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IMDB Classics Board - 100 Favorite Documentaries

This list resulted from a poll of movie lovers on the IMDB classics board. It stretches to slightly more than 100 because the UP series has been listed with its individual entries.

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1.
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 Train Arriving at the Churchgate Station (1898)  
2.
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 Häxan/Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922)
by Benjamin Christensen
  
3. Nanook of the North - Criterion Collection
by Robert J. Flaherty
  
4. Grass: A Nation's Battle For Life
by Ernest B. Schoedsack
  
5. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City
by Walter Ruttmann
  
6. Man with a Movie Camera
by Dziga Vertov
  
7.
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 Land Without Bread (Las hurdes)
by Luis Bunuel
  
8. Man of Aran
by Robert J. Flaherty
  
9. Triumph of the Will
by Leni Riefenstahl
  
10.
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 Night Mail
by Basil Wright
  
11.
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 The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936 documentary short)
by Pare Lorentz
  
12.
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 The Spanish Earth (1937)
by Joris Ivens
  
13. OLYMPIA -The LENI RIEFENSTAHL Archival Collection  
14. The Battle of Midway - Documentary  
15.
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 Listen to Britain (1942)
by Humphrey Jennings
  
16.
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 Desert Victory
by British Ministry of Information
  
17. Kon Tiki
by Thor Heyerdahl
  
18.
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 The Sea Around Us
by Irwin Allen
  
19.
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 The Living Desert
by James Algar
  
20. Nuit et brouillard
by Alain Resnais
  
21. The Mystery of Picasso  
22.
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 Jazz on a Summer's Day
by Aram Avakian
  
23.
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 Serengeti Shall Not Die
by Bernhard Grzimek
  
24. Point of Order!
by Emile de Antonio
  
25.
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 Seven Up!
by Paul Almond, Michael Apted
  
26.
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 The Epic That Never Was (1965)  
27. Tokyo Olympiad - Criterion Collection
by Kon Ichikawa
  
28.
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 The War Game (1965)
by Peter Watkins
  
29.
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 Titicut Follies (1967)
by Frederick Wiseman
  
30. Monterey Pop - Criterion Collection
by D.A. Pennebaker
  
31.
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 Why Man Creates (1968 documentary short)  
32. The Sorrow and the Pity  
33.
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 7 Plus Seven
by Michael Apted
  
34. Original Cast Album - Company
by D.A. Pennebaker
  
35. Woodstock
by Michael Wadleigh
  
36. Hearts and Minds - Criterion Collection
by Peter Davis (II)
  
37. General Idi Amin Dada - Criterion Collection
by Barbet Schroeder
  
38. Grey Gardens - Criterion Collection
by Albert Maysles
  
39. Harlan County, U.S.A. - Criterion Collection  
40.
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 21 Up
by Michael Apted
  
41. Gates of Heaven
by Errol Morris
  
42. The Last Waltz  
43. Best Boy  
44. The Who - The Kids Are Alright
by Jeff Stein
  
45. The Day After Trinity
by Jon Else
  
46. From Mao to Mozart - Isaac Stern in China
by Murray Lerner
  
47.
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 Hollywood (1980, Kevin Brownlow & David Gill)  
48. Vernon, Florida
by Errol Morris
  
49. Burden of Dreams - Criterion Collection
by Les Blank
  
50.
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 If You Love This Planet (1982, Terre Nash)  
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Created by fish_beauty on Feb 28, 2007.