The greatest documentaries of all time according to Channel 4 (2005)
The top 3 according to 193 votes from people: Seven Up! · Touching the Void · The World at War. (Updated Jul 11, 2021.)
In 2005 Channel 4 broadcast its "50 Greatest Documentaries" countdown: the winner was Seven Up! (1964), the first chapter of the series that follows the same children every seven years. Here is the top 10.
Automatically translated (original in Italiano). See the original
Top 10
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1
Seven Up!
Granada, 1964: the first instalment of Michael Apted's Up series.
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2
Touching the Void
Kevin Macdonald, 2003: Joe Simpson's ordeal on Siula Grande.
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3
The World at War
Thames series on the Second World War, 1973.
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4
Bowling for Columbine
Michael Moore, 2002. Academy Award for Best Documentary.
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5
When We Were Kings
Leon Gast, 1996: Ali v Foreman in Kinshasa.
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6
The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off
Channel 4, 2004: the last months of Jonny Kennedy, who had epidermolysis bullosa.
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7
Capturing the Friedmans
Andrew Jarecki, 2003.
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8
Life on Earth
David Attenborough for the BBC, 1979.
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9
Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore, 2004. Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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10
Faking It
Channel 4, from 2000: amateurs learning a trade in a month.
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Comments (1)
Seven Up! primo è giusto, è un progetto che nessuno rifarà mai. Touching the Void invece l'ho visto al cinema e ho avuto le vertigini per una settimana.