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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 39

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. 95119772 h 15 min

   Río Negro

   by Manuel Pérez Paredes · Cuba · Spanish
2. No. 9521977

   Some American Feminists

   by Margaret Wescott · Canada · English
3. No. 9531977

   The Age of Uncertainty

   Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
4. No. 95419771 h 28 min

   The Battle of Chile: Part 2

   by Patricio Guzmán · France · Cuba · Spanish
5. No. 95519771 h 30 min

   The Bible As History

   by Harald Reinl · Germany · German
6. No. 95619771 h 30 min

   The Children of Theatre Street

   by Earle I. Mack · United States · English
7. No. 95719772 h 11 min

   The Grateful Dead Movie

   by Jerry Garcia · United States · English
8. No. 9581977

   The Inquiry Film: A Report on the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline

   by Jesse Nishihata · Canada · English

   Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry
9. No. 9591977

   The Law of the Land - Alentejo 1976

   by Alberto Seixas Santos · Portugal · Portuguese
10. No. 96019771 h 28 min

    The Lost Years

    Director not on record · United States
11. No. 9611977

    The Police Tapes

    by Susan Raymond · United States

    New York City
12. No. 96219771 h 33 min

    The Real Bruce Lee

    by Jim Markovic · South Korea · Hong Kong · Cantonese

    Watch free
13. No. 9631977

    The Tallest Tree in Our Forest

    by Gil Noble · United States · English
14. No. 96419771 h 20 min

    The Warrior Within

    by Burt Rashby · United States · English
15. No. 965197718 min

    The Years

    by Peeter Tooming · Estonia · Estonian
16. No. 96619771 h 46 min

    This Is America

    by Romano Vanderbes · United States · English
17. No. 96719771 h 38 min

    Tomboy

    by Claudio Racca · Italy · Italian
18. No. 96819771 h 45 min

    Torre Bela

    by Thomas Harlan · Portugal · Portuguese
19. No. 969197711 min

    Toute révolution est un coup de dés

    by Danièle Huillet · France
20. No. 97019771 h 48 min

    Trás-os-Montes

    by António Reis · Portugal · Portuguese
21. No. 97119771 h 17 min

    White Rock

    by Tony Maylam · United Kingdom · English

    sportOlympic Games
22. No. 97219771 h 12 min

    Who Are the DeBolts? And Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids?

    by John Korty · United States · English
23. No. 973197722 min

    Wolters Trude

    by Gabriele Denecke · East Germany
24. No. 9741977

    Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives

    by Peter Adair · United States · English
25. No. 9751977

    World Safari

    by Alby Mangels · Australia · English

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