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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 67

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. 165119671 h 21 min

   Perpetuum Mobile

   by Maya Merkel · Soviet Union · Russian
2. No. 16521967

   Picasso

   by Charles Eames · United States
3. No. 165319671 h 45 min

   Portrait of Jason

   by Shirley Clarke · United States · English
4. No. 16541967

   Pozorje

   by Borislav Gvojić · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
5. No. 16551967

   Raid Into Tibet

   by Adrian Cowell · United Kingdom · Nepal · Tibetan, English
6. No. 16561967

   Rocky Road to Dublin

   by Peter Lennon · Ireland · English
7. No. 165719671 h 38 min

   Soleil Ô

   by Med Hondo · France · Mauritania · Hassaniya Arabic, French
8. No. 1658196721 min

   Something Nice to Eat

   Director not on record · United Kingdom
9. No. 16591967

   Syd's First Trip

   by Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon · United Kingdom · English

   Syd BarrettPink Floyd
10. No. 166019671 h 30 min

    Teenage Rebellion

    by Eriprando Visconti · United States
11. No. 166119671 h 5 min

    The Anderson Platoon

    by Pierre Schoendoerffer · France · English, French

    warVietnam War
12. No. 16621967

    The Andy Warhol Story

    by Andy Warhol · United States · English
13. No. 16631967

    The Comedians in Africa

    Director not on record · United States · English

    cinema of Africa
14. No. 1664196759 min

    The Homosexuals

    Director not on record · United States
15. No. 16651967

    The Naked World of Harrison Marks

    by Harrison Marks · United Kingdom · English
16. No. 166619671 h 57 min

    The Times That Are

    by Pierre Perrault · Canada · French
17. No. 166719671 h 24 min

    Titicut Follies

    by Frederick Wiseman · United States · English

    Bridgewater State Hospitalmental health
18. No. 16681967

    Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

    by Peter Whitehead · United Kingdom · English
19. No. 166919671 h 40 min

    Warrendale

    by Allan King · Canada · English

    mental health
20. No. 16701967

    While I Run This Race

    by Edmond Levy · United States · English
21. No. 167119671 h 44 min

    Young Americans

    by Alex Grasshoff · United States · English

    The Young Americans
22. No. 16721966

    Adolescence

    by Marin Karmitz · France · French
23. No. 167319662 h 12 min

    Africa Addio

    by Franco E. Prosperi · Italy · Italian
24. No. 1674196613 min

    A Modern Coed

    by Éric Rohmer · France · French
25. No. 167519661 h 15 min

    Asse

    by Karl Gass · East Germany · German

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