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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 60

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. 147619691 h 45 min

   Calcutta

   by Louis Malle · France · French

   India
2. No. 147719699 min

   Candy

   by Per Arnoldi · Denmark
3. No. 14781969

   Cântecele Renasterii

   Director not on record · Romania · Romanian
4. No. 147919694 min

   Case Study: LSD

   Director not on record · United States · English
5. No. 14801969

   Charlie Brown and Charles Schulz

   by Bill Melendez · United States · English
6. No. 14811969

   Demain à Nanguila

   by Joris Ivens · France · Mali · English
7. No. 14821969

   Deserter USA

   by Lars Lambert · Sweden · English
8. No. 14831969

   Dijapazon - Gita Predić-Nušić

   by Mirjana Samardžić · Yugoslavia · Serbian
9. No. 14841969

   Du bist min (Ein deutsches Tagebuch)

   by Annelie Thorndike · Germany · East Germany · German
10. No. 14851969

    Dugo sećanje

    Director not on record · Yugoslavia
11. No. 14861969

    Eldridge Cleaver, Black Panther

    by William Klein · France
12. No. 14871969

    Éloge du chiac

    by Michel Brault · Canada · French
13. No. 148819691 h

    Fellini: A Director's Notebook

    by Federico Fellini · United States · Italy · Italian
14. No. 14891969

    Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969

    by William Klein · France · Germany · French, English
15. No. 14901969

    Filmmakers of Our Time: John Cassavetes

    by André S. Labarthe · France

    John Cassavetes
16. No. 14911969

    Footprints on the Moon

    by Bill Gibson · United States · English
17. No. 149219691 h 30 min

    Forbidden Paris

    by Jean-Louis van Belle · Belgium
18. No. 149319691 h

    France, the song

    by Yuri Aldokhin · Soviet Union · Russian

    chanson
19. No. 1494196921 min

    Georgian Ancient Songs

    by Otar Iosseliani · Georgian SSR
20. No. 14951969

    Good Times Bad Times

    by Donald Shebib · Canada · English
21. No. 14961969

    Hajde da sanjamo

    by Borislav Gvojić · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
22. No. 1497196950 min

    HWY: An American Pastoral

    by Frank Lisciandro · United States · English
23. No. 149819691 h 13 min

    It’s a Revolution Mother

    by Harry Kerwin · United States · English

    1960s
24. No. 149919691 h 42 min

    Language of Love

    by Torgny Wickman · Sweden · Swedish
25. No. 150019691 h 21 min

    Law and Order

    by Frederick Wiseman · United States · English

    Kansas City Police Department

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