No. 1541988

   The Great Mountain Biking Video

   Director not on record · United States · English
5. No. 15519881 h 30 min

   Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser

   by Charlotte Zwerin · United States · English

   Watch freemusic
6. No. 15619882 h 4 min

   The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

   by David Hinton · United States · English
7. No. 157198852 min

   The Road to God Knows Where

   by Alan Gilsenan · Ireland · English

   1980syouth
8. No. 15819881 h 43 min

   The Thin Blue Line

   by Errol Morris · United States · English
9. No. 159198859 min

   The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels

   by Frank Zappa · United States · English
10. No. 1601988

    Thomas Hart Benton

    by Ken Burns · United States · English

    Thomas Hart Benton
11. No. 1611988

    True Stories: Peace in Our Time?

    by Jan Němec · United Kingdom · English
12. No. 1621988

    Uncle Lenin lives in Russia

    by Kanerva Cederström · Finland · Finnish

    Taistoism
13. No. 1631988

    Voices of Sarafina!

    by Nigel Noble · United States · English
14. No. 16419882 h

    whisper & SHOUT

    by Dieter Schumann · Germany · East Germany · German
15. No. 1651988

    Zwei Deutsche

    by Gitta Nickel · East Germany · German
16. No. 1661987

    12 Wasted Years

    by Julian Caidan · United Kingdom · English
17. No. 1671987

    A Brother With Perfect Timing

    Director not on record · South Africa · English
18. No. 16819871 h 20 min

    Alfred Laliberté, Sculpteur

    by Jean Pierre Lefebvre · Canada
19. No. 16919871 h 16 min

    Andy Warhol

    by Lana Jokel · United Kingdom · English
20. No. 170198753 min

    A Stitch for Time

    by Nigel Noble · United States · English
21. No. 1711987

    A Woman Is a Risky Bet: Six Orchestra Conductors

    by Christina Olofson · Sweden · Swedish

    woman conductor
22. No. 17219871 h 52 min

    Bardy

    by Alexander Stefanovich · Soviet Union · Russian
23. No. 17319872 h 3 min

    Beirut: The Last Home Movie

    by Jennifer Fox · United States · English
24. No. 17419871 h 30 min

    Bird Now

    by Marc Huraux · Belgium · English
25. No. 17519871 h 33 min

    Brand New Day

    by Amos Gitai · United Kingdom · English

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