Best documentaries you have seen

Adamocovic

Billy86 wrote: »

On that note, Indie Gamer is pretty interesting. But King of Kong is awesome - randomly, a friend of a friend of a friend pranked the Billy Mitchell guy from that for a podcast he does.

Ha awesome! Whats Indie Gamer like?

job seeker

This is the best one Ive ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxqRw-bo84I

Its about dogs.. Woof Woof.

Billy86

Adamocovic wrote: »

Ha awesome! Whats Indie Gamer like?

About the guys how make the small, independent type games that you're morel ikely to buy as apps. Some are pretty fecking pretentious, some are pretty weird, but some are really likeable characters. It follows three different games in the build up to their releases, but it's just really fun to watch even if you're not interested in computer games (I think I've bought all of three in the last 6-7 years).

Billy86

Also completely forgot Dark Days, where a guy basically brought a camcorder down to the 'underground city' of homeless people in NYC's abandoned parts of the subway system. It's a good 15 or so years old now, but will completely change how a lot of people look at the homeless. It's not something that's really covered much at all - how they live.

youtube!

Aileen the life of a serial killer is amazing but damn sad that she was executed...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364930/?ref_=tt_rec_tti

zenno

This is an absolutely fascinating high-resolution footage about the Apollo Missions - not just Apollo 11. See it as Stanley Kubrick's unlisted masterpiece. One of the astronauts says: "It's like a scene out of 2001.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyR40hiih8s

Fiery biscuits

Some of the best I've seen..

Man on wire
Dirty wars
Blackfish
Park Avenue:Money Power and the American Dream.

lemonhead315

"Paradise Lost" three part documentary. Amazing story.

ceadaoin.

I just watched TWA flight 800 on Netflix and would recommend it. It's about a flight that exploded off Long Island in 1996, killing all on board. For once it seems that the conspiracy theories that surrounded the accident might be true.

careful_now

'Penguins - Spy in the Huddle' was excellent.

FlawedGenius

History of racism bbc documentary 3 hours long, its on youtube.

angeline

Rain in my Heart was deeply upsetting. It followed the lives of alcoholics and told the story of each one, often while becoming intoxicated during filming and their plans of recovery along with their journies in and out of hospital. Sadly, it was not a happy ending for everyone with some finally succumbing to their illness

yayabalexreya

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZ6t5JA7OBA&list=PL335884A12576F03F

Here, learn about what's really going on in this world and how we're conditioned. The whole playlist here is mind blowing. Hour after hour of it.

rwg

angeline wrote: »

Rain in my Heart was deeply upsetting. It followed the lives of alcoholics and told the story of each one, often while becoming intoxicated during filming and their plans of recovery along with their journies in and out of hospital. Sadly, it was not a happy ending for everyone with some finally succumbing to their illness

Just watched that - very intimate perception of some peoples lives

losthorizon

Senna
Project Nim
Life on Earth
and The World at War

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxQap9AAPOs

The stories that surrounded that project were amazing - sad and poignant.

Actually that regular series 7up is quite good too.

Obviously the TV series Rock'N'Roll years and Reeling in the Years are excellent as well.

Smidge

Reiketsu wrote: »

Bulgaria's Abandoned Children. It's about kids who have been abandoned and left in institutions due to mental or physical disabilities. It just broke my heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQZ-ERQczj8

That was indeed a very difficult watch.
I see that "The Cove" has been mentioned already. Same again(albeit in a different way)a difficult watch.

I'm surprised no-one has yet mentioned "The Dying Rooms".
I love documentaries and will try to watch despite not really wanting to watch certain ones(the Bulgarian one is an example).
The Dying Rooms stayed with me for a long time after watching.

micar

Saw this a few years ago on C4.It was called "Kill Me If You Can" and was part of a Psycho series.

It's the most weird and messed up documentary I have ever seen.

Here is a short description

It is July 2003 and a 14-year-old boy, John, is the victim of a near-fatal stabbing in Altrincham near Manchester. His 16-year-old friend Mark is the chief suspect. But why would a teenager who has never been in any trouble try to kill his best friend?

An incredible story emerges of how Mark has been recruited over the web to be a secret service agent by a spy mistress called Janet Dobinson. She promises him sex and riches if he passes an initiation test: to kill his friend John. The schoolboy is propelled into a world of espionage; his bland suburban surroundings become a landscape of mystery and intrigue.

But in court, facing charges of attempted murder, Mark finally learns the truth - Janet and a host of other people he met on the internet are all fictitious characters invented by someone bent on manipulating his every move. But who would know enough to trick him into attempting murder?

Here is a link to part 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iY52ChebWU

Billy86

I remember when that happened! Such a weird story but disappeared pretty quick, going to have to give that a watch.

geckovision

micar wrote: »

Saw this a few years ago on C4.It was called "Kill Me If You Can" youtube.com/watch?v=0icomChebWU

Wow. Looks interesting. Definitely going to check that out.

07Lapierre

Well worth a watch.
http://youtu.be/z5eHYohFdic

Chancer3001

I saw two awesome documentaries but can not find them since.

1 was about a very old Chinese guy, lived out in the wilderness with his daughters. Used to give out and pray to his ancestors daily giving out that he on,y had girls and not boys. There was one scene where the local guys came and chopped the head off one of his goats.....would LOVE to watch the whole thing again.

The second one is about zidane, his brother followed him around with a camera for the year before he retires. Not the crap one of cameras following him, this one was so so interesting. Showed just how driven he was.

micar

Chancer3001 wrote: »

The second one is about zidane, his brother followed him around with a camera for the year before he retires. Not the crap one of cameras following him, this one was so so interesting. Showed just how driven he was.

I saw this and by chance it was actually on today. Not sure what channel.

branie

The Shadow of Bealnablath

mackeire

Here's a few about drugs that were good

Black Tar Heroin: The dark side of the street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XfP58clo1I

A 70 min film that follows 5 young people around over 2 years while the struggle with heroin addiction.


Don't get high on your own supply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zQo1pahjXs

This one is about a journalist named Lanre Fehintola, who decides to experiment with heroin while working on a book about drug addicts. What starts out as an attempt to understand the plight of his subjects ends up totally consuming and threatening his life.

Cold Turkey: Heroin Addiction Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43V9IpMUQA

This is Lanre again. It's a follow up to the previous one.


BBC - Crackhouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46GlqsH2YEQ

Carl john revisits his home town in Liverpool where there is a major crack cocaine problem in the UK, he visits his old friends from school who are all now hooked on the drug and gives an inside view of crack addicts in the uk. We see prostitutes and shoplifters and pregnant hookers in action and people smoking crack and what kind of places they inhabit.

Ellian

The Gatekeepers.

Kerrydude1981

Once Brothers

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guinnessdrinker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo

The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia. Quite shocking.

finix

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Mjollnir

finix wrote: »

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DAMN, son! Thanks for that link!

finix

Mjollnir wrote: »

DAMN, son! Thanks for that link!

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