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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 59

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. 14511970

   Terry Whitmore, for Example

   Director not on record · Sweden · English

   Terry Whitmore
2. No. 14521970

   The Body

   by Roy Battersby · United Kingdom · English
3. No. 145319701 h 32 min

   The Clowns

   by Federico Fellini · Italy · France · Italian
4. No. 1454197039 min

   The Deer Garden, the romantic forest

   by Jørgen Leth · Denmark

   Jægersborg Dyrehave
5. No. 14551970

   The Distant Drummer

   by William Templeton · United States · English
6. No. 145619702 h 16 min

   The Naked Bunyip

   by John B. Murray · Australia · English
7. No. 14571970

   The Past That Lives

   by Philo Bregstein · Netherlands · Dutch
8. No. 14581970

   The Savage Wild

   by Gordon Eastman · United States · English
9. No. 14591970

   The Territory of Others

   by Gérard Vienne · France · French
10. No. 146019701 h 35 min

    The World at Their Feet

    by Alberto Isaac · Mexico
11. No. 14611970

    This Is New Zealand

    by Hugh Macdonald · New Zealand · English

    New Zealand
12. No. 1462197058 min

    Thomas Bernhard – Drei Tage

    by Ferry Radax · Germany · German
13. No. 1463197033 min

    Time Is Running Out

    by Robert Ménégoz · Germany · German, English
14. No. 146419701 h 6 min

    Vampir - Cuadecuc

    by Pere Portabella · Spain · English
15. No. 146519701 h 57 min

    Wake Up, Mes Bons Amis!

    by Pierre Perrault · Canada
16. No. 1466197036 min

    Wenn man vierzehn ist

    by Winfried Junge · East Germany
17. No. 146719701 h 26 min

    What Do You Say to a Naked Lady?

    by Allen Funt · United States · English
18. No. 146819703 h 4 min

    Woodstock

    by Michael Wadleigh · United States · English

    music
19. No. 146919691 h 43 min

    Africa segreta

    by Angelo Castiglioni · Italy · Italian
20. No. 14701969

    A Matter of Fat

    by William Weintraub · Canada · English

    obesity
21. No. 14711969

    American Revolution 2

    by Howard Alk · United States · English
22. No. 147219691 h 15 min

    Apollon: una fabbrica occupata

    by Ugo Gregoretti · Italy · Italian
23. No. 147319691 h 29 min

    Arthur Rubinstein – The Love of Life

    by François Reichenbach · France · French
24. No. 147419691 h 22 min

    Bahia, For Example

    by Rex Schindler · Brazil · Portuguese

    Bahia
25. No. 147519691 h 10 min

    Bed Peace

    by Yoko Ono · Canada · English

    Bed-Ins For Peace

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