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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 37

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. 90119771 h 39 min

   15 nov.

   by Ronald Brault · Canada · French
2. No. 90219771 h 40 min

   21 Up

   by Michael Apted · United Kingdom
3. No. 90319771 h 53 min

   24 heures ou plus

   by Gilles Groulx · Canada · Canadian French
4. No. 90419774 h

   A Grin Without a Cat

   by Chris Marker · France · French
5. No. 905197730 min

   Autopista, unha navallada á nosa terra

   by Llorenç Soler · Spain · Galician
6. No. 906197756 min

   Beaubourg, centre d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou

   by Roberto Rossellini · France
7. No. 90719771 h 30 min

   Bible

   by Marcel Carné · France
8. No. 90819771 h 35 min

   Chiaraqe, Ritual Battle

   by Luis Figueroa Yábar · Peru · Spanish
9. No. 90919771 h 45 min

   Christiania

   by Flemming Colstrup · Denmark
10. No. 9101977

    Cine Follies

    by Philippe Collin · France
11. No. 91119771 h 44 min

    Clark

    by Poul Martinsen · Denmark
12. No. 91219771 h

    Concerto per Michelangelo

    by Roberto Rossellini · Italy
13. No. 9131977

    Dearest Executioners

    by Basilio Martín Patino · Spain · Spanish
14. No. 914197718 min

    Di Cavalcanti

    by Glauber Rocha · Brazil · Portuguese

    Di Cavalcanti
15. No. 91519771 h 42 min

    Die alte neue Welt

    by Andrew Thorndike · Germany · East Germany · German
16. No. 916197750 min

    Elvis in Concert

    by Dwight Hemion · United States · English

    music
17. No. 91719772 h 7 min

    Etnocidio: Notas sobre El Mezquital

    by Paul Leduc · Canada · Mexico · Spanish
18. No. 91819771 h 30 min

    Existió otra humanidad

    Director not on record · Spain · Spanish

    historyancient astronauts
19. No. 9191977

    First Edition

    by Helen Whitney · United States · English

    The Baltimore Sun
20. No. 92019771 h 28 min

    Forza Italia

    by Roberto Faenza · Italy
21. No. 921197726 min

    France/tour/detour/deux/enfants

    by Jean-Luc Godard · France
22. No. 92219771 h 58 min

    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    by Marcel Carrière · Canada · French

    sport1976 Summer Olympics
23. No. 92319771 h 50 min

    Gamín

    by Ciro Durán · Colombia · Spanish
24. No. 92419771 h 25 min

    George Carlin at USC

    by Marty Callner · United States · English
25. No. 92519771 h 15 min

    Gizmo!

    by Howard Smith · United States · English

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