Greatest Documentaries of All Time

[DSNT]

Sight & Sound poll (http://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-sound-magazine/greatest-docs).

I'm surprised by how many of these I've seen, although I've yet to see the #1 in its entirety.

[Dukefrukem]

19. Roger & Me? Wow.

[Morris Schæffer]

I didn't seem them, so i assume they weren't included, but One Day in September, Anne Frank Remembered and When we Were Kings were all three better than Man on Wire and Capturing the friedmans.

[Philip J. Fry]

Surprised Hoop Dreams is that low, I expected it to be top 5-ish.

[baby doll]

Surprised Hoop Dreams is that low, I expected it to be top 5-ish.I'm not that surprised as it doesn't have the auteurist credentials of a Man With the Movie Camera or a Nuit et brouillard. Which is not to say that it's a bad film, just that it's unlikely to turn up on a Sight and Sound Greatest Ever list.

[Pop Trash]

Surprised Hoop Dreams is that low, I expected it to be top 5-ish.

Sight & Sound is also British, so I'm not surprised this list is heavy on the UK/Euro docs. Hoop Dreams would (presumably) be higher if Variety, Film Comment, etc. did one of these lists.

[D_Davis]

From that list I can tell that I have vastly different tastes than the Sight & Sound crowd.

[DSNT]

I was also surprised The Act of Killing was so high, but given that it is a buzz-worthy recent release and the UK base, it makes sense.

And where was Man of Aran? Surprised it didn't make the cut since it is British and Flaherty.

[Ezee E]

Dear Zachary is as affective as Shoah and Night and Fog to me, and one of my pics for all time.

Speaking of which, I don't think we've done this type of a poll before?