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Poll: Sight & Sound: Greatest Documentaries of All Time

A poll by Eagles90
Which of the Top 35 Documentaries picked by the Sight & Sound film magazine do you consider the best?

Discuss the poll here.

Results of 342 votes:

  1. 1.

    Shoah (1985)

     
  2. 2.

    Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

     
  3. 3.

    The Thin Blue Line (1988)

     
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