Best documentaries 1961 – 1970 - Charts
Best documentaries 1961 – 1970
![Woodstock](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/654/162654087_cf7c97.jpg)
1. Woodstock (1970)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Michael Wadleigh
Cast: Joan Baez, Roger Daltrey
![Let It Be](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/274/160274828_d07a55.jpg)
2. Let It Be (1970)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Cast: The Beatles, John Lennon
![Triumph Over Violence](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/864/161864816_4a5323.jpg)
3. Triumph Over Violence (1965)
Soviet Union, Documentary
Directed by: Mikhail Romm
Cast: Mikhail Romm, Marlene Dietrich
![Monterey Pop](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/380/158380802_49f47e.jpg)
4. Monterey Pop (1968)
USA, Music / Documentary
Directed by: D.A. Pennebaker
Cast: Scott McKenzie, Art Garfunkel
![The Endless Summer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/347/158347160_0b3688.jpg)
![Gimme Shelter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/032/32702_gkckm4.jpg)
6. Gimme Shelter (1970)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Albert Maysles, David Maysles
Cast: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
![Elvis: That's the Way It Is](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/226/158226003_ad7c2b.jpg)
7. Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Denis Sanders
Cast: Elvis Presley, Sammy Davis Jr.
![Dont Look Back](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/442/160442284_4d95be.jpg)
![Chariots of the Gods](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/244/158244610_0264c3.jpg)
9. Chariots of the Gods (1970)
West Germany, Documentary / Sci-fi
Directed by: Harald Reinl
Cast: Thor Heyerdahl, Hans Domnick
![Titicut Follies](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/045/162045284_7932e8.jpg)
![Love Meetings](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/167/306/167306361_40c705.jpg)
![The Lovely Month of May](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/891/160891163_e9e7e3.jpg)
12. The Lovely Month of May (1963)
France, Documentary
Directed by: Chris Marker, Pierre Lhomme
Cast: Chris Marker, Simone Signoret
![The Best of Laurel and Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/061/61145_30d58f.jpg)
13. The Best of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
USA, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: James L. Wolcott
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
![Africa Addio](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/404/161404926_ee1ba1.jpg)
14. Africa Addio (1966)
Italy, Documentary
Directed by: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Cast: Sergio Rossi
![The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/311/158311877_9e690d.jpg)
15. The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
USA, Comedy / Documentary
Directed by: Robert Youngson
![Kashmir: Once in a Paradise](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/370/159370654_724b2c.jpg)
16. Kashmir: Once in a Paradise (1961)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Jiří Hanzelka, Miroslav Zikmund
Cast: Václav Voska, Miroslav Doležal
![Elective Affinities](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/025/25428_4377c8.jpg)
17. Elective Affinities (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Karel Vachek
Cast: Marta Kubišová, Iva Janžurová
![The Velvet Underground and Nico](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/410/410921_31ee43.jpg)
![Calcutta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/163/726/163726203_ac5b51.jpg)
![Our Daily Life](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/864/160864842_10e5b5.jpg)
![The Love Goddesses](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/023/23827_c6addd.jpg)
21. The Love Goddesses (1965)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: Saul J. Turell
Cast: Ruby Keeler, Jeanette MacDonald
![World Without Sun](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/296/162296434_f12a84.jpg)
![Mediterranean Holiday](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/824/161824762_9ca83f.jpg)
23. Mediterranean Holiday (1962)
West Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Hermann Leitner, Rudolf Nussgruber
Cast: Burl Ives
![The Anger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/127/166127300_977345.jpg)
24. The Anger (1963)
Italy, Documentary
Directed by: Giovanni Guareschi, Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Queen Elizabeth II, Yuri Gagarin
![Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/087/190/87190653_8722f3.jpg)
25. Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: William Greaves
Cast: William Greaves, Don Fellows
![Days of Thrills and Laughter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/032/32422_f861a2.jpg)
26. Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
USA, Adventure / Comedy
Directed by: Robert Youngson
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin
27. Nový příběh staré řeky (1962)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Zdeněk Kopáč
Cast: Vítězslav Vejražka
![Indiánské léto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/018/18194_3f084a.jpg)
28. Indiánské léto (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Rudolf Krejčík
Cast: Otakar Brousek st., Zdeněk Munzar
![Far from Vietnam](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/415/160415293_92a466.jpg)
