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International Documentary Association's Top 25 Documentaries

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

This is a definitive list. Please do not add or delete titles not on the source list.

(found at: http://www.documentary.org/content/top-25-docs)
1. Hoop Dreams - Criterion Collection  
2. The Thin Blue Line
by Errol Morris
  
3. Bowling for Columbine  
4. Spellbound
by Jeffrey Blitz
  
5. Harlan County, U.S.A. - Criterion Collection  
6. An Inconvenient Truth
by Davis Guggenheim
  
7. Crumb (Special Edition)
by Terry Zwigoff
  
8. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Criterion Collection
by Albert Maysles
  
9. The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara  
10. Roger & Me  
11. Super Size Me  
12. Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back
by D.A. Pennebaker
  
13. Salesman - Criterion Collection
by Charlotte Zwerin
  
14. Koyaanisqatsi - Life Out of Balance
by Godfrey Reggio
  
15. Sherman's March  
16. Grey Gardens - Criterion Collection
by Albert Maysles
  
17. Capturing the Friedmans
by Andrew Jarecki
  
18.
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 Titicut Follies (1967)
by Frederick Wiseman
  
19. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids  
20. Buena Vista Social Club
by Wim Wenders
  
21. Fahrenheit 9/11  
22. Winged Migration
by Jacques Perrin
  
23. Grizzly Man  
24. Night and Fog - Criterion Collection
by Alain Resnais
  
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.