Best documentaries you have seen

eviltwin · 07-03-2017 01:43PM

Watched Who Took Johnny recently, it's excellent and terrifying.

califano · 07-03-2017 01:45PM

https://youtu.be/iHwSlwlCMps

marklazarcovic · 07-03-2017 03:08PM

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Maybe one for the Conspiracy Theorists, but Soaked in Bleach is brilliant.

It's very well done

Yamanoto wrote: »

I'm 6 hours into the 9 hour Academy Award winning documentary, OJ Simpson: Made in America.

Steve wrote: »

Rise of the warrior Apes.. (At least I think that's what it was called).

Watched it last night, wow.

any chance ye can tell me where to watch,cant find any of them online

Zebra3 · 07-03-2017 03:34PM

Prohibition documentary series on PBS America.

jooksavage · 07-03-2017 03:44PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

Prohibition documentary series on PBS America.

That the one by Ken Burns? It's a good 'un.

Pretty much everything by Kenny is great. Except his jazz doc - that was only "good" (I love jazz but not some of the guys he interviewed for this).

The Civil War series he did is a masterpiece.

__Alex__ · 07-03-2017 04:10PM

OJ: Made in America was a recent excellent one.

It's old school but 'Hoop Dreams' is excellent. Doesn't seem like much when you first start watching it but then you get sucked in.

I love the Storyville strand on BBC4 too. That was where I saw Blackfish. My sis and bro-in-law didn't like it, they thought it was unscientific and too righteous but I found the anger within the documentary bracing. Point of interest; the whale at the centre of the documentary, Tillikum, died recently.

'Paris is Burning' is another good 'un.

Yamanoto · 07-03-2017 04:57PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

any chance ye can tell me where to watch,cant find any of them online

I watched all 3 parts of the OJ doc via the BBC iPlayer.

All 8 episodes of the doc below are up on Youtube - if you haven't seen it I'd highly recommend it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9m-h16WXkE

marklazarcovic · 07-03-2017 06:30PM

Yamanoto wrote: »

I watched all 3 parts of the OJ doc via the BBC iPlayer.

All 8 episodes of the doc below are up on Youtube - if you haven't seen it I'd highly recommend it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9m-h16WXkE

Seen staircase after making a murderer came out,think loads of folk went on a documentary binge lol..

There is another about a rich eccentric dude in the states,can't think of the name right now.. I'll come back to ya, watch the one I posted link to above,4 parts,based in Israel, another court/crime one

jooksavage · 07-03-2017 06:36PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

There is another about a rich eccentric dude in the states,can't think of the name right now.. I'll come back to ya,

The Jinx? Great series.

marklazarcovic · 07-03-2017 06:43PM

jooksavage wrote: »

The Jinx? Great series.

That's the one

philstar · 07-03-2017 06:53PM

the strangeways prison riots of 1990

this documentary is brill....

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

watch as the prison officers get emotional recalling what happened, one tough job

MonkieSocks · 07-03-2017 07:15PM

The Iceman......very frightning man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zCCZ_9gE

Saw a movie about him a few years ago( Michael Shannon played the part)

The part he tells one of his victums" If you believe in God, Maybe he will save you"

He watched the guy pray then just shot him

tupenny · 07-03-2017 08:35PM

eviltwin wrote: »

Watched Who Took Johnny recently, it's excellent and terrifying.

Just watched it. Brilliant..
An echo of "Making of a murderer" in it re. Police system

cursai · 07-03-2017 09:01PM

cursai wrote: »

Is this one of those anti holocaust films. I mean i'm as critical as i can be e.g. Jews being classed as their own race. But I dont want to be watching farcical denial stuff.

Only a touch of white supremacy........but the events did occur.

FTA69 · 07-03-2017 09:07PM

Hellstorm is a neo-Nazi production and you'd be a fool to be watching it.

Just to put my above comment into perspective, it's made by a media company called the Renegade Tribune who you can google. On this site you'll see their declaration that Jews are inherently evil as well as books for sale including "The Jew's Trail Through History" and guides to National Socialism.

The opening credits of the video actually feature new-Nazi iconography.

Parachutes · 07-03-2017 09:18PM

The Imposter is a brilliant one about a man who stole the identity of a missing boy in Texas and subsequently went to live with the family in America.

The guy has spent his life stealing identities and he is interviewed throughout the documentary. I went into it not knowing anything and found it incredibly gripping.

