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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 61

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. 15011969

   Lipanjska gibanja

   by Želimir Žilnik · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
2. No. 15021969

   Mediala

   Director not on record · Yugoslavia
3. No. 150319691 h 51 min

   Medium Cool

   by Haskell Wexler · United States · English
4. No. 150419691 h 48 min

   Naked England

   by Vittorio De Sisti · Italy · Italian
5. No. 150519691 h 5 min

   Now Do You Get It Why I'm Crying?

   by Louis van Gasteren · Kingdom of the Netherlands
6. No. 15061969

   Paris top secret

   by Pierre Roustang · France
7. No. 150719696 h 18 min

   Phantom India

   by Louis Malle · France · French

   India
8. No. 150819691 h

   Picasso

   Director not on record · France
9. No. 1509196958 min

   Pravda

   by Jean-Henri Roger · France · Czech
10. No. 15101969

    Rivers of Fire and Ice

    by Ronald E. Shanin · United States · English
11. No. 15111969

    Royal Family

    by Richard Cawston · United Kingdom · English

    British royal family
12. No. 151219691 h 25 min

    Salesman

    by David Maysles · United States · English
13. No. 151319691 h

    Saravah

    by Pierre Barouh · Brazil
14. No. 1514196942 min

    Self-Portrait

    by Yoko Ono · United Kingdom · Japanese
15. No. 1515196953 min

    Stones in the Park

    by Leslie Woodhead · United Kingdom · English

    musicHyde Park Free Concert
16. No. 151619691 h 10 min

    Supershow

    Director not on record · United Kingdom
17. No. 151719691 h 15 min

    Tango Argentino

    by Simón Feldman · Argentina · Spanish
18. No. 151819691 h 56 min

    The Fall

    by Peter Whitehead · United Kingdom · English
19. No. 15191969

    The Fantastic Plastic Machine

    by Lowell Blum · United States · English

    sportsurfing
20. No. 1520196925 min

    The Inextinguishable Fire

    by Harun Farocki · West Germany
21. No. 15211969

    The Last Performance

    by Arne Stivell · Sweden · English
22. No. 152219694 h

    The Olympics in Mexico

    by Alberto Isaac · Mexico · Spanish

    sportOlympic Games
23. No. 15231969

    The Racing Scene

    by Andy Sidaris · United States · English

    actor
24. No. 15241969

    The Rise and Fall of Squizzy Taylor

    by Nigel Buesst · Australia · English
25. No. 152519694 h 11 min

    The Sorrow and the Pity

    by Marcel Ophuls · France · Germany · German, English

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