Representing Reality

50 DOCS TO WATCH

1. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA - Dziga Vertov 1929
2. NANOOK OF THE NORTH - Robert Flaherty 1922
3. THE GLEANERS & I - Agnes Varda 2000
4. GREY GARDENS - Albert & David Maysles 1975
5. GRIZZLY MAN - Werner Herzog 2005
6. F IS FOR FAKE - Orson Welles 1975
7. 7 UP SERIES - Michael Apted 1964 - ongoing
8. HOOP DREAMS - Steve James 1994
9. HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A - Barbara Kopple 1976
10. HISTOIRE(S) DE CINÈMA - Jean Luc Godard 1998
11. TITICUTT FOLLIES - Fred Wiseman 1967
12. CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS - Andrew Jarecki 2003
13. PRIMARY - Robert Drew 1960
14. THE FOG OF WAR - Errol Morris 2003
15. DON'T LOOK BACK - D.A. Pennebaker 1967
16. EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP 2013
17. THE ACT OF KILLING - Joshua Oppenheimer 2012
17. THE SORROW AND THE PITY - Marcel Ophuls 1969
18. MAN ON WIRE - James Marsh 2005
19. ROGER & ME - Michael Moore 1989
20. HANDSWORTH SONGS - John Akomfrah 1986
21. WALTZ WITH BASHIR - Ari Folman 2008
22. DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE - Kim Longinotto 1998
23. GERI - Molly Dineen 1999
24. THE LEADER, THE DRIVER & THE DRIVER'S WIFE - Nick Broomfield 1991
25. SEVEN SINS OF ENGLAND - Joe Bullman 2007
26. FELTHAM SINGS - Brian Hill 2002
27. THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES - Adam Curtis 2004
28. THE IMPOSTER - Bart Layton 2013
29. SHOAH - Claude Lanzman 1985
30. SHERMAN'S MARCH - Ross McElwee 1986
31. SPELLBOUND - Jeffrey Blitz 2002
32. BUS 174 - Filipe Lacerda, Jose Padilha 2003
33. DARK DAYS - Marc Singer 2000
34. THE SQUARE - Jehane Noujaim 2013
35. KOYAANISQATSI - Godfrey Reggio 1982
36. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS - Werner Herzog 2010
37. MARWENCOL - Jeff Malmberg 2010
38. STORIES WE TELL - Sarah Polley 2013
39. PARIS IS BURNING - Jennie Livingston 1991
40. WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE - Spike Lee 2006
41. A REQUIEM FOR DETROIT - Julien Temple 2010
42. CITIZENFOUR - Laura Poitras 2014
43. TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE - Alex Gibney 2007
44. FROM THE EAST - Chantal Akerman 1993
45. WHEN WE WERE KINGS - Leon Gast 1996
46. GATES OF HEAVEN - Errol Morris 1978
47. NIGHT & FOG - Alain Resnais 1955
48. LEVIATHAN - Véréna Paravel 2013
49. STOP MAKING SENSE - Jonathan Demme 1984
50. ONE DAY IN SEPTEMBER - Kevin MacDonald 1999