Saturday, December 15, 2012

What do YOU think is the greatest documentary film of all time?

PBS recently released a cool “best-of” list called “The 100 Greatest Documentaries.” In November, through its long-running and critically acclaimed show, “POV,” PBS posed the question, “What do you think are the greatest documentaries of all time?” Voting was open for 30 days, and fans nominated over 1,000 of their favorite documentary films.

Without further ado, here’s the complete ranking of POV’s “100 Greatest Documentaries.”

1. Grey Gardens (1975)
2. Paris is Burning (1990)
3. Hoop Dreams (1994)
4. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
5. Bowling for Columbine (2002)
6. Harlan County, USA (1976)
7. The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
8. Grizzly Man (2005)
9. Roger & Me (1989)
10. Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)

11. Man on Wire (2008)
12. The Fog of War (2003)
13. The Up Series (1964)
14. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
15. Crumb (1994)
16. Jesus Camp (2006)
17. Food, Inc. (2008)
18. King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)
19. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
20. Salesman (1968)

21. Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
22. Super Size Me (2004)
23. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
24. Woodstock (1970)
25. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
26. American Movie (1999)
27. Night and Fog (1955)
28. The Civil War (1990)
29. March of the Penguins (2005)
30. Titicut Follies (1967)

31. Sherman’s March (1986)
32. Planet Earth (2006)
33. Eyes on the Prize (1987)
34. Religulous (2008)
35. The Last Waltz (1978)
36. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
37. Spellbound (2002)
38. Born into Brothels (2004)
39. Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
40. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)

41. Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
42. The Cove (2009)
43. Nanook of the North (1922)
44. The Corporation (2003)
45. The Celluloid Closet (1995)
46. Buena Vista Social Club (1998)
47. Sicko (2007)
48. Waltz with Bashir (2008)
49. Gimme Shelter (1970)
50. Stop Making Sense (1984)

51. Shoah (1985)
52. When We Were King (1996)
53. Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)
54. Inside Job (2010)
55. Hearts and Minds (1974)
56. Murderball
57. The Gleaners & I (2000)
58. Restrepo (2010)
59. Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
60. Sans Soleil (1983)

61. Don’t Look Back (1967)
62. Touching the Void (2003)
63. Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone (2010)
64. Baraka (1992)
65. This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006)
66. Tongues United (1989)
67. Brother’s Keeper (1992)
68. High School (1968)
69. F for Fake (1973)
70. Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)

71. Dark Days (2000)
72. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
73. Cosmos (1980)
74. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)
75. Helvetica (2007)
76. Why We Fight (2005)
77. Winged Migration (2002)
78. The Aristocrats (2005)
79. Last Train Home (2009)

80. The Atomic Café (1982)
81. Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
82. Wordplay (2006)
83. Burden of Dreams (1982)
84. Monterey Pop (1968)
85. The Battle of Chile (1975-1979)
86. The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill (2003)
87. Gasland (2010)
88. The Interrupters (2011)
89. Catfish (2010)
90. The Endless Summer (1966)

91. Marwencol (2010)
92. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)
93. Triumph of the Will (1934)
94. King Corn (2007)
95. Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
96. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)
97. Sweetgrass (2009)
98. The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
99. The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
100. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (1997)

In the end, how many of these movies have you watched? Which did you like or dislike? Which was your favorite? Why? Let us know in the comments section below.

For more information about PBS, POV and the documentaries mentioned above, visit http://www.pbs.org/pov/blog/2012/12/the-25-greatest-documentaries-of-all-time/27/#top.

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