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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 11
2,921 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.
- No. 251198659 min
All American High
by Keva Rosenfeld · United States
- No. 2521986
Amerasia
by Wolf-Eckart Bühler · West Germany
- No. 25319861 h 20 min
And the Pursuit of Happiness
by Louis Malle · United States · English
immigration to the United States - No. 254198638 min
Asian Heart
by Malene Ravn · Denmark
- No. 25519861 h 24 min
Caspar David Friedrich – Grenzen der Zeit
by Peter Schamoni · France · Germany · German
- No. 25619861 h 30 min
Chasing a Rainbow: The Life of Josephine Baker
Director not on record · English
- No. 257198656 min
Chernobyl: Chronicle of Difficult Weeks
by Vladimir Shevchenko · Ukraine · Soviet Union · Russian
- No. 258198657 min
Chile: When Will It End?
by David Bradbury · Australia · Spanish
- No. 25919861 h 10 min
¿Cómo ves?
by Paul Leduc · Mexico · Spanish
- No. 2601986
Dads and Kids
Director not on record · Canada · English
- No. 26119861 h 15 min
Dalí
Director not on record · United Kingdom
- No. 262198622 min
Disappearing Worlds
by Jens Bjerre · Denmark
- No. 26319861 h 20 min
Dmitry Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola
by Semyon Aranovich · Soviet Union · Russian
historyDmitri Shostakovich - No. 2641986
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief
by Carol Geddes · Canada · English
First Nationswoman - No. 265198657 min
Down and Out in America
by Lee Grant · United States · English
- No. 2661986
Dream Tracks
by Jean-Daniel Lafond · Canada · French
- No. 26719861 h 50 min
Ex Voto
by Erich Langjahr · Switzerland
- No. 268198622 min
Fake Fruit Factory
by Chick Strand · United States · English
- No. 26919861 h 23 min
Film Before Film
by Werner Nekes · Germany
- No. 2701986
Final Offer
by Sturla Gunnarsson · Canada · English
- No. 27119861 h 30 min
Forest of Bliss
by Robert Gardner · United States · English
India - No. 2721986
For Memory
by Marc Karlin · United Kingdom
- No. 27319861 h 50 min
Gombrowicz, or seduction
by Alberto Fischerman · Argentina · Spanish
- No. 27419861 h 40 min
Günter Wallraff - Ganz unten
by Jörg Gfrörer · Germany · German
- No. 275198658 min
Halber Mensch
by Gakuryū Ishii · Japan · Japanese
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