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PBS's 100 Greatest Documentaries

POV viewers choose the 50 greatest documentaries of all time.
Source: pbs.org · Added by phxsns1
3,070 users · 65,630 views
Avg. score: 18 of 100 (18%)
Required scores: 1, 5, 10, 17, 29   
How many have you seen?
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Grey Gardens (1975)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
2
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
3
Hoop Dreams (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
4
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
5
Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
6
Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
7
The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
8
Grizzly Man (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
9
Roger and Me
10
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
11
Man on Wire (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
12
The Fog of War (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
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13
The Up Series
14
Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
15
Crumb (1994)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
16
Jesus Camp (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   87%
17
Food, Inc. (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
18
The King of Kong (2007)
Rotten Tomatoes®   96%
19
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
20
SALESMAN (1968)
21
Man With a Movie Camera (1929)
Rotten Tomatoes®   95%
22
Super Size Me (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   93%
23
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Rotten Tomatoes®   83%
24
Woodstock (1970)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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25
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   97%
26
American Movie (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
27
Night and Fog
28
The Civil War (1990)
29
March of the Penguins (2005)
Rotten Tomatoes®   94%
30
Titicut Follies (1967)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
31
Sherman's March (1985)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
32
Planet Earth
33
Eyes on the Prize
34
Religulous (2008)
Rotten Tomatoes®   69%
35
The Last Waltz (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
36
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)
Rotten Tomatoes®   100%
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37
Spellbound (2002)
Rotten Tomatoes®   98%
38
Born Into Brothels (2004)
39
Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001)
Rotten Tomatoes®   92%
40
Hearts of Darkness (1991, Eleanor Coppola)
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