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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 49

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. 12011974

   To je život moj

   by Borislav Gvojić · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
2. No. 12021974

   UFOs: Past, Present, and Future

   Director not on record · United States · English

   unidentified flying object
3. No. 12031974

   Vive la France

   by Michel Audiard · France · French
4. No. 12041974

   Waiting for Fidel

   by Michael Rubbo · Canada · English

   Cuba
5. No. 1205197412 min

   X-Ray

   by Krzysztof Kieślowski · Poland · Polish
6. No. 12061973

   Alpha

   by Ola Balogun · Nigeria · English
7. No. 12071973

   An Essay on Pornography

   Director not on record · Australia · English
8. No. 1208197314 min

   A Private Collection

   by Walerian Borowczyk · France · French
9. No. 120919731 h 41 min

   Argentinísima II

   by Héctor Olivera · Argentina · Spanish

   music
10. No. 12101973

    Background

    by Carmen D'Avino · United States · English
11. No. 121119731 h 30 min

    Battle of Berlin

    by Franz Baake · Germany · German
12. No. 12121973

    Blues Under the Skin

    by Roviros Manthoulis · France
13. No. 121319731 h 25 min

    Bruce Lee, the Man and the Legend

    by Wu Shih · Hong Kong · English
14. No. 121419731 h

    Bukowski

    by Taylor Hackford · United States · English
15. No. 121519731 h 35 min

    Come on Children

    by Allan King · Canada
16. No. 12161973

    Coming Home

    Director not on record · Canada
17. No. 12171973

    Dholer Raja Khirode Natta

    by Buddhadeb Dasgupta · India · Bangla
18. No. 121819731 h 40 min

    Ein junger Mann aus dem Innviertel - Adolf Hitler

    by Axel Corti · Austria · Viennese German
19. No. 12191973

    Escape from Singapore

    by John Power · Australia · English
20. No. 12201973

    From Centaur

    by Ansis Epners · Latvia
21. No. 1221197358 min

    Grierson

    by Roger Blais · Canada · French
22. No. 12221973

    Hanging Out Yonkers

    by Chantal Akerman · Belgium
23. No. 122319731 h 20 min

    Hasta que se ponga el sol

    by Aníbal Uset · Argentina · Spanish

    music
24. No. 1224197354 min

    Hot Pepper

    by Les Blank · United States · English, French

    music
25. No. 122519731 h 13 min

    Humain, trop humain

    by René Vautier · France · French

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