Best documentaries you have seen

FudgeBrownie

What are the best documentaries you have seen?

Frosty McSnowballs

Independence Day

kneemos

Senna.

woodoo

I can't think of the best of the top of my head but the last one i watched was The Imposter. It was very interesting.

decisions

Senna

Stavros Murphy

I saw one on Boobs there recently. I think it was a documentary anyway.

Satriale

jiro dreams of sushi

Lawrence1895

Richard Attenborough in general, his wildlife documentaries are second to none

marozz

The Bridge.

wazky

Love/hate.

Wacker The Attacker

Hoop Dreams

bumper234

Jeremy Scahill dirty wars, march of the penguins, anything by David Attenborough.

Ihatecuddles

The West Memphis 3. Amazing.

Temptamperu

The Pervert's Guide to Cinema was quite good.

stanley1

the summit, 2008 disaster on k2.

beano345

Hashish documentary 2002- about the cannabis farmers in the rif mountains in morrocco

scudzilla

You really can't beat any Attenborough documentaries

Lately the best one i've seen is Blackfish, truly harrowing, you will NEVER want to go to Seaworld after seeing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLOeH-Oq_1Y

dmc17

Lars1916 wrote: »

Richard Attenborough in general, his wildlife documentaries are second to none

The Frozen Planet in HD was quite spectacular

artvandulet

Searching For Sugarman

Burky126

King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.

Vinz Mesrine

Searching for Sugarman, incredible stuff.

vcshqkf9rpzgoe

ROG

Mickey H

Seconds From Disaster - Crash of the Concorde.
Seconds From Disaster - Meltdown in Chernobyl.

Vinz Mesrine

scudzilla wrote: »

You really can't beat any Attenborough documentaries

Lately the best one i've seen is Blackfish, truly harrowing, you will NEVER want to go to Seaworld after seeing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLOeH-Oq_1Y

I noticed this on netflix last night, hadn't a clue what it was about. I'll be watching it tonight

mfceiling

Check out the "vice" series of documentaries on YouTube.

Some excellent stuff on there.

Tilly

marozz wrote: »

The Bridge.

Is it good? Have it lined up to watch.

SlipperyPeople

Dear Zachary

or The paradise lost trilogy of films

Harry Angstrom

When We Were Kings

and

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

Lawrence1895

The Real Football Factories - International, is a good programme as well

cloud493

The world at war/ Still good 41 years on of its making.

Ihatecuddles

hungoverbunny wrote: »

Dear Zachary

or The paradise lost trilogy of films

Paradise lost is before or after the west memphis 3, great great viewing. Well worth a watch.

orangesoda

BBC story of Ireland 5 part series.

I'm currently watching The story of the Vikings presented by some scottish bloke who is an irritant

Harold Weiss

There would be loads and it depends on what the subject matter is.

Few off the top of my head.

Inside Job
Enron: Smartest guys in the room
The Corporation
Darwin's Nightmare
End of Suburbia
A Crude Awakening
The Money Masters
War On Democracy
DMT: The Spirit Molecule
Crude
GasLand
We Feed The World
Iraq For Sale: The war profiteers

Loads more and no real favorites

McChubbin

The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive with Stephen Fry. It was heartbreaking and touching in equal measures.

A_Sober_Paddy

Grizzley Man
King of Kong: A fist of Quarters
The Bridge
Inside Job(w Matt Damon narrating)
Paradice Lost(About the West Memphis 3)

Some serious doc's there, and I'm pretty certain I'm missing a few, but they are all top quaility and could at any moment be considered my favourite docs

scudzilla

Vinz Mesrine wrote: »

I noticed this on netflix last night, hadn't a clue what it was about. I'll be watching it tonight

Let us know what you think, we watched it and were just open mouthed at the end.

scudzilla

Another great recent one is Mission to Lars, very touching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGsMaaIeqdc

geckovision

I really liked 'Grizzly Man' despite the fact your man was a bit of a muppet.

The King of Kong was excellent as was Bigger, Stronger, Faster.

Hated Super Size Me - idiot eats McDonald's every day for a month at all meals and suffers health effects. No sh1t. Self serving piece of crap.

calanus

The Act of Killing - Truly Bizarre from start to finish

Sky King

The X Planes was a great series of documentaries for anyone who is into aviation / cold war era technology.

There is a BRILLIANT youtube channel called Superior Hyistory... check it out.

marozz

Tilly wrote: »

Is it good? Have it lined up to watch.

I've watched it a couple of times. One of the best documentaries I've seen and I would highly recommend it.

brevity

The house I live in.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_I_Live_In_(2012_film)

Amazing documentary on the of history drugs and their influence on communities. It's up on netflix.

Peregrine

Greta Mango Children wrote: »

ROG

I really liked it but it was horribly put together.

Satriale

hungoverbunny wrote: »

Dear Zachary

or The paradise lost trilogy of films

The first would draw tears from a stone and the second are some of the most compelling watching ever...

callaway92

In regards to sports documentaries, the 30 for 30s are still going strong imo. Love most of them.

Favourite would be the Jim Valvano one called Survive and Advance. Pretty touching look at his teams' miracle run in basketball and his great life story.

thegreatgonzo

A class divided, it was about Jane Elliot, a teacher who showed kids what racism was like by separating the blue eyed kids from the brown eyed kids and giving them both a turn at discriminating and being discriminated against.
Saw another about a little boy called Michael 'mini' Cooper who kept starting fires and spent most of his life in and out of institutions. Couldn't stop thinking about him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp3pLa2W-_Y

Lenin Skynard

Cutie and the Boxer is well worth a watch. It was made within the last year and tells the story of a Japanese couple who've been married for 40 years and work as artists in New York. It's beautifully shot and very heartwarming as well as quite off-the-wall because of the nature of their art. It's up for best documentary in the Oscars along with Blackfish, which is also excellent but completely different.

Sound City is also an excellent recent one, a must-see for music fans.

Duckworth_Luas

The Civil War by Ken Burns
Baseball by Ken Burns
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo not by Ken Burns

shaneon77

Stranded- the Andes plane crash survivors. You all know the story. This documentary is their own story filmed when they revisited the site of the crash. Its the best film I've ever seen, nevermind the best documentary. Highly recommended.

Ush1

thegreatgonzo wrote: »

A class divided, it was about Jane Elliot, a teacher who showed kids what racism was like by separating the blue eyed kids from the brown eyed kids and giving them both a turn at discriminating and being discriminated against.
Saw another about a little boy called Michael 'mini' Cooper who kept starting fires and spent most of his life in and out of institutions. Couldn't stop thinking about him.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03fvc2j

I saw her doing that on channel 4 and thought it was stupid.

Into the abyss is great, about the death penalty and Werner Herzog stiches the story together fantastically.

The Imposter is excellent also.

downonthefarm

Trinity-a graphic history of the atomic bomb