Best documentaries 1971 – 1980 - Charts
Best documentaries 1971 – 1980
![Pictures of the Old World](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/003/3536_4bd5c6.png)
1. Pictures of the Old World (1972)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Dušan Hanák
Cast: Ladislav Chudík
![The Song Remains the Same](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/071/71653_b902b3.jpg)
2. The Song Remains the Same (1976)
UK / USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Peter Clifton, Joe Massot
Cast: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page
![Pumping Iron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/021/21149_dd9c24.jpg)
![Jimi Hendrix](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/245/158245429_78c79c.jpg)
![Hitler: The Whole Story](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/454/160454806_50be36.png)
5. Hitler: The Whole Story (1977)
West Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Joachim Fest, Christian Herrendoerfer
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring
![Speed Fever](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/292/160292870_29ecf7.png)
6. Speed Fever (1978)
Italy, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Ottavio Fabbri
Cast: Sydne Rome, James Coburn
![The Last Waltz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/436/166436984_7d2a2a.jpg)
7. The Last Waltz (1978)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robbie Robertson, Eric Clapton
![Visions of Eight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/003/3055_de5c40.jpg)
8. Visions of Eight (1973)
USA / West Germany, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa
![World Safari](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/117/162/117162084_4c476e.jpg)
![Miracles of the Gods](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/496/163496203_c222a3.jpg)
10. Miracles of the Gods (1976)
West Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Harald Reinl, Charles Romine
Cast: Erich von Däniken, Harald Leipnitz
![Land of Silence and Darkness](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/479/479069_16c5ba.jpg)
11. Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
West Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Cast: Fini Straubinger
![Baby Snakes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/057/57781_d43a3b.jpg)
12. Baby Snakes (1979)
USA, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Frank Zappa
Cast: Frank Zappa, Adrian Belew
![Elvis On Tour](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/226/158226002_8b72f3.jpg)
13. Elvis On Tour (1972)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Robert Abel, Pierre Adidge
Cast: Elvis Presley, Red West
![News from Home](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/225/168225533_x2g6gh.jpg)
15. News from Home (1976)
Belgium / France, Documentary
Directed by: Chantal Akerman
Cast: Chantal Akerman
![Hearts and Minds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/734/166734672_f4fe83.jpg)
![F for Fake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/789/167789060_jfhjtu.jpg)
17. F for Fake (1974)
France / Iran, Documentary
Directed by: Orson Welles, François Reichenbach
Cast: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten
![The Kids Are Alright](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/284/163284069_aec458.jpg)
18. The Kids Are Alright (1979)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Jeff Stein
Cast: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend
![Animals Are Beautiful People](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/303/159303819_b72c7b.jpg)
19. Animals Are Beautiful People (1974)
South Africa / USA, Comedy / Documentary
Directed by: Jamie Uys
Cast: Paddy O'Byrne
![General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/052/162052244_823ca9.jpg)
20. General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1974)
France, Documentary
Directed by: Barbet Schroeder
Cast: Idi Amin
![On Any Sunday](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/451/160451245_d23ce4.jpg)
![Richard Pryor: Live in Concert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/028/28384_3ad14f.jpg)
22. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
USA, Comedy / Documentary
Cast: Richard Pryor, Patti LaBelle
![Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/396/396848_d0edb8.jpg)
23. Andy Kaufman Plays Carnegie Hall (1980)
USA, Documentary / Comedy
Cast: Andy Kaufman, Robin Williams
![Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/905/166905403_10560f.jpg)
24. Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972)
UK / West Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Jonas Mekas
Cast: Jonas Mekas, Adolfas Mekas
![That's Entertainment!](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/487/166487934_90a0b2.jpg)
25. That's Entertainment! (1974)
USA, Documentary / Musical
Directed by: Jack Haley jr.
Cast: Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby
![Daguerreotypes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/511/164511342_fe7274.jpg)
![The Ra Expeditions](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/801/160801685_06ce7b.jpg)
27. The Ra Expeditions (1972)
Sweden / Norway, Documentary
Directed by: Thor Heyerdahl, Lennart Ehrenborg
Cast: Thor Heyerdahl, Roscoe Lee Browne
![Bugs Bunny Superstar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/165/770/165770066_bc8565.jpg)
28. Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975)
USA, Animation / Documentary
Directed by: Larry Jackson
Cast: Robert Clampett, Tex Avery
![Weekend of a Champion](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/451/159451654_4d1d40.jpg)
29. Weekend of a Champion (1972)
UK, Documentary
Directed by: Frank Simon, Roman Polański
Cast: Roman Polański, Jackie Stewart
![Sólo pro Jaroslava Marvana](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/069/69084_52caa0.jpg)
30. Sólo pro Jaroslava Marvana (1971)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Vladimír Sís
Cast: Jaroslav Marvan
![ABBA: The Movie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/001/168001703_2t0h5h.jpg)
![Directed by John Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/031/569/31569093_52fcfb.jpg)
32. Directed by John Ford (1971)
USA, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich
Cast: Orson Welles, John Ford
![Harlan County, U.S.A.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/890/160890854_951552.jpg)
![Voyage to the Edge of the World](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/209/160209012_4839fb.jpg)
34. Voyage to the Edge of the World (1975)
France, Documentary
Directed by: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Philippe Cousteau
Cast: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
![Grey Gardens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/985/166985845_dba731.jpg)
![Rockshow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/342/167342734_a64c03.jpg)
![Swastika](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/024/24837_54293d.jpg)
37. Swastika (1974)
UK, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Philippe Mora
Cast: Adolf Hitler, Eva Braun
![Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/187/164187057_6cef12.jpg)
38. Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973)
