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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 74

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. 1826196352 min

   Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment

   by Robert Drew · United States · English
2. No. 182719631 h 23 min

   Dead Birds

   by Robert Gardner · United States · English
3. No. 182819631 h 24 min

   Ecco

   by Gianni Proia · Italy · Italian
4. No. 1829196313 min

   Edith Stein

   by Dominique Delouche · France
5. No. 18301963

   Elvis at Ferus

   by Andy Warhol · United States
6. No. 183119631 h 12 min

   Europe in the Raw

   by Russ Meyer · United States · English
7. No. 18321963

   Eves on Skis

   by Edward Craven Walker · United Kingdom · English
8. No. 183319631 h 28 min

   Forbidden Temptations

   by Osvaldo Civirani · Italy · Italian
9. No. 183419632 h 1 min

   Funny Side of Life

   by Harry Kerwin · United States · English
10. No. 183519631 h 35 min

    Hitler - Never Heard of Him

    by Bertrand Blier · France
11. No. 18361963

    Hollywood Without Make-Up

    by Rudy Behlmer · United States · English
12. No. 18371963

    Izveštaj iz sela Zavoj

    by Krsto Škanata · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian
13. No. 1838196350 min

    Kiss

    by Andy Warhol · United States · English
14. No. 183919639 min

    Kitka – a poem in living water

    by Risto Jarva · Finland

    nature
15. No. 1840196353 min

    La rabbia

    by Giovannino Guareschi · Italy · Italian
16. No. 184119632 h 45 min

    Le Joli Mai

    by Pierre Lhomme · France · French
17. No. 184219631 h 33 min

    Man's Paradise

    Director not on record · Italy
18. No. 184319631 h 23 min

    Marilyn

    by Henry Koster · United States · English

    Marilyn Monroeactor
19. No. 1844196344 min

    Méditerranée

    by Jean-Daniel Pollet · France · French
20. No. 184519631 h 40 min

    Mondo cane n. 2

    by Gualtiero Jacopetti · Italy
21. No. 184619631 h 23 min

    Mondo infame

    by Roberto Bianchi Montero · Italy
22. No. 184719631 h 45 min

    Mondo nudo

    by Francesco De Feo · Italy · Italian
23. No. 1848196335 min

    Moravian Hellas

    by Karel Vachek · Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
24. No. 18491963

    Naked Nights

    by Ettore Fecchi · Italy · Italian
25. No. 1850196312 min

    Oslo

    by Jørgen Roos · Denmark

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