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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 20

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. 4761983

   Baby Sex - Forbidden Ground

   by Otto Retzer · Germany · German
2. No. 47719831 h 18 min

   Beyond Sorrow, Beyond Pain

   by Agneta Elers-Jarleman · Sweden · Swedish
3. No. 47819831 h 30 min

   Biquefarre

   by Georges Rouquier · France
4. No. 47919831 h 30 min

   Buenos Aires Rock

   by Héctor Olivera · Argentina · Spanish
5. No. 48019831 h 30 min

   Burroughs: The Movie

   by Howard Brookner · United States · English

   William S. Burroughs
6. No. 48119831 h 31 min

   Cannibals Tomorrow

   by Giuseppe Maria Scotese · Italy · Italian
7. No. 482198345 min

   Caño Mánamo

   by Carlos Azpúrua · Venezuela · Spanish
8. No. 4831983

   Chicken Ranch

   by Sandi Sissel · United States · United Kingdom · English

   prostitution
9. No. 484198357 min

   Children of Darkness

   by Richard Kotuk · United States · English
10. No. 485198316 min

    Copyright by Luther

    by Lew Hohmann · East Germany · German

    Martin Luther
11. No. 48619833 h 9 min

    Después de…

    by Cecilia Bartolomé · Spain · Spanish

    Spanish transition to democracy
12. No. 48719831 h 12 min

    Dhrupad

    by Mani Kaul · India
13. No. 48819835 h 30 min

    Diary

    by David Perlov · Brazil · Hebrew
14. No. 48919831 h 33 min

    Dolce e selvaggio

    by Mario Morra · Italy · Italian
15. No. 4901983

    Dressed in Blue

    by Antonio Giménez-Rico · Spain · Spanish
16. No. 49119831 h 9 min

    Eddie Murphy Delirious

    by Bruce Gowers · United States · English
17. No. 492198348 min

    Fellow Citizen

    by Abbas Kiarostami · Iran · Persian
18. No. 493198358 min

    First Contact

    by Bob Connolly · Australia · English
19. No. 4941983

    For Love or Money

    Director not on record · Australia
20. No. 4951983

    Four American Composers

    by Peter Greenaway · United Kingdom · English
21. No. 4961983

    Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts

    by Jimmy Somerville · United Kingdom · English
22. No. 497198311 min

    Gorilla Gorilla

    by Anne Wivel · Denmark
23. No. 4981983

    Hà Nội trong mắt ai

    by Trần Văn Thủy · Vietnam
24. No. 4991983

    Hans: Het Leven Voor De Dood

    by Louis van Gasteren · Netherlands · Dutch
25. No. 50019831 h

    He Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'

    by Emile Ardolino · United States · English

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