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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 83
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.
- No. 2051195712 min
Hellas ohne Götter
by Karl Gass · Germany · German
- No. 20521957
Holiday on Sylt
by Annelie Thorndike · East Germany · German
- No. 20531957
Iza kazališne rampe
Director not on record · Serbo-Croatian
- No. 205419571 h 30 min
Lapland Calendar
by Per Høst · Norway · Norwegian
- No. 2055195718 min
Le mystère de l'atelier quinze
by André Heinrich · France
- No. 205619571 h 2 min
Letter from Siberia
by Chris Marker · France
- No. 205719571 h 15 min
L'oceano ci chiama
by Giovanni Roccardi · Italy · Italian
- No. 2058195718 min
Notre Dame - cathédrale de Paris
by Georges Franju · France · French
- No. 20591957
N.Y., N.Y.
by Francis Thompson · United States · English
New York City - No. 20601957
- No. 20611957
Paul Gauguin
by Folco Quilici · Italy · Italian
- No. 206219571 h 15 min
Perri
by N. Paul Kenworthy · United States · English
- No. 206319571 h 50 min
Rendez-vous à Melbourne
by René Lucot · France · French
- No. 20641957
Ritual of Love
by Luciano Emmer · Italy
- No. 20651957
Seal Hunters of the Gulf of Bothnia
by Ulf Bäckström · Finland · Finnish
- No. 20661957
Shiroi sanmyaku
by Sadao Imamura · Japan
- No. 206719571 h 15 min
The Flute and the Arrow
by Arne Sucksdorff · Sweden · Swedish
- No. 20681957
The Hunters
by Robert Gardner · United States · English
- No. 206919571 h 21 min
The James Dean Story
by Robert Altman · United States · English
actor - No. 20701957
The Kurnell Story
by Ken G. Hall · Australia · English
- No. 20711957
The Sceptre and the Mace
by John Howe · Canada
- No. 207219571 h 20 min
Under the Southern Cross
Director not on record · Italy
- No. 207319574 min
You Are Needed
by Ole Berggreen · Denmark
- No. 2074195629 min
Die Vergessenen
by Peter Dreessen · Germany · German
historyhistory of Germany (1945–1990) - No. 2075195622 min
Dimanche à Pekin
by Chris Marker · France
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