The Inter­na­tional Doc­u­men­tary Asso­ci­a­tion cel­e­brated its 25th anniver­sary last year by ask­ing its mem­bers to select the top 25 doc­u­men­taries in his­tory. These were the results:

  1. Hoop Dreams (1994)
  2. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
  3. Bowl­ing for Columbine (2002)
  4. Spell­bound (2002)
  5. Har­lan County U.S.A. (1976)
  6. An Incon­ve­nient Truth (2006)
  7. Crumb (1994)
  8. Gimme Shel­ter (1970)
  9. The Fog of War (2003)
  10. Roger & Me (1989)
  11. Super Size Me (2004)
  12. Don’t Look Back (1967)
  13. Sales­man (1968)
  14. Koy­aanisqatsi: Life Out of Bal­ance (1982)
  15. Sherman’s March (1986)
  16. Grey Gar­dens (1976)
  17. Cap­tur­ing the Fried­mans (2003)
  18. Born into Broth­els (2004)
  19. Titi­cut Fol­lies (1967)
  20. Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
  21. Fahren­heit 9/11 (2004)
  22. Winged Migra­tion (2002)
  23. Griz­zly Man (2005)
  24. Night and Fog (1955)
  25. Wood­stock (1970)

Three Michael Moore and not a sin­gle Adam Cur­tis? Give me a break! Just as impor­tantly, what about The World at War, The Ascent of Man and Civil­i­sa­tion? I thought this was the Inter­na­tional Doc­u­men­tary Association.

via Kot­tke