Best documentaries you have seen

jooksavage · 16-03-2017 03:47PM

Watched the Frank Zappa doc "Eat That Question" last night. I'm a fan anyway so I loved it. My wife isn't too gone on the music and wasn't that familiar with Zappa himself but really enjoyed it too.

The_Kew_Tour · 28-03-2017 11:29PM

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2lnWWQaHeeg

About the Loughinisland Massacre of 1994. On Ireland Football biggest win in a World Cup, that same night, two men, went into a Rural Pub in Co Down and shot people, as they watched a match. It's a short doc, but it shows the tension still in The North in Mid 90s.

kildare lad · 28-03-2017 11:45PM

Anything presented by David Attenborough...

Outlaw Pete · 29-03-2017 12:13AM

For anyone that liked Dog Day Afternoon, the 1975 Pacino film about a guy that robs a bank to raise cash for his boyfriend's sex change operation.... the documentary The Dog is a must see. I hadn't realized it even existed and just happened upon it one night.

I knew the film was based on a true story of course but hearing about what happened these people after the bank robbery (the film only really deals with the events up to their capture) was almost as entertaining as the film itself. Easily one of the best documentaries I've ever seen.

I'd advise not reading up about the protagonists too much before seeing it as it would spoil it to know how it all plays out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npe6yTYmTiM

CaptainR · 29-03-2017 12:27AM

I must recommend Putin's Way by PBS America, it is an amazing documentary of Putin's climb to the top and his vast amount of money and power he has gathered during that time.

Raven Runner · 29-03-2017 01:39AM

Hitman Hart:Wrestling with Shadows

ArchXStanton · 29-03-2017 01:42AM

Hobo by John T Davis,following the life of a hobo and his travels throughout the United states

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SzePWC4QgQ

claresmurf · 29-03-2017 01:50AM

Louis Theroux: A place for Paedophiles

Wompa1 · 29-03-2017 06:24AM

I've watched a sh1t load and it's easily Dear Zachary. It's slow to start. You have to stick with it. I saw it a few years ago for the first time and I still think about it quite a bit. It's that powerful.

tinpib · 29-03-2017 02:59PM

Two slightly under the radar ones I recommend to people that end up never watching them are:

"Bully", it's on Netflix. Kinda heartbreaking, I'm not sure whether the kids in it did the right thing by agreeing to it.

"Lost for Life" about juveniles doing life without parole in the states. It's particularly shocking as the kids featured recorded a lot fo their crimes on their phones. Obviously they program makers don't show anything too grisly but it really hits you.

Both docs stayed with me long after viewing.

Watched the "Zero Hour Columbine" on YouTube by fluke and it was EXACTLY what I was looking for. The gist of these Zero Hour docs is that they recreate the final hour of certain events as realistically as possible.

I finally was able to make sense of the timeline and what actually happened adn when in Columbine.

Doctor Nick · 29-03-2017 03:10PM

Ice Age. Not the cartoon. It's about the horror that is crystal meth addiction in Australia.

One not for the faint hearted is called "Chickenhawks - Men who love boys".
Basically the documentary film maker interviewed members of Nambla (North American Man Boy Love Association) and gives them just enough rope to hang themselves. Truly horrific look at paedophilia and the warped thinking people who find kids attractive have. It's filmed from both victim and perpetrators POV. Very very disturbing.

The Dark Side of Porn series were brilliant also. Does Snuff Exist was good but the story of the Danish porn actress who starred in the "Animal Farm" films was particularly harrowing. Think they're on YouTube.

gizmo81 · 29-03-2017 03:13PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXsP-AAL-7M

This looks good, the dancer from the Hozier Video Take me to Church.

