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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 47

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. 115119741 h 11 min

   Débarque-moué au lac des Vents

   by Michel Gauthier · Canada · French
2. No. 115219741 h 19 min

   De Cierta Manera

   by Julio García Espinosa · Cuba · Spanish
3. No. 11531974

   Ek Anek Aur Ekta

   by Vijaya Mulay · India · Hindi
4. No. 115419741 h 5 min

   El Sopar

   by Pere Portabella · Spain · Spanish, Catalan
5. No. 1155197411 min

   Festivalerinnerungen – Ehrung für 20 Millionen

   by Wolfgang Bartsch · East Germany
6. No. 1156197452 min

   First Love

   by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Poland · Polish
7. No. 115719742 h 20 min

   Fritz Lang Interviewed by William Friedkin

   by William Friedkin · United States
8. No. 11581974

   Games '74

   by Sam Pillsbury · New Zealand · English
9. No. 115919741 h 32 min

   General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait

   by Barbet Schroeder · Switzerland · France · English

   Idi Amin
10. No. 116019741 h 16 min

    Getúlio Vargas

    by Ana Carolina · Brazil

    Getúlio Vargas
11. No. 116119741 h 52 min

    Hearts and Minds

    by Peter Davis · United States · English

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12. No. 1162197430 min

    If I Don't Cry Out

    by Humberto Solás · Cuba · Haiti · French, Haitian Creole
13. No. 116319742 h 8 min

    In the Name of the People

    by Ottokar Runze · Germany · German
14. No. 116419741 h

    Introduction to the Enemy

    by Haskell Wexler · United States · English
15. No. 116519741 h 15 min

    Isto É Pelé

    by Luiz Carlos Barreto · Brazil · Portuguese

    Pelé
16. No. 1166197449 min

    Italianamerican

    by Martin Scorsese · United States · English
17. No. 116719741 h 20 min

    I Was, I Am, I Will Be

    by Walter Heynowski · East Germany · German
18. No. 1168197435 min

    Jaime

    by Margarida Cordeiro · Portugal · Portuguese
19. No. 116919741 h 36 min

    Janis

    by Howard Alk · Canada · English
20. No. 1170197457 min

    King of the Hill

    by William Canning · Canada · English
21. No. 117119741 h 50 min

    La course en tête

    by Joël Santoni · Belgium · France
22. No. 11721974

    Les Bicots-nègres, vos voisins

    by Med Hondo
23. No. 117319741 h 20 min

    Les hautes solitudes

    by Philippe Garrel · France · French
24. No. 11741974

    Lord of the Universe

    by Michael Shamberg · United States · English
25. No. 11751974

    Megara

    by Sakis Maniatis · Greece · Greek

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