Greatest 21 Documentary Movies Popular from 1968

Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan. Details on Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back / IMDB / YouTube

Filmmaker William Greaves auditioned acting students for a fictional drama, while simultaneously shooting the behind-the-scenes drama taking place. Read about Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One / IMDB / YouTube

Elvis Presley's television special of 3rd December 1968, featuring hits like Jailhouse Rock, Hound Dog, Heartbreak Hotel and Can't Help Falling in Love. It was the King's first TV appearance for more than eight years. Read about Elvis: The Comeback Special / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman takes us inside Northeast High School as a fly on the wall to observe the teachers and how they interact with the students. More about High School / IMDB / YouTube

The first entry in a series of films about the lives of social misfits Kenneth 'Kenta' Gustafsson and Gustav 'Stoffe' Svensson. Read about They Call Us Misfits / IMDB / YouTube

The behind the scenes of a national drag queen contest in New York City, including the rehearsals leading up to the contest, the conversations in the dressing room and the jealousies that emerge before and after the competition. Info on The Queen / IMDB / YouTube

Mixing animation with live-action, Saul Bass' Why Man Creates is an eight-part meditation on the nature and struggle of creativity. Get info on Why Man Creates / IMDB / YouTube

Chronicles 7-weeks in the lives of 12 emotionally disturbed children and their therapist's experimental method of treatment at the Toronto-area Warrendale facility. Info on Warrendale / IMDB / YouTube

Röster från Ruhr is the ninth ranked movie in 1968 documentary list. Read about Röster från Ruhr / IMDB / YouTube

A trippy 45-minute documentary of late-1960s London that is a fascinating time capsule of the remnants of a bygone age before London's extensive redevelopment in the late 1960s. See more about The London Nobody Knows / IMDB / YouTube

Jayne Mansfield shares her experiences from her last trip around the world. More about The Wild Wild World of Jayne Mansfield / IMDB / YouTube

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich exposes the darkest chapter in history, from Adolf Hitler's rise to power as a Nazi demagogue to his ultimate fatal mistakes. Researchers spent decades uncovering shocking footage of war, carnage and genocide and examined government documents and interviews with Hitler's closest associates to discover how one man led his nation a. Find out about The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich / IMDB / YouTube

A British TV documentary that originally aired in 1968. The Doors are Open focuses on the bands performance at London's Roundhouse with rare backstage footage and interviews. Info on The Doors Are Open / IMDB / YouTube

A look at the mod culture of the, visiting the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, going from discotheques to dirt bike competitions, surfing, karate, go-carting, political protests and pot parties. Find out about Mondo Mod / IMDB / YouTube

Juxtaposing horrific archival war footage from multiple nations with vapid cocktail party chatter. A 1964 Vietnam-era cinematic plea against war and fascism. Details on Good Times, Wonderful Times / IMDB / YouTube

An image of a boy in a rowboat is zoomed out to the cosmic vastness of space and then zoomed into the infinitesimal microreality of him. Find out about Cosmic Zoom / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary about the Winter Olympics. Details on Challenge in the Snow / IMDB / YouTube

Collective documentary about the riots at Sweden's Davis Cup tennis match against Rhodesia in Båstad, 1968. Find out about Den vita sporten / IMDB / YouTube

This documentary on the youth movement of the late 1960s focuses on the hippie pot smoking/free love culture in the San Francisco Bay area. Included are discussions of the drug scene with some of the kids themselves and, naturally, several examples of the hippie philosophy of peace, love and gratuitous nudity. See more about Like It Is / IMDB / YouTube

When a camera crew are sent to document hippie protests in Yorkville, Canada's counter-culture capital, they are charmed by a group of misunderstood kids with their own ideas about what kind of movie to make. More about Christopher's Movie Matinee / IMDB / YouTube

Presents Gordon Parks' photo-essay A Harlem Family, framed by a filmed segment featuring Parks and the Fontanelle family and narrated by Parks. Read about Diary of a Harlem Family / IMDB / YouTube