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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 57

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. 14011970

   7 Plus Seven

   by Michael Apted · United Kingdom
2. No. 140219701 h 56 min

   A History of the Blue Movie

   by Alex de Renzy · United States · English
3. No. 140319701 h 25 min

   a.k.a. Cassius Clay

   by Jimmy Jacobs · United States · English

   sportMuhammad Ali
4. No. 1404197030 min

   Alla ricerca di Tadzio

   by Luchino Visconti · Italy · Italian
5. No. 14051970

   Amar Lenin

   by Ritwik Ghatak · India · Bangla
6. No. 140619701 h 10 min

   Andrea Doria -74

   by Bruno Vailati · Italy · Italian
7. No. 140719706 min

   And who but I should be

   by Jørgen Roos · Denmark
8. No. 1408197046 min

   Andy Warhol and his Clan

   Director not on record · Germany
9. No. 140919701 h 35 min

   Angeli bianchi...angeli neri

   by Lee Frost · Italy · English
10. No. 14101970

    Anthropology: A Study of People

    by Wayne Mitchell · Peru · English
11. No. 14111970

    Appunti per un romanzo sull'immondezza

    by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Italy · Italian
12. No. 1412197025 min

    Asha

    by Jens Bjerre · Denmark
13. No. 141319701 h

    Before the Mountain Was Moved

    by Robert K. Sharpe · United States · English

    natureenvironmental issue
14. No. 141419701 h 3 min

    Black Roots

    by Lionel Rogosin · United States · English
15. No. 141519701 h 34 min

    Chariots of the Gods

    by Harald Reinl · Germany · German

    science
16. No. 141619701 h 25 min

    Dionysus in '69

    by Richard Schechner · United States · English
17. No. 1417197053 min

    Documenti su Giuseppe Pinelli

    by Nelo Risi · Italy · Italian
18. No. 14181970

    Dove non è peccato

    by Antonio Colantuoni · Italy · Italian
19. No. 14191970

    Dubai

    by Rodney Giesler · United Kingdom · English
20. No. 142019701 h 37 min

    Elvis: That's the Way It Is

    by Denis Sanders · United States · English

    Watch freemusic
21. No. 14211970

    Fårö Document

    by Ingmar Bergman · Sweden · Swedish
22. No. 142219701 h 19 min

    Fata Morgana

    by Werner Herzog · Germany · German

    Fata Morgana
23. No. 14231970

    Film Essay on the Euphrates Dam

    by Omar Amiralay · Syria
24. No. 14241970

    Heartbeat in the Brain

    by Amanda Feilding · United Kingdom · English
25. No. 142519701 h 45 min

    History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess

    by Shohei Imamura · Japan · Japanese

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