Hong Kong, Documentary
Directed by: Shih Wu
Cast: Bruce Lee, Carter Wong
![Janis - The Way She Was](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/261/158261704_7c30fa.jpg)
39. Janis - The Way She Was (1974)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Howard Alk
Cast: Janis Joplin
![Lost, Lost, Lost](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/960/163960728_e615e3.jpg)
40. Lost, Lost, Lost (1976)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Jonas Mekas
Cast: Ed Emshwiller, Ken Jacobs
![That's Entertainment, Part II](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/479/160479457_13dad9.jpg)
41. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
USA, Documentary / Musical
Directed by: Gene Kelly
Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly
![En forårsdag i Helvede](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/165/765/165765982_980e87.jpg)
![The Society of the Spectacle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/070/70747_9d012c.jpg)
43. The Society of the Spectacle (1973)
France, Documentary
Directed by: Guy Debord
Cast: Guy Debord, Adolf Hitler
![Are We Alone in the Universe?](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/062/62042_ce9339.jpg)
![Manson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/806/163806798_9926c3.jpg)
45. Manson (1973)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Laurence Merrick, Robert Hendrickson
Cast: Vincent Bugliosi, Mary Brunner
![The Comeback](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/083/855/83855572_d3e2e2.jpg)
46. The Comeback (1980)
Australia, Documentary / Action
Directed by: Kit Laughlin
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Frank Zane
![This Is America](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/991/159991222_080402.jpg)
![¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika!](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/610/162610406_11c521.jpg)
48. ¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (1979)
Soviet Union / Mexico, Documentary
Directed by: Sergei M. Eisenstein
![Punk in London](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/042/42733_66dcd2.jpg)
49. Punk in London (1978)
West Germany, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Wolfgang Büld
Cast: Bob Geldof, Joe Strummer
![Rainbow Bridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/062/62145_b6768f.jpg)
50. Rainbow Bridge (1972)
USA, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Chuck Wein
Cast: Bob Amacker, Baron Bingen
![Imagine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/147/163147091_67ba84.jpg)
51. Imagine (1972)
USA, Experimental / Documentary
Directed by: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
Cast: John Lennon, Yoko Ono
![Hôtel Monterey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/225/168225474_nqwlwu.jpg)
![Marjoe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/245/158245508_1172b9.jpg)
![Germany in Autumn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/574/163574435_f36bd4.jpg)
54. Germany in Autumn (1978)
West Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Volker Schlöndorff
Cast: Enno Patalas, Angela Winkler
![Lightning Over Water](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/786/166786161_1ad06e.jpg)
55. Lightning Over Water (1980)
Sweden / West Germany, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Wim Wenders, Nicholas Ray
Cast: Edward Lachman, Wim Wenders
![Top Secret Trial of the Third Reich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/773/163773316_1d2c40.jpg)
56. Top Secret Trial of the Third Reich (1979)
West Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Jochen Bauer
Cast: Harry Giese, Udo Weinberger
![Chung Kuo - Cina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/138/160138836_7cb9d0.jpg)
![The Warrior Within](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/393/393240_34ea81.jpg)
![Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/966/166966473_e63e89.jpg)
![Československá spartakiáda 1975](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/052/52430_2e8163.jpg)
60. Československá spartakiáda 1975 (1975)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: Rudolf Krejčík
Cast: Karel Höger
![Cocksucker Blues](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/334/334540_476569.jpg)
61. Cocksucker Blues (1972)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Robert Frank
Cast: Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger
![Gates of Heaven](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/353/160353242_f13e34.jpg)
![Semena nenávisti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/064/64085_dc2aeb.jpg)
63. Semena nenávisti (1979)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Drahoslav Holub
Cast: Klement Gottwald
![Vampir Cuadecuc](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/178/162178189_a5e688.jpg)
64. Vampir Cuadecuc (1971)
Spain, Documentary / Horror
Directed by: Pere Portabella
Cast: Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom
![The Base of the Air Is Red](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/304/159304444_81a477.jpg)
65. The Base of the Air Is Red (1977)
France, Documentary
Directed by: Chris Marker
Cast: Simone Signoret, François Périer
![Fata Morgana](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/707/164707294_d83616.jpg)
![Fist of Fear, Touch of Death](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/727/168727707_rr9dcb.jpg)
67. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Matthew Mallinson
Cast: Adolph Caesar, Fred Williamson
![Indictment](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/422/422072_5777b4.jpg)
![Čas zrady, čas naděje](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/045/45300_2702fc.jpg)
69. Čas zrady, čas naděje (1973)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Josef Šuran
Cast: Otakar Brousek st., Jan Rosák
![Shocking Asia](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/302/161302294_8da28c.jpg)
![Zrození nového času](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/393/393490_28bda9.jpg)
![The Punk Rock Movie from England](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/939/161939889_abb957.jpg)
72. The Punk Rock Movie from England (1978)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Don Letts
Cast: John Lydon, Sid Vicious
![Vzplanutí ohně](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/421/421908_daf786.jpg)
73. Vzplanutí ohně (1973)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Josef Šuran
Cast: Otakar Brousek st., Jiří Němeček
![Jak se dělá smích](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/358/358601_51a92b.jpg)
![Dny všední a dny sváteční](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/995/160995051_9dc54c.jpg)
75. Dny všední a dny sváteční (1975)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Kristián Topič, Kamil Pixa
![Faces of Death](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/231/163231046_b4778d.jpg)
76. Faces of Death (1978)
USA, Documentary / Horror
Directed by: John Alan Schwartz
Cast: Michael Carr, Thomas Noguchi
![Čas rozhodnutí](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/304/159304166_317884.jpg)
77. Čas rozhodnutí (1975)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Josef Šuran
Cast: Otakar Brousek st., Jan Rosák