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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. 2619891 h 20 min
For All Mankind
by Al Reinert · United States · English
NASA Apollo footage presents one journey to the Moon from crew voices.
Watch freeApollo program - No. 2719891 h 41 min
For harde livet
by Sigve Endresen · Norway · Norwegian
A Norwegian documentary about substance dependence.
substance dependence - No. 281989
Goddess Remembered
by Donna Read · Canada · English
Donna Read examines Goddess worship and feminist theories of Old Europe.
- No. 291989
Have You Seen Drum Recently?
by Jürgen Schadeberg · South Africa · English
Photographs from Drum magazine trace South Africa's cultural and political life.
- No. 3019891 h 14 min
Heavy Petting
by Obie Benz · United States · English
Obie Benz and Joshua Waletzky direct this 74-minute documentary.
- No. 311989
Hell's Bells: The Dangers of Rock 'N' Roll
Director not on record · United States · English
Eric Holmberg's Christian film examines the dangers it sees in rock music.
- No. 321989
Herr Schmidt von der Gestapo - Filmische Dokumentation einer Beamtenkarriere
by Róza Berger-Fiedler · East Germany
Róza Berger-Fiedler documents a Gestapo official's career.
- No. 3319891 h 26 min
Homework
by Abbas Kiarostami · Iran · Persian
Abbas Kiarostami interviews Iranian children about school homework.
- No. 341989
I'm from Hollywood
by Lynne Margulies · United States · English
Andy Kaufman's adventures in professional wrestling unfold in this comedy documentary.
- No. 3519891 h 25 min
In Search of Guru Dutt
by Nasreen Munni Kabir · United Kingdom · India
A three-part film explores the life and work of Guru Dutt.
- No. 361989
I Went to the Dance
by Les Blank · United States · English, French
Les Blank and Chris Strachwitz make a documentary about music.
music - No. 371989
Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint
by Rick Tejada-Flores · United States
Rick Tejada-Flores examines Jasper Johns and his ideas about painting.
- No. 381989
J'ecris dans l'espace
by Pierre Étaix · Canada · France
- No. 39198953 min
- No. 4019891 h 45 min
Les antiquités de Rome
by Jean-Claude Rousseau · France
Jean-Claude Rousseau's 105-minute documentary considers Rome's antiquities.
- No. 411989
Les trois dernières sonates de Franz Schubert
by Chantal Akerman · France · French
- No. 42198934 min
Märkische Ziegel
by Volker Koepp · East Germany · German
- No. 4319891 h 38 min
Med doden inde pa livet
by Dola Bonfils · Denmark
- No. 441989
Michael Jordan: Come Fly With Me
Director not on record
Michael Jordan - No. 4519891 h 25 min
Michelangelo: A Self Portrait
by Robert Snyder · United States
- No. 461989
My Name is Bertolt Brecht – Exil in USA
by Norbert Bunge · Germany
- No. 4719895 h 49 min
Near Death
by Frederick Wiseman · United States
- No. 4819891 h 19 min
Notebook on Cities and Clothes
by Wim Wenders · France · Germany · English
- No. 491989
One Day in the Life of Television
by Peter Kosminsky · English
- No. 501989
Otto Dix: The Painter Is the Eyes of the World
by Reiner E. Moritz · Germany · English
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