Lists of Bests: IMDB Classics Board - 100 Favorite Documentaries http://www.listsofbests.com/list/27340 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. Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:29:54 GMT en-us 0 50 105 50 0 Train Arriving at the Churchgate Station (1898) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2718696 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Häxan/Witchcraft Through the Ages (1922) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2438248 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Benjamin Christensen</div> Nanook of the North - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65549 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65549"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305257442.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert J. Flaherty</div> Grass: A Nation's Battle For Life http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74208 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74208"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305773955.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ernest B. Schoedsack</div> Berlin: Symphony of a Great City http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114636 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/114636"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305301697.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Ruttmann</div> Man with a Movie Camera http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65547 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65547"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008WJC0.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Dziga Vertov</div> Land Without Bread (Las hurdes) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/369384 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Luis Bunuel</div> Man of Aran http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65561 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65561"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008UALI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert J. Flaherty</div> Triumph of the Will http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/316463 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/316463"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E41MRC.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leni Riefenstahl</div> Night Mail http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/637007 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Basil Wright</div> The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936 documentary short) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1546171 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pare Lorentz</div> The Spanish Earth (1937) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2457134 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joris Ivens</div> OLYMPIA -The LENI RIEFENSTAHL Archival Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1396654 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1396654"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FQJA2S.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Battle of Midway - Documentary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/232109 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/232109"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005Q64T.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Listen to Britain (1942) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2698276 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Humphrey Jennings</div> Desert Victory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471069 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by British Ministry of Information</div> Kon Tiki http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1022196 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1022196"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FDK746.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thor Heyerdahl</div> The Sea Around Us http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471108 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Irwin Allen</div> The Living Desert http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1543372 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by James Algar</div> Nuit et brouillard http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/783491 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/783491"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00008IZCD.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Alain Resnais</div> The Mystery of Picasso http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36602 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36602"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00007ELEI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Jazz on a Summer's Day http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/181423 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aram Avakian</div> Serengeti Shall Not Die http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2471137 <div id="position">23</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Bernhard Grzimek</div> Point of Order! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/365833 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/365833"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A59PO2.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Emile de Antonio</div> Seven Up! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2493696 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Almond, Michael Apted</div> The Epic That Never Was (1965) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2718747 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Tokyo Olympiad - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58407 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/58407"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006673O.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kon Ichikawa</div> The War Game (1965) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/539865 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Watkins</div> Titicut Follies (1967) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/620179 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Frederick Wiseman</div> Monterey Pop - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194231 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/194231"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E5LEWE.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.A. Pennebaker</div> Why Man Creates (1968 documentary short) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1546266 <div id="position">31</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> The Sorrow and the Pity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/467572 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/467572"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005AFSL.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> 7 Plus Seven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2493697 <div id="position">33</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Apted</div> Original Cast Album - Company http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157645 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/157645"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004YKS8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by D.A. Pennebaker</div> Woodstock http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152090 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/152090"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000056KAY.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Wadleigh</div> Hearts and Minds - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/316237 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/316237"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00006673L.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Davis (II)</div> General Idi Amin Dada - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195864 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/195864"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000063N7E.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Barbet Schroeder</div> Grey Gardens - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45097 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45097"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00005KHJX.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Albert Maysles</div> Harlan County, U.S.A. - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/371331 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/371331"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E5LEVU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> 21 Up http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/65535 <div id="position">40</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Apted</div> Gates of Heaven http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86857 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/86857"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515M3KY4ZRL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Errol Morris</div> The Last Waltz http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61814 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61814"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXB1.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Best Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/687206 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/687206"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000059TNZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Who - The Kids Are Alright http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594756 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/594756"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000AFQRZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jeff Stein</div> The Day After Trinity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/408460 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/408460"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000648XV.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jon Else</div> From Mao to Mozart - Isaac Stern in China http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/747688 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/747688"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000524FI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Murray Lerner</div> Hollywood (1980, Kevin Brownlow & David Gill) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2718770 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div> Vernon, Florida http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87065 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/87065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00094AS5Y.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Errol Morris</div> Burden of Dreams - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74744 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/74744"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0007WFYB6.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Les Blank</div> If You Love This Planet (1982, Terre Nash) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2718772 <div id="position">50</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div>