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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 34
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. 8261979
The Pythons
Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
- No. 82719791 h 40 min
The War at Home
by Glenn Silber · United States · English
warVietnam War - No. 82819791 h 30 min
The Wobblies
by Stewart Bird · United States · English
- No. 82919791 h 28 min
Town Bloody Hall
by D. A. Pennebaker · United States
- No. 83019791 h
Trial Zichronot Mishpat Eichmann
by David Perlov · Israel
- No. 831197955 min
Tvers igjennom lov
by Sølve Skagen · Norway · Norwegian
organizational conflict - No. 8321979
Un jour les témoins disparaitront
by Frans Buyens · Belgium
- No. 8331979
We Are All for the Fatherland
by Maroun Bagdadi · Canada · France · French
- No. 83419791 h 5 min
Welche Farbe hat das Grauen?
by Dieter Hildebrandt · Germany
- No. 8351979
With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade
by Lorraine Gray · United States · English
- No. 836197950 min
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia
by David Munro · United Kingdom · English
- No. 8371979
Yes or No, Jean-Guy Moreau
by Michael Rubbo · Canada
- No. 838197810 min
10 minutes older
by Herz Frank · Latvia · Soviet Union · Russian
- No. 83919781 h 20 min
20 Stunden mit Patti Smith
by Rudi Dolezal · Austria · English
- No. 8401978
Alertez les bebes
by Jean-Michel Carré · France
- No. 841197858 min
Always for Pleasure
by Les Blank · United States · English
- No. 842197855 min
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
by Martin Scorsese · United States · English
- No. 8431978
Avenue of the Just
Director not on record · United States
- No. 84419781 h 23 min
Between Two Wars
by Harun Farocki · Germany · German
history - No. 84519781 h 33 min
Beyond and Back
by James L. Conway · United States · English
- No. 84619781 h
Borges para millones
by Ricardo Wullicher · Argentina · Spanish
- No. 84719781 h 41 min
Budo: The Art of Killing
by Masayoshi Nemoto · Japan · English
- No. 848197848 min
Carl Nielsen 1865-1931
by Jørgen Roos · Denmark
- No. 849197854 min
Charleen
by Ross McElwee · United States · English
Charleen Swansea - No. 8501978197 h 8 min
Cinématon
by Gérard Courant · France
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