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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 68

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. 1676196633 min

   Bethânia Bem de Perto - A Propósito de um Show

   by Júlio Bressane · Brazil
2. No. 167719661 h 20 min

   Broken Toys

   by Manuel Summers Rivero · Spain · Spanish
3. No. 1678196612 min

   Buenos Aires

   by David José Kohon · Argentina · Spanish
4. No. 1679196630 min

   Carl Th. Dreyer - 1889-1968

   by Jørgen Roos · Denmark
5. No. 168019661 h 4 min

   Charlie Is My Darling

   by Peter Whitehead · United Kingdom · English

   music
6. No. 16811966

   Cicero March

   Director not on record · United States
7. No. 168219661 h 6 min

   Der lachende Mann – Bekenntnisse eines Mörders

   by Walter Heynowski · East Germany · German

   Simba RebellionSiegfried Müller
8. No. 1683196651 min

   Desert People

   by Ian Dunlop · Australia
9. No. 1684196654 min

   Eat the Document

   by Bob Dylan · United States · English

   music
10. No. 16851966

    Elf Jahre alt

    by Winfried Junge · Germany · East Germany · German
11. No. 168619661 h 35 min

    Endless Summer

    by Bruce Brown · United States · English

    sportsurfing
12. No. 1687196649 min

    Florence: Days of Destruction

    by Franco Zeffirelli · Italy · Italian
13. No. 1688196650 min

    Helicopter Canada

    by Eugene Boyko · Canada · English

    aviation
14. No. 1689196629 min

    Herman Slobbe/Blind Child 2

    by Johan van der Keuken · Netherlands · Dutch
15. No. 1690196649 min

    If I Had Four Dromedaries

    by Chris Marker · France · French
16. No. 169119664 min

    Jeder ein Berliner Kindl

    by Harun Farocki · Germany · German
17. No. 169219661 h 25 min

    John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums

    by Bruce Herschensohn · United States

    presidency of John F. Kennedy
18. No. 1693196641 min

    La primera fundación de Buenos Aires

    by Fernando Birri · Argentina · Spanish
19. No. 1694196620 min

    Marcel Rasmussen

    by Per Ulrich · Denmark
20. No. 169519662 h

    Michelangelo: The Last Giant

    Director not on record · United States
21. No. 169619661 h

    Mondo Topless

    by Russ Meyer · United States · English
22. No. 16971966

    Never a Backward Step

    by Donald Brittain · Canada · English
23. No. 16981966

    Our Trip to Africa

    by Peter Kubelka · Austria · German
24. No. 16991966

    Pasolini l'enragé

    by Jean-André Fieschi · France
25. No. 1700196620 min

    Rotterdam-Europoort

    by Joris Ivens · Netherlands · Dutch, French

    Europoort

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