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50 Must-See Documentary Movies

A list of fifty documentary movies that every movie buff, documentary fan, or just every person in general may want to see.
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Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
2
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (1938)
3
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (1938)
4
Night and Fog (1955)
Night and Fog (1955)
5
Titicut Follies (1967)
Titicut Follies (1967)
6
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
7
Woodstock (1970)
Woodstock (1970)
8
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
9
Gates of Heaven (1978)
Gates of Heaven (1978)
10
Scared Straight! (1978)
Scared Straight! (1978)
11
The Last Waltz (1978)
The Last Waltz (1978)
12
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
13
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
14
Roger & Me (1989)
Roger & Me (1989)
15
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
16
Crumb (1994)
Crumb (1994)
17
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Hoop Dreams (1994)
18
Frank and Ollie (1995)
Frank and Ollie (1995)
19
Microcosmos (1996)
Microcosmos (1996)
20
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
21
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (1997)
22
American Movie (1999)
American Movie (1999)
23
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
24
Grizzly Man (2005)
Grizzly Man (2005)
25
Murderball (2005)
Murderball (2005)
26
Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West (2005)
Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West (2005)
27
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
28
The King of Kong (2007)
The King of Kong (2007)
29
Food, Inc. (2008)
Food, Inc. (2008)
30
Man on Wire (2008)
Man on Wire (2008)
31
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
32
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)
33
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
34
Sound City (2013)
Sound City (2013)
35
Babies Are Murdered Here (2014)
Babies Are Murdered Here (2014)
36
Life Itself (2014)
Life Itself (2014)
37
An Open Secret (2015)
An Open Secret (2015)
38
Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)
39
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
40
Life, Animated (2016)
Life, Animated (2016)
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