International Documentary Association's Top 25 Documentaries

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In celebration of their 25th anniversary, the IDA members chose their favorites from a ballot of 700 documentaries.

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  1. 2.
    The Thin Blue Line
    by Errol Morris

  2. 3.
    Bowling for Columbine

  3. 4.
    Spellbound

  4. 5.
    Harlan County, U.S.A. (The Criterion Collection)
    by Barbara Kopple

  5. 6.
    An Inconvenient Truth
    by Davis Guggenheim

  6. 7.
    Crumb (Special Edition)
    by Terry Zwigoff

  7. 8.
    The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter (The Criterion Collection)
    by Albert Maysles

  8. 10.
    Roger & Me
    by Michael Moore

  9. 11.
    Super Size Me

  10. 12.
    Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back
    by D.A. Pennebaker

  11. 13.
    Salesman (The Criterion Collection)
    by Charlotte Zwerin

  12. 14.
    Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance
    by Godfrey Reggio

  13. 15.
    Sherman's March

  14. 16.
    Grey Gardens (The Criterion Collection)
    by Albert Maysles

  15. 17.
    Capturing the Friedmans

  16. 18.
    Titicut Follies (1967)
    by Frederick Wiseman

  17. 19.
    Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids
    by Zana Briski

  18. 20.
    Buena Vista Social Club
    by Wim Wenders

  19. 21.
    Fahrenheit 9/11

  20. 22.
    Winged Migration
    by Jacques Perrin

  21. 23.
    Grizzly Man
    by Werner Herzog

  22. 24.
    Night and Fog (The Criterion Collection)
    by Alain Resnais

  23. 25.
    Woodstock - 3 Days of Peace & Music (The Director's Cut)
    by Michael Wadleigh

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Created by Netflixfan on Oct 08, 2007.
 

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Untitled — 2 years ago

For an “International” list, this is very American




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