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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 66

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. 162619671 h 55 min

   Far from Vietnam

   by Claude Lelouch · France · French

   warVietnam War
2. No. 1627196713 min

   Fermière à Montfaucon

   by Éric Rohmer · France · French
3. No. 162819671 h 35 min

   Festival

   by Murray Lerner · United States · English
4. No. 162919671 h 18 min

   Geisterstunde

   Director not on record · East Germany
5. No. 1630196741 min

   Harvest

   by Carroll Ballard · United States · English

   agriculture in the United States
6. No. 163119671 h 17 min

   Helga – Vom Werden des menschlichen Lebens

   by Erich F. Bender · Germany · German
7. No. 163219671 h 7 min

   Herbst der Gammler

   by Peter Fleischmann · Germany
8. No. 1633196753 min

   Holy Ghost People

   by Peter Adair · United States · English
9. No. 163419671 h 20 min

   Home for Life

   by Gordon Quinn · United States

   health careold age
10. No. 163519671 h

    How Long Does a Man Live?

    by Judit Elek · Hungary
11. No. 16361967

    I Am 20

    Director not on record · India
12. No. 16371967

    Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution

    by David Oppenheim · United States · English
13. No. 163819671 h 50 min

    Jaguar

    by Jean Rouch · France · French
14. No. 1639196742 min

    Journey to the Pacific

    by Gary Goldsmith · United States
15. No. 16401967

    Kansanvakuutus turvanamme

    by Risto Jarva · Finland · Finnish
16. No. 164119671 h 28 min

    La chasse au lion à l'arc

    by Jean Rouch · France
17. No. 164219671 h 28 min

    La soldadera

    by José Bolaños · Mexico · Spanish
18. No. 1643196713 min

    Last Words

    by Werner Herzog · Germany · German
19. No. 16441967

    La via del petrolio

    by Bernardo Bertolucci · Italy
20. No. 16451967

    Le Désordre à vingt ans

    by Jacques Baratier · France
21. No. 16461967

    Le dinosaure et le bébé, dialogue en huit parties entre Fritz Lang et Jean-Luc Godard

    by André S. Labarthe · France · French
22. No. 16471967

    Look at Lapland

    by Seppo Huunonen · Finland
23. No. 16481967

    Majka Živka — ispraćaj regruta

    Director not on record · Yugoslavia
24. No. 164919671 h 28 min

    Messa da Requiem von Giuseppe Verdi

    by Henri-Georges Clouzot · Italy · Germany
25. No. 165019672 h

    Mondo Hollywood

    by Robert Carl Cohen · United States · English

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