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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 76

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. 187619621 h 48 min

   A Dog's Life

   by Franco E. Prosperi · Italy · Italian
2. No. 187719621 h 17 min

   Alvorada

   by Hugo Niebeling · Germany · German

   Brazil
3. No. 18781962

   À St-Henri le cinq septembre

   by Hubert Aquin · Canada · French

   first day of schoolSaint-Henri
4. No. 1879196227 min

   ...A Valparaíso

   by Joris Ivens · France · Chile · French
5. No. 18801962

   Benito Mussolini

   by Pasquale Prunas · Italy
6. No. 188119621 h 29 min

   Black Fox: The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

   by Louis Clyde Stoumen · United States · English
7. No. 1882196213 min

   By the Dike Sluice

   by Peter Nestler · Germany · German
8. No. 18831962

   Cortile Cascino

   by Michael Roemer · United States
9. No. 18841962

   Elgar

   by Ken Russell · United Kingdom · English
10. No. 1885196258 min

    Garrincha: Hero of the Jungle

    by Joaquim Pedro de Andrade · Brazil · Portuguese

    historysport
11. No. 18861962

    Hollywood: The Fabulous Era

    by Jack Haley Jr. · United States · English
12. No. 18871962

    Il tesoro del fiume

    by Angio Zane · Italy
13. No. 18881962

    Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

    by Vilgot Sjöman · Sweden · Swedish
14. No. 18891962

    In the Steps of Buddha

    Director not on record · Sri Lanka
15. No. 18901962

    Ivan Meštrović

    by Šime Šimatović · Yugoslavia
16. No. 18911962

    Kondom Agaundo, M.L.C.

    by R. Maslyn Williams · Australia · English
17. No. 189219621 h 23 min

    Krigsförbrytare

    by Tore Sjöberg · Sweden
18. No. 189319621 h 30 min

    Lykke og krone

    by Colbjørn Helander · Norway · Norwegian

    royal house
19. No. 189419622 h 34 min

    Mediterranean Holiday

    by Rudolf Nussgruber · Germany · German
20. No. 189519621 h 43 min

    Nickelodeon Days

    Director not on record · United States
21. No. 189619621 h 10 min

    Octobre à Paris

    by Jacques Panijel · France

    warAlgerian War
22. No. 189719621 h 30 min

    O Rei Pelé

    by Carlos Hugo Christensen · Brazil · Portuguese

    Pelé
23. No. 18981962

    Parade

    by Dušan Makavejev · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Serbian
24. No. 18991962

    Pop Goes the Easel

    Director not on record · United Kingdom · English
25. No. 190019621 h 35 min

    Post restant

    by Gheorghe Vitanidis · Romanian People's Republic · Romanian

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