Top documentary films greatest documentaries of all time the documentary network. A countdown of the top 50 documentaries, based on a vote by documentary filmmakers. Garry john hughes as garryjohn hughes, elaine shepherd. Coming to a ranked list of the 51 best documentaries of all time wasnt easywatching them wont be, either. Ten of the best nonfiction filmmakers today choose their own favourites, from. Choose one that suits your interest through navigation system of tdf, watch it, and tell us how it was through comments. In 1987, in great neck, long island, arnold friedman, a retired schoolteacher in his 50s, and his. Using scientific research, government statistics, and testimonies on the damage done in hiroshima and nagasaki.
We polled 340 critics, programmers and filmmakers in the search for authoritative answers. Karyn kusama this highaction, futuristic scifi thriller directed by karyn kusama might have been filmed in the capital city of brasilia in brazil. You can see a list of sources used to compile the list here. Simpson examines the football stars rise and falland the murder. The guys got big stones to do the stuff he does i always like watching them. Flaherty spends one year following the lives of nanook and his family, inuits living in the arctic circle.
The list was unveiled by the american film institute on june 15, 1999, in a cbs special hosted by shirley temple, with 50 current actors making the presentations. Film genres, title, year, country, length, director, description aeon flux 2005, 93 minutes, d. Here is a list of 66 of the best documentaries ever made from erroll morris to. But still, this film is a brutal takedown of president george w. Any column in this list may be sorted by clicking the arrow symbol to the right of the desired column heading. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. According to our visitors these are the most valuable works in our vast library of nonfiction films. Spurlock teamed up with hodgee films again on the 2015 series consider the source, in association with disneys maker studios. The 50 greatest documentaries 2005 tv movie plot summary 1 a countdown of the top 50 documentaries, based on a vote by documentary. The following list includes the top 100 greatest movies of all time, according to the american film institute, including films such as citizen kane, the godfather, and casablanca. The 50 best documentaries of all time, according to critics. This is done via an exploration of his friendships with fellow critic gene.
A collection of the top 100 highest rated documentaries found on documentary heaven. The life and art of charles chaplin 2003, featuring interviews with noted directors such as martin scorsese and woody allen, film clips, and a look at chaplins life and career. The 50 greatest documentaries as nominated by 237 critics, curators and academics. The smartest guys in the room, by alex gibney 2005. The top documentaries are those that not only teach us the most about the world we share, but that do so in a compelling fashion. Nick james introduces our poll while, below, we list the critics top 56 documentaries. To find out which documentary films have received the most critical acclaim over time, we turned. With zoe wanamaker, david aaronovitch, barry ackroyd, randall adams. In this silent predecessor to the modern documentary, filmmaker robert j. The 100 greatest documentaries list contains a mixture of natural world, science, history, politics, environmental, current affairs, biography, and artistic films. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central.
In this installment of the definitive mens movie collection, we round up the 50 best documentaries of all time. Donal macintyres documentaries always have me enthralled. As i count down the remaining twelve, there are some realities that are inescapable. If a film won the academy award for best picture, its entry is listed in a shaded background with a boldface title. Critics 50 greatest documentaries of all time show list info. The 25 greatest documentaries of all time by pov, this award or list contains 25 films. It is used by the greatest films to find the top 100 movies of all time. Top documentary films watch free documentaries online. It is not merely that a great film now receives its just deserts. I was going to try to eschew the established documentary canon somewhat and present my subjective take on cinemas greatest documentaries. In 2005, channel 4 conducted a poll to determine what the british public considered to be the 50 greatest documentary films. The 50 greatest documentaries 2005 cosmolearning history. The 50 greatest documentaries more 4 channel 4 produced. Current tv will countdown of the 50 greatest documentaries from the last 30 years.
The 50 best music documentaries of all time, ranked. The list includes everything from fly on the wall docs to daring pieces of political activism to hilarious mockumentaries. Other times we may find ourselves just enjoying a light hearted story that just makes us happy and regains our faith in humanity. In the light of the amazing recent success and cultural impact of several nonfiction films, a group of curators, myself included, were chewing over what the bfi might do specifically for documentary films and television. Get real with our ranked list of the best documentaries of all time, from. This diverse collection of movies are worthy of being called the 100 greatest war movies ever made. These are the 66 best documentaries of all time vogue. The american film institute asked more than 1,500 members of the film community to pick the 100 best films of all time from a list of 400 movies nominated by the institute.
The 100 best films of the 21st century film the guardian. List of 100 greatest documentary films including the year, director, and subject. Watch thousands of free online documentaries, spanning across all genres. Top documentary films greatest documentaries of all time. The smartest guys in the room 2005, taxi to the dark. The one where he went inside the police force was cool, as was the football hooligans infiltation and a recent one i saw where he bought illegal weapons in bosnia.
The 25 greatest documentaries of all time by pov the. The film was selected for theatrical distribution under the label morgan spurlock presents. The list was compiled based on the nominations submitted to channel 4 by a series of factual filmmakers. The films hackedup theatrical cut was dismissed in 2005. Heres another dark american tale from manchester by the sea writerdirector kenneth lonergan margaret was completed in 2007 but only released in 2011 after a wrangle with the studio. Sometimes the film focuses on things that may be upsetting or involved controversial people. It was one of his last completed films, and one of his few documentaries and, in true. Never say never is third on that list, so, ya know. An essential piece of cinema history, the lumire brothers 50second film is an unedited shot of. Plus top 10 documentary films of each year from 2099 to 2019. Overall at top documentary films you can find thousands of stunning, eyeopening and interesting documentaries. Below is my pick of the 50 best modern feature length documentaries. Check out these fantastic making of documentaries that focus on classic films like jaws, blade runner, apocalypse now, and, of course, troll 2. Schickels next film was a definitive biographical tribute to comedic genius charlie.
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