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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 62

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. 15261969

   The Wolf Men

   by Irwin Rosten · United States · English
2. No. 152719691 h 40 min

   Urtain, King of the Mountains

   by Manuel Summers Rivero · Spain · Spanish
3. No. 15281969

   Victor Hugo architecte

   by Éric Rohmer · France · French
4. No. 15291969

   You Are on Indian Land

   by Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell · Canada
5. No. 153019681 h 52 min

   13 Days in France

   by François Reichenbach · France · French

   sport1968 Winter Olympics
6. No. 153119681 h 53 min

   17th Parallel: Vietnam in War

   by Marceline Loridan-Ivens · France · Vietnam · French

   warVietnam War
7. No. 1532196855 min

   À bientôt, j'espère

   by Chris Marker · France · French
8. No. 153319681 h 12 min

   A Face of War

   by Eugene S. Jones · United States · English

   warVietnam War
9. No. 1534196836 min

   A Few Notes on Our Food Problem

   by James Blue · United States · English
10. No. 153519682 h

    A Film Like Any Other

    by Jean-Luc Godard · France · French
11. No. 1536196855 min

    All My Loving

    by Tony Palmer · United Kingdom

    music
12. No. 153719681 h 43 min

    Ama Lur

    by Fernando Larruquert · Spain · Basque, Spanish
13. No. 153819681 h 30 min

    And Then Freedom Came

    by Sékoumar Barry · Guinea · French
14. No. 15391968

    An Indian Day

    Director not on record · India
15. No. 1540196834 min

    Appunti per un film sull'India

    by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Italy · Italian

    India
16. No. 1541196820 min

    A proposito di "Arden of Feversham"

    by Carmelo Bene · Italy
17. No. 15421968

    At Home

    by Martin Lavut · Canada · English
18. No. 1543196859 min

    A Year in the Life of Franek W.

    by Kazimierz Karabasz · Poland · Polish
19. No. 1544196831 min

    Black Panthers

    by Agnès Varda · United States · France · English
20. No. 154519682 h 10 min

    Brasil Verdade

    by Maurice Capovila · Brazil · Portuguese
21. No. 154619685 min

    Capriccio

    by Ole Askman · Denmark
22. No. 15471968

    Chiefs

    by Richard Leacock · United States · English
23. No. 154819681 h 28 min

    Christopher's Movie Matinée

    by Mort Ransen · Canada · English
24. No. 15491968

    Columbia Revolt

    Director not on record · United States · English

    New York City
25. No. 155019681 h 25 min

    Elective Affinities

    by Karel Vachek · Czechoslovakia · Czech

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