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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 78

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. 192619611 h

   Description of a struggle

   by Chris Marker · France
2. No. 192719611 h 27 min

   Die Diktatoren

   by Félix Podmaniczky · Germany
3. No. 192819611 h 8 min

   Erotica

   by Russ Meyer · United States · English
4. No. 19291961

   First Flight to the Stars

   by Grigori Kosenko · Soviet Union · Russian
5. No. 1930196128 min

   Golden Gloves

   by Gilles Groulx · Canada · French

   sportboxing
6. No. 19311961

   Il bar di Gigi

   by Gian Vittorio Baldi · Italy · Italian
7. No. 1932196130 min

   Le cirque de Calder

   by Carlos Vilardebó · France
8. No. 19331961

   Le temps du ghetto

   by Frédéric Rossif · France
9. No. 193419611 h 42 min

   Life of Adolf Hitler

   by Paul Rotha · Germany
10. No. 19351961

    Manger

    by Gilles Carle · Canada
11. No. 193619611 h 18 min

    Moshi-Moshi (Hallo Japan)

    Director not on record · Germany · German
12. No. 19371961

    New York 1900

    by Henri Torrent · France
13. No. 19381961

    One Sunday in Canada

    by Gilles Carle · Canada
14. No. 1939196152 min

    Rabindranath Tagore

    by Satyajit Ray · India · English

    history
15. No. 194019611 h 14 min

    So macht man Kanzler

    by Joachim Hellwig · East Germany
16. No. 19411961

    Strangers of the Earth

    by Mario Ruspoli · France
17. No. 1942196120 min

    Thassos

    by Takis Kanellopoulos · Greece · Greek

    Thasos
18. No. 194319611 h 12 min

    The Exiles

    by Kent Mackenzie · United States · English
19. No. 19441961

    The Grand Olympics

    by Romolo Marcellini · Italy · Italian

    sport1960 Summer Olympics
20. No. 19451961

    The Man Without a Face

    by Bahrudin Čengić
21. No. 1946196158 min

    The Niger: Young Republic

    by Claude Jutra · Canada · French
22. No. 194719611 h 24 min

    The Smashing of the Reich

    by Perry Wolff · United States · France
23. No. 194819611 h 45 min

    The Winner

    by François Reichenbach · France · French
24. No. 19491961

    Tobby

    by Hansjürgen Pohland · Germany · German

    musicToby Fichelscher
25. No. 1950196124 min

    White Bells

    by Ivars Kraulitis · Soviet Union

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