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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 17

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. 40119841 h 18 min

   Another State of Mind

   by Peter Stuart · United States · English
2. No. 40219841 h 12 min

   Antonio Gaudi

   by Hiroshi Teshigahara · Japan · Spanish

   Antoni Gaudí
3. No. 40319841 h 22 min

   A Turning Point

   Director not on record · Japan

   sport1984 Winter Olympics
4. No. 404198446 min

   Ballad of the Little Soldier

   by Werner Herzog · Germany · English
5. No. 40519841 h 27 min

   Before Stonewall

   by Greta Schiller · United States · English

   LGBTQ rightssocial invisibility
6. No. 40619841 h 28 min

   Bruce Lee, The Legend

   by Leonard Ho · United States · English
7. No. 40719841 h 28 min

   Chords of Fame

   Director not on record · United States · English
8. No. 40819841 h 33 min

   D'amore si vive

   by Silvano Agosti · Italy
9. No. 409198456 min

   Das Haus / 1984

   by Thomas Heise · East Germany · German
10. No. 4101984

    Deutschlandbilder

    by Heiner Mühlenbrock · Germany · German
11. No. 41119841 h 25 min

    Du verbe aimer

    by Mary Jimenez · Belgium · Peru · French
12. No. 412198430 min

    Electric Boogie

    by Freke Vuijst · Denmark
13. No. 41319841 h 30 min

    Evita

    by Eduardo Mignogna · Argentina · Spanish
14. No. 41419841 h 36 min

    Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer

    by Luigi Monardo Faccini · Italy · Italian
15. No. 41519841 h 25 min

    First Graders

    by Abbas Kiarostami · Iran · Persian
16. No. 4161984

    Gaza Ghetto

    by PeÅ Holmquist · Sweden · Arabic

    Israeli–Palestinian conflict
17. No. 41719841 h

    Giuseppe Fava: Siciliano come me

    by Vittorio Sindoni · Italy
18. No. 418198434 min

    Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets

    by Kieth Merrill · United States · English
19. No. 419198428 min

    High Schools

    by Charles Guggenheim · United States · English
20. No. 4201984

    Hookers on Davie

    by Janis Cole · Canada
21. No. 42119841 h

    I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes, the Man and His Work

    by Michael Ventura · United States · English
22. No. 422198445 min

    Incident at Restigouche

    by Alanis Obomsawin · Canada · English
23. No. 423198451 min

    In Heaven There Is No Beer?

    by Les Blank · United States · English
24. No. 42419841 h 30 min

    In Our Hands

    by Robert Richter · United States · English

    music
25. No. 42519841 h 33 min

    Jacques Mesrine

    by Hervé Palud · France

    crime

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