Top 10 The Greatest Documentaries of All Time

Top 10 The Greatest Documentaries of All Time

A documentary is a non fiction movie about real things or events. The first film, Lumiere brothers Lumiere factory workers to leave, a documentary. By legendary directors of a very large number of them, are made of some of them.

For many of them lay bare the truth, were more controversial. Here is a top 10 list of the greatest documentary in cinematic history.

10. Nanook of the North (1922)

North, one of the biggest documentary film, the first feature-length documentary Nanook. Robrt directed by J. Flaherty, a man named Inuk Nanook and his family in the Canadian Arctic. It called upon the modern world, a completely foreign way of life. Many families themselves for nothing was accused of being a made up the most shots of faking though, was criticized by many. The film is a remarkable achievement.

9. Grizzly Man (2005)

Renowned German filmmaker Werner Herzog Timothy Treadwell, a bear enthusiast and decided to take his girlfriend experiences. They were both killed in 2003 by a grizzly bear. He never made a demonstration of the most interesting documentary films. The film uses Treadwell's footage recorded by interviews with experts and peers and other bears.
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8. Titicut Follies (1967)

Directed by Frederick Wiseman, Titicut follies of the harsh treatment suffered by prisoners (detail). Though the film was about the water tower, the hospital's prison conditions, how simple things were going in the same institutions. The film stripping prisoners, forced feeding and food scenes subjected to bullying. It was faced several legal restraint before reaching the later hailed as one of the greatest documentaries ever made.

7. The Gleaners and I (2000)

Writer traveled through the French countryside and cities without saying that Agnes Varda could be a gleaner himself, looking for different aspects of gleaning, and say. Many non-Shot with a handheld camera slight angle, at the same time in this film than this, personal and political.

6. Grey Gardens (1975)

Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Muffie Meyer and directed by Ellen Hovde, Grey Gardens is an intimate portrayal of the life of a mother and daughter. Both named Edith Bell, lived in poverty in East Hampton estate Grey Gardens. Female former US first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, which help the relatives of his house was saved from total destruction. Women sing and dance on camera, and many other things. It's been amazing documentary stage, film and television adaptations.

5. The Thin Blue Line (1988)

Directed by Errol Morris, was born of a relentless pursuit of the thin blue line. and tells the story of life in prison. It consists of a series of interviews and reenactments of events reminders. The film was rejected so much the case, and Adams was released from jail a year after its release. That ends surprisingly thin blue line from documentary films most of the time list.

4. Sans Soleil (1983)

Literally meaning 'the Sunless', can be characterized as a documentary or a movie or a travel article in the French film. Directed by Chris Marker, it is a meditation on the nature of human memory. Marker mainly Japan and Guinea Bissau, and the independent film clips of various movies from different contexts in which context, to, footages of his various travels. This is certainly a unique experience.
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3. Night and Fog (1955)

Collaborated with Alan Resnais French writer to craft the most chilling documentary films, screenwriter Jean Cayrol, survived a concentration camp. A decade after the end of World War II, it takes half an hour the audience the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps, never to lose sight of the truth. Rather than give the answers, which asks questions like those who had the horrors of what happened.

2. Shoah (1985)

Shoah is the Hebrew meaning of the Holocaust. Directed by Claude Lanzmann's documentary about eight hours and nothing. It is a journey from the most terrible period in the 20th century. The film consists mainly Holocaust survivors, witnesses, and former German authorities and Lanzmann interviews trips to Holocaust sites in Poland, including three killing centers. Was recorded using a hidden camera interview. While having received its share of criticism, Soha still a masterpiece to behold.

1. The Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

silence of the survey was voted as the biggest documentary film Soviet urban life film has now earned its place in filmdom. It is the biggest ever made documentary filmmakers revered by many as one of the films. Cinematography by Mikhail Kaufman, editor Vertov's wife, is done by elizaveta Svilova. In the film, Vertov uses such as double exposure, fast motion, slow motion, extreme close-ups, freeze frame, split screen and Dutch angle many innovative techniques.

Top 10 Greatest Documentaries of All Time