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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 70

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. 172619651 h 10 min

   Good Times, Wonderful Times

   by Lionel Rogosin · United States · English
2. No. 1727196528 min

   Hunger

   by Henning Carlsen · Denmark
3. No. 17281965

   I tabù n. 2

   by Romolo Marcellini · Italy · Italian
4. No. 17291965

   Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen

   by Donald Brittain · Canada · English

   Leonard Cohen
5. No. 173019651 h 27 min

   L'antimiracolo

   by Elio Piccon · Italy · Italian
6. No. 173119651 h 27 min

   Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's

   by Robert Youngson · United States
7. No. 173219651 h

   Let My People Go: The Story of Israel

   by Marshall Flaum · United States · Israel · English
8. No. 1733196555 min

   Location Hunting in Palestine

   by Pier Paolo Pasolini · Italy · Italian
9. No. 17341965

   Magic of the Rails

   Director not on record
10. No. 17351965

    Mayhem on a Sunday Afternoon

    by William Friedkin · United States · English

    sport
11. No. 17361965

    Memorandum

    by John Spotton · Canada · English

    historywar
12. No. 17371965

    Odričem se sveta

    by Krsto Škanata · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
13. No. 1738196533 min

    Pour le Mistral

    by Joris Ivens · France
14. No. 1739196528 min

    Pour Un Maillot Jaune

    by Claude Lelouch · France · French

    cycling
15. No. 1740196513 min

    Rheinstrom

    by Peter Nestler · Germany · German
16. No. 17411965

    Secret Paris

    by Édouard Logereau · France · French
17. No. 17421965

    Summer in Mississippi

    by Beryl Fox · Canada
18. No. 17431965

    The Animals

    by Frédéric Rossif · France
19. No. 17441965

    The Battle of the Bulge... The Brave Rifles

    by Laurence E. Mascott · United States · English

    warBattle of the Bulge
20. No. 17451965

    The Bold Men

    by William Friedkin · United States · English
21. No. 174619651 h 2 min

    The Bus

    by Haskell Wexler · United States · English
22. No. 174719651 h 30 min

    The Eleanor Roosevelt Story

    by Richard Kaplan · United States · English

    historyEleanor Roosevelt
23. No. 1748196555 min

    The Forth Road Bridge

    by Gordon Lang · United Kingdom · English
24. No. 1749196511 min

    The Given town

    by Vladimír Kressl · Czechoslovakia

    historywar
25. No. 17501965

    The Lair of Love

    by Gerald Calderon · France

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