Stories We Tell 2012

The Japanese Contemporary Arthouse Guide asked 18 Japanese directors to name 5 documentaries to introduce new viewers to the charm of cinema.

Original answers (Japanese):
https://arthouse-guide.jp/#enquete

Translation by @​Asian_docs:
https://twitter.com/Asian_docs/status/1574343628729683968

Which directors have selected a given film is indicated in the film's note.

Links to directors on Trakt:
Irie Yu: https://trakt.tv/people/yu-irie
Ogawa Sara: https://trakt.tv/people/sara-ogawa
Oda Kaori: https://trakt.tv/people/kaori-oda
Kusano Natsuka: https://trakt.tv/people/natsuka-kusano
Komori Haruka: https://trakt.tv/people/haruka-komori
Shimada Ryuichi: https://trakt.tv/people/ryuichi-shimada
Shiraishi Koji: https://trakt.tv/people/koji-shiraishi
Seta Natsuki: https://trakt.tv/people/natsuki-seta
Soda Kazuhiro: https://trakt.tv/people/kazuhiro-soda
Tomita Katsuya: https://trakt.tv/people/katsuya-tomita
Hirose Nanako: https://trakt.tv/people/nanako-hirose
Fukada Koji: https://trakt.tv/people/koji-fukada
Fujimoto Akio: https://trakt.tv/people/akio-fujimoto
Hokimoto Sora: https://trakt.tv/people/hokimoto-sora
Matsubayashi Yoju: https://trakt.tv/people/yoju-matsubayashi
Miyake Sho: https://trakt.tv/people/sho-miyake
Yamanaka Yoko: https://trakt.tv/people/yoko-yamanaka
Yokohama Satoko: https://trakt.tv/people/satoko-yokohama

All credits go to IMDb user: RDLongoria

https://www.imdb.com/user/ur37216974

Watchlist section for films

In 2014, Sight & Sound polled 340 documentary critics, curators, academics and filmmakers asking for top 10 documentary lists. Over 1000 films got votes, from years as early as 1892 to as recent as 2013. This list is the combined critics and filmmakers list of all films that received 3 or more votes.

Source: http://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-sound-magazine/greatest-docs

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century

All the movies with "Must-See" badge on Metacritic. Movie gets the badge when it has a score of 81 or higher and has been reviewed by at least 15 pro critics.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll

https://www.indiewire.com/feature/female-directors-best-movies-directed-by-women-1202045399/

https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/guide/best-movies-directed-by-women-of-the-21st-century/

basing on a rating from BBC Culture: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films

List compiled from: https://www.vogue.com/article/best-documentaries-of-all-time

Ranked as in the list

1: 13th (2016)
2: A Poem Is a Naked Person (2015)
3: The Act of Killing (2012)
4: American Factory (2019)
5: American Movie (1999)
6: Amy (2015)
7: Bill Cunningham New York (2010)
8: Blackfish (2013)
9: Bowling for Columbine (2002)
10: Buena Vista Social Club (1999)
11: Burden of Dreams (1982)
12: Cameraperson (2016)
13: Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
14: Crumb (1994)
15: Citizenfour (2014)
16: City of Gold (2015)
17: Cusp (2021)
18: Dark Money (2018)
19: Disclosure (2020)
20: Don’t Look Back (1967)
21: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
22: Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010)
23: F for Fake (1973)
24: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
25: Gimme Shelter (1970)
26: The Gleaners and I (2000)
27: Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
28: Grey Gardens (1975)
29: Grizzly Man (2005)
30: Harlan County, USA (1976)
31: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
32: Hoop Dreams (1994)
33: How to Survive a Plague (2012)
34: I Am Not Your Negro (2016)
35: Jane (2017)
36: Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011)
37: Kate Plays Christine (2016)
38: Kedi (2016)
39: Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
40: Man on Wire (2008)
41: McQueen (2018)
42: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
43: My Octopus Teacher (2020)
44: Nanook of the North (1922)
45: Night and Fog (1956)
46: O.J.: Made in America (2016)
47: Original Cast Album: Company (1970)
48: Paris Is Burning (1990)
49: Pina (2011)
50: The Queen of Versailles (2012)
51: Restrepo (2010)
52: Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)
53: Salesman (1969)
54: Searching for Sugarman (2012)
55: Senna (2010)
56: The September Issue (2009)
57: Sherman’s March (1985)
58: Shoah (1985)
59: Spellbound (2002)
60: Stories We Tell (2012)
61: Super Size Me (2004)
62: The Thin Blue Line (1988)
63: The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
64: Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013)
65: The Up Series (1964–)
66: Waltz With Bashir (2008)
67: The War Room (1993)
68: Weiner (2016)
69: West of Memphis (2012)
70: When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts (2006)
71: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018)

From a critic poll published in November 2019.
Olympia is one entry.

Source: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll

Hit after hit. Still swingin'. You, I'm gonna pay you in lost time. Don't blame me if it's nothing substantial, but for this watchlist is so bad it doesn't fear god. That's the watchlist way!

"The best movies from a decade that changed everything."

I know I listed 101 films. In the original list we can find to see two film in the same place:

#04 - THE LOOK OF SILENCE

“The Act of Killing”/”The Look of Silence” (Joshua Oppenheimer, 2013/2015)

You can see I separeted them.

By David Ehrlich, Eric Kohn, Kate Erbland, Anne Thompson, Zack Sharf, Chris O'Falt, Jude Dry, Tambay Obenson, Christian Blauvelt, Leah Lu, Christian Zilko

Jul 22, 2019 9:00 am

source:
https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/best-movies-of-2010s-decade/