Atoms for Peace · 07-03-2017 09:24PM

jooksavage wrote: »

That the one by Ken Burns? It's a good 'un.

Pretty much everything by Kenny is great. Except his jazz doc - that was only "good" (I love jazz but not some of the guys he interviewed for this).

The Civil War series he did is a masterpiece.

Currently watching "The War" by ken burns, really good. I never knew before watching it that a regiment of Japanese-American volunteers fought in Europe, while there families were held in detention camps back home, and suffering a 93% casualty rate.

Wibbs · 07-03-2017 09:27PM

FTA69 wrote: »

Hellstorm is a neo-Nazi production and you'd be a fool to be watching it.

Just to put my above comment into perspective, it's made by a media company called the Renegade Tribune who you can google. On this site you'll see their declaration that Jews are inherently evil as well as books for sale including "The Jew's Trail Through History" and guides to National Socialism.

The opening credits of the video actually feature new-Nazi iconography.

+1. I thought it was another significantly better and non political documentary I watched on the same period produced by the BBC IIRC.

Lady Chatterton · 07-03-2017 09:33PM

One Million Dubliners

This is easily one of the most beautiful/heartbreaking documentaries I've ever watched. If you haven't seen it, I'd highly recommend it.

Glasnevin Cemetery is the final resting place of 1.5 million souls; it is Ireland's national necropolis. ONE MILLION DUBLINERS reveals the often unspoken stories of ritual, loss, redemption, emotion, history - and the business of death. But this is really a film about life: the Saint Valentine's Day rush in the florists; the American visitors eagerly searching for Irish ancestors; lost and longed for love; discovery and bereavement; earthy gravediggers and musicians in celebration.

Above all, it's the story of an immensely engaging Tour Guide shepherding his charges - and us - through the headstones and monuments, through opinions and beliefs. Filled with the familiar and the fascinating, this is a documentary that offers a glimpse into the unknown, into a world we will all come to share. Often humorous, always affecting,

ONE MILLION DUBLINERS explores life, death and the afterlife, and ends in a way that will stay with you forever. Even in a cemetery you never quite get used to death. Written by Underground Filmsb

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3805948/

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/one-million-dubliners-review-homage-to-glasnevin-is-a-dead-cert-winner-1.1982099

Steve · 07-03-2017 10:02PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

any chance ye can tell me where to watch,cant find any of them online

http://www.discoveryuk.com/shows/rise-of-the-warrior-apes/watch/

cursai · 07-03-2017 10:51PM

FTA69 wrote: »

Hellstorm is a neo-Nazi production and you'd be a fool to be watching it.

Just to put my above comment into perspective, it's made by a media company called the Renegade Tribune who you can google. On this site you'll see their declaration that Jews are inherently evil as well as books for sale including "The Jew's Trail Through History" and guides to National Socialism.

The opening credits of the video actually feature new-Nazi iconography.

Oh I soon copped it. Having the author stand proudly with his chest out and white shaven head gave it away a bit. I don't know much about neo nazi iconocraphy tbh. Watched The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma instead.

kumate_champ07 · 07-03-2017 10:54PM

Crash and Burn

about a Drogheda man who made it to Formula 1 on pure raw talent, but suffered because of his working class background and wild personality , arguably more talented than Senna, at least equal anyway

during his downfall he was racing in Mexico for a team owned by a drug lord

http://www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/crashandburn.html

marklazarcovic · 07-03-2017 10:57PM

Steve wrote: »

http://www.discoveryuk.com/shows/rise-of-the-warrior-apes/watch/

Just the trailer

Professor Moriarty · 07-03-2017 11:01PM

Who You Think You Are featuring Brendan Carroll. Amazing.

Jimbob1977 · 07-03-2017 11:02PM

The Nazis: A Warning from History

Thirty for Thirty sports documentaries on HBO

MRnotlob606 · 07-03-2017 11:03PM

Requiem for an American Dream. Its on Netflix and online.

Means Of Escape · 07-03-2017 11:04PM

Grizzly man by Werner herzog

Wanderer78 · 07-03-2017 11:07PM

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Requiem for an American Dream. Its on Netflix and online.

chomsky tries to put a positive spin on things at the end but i found it fairly depressing. great documentary though from an incredible man, hes needed more now than ever

MRnotlob606 · 07-03-2017 11:10PM

Searching for Sugarman. Still probably the best documentary I have ever seen.

Nice in that it has a positive outcome

Steve · 07-03-2017 11:19PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Just the trailer

Sorry, it isn't legally online then.

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