Best documentaries 1921 – 1930 | Charts

1. Man with a Movie Camera (1929)

Soviet Union, Experimental / Documentary

Directed by: Dziga Vertov

Cast: Mikhail Kaufman

85.1%

3,459 Ratings rating

2. Nanook of the North (1922)

USA / France, Documentary

Directed by: Robert J. Flaherty

Cast: Allakariallak, Nyla

84.5%

1,153 Ratings rating

3. The Great White Silence (1924)

UK, Documentary

Directed by: Herbert G. Ponting

Cast: Herbert G. Ponting, Robert Falcon Scott

89.0%

162 Ratings rating

4. Häxan (1922)

Sweden / Denmark, Horror / Documentary

Directed by: Benjamin Christensen

Cast: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan

82.4%

1,059 Ratings rating

5. Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)

German Empire, Documentary

Directed by: Walter Ruttmann

80.3%

471 Ratings rating

6. The Epic of Everest (1924)

UK, Documentary

Directed by: J.B.L. Noel

92.4%

42 Ratings rating

7. People on Sunday (1930)

German Empire, Documentary

Directed by: Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak

Cast: Erwin Splettstößer, Brigitte Borchert

77.3%

169 Ratings rating

8. Over Hill and Dale (1929)

Czechoslovakia, Documentary

Directed by: Karel Plicka

78.1%

64 Ratings rating

9. Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)

USA, Documentary

Directed by: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

80.5%

37 Ratings rating

10. Chang (1927)

USA, Adventure / Documentary

Directed by: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack

Cast: Kru

74.8%

89 Ratings rating

11. One-Sixth of the World (1926)

Soviet Union, Documentary

Directed by: Dziga Vertov

76.9%

39 Ratings rating

12. Kino Eye (1924)

Soviet Union, Documentary

Directed by: Dziga Vertov

73.3%

60 Ratings rating

13. Finis terrae (1929)

France, Drama / Documentary

Directed by: Jean Epstein

75.6%

27 Ratings rating

14. Moana (1926)

USA, Documentary

Directed by: Robert J. Flaherty

70.9%

22 Ratings rating

15. The City of Millions (1925)

German Empire, Documentary

Directed by: Adolf Trotz

66.3%

41 Ratings rating

16. The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty (1927)

Soviet Union / USA, Documentary

Directed by: Esfir Shub

Cast: Emperor Wilhelm II, Emperor Franz Josef

65.2%

62 Ratings rating

Best documentaries 1921 – 1930 - Charts

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