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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 31

2,921 documentaries · ordered 27 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. 7511980

   Some Even Fall in Love

   Director not on record · Canada · French
2. No. 7521980

   Something Hurts

   by Recha Jungmann · Germany · German
3. No. 7531980

   Taylor Chain

   by Gordon Quinn · United States · English
4. No. 75419802 h 9 min

   The Candidate

   by Ernst Alexander von Eschwege · Germany · German

   history
5. No. 75519801 h 18 min

   The Comeback

   by Kit Laughlin · Australia · English

   bodybuilding
6. No. 7561980

   The Day After Trinity

   by Jon H. Else · United States · English
7. No. 7571980

   The Free Voice of Labor

   by Steven Fischler · United States · English
8. No. 758198050 min

   The House

   by Amos Gitai · Israel · Hebrew
9. No. 75919801 h 50 min

   The JK Years: A Political Trajectory

   by Silvio Tendler · Brazil · Portuguese
10. No. 76019801 h

    The Joy of Bach

    Director not on record · United States
11. No. 76119801 h 5 min

    The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

    by Connie Field · United States · English

    woman
12. No. 76219801 h

    The Shock of the New

    Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
13. No. 76319801 h 18 min

    The Space Movie

    by Tony Palmer · United States · English
14. No. 76419801 h 45 min

    This is América Part 2

    by Romano Vanderbes · United States · English
15. No. 7651980

    Why a movie about these people?

    by Thomas Heise · West Germany · German
16. No. 76619801 h 34 min

    Workers '80

    by Andrzej Chodakowski · Poland · Polish

    Gdańsk Shipyard Strike of 1980
17. No. 76719801 h 19 min

    Wrong Side of the Road

    by Ned Lander · Australia · English

    music
18. No. 76819791 h 7 min

    80 Blocks from Tiffany's

    by Gary Weis · United States · English

    New York City
19. No. 7691979

    A Balinese Trance Seance

    by Patsy Asch · United States · English
20. No. 77019791 h 31 min

    Addio ultimo uomo

    by Alfredo Castiglioni · Italy
21. No. 77119791 h 42 min

    A Respectable Life

    by Stefan Jarl · Sweden · Swedish
22. No. 7721979

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    by Rosa von Praunheim · Germany · German
23. No. 7731979

    Ashram in Poona

    by Wolfgang Dobrowolny · Germany
24. No. 7741979

    Au rendez-vous du rêve abêti

    Director not on record · Togo
25. No. 77519792 h 46 min

    Baby Snakes

    by Frank Zappa · United States · English

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