The documentary genre is a more varied one than many people give it credit for.

What follows are some of the finest documentary films of all time, ranked below from great to greatest.

This is becauseKoyaanisqatsilacks voiceover narration, interviews, or anything that could be called dialogue.

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In these ways,13this a resoundingly successful documentary.

Triumph Over Violence - 1965

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A woman looks at the camera while another looks in the mirror in All The Beauty And The Bloodshed.

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Ennio - 2021

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A woman and two children in a room full of TVs

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Amy - 2015

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Sans Soleil - 1983

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A black girl in 13th looking at something or someone off-camera.

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Man on Wire - 2008

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