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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 71

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. 175119651 h 27 min

   The Love Goddesses

   by Saul J. Turell · United States
2. No. 175219652 h 50 min

   Tokyo Olympiad

   by Kon Ichikawa · Japan · Japanese

   sport1964 Summer Olympics
3. No. 175319652 h 18 min

   Triumph Over Violence

   by Mikhail Romm · Soviet Union · Russian
4. No. 17541965

   Uljez

   by Krsto Škanata · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
5. No. 175519651 h 42 min

   Velikaya otechestvennaya

   by Roman Karmen · Soviet Union
6. No. 1756196528 min

   Von Griechenland

   by Peter Nestler · Germany · German
7. No. 1757196533 min

   Wholly Communion

   by Peter Whitehead · United Kingdom · English
8. No. 1758196547 min

   Women of the Resistance

   by Liliana Cavani · Italy · Italian

   historyhistory of women in the Italian Resistance
9. No. 17591964

   140 Days Under the World

   Director not on record · New Zealand · English

   Antarctica
10. No. 1760196451 min

    900 unforgettable days

    by Valery Solovtsov · Soviet Union · Russian
11. No. 176119641 h 33 min

    A Fool's World

    by Roberto Bianchi Montero · Italy · Italian
12. No. 1762196416 min

    Audition at RCA

    by D. A. Pennebaker · United States · English
13. No. 176319641 h 2 min

    Bagnolo - Dorf zwischen schwarz und rot

    by Bruno Jori · Germany · German
14. No. 17641964

    Bartok

    by Ken Russell
15. No. 176519649 min

    Bassae

    by Jean-Daniel Pollet · France
16. No. 176619641 h 20 min

    Belarmino

    by Fernando Lopes · Portugal · Portuguese

    sportboxing
17. No. 1767196425 min

    Blind kind

    by Johan van der Keuken · Netherlands
18. No. 1768196414 min

    Bosphore

    by Maurice Pialat · France
19. No. 17691964

    Bossa Nova

    by Carlos Hugo Christensen · Brazil · Portuguese
20. No. 17701964

    Breaking the Ice

    Director not on record · Finland
21. No. 1771196411 min

    Byzance

    by Maurice Pialat · France
22. No. 177219641 h 25 min

    Ça ira - Il fiume della rivolta

    by Tinto Brass · Italy · Italian
23. No. 177319641 h 25 min

    Carlos Gardel, historia de un ídolo

    by Solly Schroder · Argentina · Spanish
24. No. 1774196439 min

    Eat

    by Andy Warhol · United States · English
25. No. 177519641 h 30 min

    Ecco il finimondo

    by Paolo Nuzzi · Italy · Italian

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