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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 42

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. 102619761 h 40 min

   Os Doces Bárbaros

   by Jom Tob Azulay · Brazil · Portuguese
2. No. 10271976

   Pela Razão Que Tem

   by José Nascimento · Portugal · Portuguese
3. No. 10281976

   People of the Wind

   by Anthony Howarth · United States · English

   Bakhtiari people
4. No. 102919761 h 30 min

   Picasso: The Man and His Work

   Director not on record · United States
5. No. 10301976

   Prostitution

   by Jean-François Davy · France
6. No. 103119762 h 20 min

   Quand tu disais, Valéry

   by Nicole Le Garrec · France
7. No. 103219761 h 10 min

   Rules For a Film about Anabaptists

   by Georg Brintrup · Germany · German
8. No. 103319761 h 35 min

   Savana violenta

   by Mario Morra · Italy · Italian
9. No. 10341976

   Sex O'Clock USA

   by François Reichenbach · France
10. No. 103519765 min

    Slate

    by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Poland · Polish
11. No. 103619761 h 24 min

    Stå på!

    by Jan Knutzen · Norway · Norwegian

    organizational conflict
12. No. 1037197610 min

    Tailpiece

    by Margaret Tait · United Kingdom · English
13. No. 103819762 h 13 min

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    by Gene Kelly · United States · English

    music
14. No. 1039197653 min

    The Blank Generation

    by Ivan Král · United States · English
15. No. 10401976

    Their Age

    by Pekka Lehto · Finland
16. No. 104119761 h 32 min

    The Legend of Bigfoot

    by Harry Winer · United States · English
17. No. 104219764 h 38 min

    The Memory of Justice

    by Marcel Ophuls · United States · France · French
18. No. 104319761 h 28 min

    The Mysterious Monsters

    by Robert Guenette · United States · English
19. No. 104419762 h 18 min

    The Spiral

    by Jacqueline Meppiel · France · French
20. No. 10451976

    The Wild Nation

    by Frédéric Rossif · France · French
21. No. 10461976

    The World of Alfred Hitchcock

    by Annett Wolf · Denmark · English
22. No. 10471976

    Time and Dreams

    Director not on record · United States · English
23. No. 1048197653 min

    Trobriand Cricket

    by Jerry Leach · United Kingdom · Australia

    Trobriand cricket
24. No. 10491976

    UFOs: It Has Begun

    by Ray Rivas · United States · English
25. No. 105019761 h 12 min

    Umarla klasa

    by Andrzej Wajda · Poland · Polish

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