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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 77

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. 1901196253 min

   Regards sur la folie

   by Mario Ruspoli · France
2. No. 190219621 h 25 min

   Schaut auf diese Stadt

   by Karl Gass · Germany · East Germany · German
3. No. 1903196225 min

   Seeing Miami...

   by Gilles Groulx · Canada · French
4. No. 190419621 h 34 min

   Sexy

   by Renzo Russo · Italy · Italian
5. No. 19051962

   Sound an Alarm

   Director not on record · United Kingdom
6. No. 1906196218 min

   Tarantula

   by Gianfranco Mingozzi · Italy · Italian
7. No. 1907196225 min

   The Blues

   by Samuel Charters · United States · English
8. No. 190819621 h 34 min

   The Faces of Three Cities

   by Matti Kassila · Finland · Finnish
9. No. 190919621 h 26 min

   The Final Battle

   by Raphael Nussbaum · Germany · German
10. No. 19101962

    The Market Place

    by Erkko Kivikoski · Finland · Finnish
11. No. 19111962

    The Memory of the Rose

    by Sergiu Nicolaescu · Romania · Romanian
12. No. 19121962

    The Olive Trees of Justice

    by James Blue · France · French

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13. No. 1913196252 min

    The People vs. Paul Crump

    by William Friedkin · United States · English
14. No. 191419621 h 34 min

    To Arms, We're Fascists!

    Director not on record · Italy
15. No. 191519621 h 27 min

    Unbändiges Spanien

    by Jeanne Stern · East Germany
16. No. 191619621 h 22 min

    We'll Bury You

    by Jack W. Thomas

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17. No. 191719611 h 14 min

    After Mein Kampf

    Director not on record · United States
18. No. 19181961

    A Glimpse of De Kooning

    by Robert Snyder · United Kingdom
19. No. 1919196119 min

    A Man Has Returned from Space

    by Yekaterina Vermisheva · Soviet Union · Russian
20. No. 192019611 h 28 min

    America by Night

    by Giuseppe Maria Scotese · Italy · France · Spanish, Italian
21. No. 19211961

    Boogie Woogie

    by Bent Barfod · Denmark
22. No. 192219611 h 30 min

    Chronique d'un été

    by Edgar Morin · France · French
23. No. 1923196114 min

    Cmentarz Remu

    by Edward Etler · Poland
24. No. 1924196128 min

    ¡Cuba Sí!

    by Chris Marker · France
25. No. 192519611 h 33 min

    Days of Thrills and Laughter

    by Robert Youngson · United States · English

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