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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 75

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. 185119631 h 30 min

   Over There, 1914-18

   by Jean Aurel · France · French
2. No. 1852196321 min

   Paparazzi

   by Jacques Rozier · France · French
3. No. 18531963

   Perversion for Profit

   Director not on record · United States · English
4. No. 18541963

   Peuple en marche

   by Ahmed Rachedi · Algeria · Arabic

   warcinema of Africa
5. No. 185519631 h 45 min

   Pour la suite du monde

   by Pierre Perrault · Canada · French

   whaling
6. No. 1856196341 min

   Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World

   by Shirley Clarke · United States · English

   history
7. No. 1857196329 min

   Salut les Cubains

   by Agnès Varda · France · French
8. No. 185819631 h 40 min

   Sexy proibitissimo

   Director not on record · Italy
9. No. 1859196312 min

   Stop for Bud

   by Ole John · Denmark
10. No. 186019631 h 26 min

    Street Without End

    by Mogens Vemmer · Denmark
11. No. 1861196324 min

    Sucre amer

    by Yann Le Masson · France
12. No. 18621963

    Take This Hammer

    by Richard O. Moore · United States · English
13. No. 186319632 min

    The Girl and the Press Photographer

    by Sven Methling · Denmark
14. No. 186419631 h 30 min

    The Human Dutch

    by Bert Haanstra · Netherlands · Dutch

    Netherlands
15. No. 1865196352 min

    The Land That Waited

    by Gil Brealey · Australia
16. No. 186619631 h 20 min

    The Link and the Chain

    by Jacques Ertaud · France · French
17. No. 186719631 h 38 min

    The mysteries of Rome

    by Paolo Nuzzi · Italy · Italian
18. No. 186819633 h 49 min

    The Russian Miracle

    by Richard Cohn-Vossen · East Germany · German
19. No. 1869196345 min

    The Yanks Are Coming

    by Marshall Flaum · United States · English
20. No. 187019631 h 25 min

    To Die in Madrid

    by Frédéric Rossif · France · French

    warSpanish Civil War
21. No. 1871196355 min

    Wähle das Leben

    by Erwin Leiser · Sweden · Switzerland
22. No. 187219631 h 33 min

    Was der Wehrmachtsbericht verschwieg

    by Gerhard Trede · Germany
23. No. 18731963

    Watch the Birdie

    by Ken Russell
24. No. 18741963

    Wederzijds

    by Gerard Rutten · Kingdom of the Netherlands
25. No. 187519631 h 50 min

    Women of the World

    by Gualtiero Jacopetti · Italy · Italian

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