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Documentaries About People in 2026 · page 111

3,046 documentaries · ordered 17 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. 275119851 h 52 min

   B.B. King "Into the Night"

   by John Landis · United States · English
2. No. 275219851 h 37 min

   Bring on the Night

   by Michael Apted · United States · United Kingdom · English
3. No. 275319851 h 16 min

   Dario Argento's World of Horror

   by Michele Soavi · Italy · English
4. No. 27541985

   Divine Waters

   by Vito Zagarrio · United States · English
5. No. 27551985

   Don't Call Me Girlie

   Director not on record · Australia
6. No. 2756198529 min

   Ervilha da Fantasia

   by Werner Schumann · Brazil · Portuguese

   Paulo Leminski
7. No. 275719851 h 28 min

   Huey Long

   by Ken Burns · United States · English
8. No. 27581985

   Permeke

   by Henri Storck · Belgium · Dutch
9. No. 275919851 h

   Poems of Asolo

   by Georg Brintrup · Germany · German, Italian

   music
10. No. 27601985

    Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate

    by Kirby Dick · United States · English
11. No. 276119851 h 16 min

    Será posible el sur Mercedes Sosa

    by Stefan Paul · Germany
12. No. 27621985

    The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

    by Arnold Leibovit · United States · English
13. No. 276319851 h 32 min

    Tokyo-Ga

    by Wim Wenders · United States · Germany · German, Japanese
14. No. 276419841 h

    Abel Gance et son Napoléon

    by Nelly Kaplan · France · French
15. No. 276519841 h

    America and Lewis Hine

    by Nina Rosenblum · United States · English

    historyLewis Hine
16. No. 276619841 h 28 min

    Chords of Fame

    Director not on record · United States · English
17. No. 276719841 h

    Giuseppe Fava: Siciliano come me

    by Vittorio Sindoni · Italy
18. No. 27681984

    Hookers on Davie

    by Janis Cole · Canada
19. No. 276919841 h

    I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes, the Man and His Work

    by Michael Ventura · United States · English
20. No. 27701984

    Margaret Atwood: Once in August

    by Michael Rubbo · Canada · English

    woman
21. No. 277119841 h 34 min

    Marlene

    by Maximilian Schell · Germany · German, French

    historyMarlene Dietrich
22. No. 27721984

    Nude Portraits - Gundula Schulze

    by Helke Misselwitz · East Germany · German
23. No. 277319841 h 17 min

    Ornette: Made in America

    by Shirley Clarke · United States · English
24. No. 27741984

    Ricochet

    by Gerry Troyna · United Kingdom · English

    David Bowie
25. No. 27751984

    Streetwise

    by Martin Bell · United States · English

    prostitution

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