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As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000· 4h 48m· Documentary· en
7.785
Best Documentary Movies Directed By Ken Jacobs
This collection ranks 16 documentary movies directed by Ken Jacobs. The list is ranked using a weighted combination of audience ratings, vote volume and popularity data, so movies with only a handful of votes never outrank widely acclaimed films. As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty tops the list with a 7.7/10 audience score. The qualifying titles span 1955–2022.
16 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Fragments of Paradise
2022· 1h 38m· Documentary· en
6.54 - 3
Lost, Lost, Lost
1976· 2h 58m· Documentary· en
7.124 - 4
What Is Cinema?
2013· 1h 20m· Documentary· en
6.421 - 5
Quartet Number One
1991· 8m· Documentary· en
7.52 - 6
Jonas Mekas in Kodachrome Days
2009· 4m· Documentary· en
6.52 - 7
Star Spangled to Death
2004· 7h 16m· Documentary· en
7.711 - 8
Jonas in the Desert
1994· 2h 3m· Documentary· de
6.45 - 9
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011· 1h 22m· Documentary· en
6.812 - 10
The Guests
2014· 1h 13m· Documentary· en
6.01 - 11
Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
2005· 1h 8m· Documentary· en
5.97 - 12
New York Ghetto Fishmarket 1903
2007· 2h 12m· Documentary· en
6.02 - 13
Sleepless Nights Stories
2011· 1h 54m· Documentary· en
5.37 - 14
Orchard Street
1955· 27m· Documentary, History· en
6.82 - 15
Window
1964· 10m· Documentary· en
5.05 - 16
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
2011· 1h 0m· Drama, Comedy, Documentary· en
4.27
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Frequently asked questions
How many documentary movies has Ken Jacobs made?
16 documentary movies directed by Ken Jacobs carry real rating data in this catalog.
How are these Ken Jacobs films ranked?
By a weighted score combining audience ratings, vote volume and popularity. Movies with very few votes are statistically shrunk toward the global average, so they cannot dominate the top of the list.
What is the best Ken Jacobs documentary movie?
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty currently holds the #1 position in this collection.
Which Ken Jacobs documentary movie is the most popular?
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty has the largest audience (85 votes) among these titles.