Documentary Dancer 2016

guile4582 · 29-03-2017 03:18PM

The Story of The Weeping Camel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MrHudsp_aA

spurious · 29-03-2017 03:20PM

Doctor Nick wrote: »

One not for the faint hearted is called "Chickenhawks - Men who love boys".
Basically the documentary film maker interviewed members of Nambla (North American Man Boy Love Association) and gives them just enough rope to hang themselves. Truly horrific look at paedophilia and the warped thinking people who find kids attractive have. It's filmed from both victim and perpetrators POV. Very very disturbing.

One of those you can't stop yourself remembering. Very creepy.

dar100 · 02-04-2017 12:07AM

spurious wrote: »

One of those you can't stop yourself remembering. Very creepy.

Just watched it... Also just watched one called tickled, brilliant doc

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-04-2017 12:10AM

The Seven Five

It could never happen over here...

DEFTLEFTHAND · 02-04-2017 04:56AM

I watched a good 8 part reality series on Netflix recently called 'Badlands, Texas'

It's about the small town of Terlingua, Texas which is right on the Mexican border. The focus is on a man named Glen Felts. He ran a bar called La Kiva, a world famous bar, it ranked no 10 best pub in America in a Time magazine survey shortly before his death. He was murdered on the property in 2014 and the series focuses around the trial of the accused and the local area.

It's very good, kept me gripped to the end.

marklazarcovic · 02-04-2017 08:53AM

dar100 wrote: »

Just watched it... Also just watched one called tickled, brilliant doc

Where did u watch tickled?

evolving_doors · 02-04-2017 08:55AM

Anything made by Vice is good.

dar100 · 02-04-2017 07:14PM

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Where did u watch tickled?

YouTube

Actually it may have been another site I put it in google and searched around the kinks that came up!! I think it may have been Reddit

SpaceCowb0y · 03-04-2017 08:16AM

Gebgbegb wrote: »

Anything made by Vice is good.

That used to be true, they put out a lot of garbage now too though since the media company went global.

Doctor Nick · 04-04-2017 07:13PM

dar100 wrote: »

Just watched it... Also just watched one called tickled, brilliant doc

Is tickled same subject matter as Chickenhawks? Would be reluctant to watch if so, felt like I needed a week long shower after watching. Honestly don't even want to Google.

Ulysses Gaze · 04-04-2017 09:12PM

spurious wrote: »

One of those you can't stop yourself remembering. Very creepy.

Just watched it. One of the guys, in the yellow jumper, was a seriously creepy individual. According to him, every boy he met was flirting with him.

Also, could not believe that Allen Ginsberg joined NAMBLA.

In terms of best documentaries I have seen? The Nazi's: A Warning from History. Or The World at War.

OleRodrigo · 05-04-2017 01:34AM

The Fog of War is a classic. Not just the subject matter - Robert McNamara, Sec of Defence during Vietnam War and WW2 ( although just an analyst during WW2 ) - but for the interview technique it pioneered. Fascinating character.

https://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/the-fog-of-war

Melisandre121 · 05-04-2017 03:04AM

The Fear of 13 is really good.

bodhrandude · 06-04-2017 03:59AM

Interesting investigative documentary about the Sinking of the Sewol Ferry in South Korea in 2014 and the cover up by the government. In Korean with English subtitles.

dar100 · 06-04-2017 07:32PM

Doctor Nick wrote: »

Is tickled same subject matter as Chickenhawks? Would be reluctant to watch if so, felt like I needed a week long shower after watching. Honestly don't even want to Google.

No all adults, and the abuse is tickling

glaswegian · 06-04-2017 07:57PM

any of colin stafford johnson's,i find his laid back educational style very watchable,two parter on bbc2 a couple of weeks ago about the west coast was absolutely stunning.

blade1 · 06-04-2017 08:05PM

The Jinx.
Still skitting at the ending!!

Ghost Train · 06-04-2017 08:27PM

Werner Herzog has some interesting ones

http://www.nerve.com/movies/ranked-werner-herzogs-documentaries-from-worst-to-best

Also liked BBCs 3 part documentry about New York, Americas Busiest City

Best documentaries you have seen

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