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Documentaries About People in 2026 · page 113

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. 28011982

   The Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of Lodz

   by Peter Cohen · Sweden · English

   historywar
2. No. 280219821 h 20 min

   Tina Modotti - Fotografin und Revolutionärin

   by Marie Bardischewski · Germany

   historyTina Modotti
3. No. 280319822 h 36 min

   Unknown Chaplin

   by David Gill · United Kingdom · English

   history
4. No. 28041981

   A Personal History of the Australian Surf

   by Michael Blakemore · Australia

   sportsurfing
5. No. 28051981

   Being Different

   by Harry Rasky · Canada
6. No. 28061981

   Eight Minutes to Midnight: A Portrait of Dr. Helen Caldicott

   by Mary Benjamin · United States · English

   woman
7. No. 28071981

   Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora

   by Hugh Hudson · Italy

   sportauto racing
8. No. 280819812 h 20 min

   From a Far Country

   by Krzysztof Zanussi · Poland · Italy · English, Polish
9. No. 28091981

   Heartworn Highways

   by James Szalapski · United States · English
10. No. 28101981

    Miller Brittain

    Director not on record

    Miller Brittain
11. No. 281119811 h 18 min

    The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!

    by Jim Brown · United States · English
12. No. 281219811 h 41 min

    This Is Elvis

    by Andrew Solt · United States · English
13. No. 28131981

    Victor Sjöström

    by Gösta Werner · Sweden · Swedish
14. No. 28141980

    Agee

    by Ross Spears · United States · English
15. No. 2815198037 min

    Bohuslav Martinu (movie)

    by Jaromil Jireš · Czechoslovakia

    historyBohuslav Martinů
16. No. 28161980

    Don't Mess with Bill

    by Pen Densham · United States · English
17. No. 281719801 h 54 min

    From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China

    by Murray Lerner · United States · English

    People's Republic of China
18. No. 28181980

    Gilda Live

    by Mike Nichols · United States · English
19. No. 28191980

    Josip Broz Tito

    by Krsto Škanata · Yugoslavia · Serbo-Croatian

    Josip Broz Tito
20. No. 2820198025 min

    Larisa

    by Elem Klimov · Soviet Union · Russian

    historyLarisa Shepitko
21. No. 282119801 h 31 min

    Lightning Over Water

    by Nicholas Ray · United States · Sweden · German

    historylung cancer
22. No. 282219801 h 45 min

    My Name Is Anna Magnani

    by Chris Vermorcken · Belgium · Italy · Italian, French

    Anna Magnani
23. No. 28231980

    Nǃai, the Story of a ǃKung Woman

    by John Marshall · United States · English

    woman
24. No. 282419803 h 52 min

    Renaldo and Clara

    by Bob Dylan · United States · English

    historymusic
25. No. 282519801 h 19 min

    Wrong Side of the Road

    by Ned Lander · Australia · English

    music

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