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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 56
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.
- No. 13761971
Say Goodbye
by David H. Vowell · United States · English
- No. 137719711 h 5 min
Sex Galore
by Nils Vest · Denmark
- No. 1378197155 min
Sikkim
by Satyajit Ray · India · English
- No. 137919711 h 31 min
Skæve dage i Thy
by Kjeld Ammundsen · Denmark
music - No. 1380197120 min
Slumstormerne
by Christian Braad Thomsen · Denmark
- No. 138119711 h 36 min
Soul to Soul
by Denis Sanders · United States · Ghana · English
- No. 13821971
Stop Genocide
by Zahir Raihan · Pakistan · Bangladesh · Bangla, English
- No. 138319711 h 10 min
Sweet Toronto
by D. A. Pennebaker · United States · English
- No. 138419711 h 32 min
The African Elephant
by Simon Trevor · United States
- No. 13851971
The American Dreamer
by L. M. Kit Carson · United States
Dennis Hopper - No. 13861971
The Lion Who Thought He Was People
by Bill Travers · United Kingdom
- No. 138719711 h 5 min
The Moon and the Sledgehammer
by Philip Trevelyan · United Kingdom · English
- No. 13881971
The Murder of Fred Hampton
by Howard Alk · United States · English
- No. 138919711 h 51 min
The Night of Poetry
by Jean-Pierre Masse · Canada · French
- No. 1390197150 min
The Save the Children Fund Film
by Ken Loach · United Kingdom · English
Save the Children - No. 13911971
The Shadow of a City
by Hannu Peltomaa · Finland · Finnish
alcoholism - No. 13921971
The Social Seminar
Director not on record · United States
mental health - No. 139319711 h 32 min
The Wind Blows Free
by Folco Quilici · Italy · Italian
- No. 1394197158 min
Vietnam! Vietnam!
by Sherman Beck · United States · English
- No. 139519711 h 20 min
Walls of Fire
by Edmund Penney · United States · English
- No. 139619711 h 18 min
Who Does What to Whom?
by Nils Vest · Denmark
- No. 139719711 h 45 min
Why?
by Phyllis Kronhausen · Denmark
- No. 139819711 h 24 min
W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
by Dušan Makavejev · Germany · Yugoslavia · Serbian
- No. 1399197110 min
Zurp Ahtamn
by Nils Vest · Denmark
- No. 140019701 h 37 min
4 Clowns
by Robert Youngson · United States · English
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