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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 48

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. 117619742 h 2 min

   Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

   by William Klein · France · English

   historysport
2. No. 11771974

   O Direito à Cidade

   by Eduardo Geada · Portugal · Portuguese
3. No. 1178197447 min

   O. J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose

   by George A. Romero · United States · English

   historysport
4. No. 11791974

   Ongka's Big Moka

   by Charlie Nairn · United Kingdom · English, Melpa

   Kawelka people
5. No. 11801974

   Pasolini e... la forma della città

   by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Italy · Italian
6. No. 118119741 h 16 min

   Passe Livre

   by Oswaldo Caldeira · Brazil
7. No. 118219741 h 34 min

   Place de la République

   by Louis Malle · France
8. No. 118319741 h 45 min

   Primate

   by Frederick Wiseman · United States
9. No. 11841974

   Putem melografa — Svadba u Boki Kotorskoj

   Director not on record

   ethnography
10. No. 11851974

    Reč po reč

    by Aleksandar Mandić
11. No. 11861974

    Remember Me This Way

    Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
12. No. 118719741 h 27 min

    Schweizer im spanischen Bürgerkrieg

    by Richard Dindo · Switzerland · German

    warSpanish Civil War
13. No. 118819741 h 35 min

    Sex Advice

    by Vittorio De Sisti · Italy · Italian
14. No. 118919741 h 23 min

    Sing Sing Thanksgiving

    by Harry Wiland · United States · English
15. No. 119019741 h 33 min

    Stjernerne og vandbærerne

    by Jørgen Leth · Denmark · Italy · Danish
16. No. 11911974

    T'es fou Marcel...

    by Jean Rochefort · France · French

    Marcel Dalio
17. No. 119219742 h 14 min

    That's Entertainment!

    by Jack Haley Jr. · United States · English

    music
18. No. 119319741 h 55 min

    The 81st Blow

    by David Bergman · Israel · Yiddish

    historywar
19. No. 11941974

    The Breaker

    by Frank Shields · Australia · English

    Breaker Morant
20. No. 11951974

    The Challenge... A Tribute to Modern Art

    by Herbert Kline · United States · English
21. No. 119619741 h 2 min

    The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived

    by Heiny Srour · France · United Kingdom
22. No. 119719741 h

    The Loneliness of the Long Distance Singer

    by Chris Marker · France
23. No. 119819741 h 40 min

    The Real Cannibal Holocaust

    Director not on record · Italy
24. No. 11991974

    The Wild and the Brave

    by Eugene S. Jones · United States · English
25. No. 1200197456 min

    They Called Us "Les Filles du Roy"

    by Anne Claire Poirier · Canada · French

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