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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 80

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. 19761960

   Ritratto di Pina

   by Gian Vittorio Baldi · Italy
2. No. 197719601 h 26 min

   Sky Above and Mud Beneath

   by Pierre Dominique Gaisseau · France · French
3. No. 1978196011 min

   Stendalì: Still They Toll

   by Cecilia Mangini · Italy
4. No. 197919601 h 25 min

   Stowaway in the Sky

   by Albert Lamorisse · France · French

   aviation
5. No. 19801960

   The Big Bounce

   by Jerry Fairbanks · United States · English
6. No. 1981196048 min

   The Horse with the Flying Tail

   by Larry Lansburgh · United States · English

   horse
7. No. 19821960

   The Little Spoon

   by Carlos Vilardebó
8. No. 19831960

   The Savage Eye

   by Joseph Strick · United States · English
9. No. 1984196033 min

   Tire dié

   by Fernando Birri · Argentina · Spanish
10. No. 198519601 h 35 min

    World by Night

    by Luigi Vanzi · Italy · Italian
11. No. 1986195912 min

    Adolescence

    by Francesco Maselli · Italy
12. No. 1987195924 min

    Alain Mimoun

    by Louis Guéguen · France

    sportAlain Mimoun
13. No. 198819591 h 30 min

    Araya

    by Margot Benacerraf · Venezuela · Spanish
14. No. 1989195915 min

    Christine Swane

    by Jørgen Storm-Petersen · Denmark
15. No. 19901959

    Ciné ballets de Paris

    by Louis Cuny · France
16. No. 19911959

    Cry of Jazz

    by Edward Bland · United States · English
17. No. 19921959

    Cuban Story

    by Errol Flynn · United States · English
18. No. 19931959

    Daß ein gutes Deutschland blühe

    by Joop Huisken · Germany · East Germany · German
19. No. 1994195920 min

    I dimenticati

    by Vittorio De Seta · Italy
20. No. 199519591 h 25 min

    Jazz on a Summer's Day

    by Aram Avakian · United States · English

    music
21. No. 19961959

    Korea: Battleground for Liberty

    by John Ford · United States
22. No. 1997195936 min

    La guerre du silence

    by Claude Lelouch · France
23. No. 1998195926 min

    Last Clear Chance

    Director not on record · United States · English
24. No. 199919591 h 20 min

    Les rendez-vous du diable

    by Haroun Tazieff · France
25. No. 20001959

    L'India vista da Rossellini

    by Roberto Rossellini · Italy · Italian

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