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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 86

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. 212619541 h 30 min

   Crèvecoeur

   by Jacques Dupont · France · French

   warKorean War
2. No. 212719541 h 13 min

   Cristo

   by Margarita Alexandre
3. No. 21281954

   Die Sieben vom Rhein

   by Andrew Thorndike · Germany · East Germany · German
4. No. 212919548 min

   Et slot i et slot: Krogen og Kronborg

   by Carl Theodor Dreyer · Denmark
5. No. 213019541 h 22 min

   From Blossom Time to Autumn Frost

   by István Homoki Nagy · Hungary · Hungarian

   nature
6. No. 2131195455 min

   Helen Keller in Her Story

   by Nancy Hamilton · United States · English
7. No. 213219542 h

   Il mondo perduto

   by Vittorio De Seta · Italy · Italian
8. No. 2133195411 min

   Islands of Fire

   by Vittorio De Seta · Italy
9. No. 21341954

   Karamoja

   by William B. Treutle · United States
10. No. 213519542 h

    Lost Continent

    by Giorgio Moser · Italy · Italian
11. No. 213619541 h 31 min

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    by Max Jaap · East Germany · German
12. No. 2137195424 min

    Martin Andersen Nexøs sidste rejse

    by Jørgen Roos · Denmark
13. No. 21381954

    Naked Sea

    by Allen H. Miner · United States · English
14. No. 21391954

    Out of This World

    by Lowell Thomas · United States · English
15. No. 21401954

    Overland Adventure

    by Ken G. Hall · Australia · English
16. No. 2141195450 min

    Picasso

    by Luciano Emmer · Italy · Italian
17. No. 214219541 h 44 min

    Roald Amundsen

    by Reidar Lunde · Norway · Norwegian

    historyRoald Amundsen
18. No. 2143195445 min

    Sakhalin Island

    by Vasily Katanyan · Soviet Union · Russian

    herring fisheriesrookery
19. No. 2144195432 min

    Siam

    by Ralph Wright · United States
20. No. 21451954

    Sininen Saimaa

    by Väinö Vento · Finland
21. No. 21461954

    Switch On Bigga

    by Lee Robinson · Australia
22. No. 214719541 h 6 min

    The Back of Beyond

    by John Heyer · Australia · English
23. No. 2148195413 min

    The House in the Middle

    Director not on record · United States · English

    warcivil defense
24. No. 21491954

    The Immortal City

    Director not on record · United States · English
25. No. 21501954

    The Queen in Australia

    by Stanley Hawes · Australia · English

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