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2,921 documentaries · ordered 26 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. 10119881 h 12 min

   Cannibal Tours

   by Dennis O'Rourke · Australia · Papua New Guinea · English
2. No. 102198810 min

   Chet's Romance

   by Bertrand Fèvre · France
3. No. 10319881 h 30 min

   Comic Book Confidential

   by Ron Mann · United States · English
4. No. 1041988

   Computer Dreams

   by Geoffrey de Valois · United States
5. No. 10519881 h 33 min

   Dandy

   by Peter Sempel · Germany

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6. No. 106198820 min

   Danish symphony

   by Sune Lund-Sørensen · Denmark
7. No. 10719881 h 50 min

   David or Goliath

   by Anne Wivel · Denmark
8. No. 10819881 h 37 min

   Der Indianer

   by Rolf Schübel · Germany · German
9. No. 109198845 min

   Die chilenische Nachtigall

   by Hilde Heim · Germany
10. No. 1101988

    Drums of Winter

    by Sarah Elder · United States · English
11. No. 11119881 h 55 min

    Enigma

    by Jean Rouch · Italy
12. No. 1121988

    Eye of the Dictator

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
13. No. 113198855 min

    Francis Bacon

    by David Hinton · United States

    Francis Bacon
14. No. 114198831 min

    Gap-Toothed Women

    by Les Blank · United States
15. No. 1151988

    Good Taste Made Bad Taste

    Director not on record · New Zealand
16. No. 11619881 h 34 min

    Het oog boven de put

    by Johan van der Keuken · Netherlands
17. No. 11719884 h 27 min

    Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

    by Marcel Ophuls · United States · France · English

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18. No. 118198858 min

    Ika Hands

    by Robert Gardner · United States · English
19. No. 1191988

    Imagens do Inconsciente

    by Leon Hirszman · Brazil · Portuguese
20. No. 12019881 h 40 min

    Imagine: John Lennon

    by Andrew Solt · United States · United Kingdom · English

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21. No. 12119881 h 37 min

    Jane B. par Agnès V.

    by Agnès Varda · France · English, French

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22. No. 1221988

    Ken Russell's ABC of British Music

    Director not on record
23. No. 12319881 h 30 min

    K (Film a prostituáltakról – Rákóczi tér)

    Director not on record · Hungary
24. No. 1241988

    Kid Safe: The Video

    by Stuart Gordon · United States · English
25. No. 1251988

    Land of Dreams

    by Jan Troell · Sweden · English

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