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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 13

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.

1. No. 30119861 h 30 min

   Stripper

   by Jerome Gary · United States · English
2. No. 3021986

   The Blooms of Banjeli

   Director not on record · Togo
3. No. 3031986

   The End of Eden

   by Rick Lomba · South Africa

   natureenvironmental issue
4. No. 30419861 h 50 min

   The Making of Fanny and Alexander

   by Ingmar Bergman · Sweden · Swedish

   Fanny and Alexander
5. No. 305198620 min

   The Rat-Catcher

   by Andrzej Czarnecki · Poland · Polish

   rodent control
6. No. 3061986

   Transitions

   by Tony Ianzelo · Canada · English

   sporttransport in Canada
7. No. 30719861 h 34 min

   WAAhnsinn – Der Wackersdorf-Film

   by Helge Cramer · Germany · German

   5. Anti-WAAhnsinns Festival 1986
8. No. 3081986

   Wham! in China: Foreign Skies

   by Lindsay Anderson · United Kingdom · English
9. No. 30919861 h 36 min

   What Happened to Kerouac?

   by Lewis MacAdams · United States
10. No. 310198658 min

    Witnesses of Jehovah

    Director not on record · United States

    Watch free
11. No. 311198658 min

    Witness to Apartheid

    Director not on record · United States · English
12. No. 3121986

    X: The Unheard Music

    by W.T. Morgan · United States · English
13. No. 313198552 min

    1985 Chagall

    Director not on record · United Kingdom

    Marc Chagall
14. No. 3141985

    After Winter: Sterling Brown

    by Haile Gerima · United States · English
15. No. 31519851 h 15 min

    A.K.

    by Chris Marker · Japan · France · French
16. No. 316198525 min

    Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme

    by Sergei Parajanov · Soviet Union
17. No. 31719851 h 54 min

    Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got

    by Brigitte Berman · Canada · English

    history
18. No. 318198540 min

    Atomic physics and reality, Nuclear Physics And Reality

    by Lars Becker-Larsen · Denmark
19. No. 31919851 h 30 min

    Bailoretto, la aventura de un rebelde

    by Sebastián Larreta · Argentina · Spanish
20. No. 32019851 h 52 min

    B.B. King "Into the Night"

    by John Landis · United States · English
21. No. 32119851 h 31 min

    Bebukottak

    Director not on record
22. No. 322198545 min

    Bergen-Belsen zum Beispiel

    by Jürgen Corleis · Germany · Australia
23. No. 3231985

    Blue Flowers

    by Herbert Achternbusch · Germany
24. No. 32419851 h 22 min

    Bombay: Our City

    by Anand Patwardhan · India
25. No. 3251985

    Brazil: Cinema, Sex and the Generals

    by Simon Hartog · Brazil · English

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