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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 69

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. 170119662 h 36 min

   Sensation of the Century

   Director not on record · Japan · Japanese

   sport1964 Summer Olympics
2. No. 170219661 h 16 min

   Sensuous Taboo

   by Lee Frost · United States
3. No. 1703196644 min

   Ski Fascination

   by Willy Bogner · Germany · German
4. No. 17041966

   The Face of a Genius

   by Alfred R. Kelman · United States · English
5. No. 17051966

   The House of God

   by Abolghasem Rezaei · Iran · Persian
6. No. 170619661 h 25 min

   The Last Chapter: The Saga of One Thousand Years of Jewish Life in Poland

   by Lawrence Rothman · United States
7. No. 1707196653 min

   The Legend of Marilyn Monroe

   by Terry Sanders · United States · English

   historyactor
8. No. 17081966

   The Royal Tour of the Caribbean

   Director not on record
9. No. 17091966

   The Thin Blue Line

   by William Friedkin · United States · English
10. No. 1710196618 min

    The Three Andreis

    by Dina Musatova · Soviet Union · Russian
11. No. 171119661 h 10 min

    The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound

    by Andy Warhol · United States · English
12. No. 171219661 h 30 min

    The Voice of the Water

    by Bert Haanstra · Netherlands · Dutch
13. No. 171319651 h 42 min

    A King's Story

    by Harry Booth · United Kingdom · English
14. No. 17141965

    Allemagne Terminus Est

    by Frans Buyens · Belgium · East Germany · Dutch, German

    East Germany
15. No. 1715196545 min

    Always on Sunday

    by Ken Russell · United Kingdom
16. No. 1716196526 min

    Barefoot and Without a Hat

    by Jürgen Böttcher · East Germany · German
17. No. 1717196553 min

    Bethune

    by Donald Brittain · Canada · English

    Norman Bethune
18. No. 1718196555 min

    Buster Keaton Rides Again

    by John Spotton · Canada · English

    historycinema of Canada
19. No. 1719196520 min

    Claudia Cardinale

    by Harry Kümel · Belgium · French
20. No. 17201965

    Con il cuore fermo Sicilia

    by Gianfranco Mingozzi · Italy · Italian
21. No. 1721196549 min

    Contraception - a conversation between young people

    by Ole Gammeltoft · Denmark
22. No. 17221965

    Dawn of the Damned

    by Ahmed Rachedi · Algeria
23. No. 172319652 h 25 min

    Der 30. Januar 1945

    by Veit Harlan · Germany
24. No. 172419658 h 5 min

    Empire

    by Andy Warhol · United States
25. No. 17251965

    Fear

    by Ritwik Ghatak · India · Hindi

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