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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 58

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. 142619701 h 24 min

   Hospital

   by Frederick Wiseman · United States · English

   Metropolitan Hospital Centerhealth care
2. No. 142719701 h 28 min

   Jack Johnson

   by Jimmy Jacobs · United States · English

   sportboxing
3. No. 14281970

   Karavan - Pohorje

   Director not on record · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian

   Pohorje
4. No. 142919702 h 15 min

   King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

   by Joseph L. Mankiewicz · United States · English

   Martin Luther King Jr.
5. No. 143019701 h 20 min

   Land of Milk and Honey

   by Pierre Étaix · France · French
6. No. 1431197052 min

   Langlois

   Director not on record · United States · English

   Henri Langlois
7. No. 1432197053 min

   Le Cochon

   by Jean Eustache · France · French

   butcheringrural life
8. No. 1433197031 min

   Lenin vivo

   by Gianni Toti · Italy
9. No. 143419701 h 43 min

   Mera ur kärlekens språk

   by Torgny Wickman · Sweden · Denmark · Swedish
10. No. 143519701 h 44 min

    Naked and Violent

    by Sergio Martino · Italy · Italian
11. No. 14361970

    On est au coton

    by Denys Arcand · Canada · French
12. No. 14371970

    Only Light Skirmishes in the Da Nang Area

    by Hans-Dieter Grabe
13. No. 14381970

    Original Cast Album: Company

    by D. A. Pennebaker · United States · English
14. No. 143919701 h 40 min

    Other Voices

    by David H. Sawyer · United States · English

    mental health
15. No. 14401970

    Pacific Vibrations

    by John Severson · United States · English

    sportsurfing
16. No. 144119701 h 15 min

    Pornography in Denmark: A New Approach

    by Alex de Renzy · United States · English

    pornography in Denmarksex and the law
17. No. 14421970

    Saastepassio

    Director not on record · Finland
18. No. 1443197058 min

    Sad Song of Yellow Skin

    by Michael Rubbo · Canada · English

    warVietnam War
19. No. 1444197055 min

    Salvador Dalí

    by Jean Christophe Averty · France
20. No. 14451970

    Satanis

    by Ray Laurent · United States · English
21. No. 144619701 h 28 min

    Seven Women Per Head

    by Paolo Cavallina · Italy
22. No. 144719701 h 40 min

    Sex-Business: Made in Pasing

    by Hans-Jürgen Syberberg · Germany · German
23. No. 144819701 h 25 min

    Sport, Sport, Sport

    by Elem Klimov · Soviet Union · Russian

    sport
24. No. 144919701 h 15 min

    Street Scenes

    by Martin Scorsese · United States · English

    warVietnam War
25. No. 14501970

    Teroristi

    by Krsto Škanata · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian

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