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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 55

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. 135119711 h 44 min

   Kärlekens XYZ

   by Torgny Wickman · Sweden · Swedish
2. No. 135219711 h 57 min

   L'Acadie, l'Acadie

   by Pierre Perrault · Canada · French
3. No. 135319711 h 25 min

   Land of Silence and Darkness

   by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
4. No. 135419713 h

   La Région Centrale

   by Michael Snow · Canada
5. No. 135519718 min

   Le Cochon aux patates douces

   by Barbet Schroeder · France
6. No. 1356197114 min

   Le mura di Sana

   by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Italy · Italian
7. No. 13571971

   Les passagers

   by Annie Tresgot · Algeria
8. No. 135819711 h 57 min

   Mad Dogs & Englishmen

   by Pierre Adidge · United States · English
9. No. 1359197126 min

   Major Khaled's War

   by Vanya Kewley · English
10. No. 13601971

    Millhouse

    by Emile de Antonio · United States · English

    history
11. No. 136119712 h

    Minamata: The Victims and Their World

    by Noriaki Tsuchimoto · Japan · Japanese

    natureenvironmental issue
12. No. 136219711 h 30 min

    Mondo Cane 2000

    by Luigi Scattini · Italy · Italian
13. No. 136319711 h 19 min

    Morning of the Earth

    by David Elfick · Australia · English

    sportsurfing
14. No. 136419711 h 47 min

    Numéro zéro

    by Jean Eustache · France · French
15. No. 136519711 h 26 min

    On Any Sunday

    by Bruce Brown · United States · English

    sportmotorcycle sport
16. No. 13661971

    Once Upon a Wheel

    by David Winters · United States · English

    sportauto racing
17. No. 136719711 h 22 min

    Open Dialoog

    by Frans Buyens · Belgium
18. No. 13681971

    Pornography: A Musical

    by Ole Ege · Denmark
19. No. 136919711 h 46 min

    Ra

    by Thor Heyerdahl · Norway · Sweden · English

    Ra II expeditionRa expedition
20. No. 13701971

    Raga

    by Howard Worth · United States · English, Hindi

    Ravi Shankar
21. No. 137119711 h 9 min

    Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War

    by Masao Adachi · Japan · Japanese
22. No. 13721971

    Red, White and Blue

    by Ferd Sebastian · United States · English
23. No. 137319711 h 40 min

    Rice University

    by Beppe Cino · Italy
24. No. 1374197112 min

    Sad Song of Touha

    by Attiyat Al-Abnudi · Egypt
25. No. 137519711 h 31 min

    Same Ællin

    by Titus Vibe-Müller · Norway · Norwegian

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