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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 44

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. 107619751 h 25 min

   Everyday Life in a Syrian Village

   by Omar Amiralay · Syria · Arabic

   agriculture
2. No. 107719751 h 45 min

   Faccia di spia

   by Giuseppe Ferrara · Italy · Italian
3. No. 10781975

   Fighting for Our Lives

   by Glen Pearcy · United States · English
4. No. 107919752 h 20 min

   Fit to Be Untied

   by Stefano Rulli · Italy · Italian
5. No. 10801975

   Fratello mare

   by Folco Quilici · Italy
6. No. 108119752 h 25 min

   Galileo

   by Joseph Losey · United Kingdom · English

   Watch freeGalileo Galilei
7. No. 108219751 h 35 min

   Grey Gardens

   by Albert Maysles · United States · English

   Watch freeGrey GardensEdith Ewing Bouvier Beale
8. No. 1083197552 min

   Here and Elsewhere

   by Jean-Pierre Gorin · France · French
9. No. 108419751 h 18 min

   How Is It Going?

   by Anne-Marie Miéville · France · French
10. No. 108519751 h 25 min

    Hvem eier Tyssedal?

    by Malte Wadman · Norway · Norwegian
11. No. 108619751 h 26 min

    In Search of Dracula

    by Calvin Floyd · Sweden · English
12. No. 10871975

    In Search of Jewish Amsterdam

    by Philo Bregstein · Netherlands · Dutch
13. No. 1088197551 min

    I, Tintin

    by Henri Roanne · Belgium · France · French
14. No. 10891975

    Juan Vicente Gómez y su época

    by Manuel de Pedro · Venezuela · Spanish
15. No. 10901975

    Juvenile Liaison

    by Nick Broomfield · United Kingdom
16. No. 10911975

    Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute

    by Shohei Imamura · Japan · Japanese

    prostitution
17. No. 109219752 h 30 min

    Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director

    by Kaneto Shindō · Japan · Japanese

    Kenji Mizoguchi
18. No. 10931975

    La odisea de los muñecos

    Director not on record · Brazil · Portuguese
19. No. 10941975

    L'enfance d'une ville

    by Éric Rohmer · France
20. No. 10951975

    Los Canadienses

    by Albert Kish · Canada
21. No. 10961975

    Love Letter to Edie

    by Robert Maier · United States · English

    actor
22. No. 109719751 h 25 min

    Magia nuda

    by Angelo Castiglioni · Italy · Italian
23. No. 109819753 h 15 min

    Milestones

    by Robert Kramer · United States · English
24. No. 10991975

    Nguyen Ái Quoc – Ho Chí Minh

    by Pham Ky Nam · Vietnam · Vietnamese

    Ho Chi Minh
25. No. 11001975

    Nothing by Chance

    Director not on record · United States · English

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