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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 72

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. 177619642 h 2 min

   Four Days in November

   by Mel Stuart · United States · English

   assassination of John F. Kennedy
2. No. 177719641 h 37 min

   Franco, ese hombre

   by José Luis Sáenz de Heredia · Spain · Spanish

   warSpanish Civil War
3. No. 1778196433 min

   Haircut

   by Andy Warhol · United States · English
4. No. 177919641 h 22 min

   Il pelo nel mondo

   by Marco Vicario · Italy · Italian
5. No. 1780196413 min

   Istanbul

   by Maurice Pialat · France
6. No. 17811964

   Karavan - Kanjon Nevidio

   by Milan Kovačević · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian

   Nevidio Canyon
7. No. 1782196412 min

   La corne d'or

   by Maurice Pialat · France
8. No. 178319641 h 24 min

   La femme spectacle

   by Claude Lelouch · France · French
9. No. 1784196410 min

   Le Parti Des Choses

   by Jacques Rozier · France · French
10. No. 17851964

    Les Mains libres (film, 1964)

    by Ennio Lorenzini · Algeria · French
11. No. 17861964

    London in the Raw

    by Norman Cohen · United Kingdom · English
12. No. 178719641 h 32 min

    Love Meetings

    by Vincenzo Cerami · Italy · Italian
13. No. 1788196411 min

    Maître Galip

    by Maurice Pialat · France
14. No. 178919641 h 50 min

    Malamondo

    by Paolo Cavara · Italy · Italian
15. No. 1790196415 min

    Michel Simon

    by Ole Roos · Denmark
16. No. 1791196414 min

    Mülheim/Ruhr

    by Peter Nestler · Germany · German
17. No. 1792196436 min

    Ödenwaldstetten

    by Peter Nestler · Germany · German
18. No. 1793196454 min

    On the Road: A Document

    by Noriaki Tsuchimoto · Japan · Japanese

    sportroad transport
19. No. 1794196413 min

    Pehlivan

    by Maurice Pialat · France
20. No. 179519641 h 37 min

    Point of Order

    by Emile de Antonio · United States · English
21. No. 179619641 h 30 min

    Polnische Passion

    by Janusz Piekałkiewicz · Poland
22. No. 1797196439 min

    Seven Up!

    by Paul Almond · United Kingdom
23. No. 1798196410 min

    Shrimp Stories

    by Jean Painlevé · France
24. No. 179919641 h 17 min

    Skoplje '63

    by Veljko Bulajić · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
25. No. 180019645 h 11 min

    Sleep

    by Andy Warhol · United States

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