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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 32

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. 77619791 h 51 min

   Best Boy

   by Ira Wohl · United States · English
2. No. 77719791 h 25 min

   Bleacher Bums

   by Stuart Gordon · United States · English

   baseball
3. No. 778197949 min

   Bravo! Bravo!

   by Malte Wadman · Norway · Norwegian
4. No. 779197910 min

   Cesarée

   by Marguerite Duras · France
5. No. 7801979

   Dae

   by Stole Popov · Yugoslavia
6. No. 78119791 h 29 min

   Derek and Clive Get the Horn

   by Russell Mulcahy · United Kingdom · English
7. No. 78219793 h 12 min

   Description of an Island

   by Cynthia Beatt · Germany · German
8. No. 7831979

   Dieppe 1942

   by Terence Macartney-Filgate · Canada · English
9. No. 78419791 h 58 min

   Einstein's Universe

   by Martin Freeth · United States · English
10. No. 785197925 min

    Em Nome da Razão

    by Helvécio Ratton · Brazil · Portuguese
11. No. 78619791 h 6 min

    En Rig Mand

    by Jon Bang Carlsen · Denmark
12. No. 787197940 min

    First Strike

    by Fleming E. Fuller · United States · English

    aviation
13. No. 78819791 h 51 min

    For Liberty

    by Hossein Torabi · Iran · Persian
14. No. 7891979

    Generation on the Wind

    Director not on record · United States · English
15. No. 79019791 h 3 min

    Geschichte der Nacht

    by Clemens Klopfenstein · Switzerland
16. No. 7911979

    Going the Distance

    by Paul Cowan · Canada · English
17. No. 7921979

    Irreconcilable Memories

    by Karl Siebig · Germany · German

    warSpanish Civil War
18. No. 793197930 min

    Killing Us Softly

    by Renner Wunderlich · United States · English
19. No. 7941979

    Koryo Celadon

    by Paul Raimondi · United States · English
20. No. 79519791 h 50 min

    La Fiesta de todos

    by Sergio Renán · Argentina · Spanish
21. No. 79619793 h 45 min

    La Macchina Cinema

    by Stefano Rulli · Italy · Italian
22. No. 79719791 h 37 min

    Le Québec est au monde

    by Hugues Mignault · Canada
23. No. 7981979

    Letter From Beirut

    by Jocelyne Saab · Lebanon
24. No. 79919791 h 19 min

    Libidomania

    by Bruno Mattei · Italy
25. No. 8001979

    Manœuvre

    by Frederick Wiseman · United States · English

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