Here is a list of 100 documentaries. I would like to develop this list into something that people can start with if they want to learn more about documentary. I would prefer it cover a range of topics, styles, and makers.

So… what should be on this list that isn’t? What should be removed? Thoughts? Thanks!

1. The Up Series
2. An American Family
3. An American Love Story
4. American Movie
5. The Aristocrats
6. Atomic Cafe
7. The Battle of San Pietro
8. Berlin: Symphony of a City
9. Blood of the Beasts
10. Born into Brothels
11. Burden of Dreams
12. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki, 2003)
13. Children Underground
14. Chronicle of a Summer (Rouch and Morin 1961)
15. City of Gold
16. The Civil War
17. Coalface (Nightmail)
18. Complaints of a Dutiful Daughter (Hoffman, 1994)
19. Control Room (Control Television)
20. Cosmos
21. Crumb
22. Dark Days (Marc Singer 2000)
23. Daughter from Danang
24. Daughter Rite (Citron 1979)
25. Dead Birds (Gardner 1963)
26. Dont Look Back
27. Drifters (Grierson)
28. The Endless Summer (Step Into Liquid, Riding Giants)
29. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
30. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (Esfir Shub, 1927)
31. The Farmer’s Wife (David Sutherland, 1998)
32. Finding Christa
33. Grass (Cooper and Schoedsack, 1925)
34. Harlan County, USA
35. Harvest of Shame
36. Hearts and Minds
37. Hoop Dreams
38. Housing Problems
39. In the Year of the Pig
40. Joyce at 34
41. Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1983)
42. Land of the Head Hunters (Edward S. Curtis, 1914)
43. Land without Bread
44. The Last Waltz
45. Life and Debt (Stephanie Block, 1985)
46. The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (Fields, 1982)
47. Life on Earth (David Attenborough, 1979)
48. Looking for Richard
49. Lumieres’ early work
50. Las Madres: The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (1986)
51. The Man with the Movie Camera
52. Manufacturing Consent
53. Maya Lin: A Strong clear Vision (Frieda Lee Mock, 1995)
54. Mempis Belle (William Wyler 1944)
55. Mondo Hollywood (Robert Carl Cohen, 1967)
56. Murderball (2005)
57. Nanook of the North
58. Navajos film Themselves series (Sol Worth and John Adair 1960s)
59. Night and Fog
60. Nitrate Kisses (Barbara Hammer 1992)
61. No Lies
62. La Operacion (Ana Maria Garcia, 1982)
63. Outfoxed
64. Paradise Lost
65. Paris Is Burning
66. The Plow that Broke the Plains (The River)
67. Primary
68. Pumping Iron II: The Women (George Butler 1985)
69. A Question of Color (Kathe Sandler)
70. The Quiet One
71. Roger & Me
72. Sad Song of Yellow Skin
73. Salesman
74. Scared Straight (Arnold Shapiro, 1978)
75. Sherman’s March
76. Shoah
77. Silverlake Life: The View from Here
78. Soldier Girls
79. The Song of Ceylon (Basil Wright, 1934-1935)
80. The Sorrow and the Pity
81. The Soul of a Man (Wenders, 2003; Buena Vista)
82. South: Secret of the Land (Frank Hurley 1923)
83. The Spanish Earth (Ivens)
84. Streetwise
85. Supersize Me (30 Days)
86. Surname Viet Given Name Nam
87. The Thin Blue Line
88. This Is Cinerama (Merian C. Cooper, 1952)
89. This Is Spinal Tap
90. Tongues Untied
91. Titicut Follies
92. Trembling before G_d
93. Triumph of the Will
94. Union Maids
95. Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (McCarthy, 1992)
96. Waco: The Rules of Engagement (William Gazecki, 1997)
97. Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price (Store Wars: When Wal-mart Comes to Town)
98. When the Levees Broke
99. When We Were Kings
100. Woodstock