Best Documentary Movies of 1982

The highest-rated documentary films from 1982, ranked by MovieMagicScore based on authentic viewer ratings.

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Burden of Dreams

1982

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

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Best Documentary Movies of 1982

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