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Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’
1986· 1h 22m· Documentary· en
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Best Documentary Movies Directed By Volker Schlöndorff
This collection ranks 42 documentary movies directed by Volker Schlöndorff. 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. Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ tops the list. The qualifying titles span 1976–2025. The most widely seen film here is Germany in Autumn (29 votes).
42 qualifying moviesRanked using a weighted combination of ratings, vote volume and popularity data
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Billy Wilder Speaks
2006· 1h 12m· Documentary, TV Movie· en
7.018 - 3
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
2022· 1h 30m· Documentary· de
7.914 - 4
Melville, le dernier samouraï
2020· 54m· Documentary· fr
7.73 - 5
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
2017· 52m· Documentary· de
7.53 - 6
Die Verhoevens
2003· 1h 16m· Documentary· de
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Tangerine Dream: Sound from Another World
2016· 1h 0m· Documentary· de
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From Caligari to Hitler
2015· 1h 54m· Documentary, History· de
7.424 - 9
Germany in Autumn
1978· 2h 3m· Documentary, Drama· de
6.329 - 10
Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
2024· 1h 52m· Documentary· en
7.110 - 11
The Stones and Brian Jones
2024· 1h 33m· Documentary, Music· en
7.19 - 12
Hollywood's Second World War
2019· 1h 30m· Documentary, War, History· de
8.02 - 13
Knef - Die frühen Jahre
2005· 1h 0m· Documentary· de
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Melville Steps Out of the Shadows
2010· 42m· Documentary· fr
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Memories of Last Year in Marienbad
2010· 46m· Documentary· en
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Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
2022· 53m· Documentary, TV Movie· fr
7.25 - 17
Unraveling the Enigma: The Making of Marienbad
2009· 32m· Documentary· en
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Michael Nyman in Progress
2010· 52m· Documentary· en
1.51 - 19
The Night of the Filmmakers
1995· 51m· Documentary· de
5.03 - 20
Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands
2004· 54m· Documentary· fr
7.02 - 21
Peter Lorre : Derrière le masque du maudit
2024· Documentary· fr
7.54 - 22
Volker Schlöndorff Remembers The Tin Drum
2001· 20m· Documentary· de
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Volker Schlöndorff: The Beat of the Drum
2020· 53m· Documentary, TV Movie· fr
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A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
2021· 55m· Documentary· de
8.52 - 25
Ulrich Matthes - Leidenschaft und Haltung
—· Documentary· de
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Alain Resnais, the Audacious
2022· 53m· Documentary, TV Movie· fr
9.03 - 27
Fassbinder
2015· 1h 32m· Documentary· de
6.29 - 28
Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German Cinema
1976· 32m· Documentary· en
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Who is Helene Schwarz?
2005· 1h 25m· Documentary· de
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Pan Olbrychski
2025· Documentary· pl
7.01 - 31
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022· 2h 35m· Documentary· de
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The Michael Nyman Songbook
1992· 55m· Documentary, Music· en
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Sympathisanten - Unser deutscher Herbst
2018· 1h 41m· Documentary· de
5.03 - 34
Last Year in Dachau
2020· 30m· Documentary· fr
4.04 - 35
Filmmakers in Action
2006· 1h 43m· Documentary· ca
6.84 - 36
Portrait of Valeska Gert
1977· 1h 0m· Documentary· de
9.01 - 37
Von Sex bis Simmel
2005· 1h 7m· Documentary· de
6.01 - 38
Billy, How Did You Do It?
1992· 3h 3m· Documentary· en
6.04 - 39
Henri Langlois vu par...
2014· 31m· Documentary· fr
4.01 - 40
The Candidate
1980· 2h 9m· Documentary· de
5.02 - 41
The Forest Maker
2022· 1h 27m· Documentary· ha
5.84 - 42
War and Peace
1982· 1h 58m· Documentary· de
2.01
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Frequently asked questions
How many documentary movies has Volker Schlöndorff made?
42 documentary movies directed by Volker Schlöndorff carry real rating data in this catalog.
How are these Volker Schlöndorff 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 Volker Schlöndorff documentary movie?
Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ currently holds the #1 position in this collection.
Which Volker Schlöndorff documentary movie is the most popular?
Germany in Autumn has the largest audience (29 votes) among these titles.