29. Far from Vietnam (1967)
France, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Claude Lelouch, Chris Marker
Cast: Bernard Fresson, Karen Blanguernon
![Festival](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/819/161819287_89922a.jpg)
30. Festival (1967)
USA, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Murray Lerner
Cast: Joan Baez, Theodore Bikel
32. Mexico 68 (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Sports
Directed by: František Papoušek
Cast: Richard Honzovič, Vladimír Fišer
![V srdci Evropy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/018/18209_06c724.jpg)
33. V srdci Evropy (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Drahoslav Holub
Cast: Otakar Brousek st., Jaromír Spal
![Chronicle of a Summer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/415/162415141_796e24.jpg)
![High School](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/730/162730580_e88f0f.jpg)
![Life of Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/161/844/161844857_277638.jpg)
36. Life of Adolf Hitler (1961)
West Germany, Documentary / Biography
Directed by: Paul Rotha
Cast: Leo Genn, Adolf Hitler
![Devět kapitol ze starého dějepisu](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/165/857/165857885_573fe8.jpg)
37. Devět kapitol ze starého dějepisu (1969)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Pavel Háša
Cast: Miloš Kopecký, Luděk Munzar
38. The Time We Are Living (1968)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Ivan Húšťava, Vlado Kubenko
Cast: Pavol Hammel, Gustáv Husák
![The Hour of the Furnaces](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/162/712/162712526_fcc558.jpg)
39. The Hour of the Furnaces (1968)
Argentina, Documentary
Directed by: Fernando E. Solanas, Octavio Getino
Cast: Fernando E. Solanas, Mao Zedong
![Tokyo Olympiad](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/556/159556480_ddaa3f.jpg)
41. Aktion J (1961)
East Germany / Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Walter Heynowski
Cast: Jan Víšek, Miroslav Dubský
![Diaries Notes & Sketches](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/905/166905432_c23aef.jpg)
42. Diaries Notes & Sketches (1969)
USA, Documentary / Experimental
Directed by: Jonas Mekas
Cast: Ed Emshwiller, Jack Smith
![Salesman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/061/164061205_12e78e.jpg)
43. Salesman (1969)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: David Maysles, Albert Maysles
Cast: Paul Brennan, Charles McDevitt
![In the Year of the Pig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/071/71022_eb743e.jpg)
44. In the Year of the Pig (1968)
USA, Documentary / Historical
Directed by: Emile de Antonio
Cast: Gerald Ford, Dwight D. Eisenhower
![a.k.a. Cassius Clay](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/436/158436421_e8e0b2.jpg)
46. Camera Rolling (1961)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary / Comedy
Directed by: Eduard Hofman
Cast: Miroslav Horníček, Karel Höger
![The Sorrow and the Pity](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/230/158230460_921332.jpg)
47. The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Switzerland / West Germany, Documentary / War
Directed by: Marcel Ophüls
Cast: Marcel Ophüls, Reinhard Heydrich
![A Man Vanishes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/768/159768647_bf619c.jpg)
48. A Man Vanishes (1967)
Japan, Documentary / Drama
Directed by: Shôhei Imamura
Cast: Shôhei Imamura
![Nevinost bez zaštite](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/040/40459_0c127b.jpg)
![Four Days in November](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/685/158685350_1fd471.jpg)
![Velikaya Otechestvennaya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/449/449987_ac4df1.jpg)
![Psychodráma](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/160/866/160866120_cb4ce5.jpg)
53. Psychodráma (1964)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Jozef Zachar
Cast: Viktor Vrabec, Jiří Brož
![Král komiků](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/158/641/158641435_e341c9.jpg)
54. Král komiků (1963)
Czechoslovakia, Comedy / Documentary
Directed by: Vladimír Sís, Rudolf Jaroš
Cast: Vlasta Burian, Jiří Štuchal
![Muž, který rozdával smích](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/166/348/166348261_d6a068.jpg)
55. Muž, který rozdával smích (1970)
Czechoslovakia, Documentary
Directed by: Vladimír Sís
Cast: Martin Frič, Věra Ferbasová
![Helga](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/055/55288_71e50e.jpg)
56. Helga (1967)
West Germany, Documentary
Directed by: Erich F. Bender
Cast: Ruth Gassmann, Ilse Zielstorff
![Sympathy for the Devil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/168/500/168500497_1xxgdt.jpg)
57. Sympathy for the Devil (1968)
UK, Documentary / Music
Directed by: Jean-Luc Godard
Cast: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
![Mondo Topless](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/000/442/442647_f90100.jpg)
![Mondo Cane No. 1](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/164/709/164709459_0b391d.jpg)
59. Mondo Cane No. 1 (1962)
Italy, Documentary
Directed by: Paolo Cavara, Gualtiero Jacopetti
Cast: Rossano Brazzi
![Empire](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w60h85/files/images/film/posters/159/232/159232022_8c640c.jpg)
60. Empire (1964)
USA, Documentary
Directed by: John Palmer, Andy Warhol
Cast: Jonas Mekas, Andy Warhol