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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 33
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.
- No. 80119791 h 24 min
Monarch
by Manfred Stelzer · Germany · German
- No. 8021979
My Survival as an Aboriginal
by Essie Coffey · Australia
- No. 803197958 min
No Maps on My Taps
by George Nierenberg · United States · English
tap dance - No. 80419791 h 44 min
Of The Dead
by Thierry Zéno · Belgium
- No. 8051979
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
by Donald Brittain · Canada · English
- No. 8061979
Paper Wheat
by Guy Sprung · Canada
agriculture - No. 80719791 h 34 min
Pea Soup
by Julien Poulin · Canada · French
- No. 8081979
Pielgrzym
by Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki · Poland · Polish
- No. 80919791 h 26 min
Pitoes, a village of Barroso
by Ricardo Costa · Portugal · Portuguese
- No. 8101979
Prisonniers de Mao
by Véra Belmont · France
crime - No. 81119791 h 3 min
Processo per stupro
by Loredana Dordi · Italy
- No. 812197915 min
Remember Me
by Dick Young · United States · English
- No. 81319791 h 43 min
Rust Never Sleeps
by Neil Young · United States
- No. 8141979
Så fruktansvärt onödigt
by Roy Andersson · Sweden · Swedish
- No. 8151979
Simone de Beauvoir
by Josée Dayan · French
Simone de Beauvoir - No. 81619791 h 37 min
Tally Brown, New York
by Rosa von Praunheim · Germany · English
historyTally Brown - No. 8171979
The American Game
Director not on record · United States · English
sportbasketball - No. 81819791 h 20 min
The Battle of Chile: Part 3
by Patricio Guzmán · France · Venezuela · Spanish
- No. 8191979
The Homosexual Century
by Lionel Soukaz · France
- No. 82019791 h 40 min
The Kids Are Alright
by Jeff Stein · United Kingdom · English
musicThe Who - No. 8211979
The Killing Ground
Director not on record · United States · English
natureenvironmental issue - No. 8221979
The Land Where the Blues Began
by Alan Lomax · United States
- No. 82319791 h 30 min
The Late Great Planet Earth
by Robert Amram · United States · English
- No. 82419791 h 33 min
The Lost Capital of Atlantis
Director not on record · United States
Knossos - No. 82519792 h 55 min
The Old Memory
by Jaime Camino · Spain · Spanish
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