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Classic Documentaries Before 1990 · page 9

2,921 documentaries · ordered 26 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. 2011987

   Kond

   by Harutyun Khachatryan · Soviet Union · Armenian

   Kond
2. No. 2021987

   Kostka cukru

   by Jacek Bławut · Poland · Polish
3. No. 20319871 h 37 min

   La Guerre Oubliee

   by Richard Boutet · Canada · French
4. No. 204198727 min

   La valse des médias

   by Luc Moullet · France
5. No. 2051987

   Live Without a Net

   Director not on record · United States · English

   musicVan Halen
6. No. 20619871 h 5 min

   Location Africa

   by Steff Gruber · Switzerland · English, German
7. No. 2071987

   Maa Ooru

   by B. Narsing Rao · India · Telugu
8. No. 2081987

   Maximum Power

   by John Langley · United States · English
9. No. 20919871 h 25 min

   Monopoly

   by Heiko Schier · Germany · German
10. No. 21019871 h 19 min

    Notebook from China

    by Jørgen Leth · United States · Denmark
11. No. 21119871 h 37 min

    Pica Pica

    by Mikael Kristersson · Sweden · Swedish

    Eurasian Magpie
12. No. 21219871 h 30 min

    Pretty Girls

    by László Hartai · Hungary · Hungarian
13. No. 21319871 h 4 min

    Ranch Album

    by Gail Steiger · United States · English
14. No. 2141987

    Regard de fous

    Director not on record
15. No. 215198714 h 33 min

    Resan

    by Peter Watkins · Italy · Australia · Swedish
16. No. 2161987

    Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

    by Peter Leippe · United States · English
17. No. 21719871 h 20 min

    Rok

    by Alexei Uchitel · Soviet Union · Russian
18. No. 21819871 h 17 min

    Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles

    by Walter Saxer · Switzerland · Peru · Spanish
19. No. 219198725 min

    Shonar Beri

    by Tareque Masud · Bangladesh · Bangla
20. No. 220198748 min

    So Many Miracles

    by Katherine Smalley · Canada
21. No. 221198724 min

    Something Happened

    by Roy Andersson · Sweden · Swedish
22. No. 22219871 h 38 min

    Spaltprozesse

    by Claus Strigel · Germany · German
23. No. 223198721 min

    Stormé: The Lady of the Jewel Box

    Director not on record · United States · English
24. No. 2241987

    The Bell of Chernobyl

    by Vladimir Sinelnikov · Soviet Union · Russian

    Chernobyl disaster
25. No. 22519874 h

    The Charles Bukowski Tapes

    by Barbet Schroeder · France · English

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