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Documentary recommendation thread

Agent Coulson

The Documentary forum has been blended into the TV forum and lost down the pages so I though a thread to recommend documentaries might be a good idea.

All the streaming sites are making some great documentaries right now.

I'll start with McMillions from HBO.

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Blondie919

enricoh wrote: »

Tt3d - a documentary following guy Martin and a few other road racers competing at the isle of man. It's on YouTube , not sure bout Netflix.

You should check out Speed is my Need on Netflix

enricoh

Tt3d - a documentary following guy Martin and a few other road racers competing at the isle of man. It's on YouTube , not sure bout Netflix.

rubadub

Both trailers might give away a bit too much. Honest liar is about James Randi (famous magician and skeptic) 2nd about national enquirer in the US

anewme

flower tattoo wrote: »

Just started The Tiger King on Netflix
I'm engrossed after one episode

Friend just text me about that. Said theres not one sane person in it.

flower tattoo

Just started The Tiger King on Netflix
I'm engrossed after one episode

anewme

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Channel 4 tonight Saturday the 21st of March at 9pm.

Diego Maradona.

I'm not into football but I love personal stories so will watch this. It's got great reviews.

Agent Coulson

Channel 4 tonight Saturday the 21st of March at 9pm.

Diego Maradona.

Electric Nitwit

Someone on boards pointed me to this website but I forget who so can't credit them!

Anyway, this has loads of good docs to stream: https://www.documentarymania.com/home.php

[Deleted User]

Amy is excellent. Really changed my opinion on Amy Winehouse.

Short Game was or is on Netflix about child pro golfers, very entertaining

Muppet Man

12 sports documentaries listed here on RTEs website

Some of which are already mentioned above by other folks

SEPT 23 1989

This is an absolute masterpiece

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

Mantis Toboggan

Seen it already but there's a very good documentary coming to Netflix on the 30th.
Three identical strangers, about 3 teenagers who meet by chance and discover they're identical twins, well worth a watch.

anewme

Venom wrote: »

Added to my must see list

I find shows/docs about cruelty to animals very hard to watch :mad::(

As for my recommendations....

Super Size Me - fast food
Holy Chicken - more fast food
Food Inc - even more food
Icarus - Russian doping scandal
Roger and Me - Death of the American car industry

If you like dogs, watch dogs on Netflix.

Two of the series are really good.

Bravo Zeus tells the story of a Refugee who had to leave his dog in Syria. Get your hankies out.

Ice on the water is about a 10 year old labrador in Lake Como. Beautifully shot.

anewme

LA 92 is a very tough watch. My heart was in my mouth watching it.

I had to turn off The Trials of Gaebriel Fernandez.

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution is a BBC 2 documentary series from 2005. I was engrossed in it in 2005 and watched it again on Netflix.

The Devil Next Door is also really good.

Blackfish very sad.

anewme

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Last 3 I watched on Netflix and all very good.

Don't f*** with cats,
abducted in plain sight,
wild wild Country.

Didn't like abducted in Plain sight.

Wild wild country was brilliant. I've watched it twice now and would watch it again. The Bagwan had me actually laughing out loud at his antics.

generalgerry

I agree with many of the above.

From those mentioned above, particularly good
Icarus - What a trip, starts off as one movie and ends up being another.
Killer Inside (Aaron Hernandez) - This is the most recent one, really enjoyed it, although ep 2 went off on a bit of a tangent.
There's Something Wrong With Aunt Diane - This is a fascinating wtf happened, as the family try to prove that she was not drink driving.

The OJ : Made In America is brilliant as well.

Venom

Mam of 4 wrote: »

It's so crazy it's nearly unbelievable isn't it? !

Give Abducted In Plain Sight a watch , and let us know what you think :pac:

Added to my must see list

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

If you think the last one is wacko watch the first two.

I find shows/docs about cruelty to animals very hard to watch :mad::(

As for my recommendations....

Super Size Me - fast food
Holy Chicken - more fast food
Food Inc - even more food
Icarus - Russian doping scandal
Roger and Me - Death of the American car industry

Andrea B.

maudgonner wrote: »

I'm thinking of launching a campaign to get RTÉ to dedicate one of their channels to 24-hour rolling repeats of Hands*. It's just the kind of comfort TV we need right now.

(*Correctly washed, of course)

Watched them on youtube. Real trip down memory lane. Excellent archive. Loved "power of the metal'. Mother and all doing manhole covers.

Mantis Toboggan

Venom wrote: »

I haven't seen the first two but Wild Wild Country is an amazing and riveting watch in a how the hell could something like that happen in real life :eek:

If you think the last one is wacko watch the first two.

Mam of 4

Venom wrote: »

I haven't seen the first two but Wild Wild Country is an amazing and riveting watch in a how the hell could something like that happen in real life :eek:

It's so crazy it's nearly unbelievable isn't it? !

Give Abducted In Plain Sight a watch , and let us know what you think :pac:

Venom

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Last 3 I watched on Netflix and all very good.

Don't f*** with cats,
abducted in plain sight,
wild wild Country.

I haven't seen the first two but Wild Wild Country is an amazing and riveting watch in a how the hell could something like that happen in real life :eek:

Martin Tyler AgueroooOO

maudgonner wrote: »

I'm thinking of launching a campaign to get RTÉ to dedicate one of their channels to 24-hour rolling repeats of Hands*. It's just the kind of comfort TV we need right now.

(*Correctly washed, of course)

That would be reality tv would it not.

maudgonner

I'm thinking of launching a campaign to get RTÉ to dedicate one of their channels to 24-hour rolling repeats of Hands*. It's just the kind of comfort TV we need right now.

(*Correctly washed, of course)

Martin Tyler AgueroooOO

Pandemic on Netflix.

Mantis Toboggan

Apollo 11 on Netflix is fantastic.

Tom Mann Centuria

Anything by Ken Burns.

Hodors Appletart

Paradise Lost Trilogy, and the other doc about the same case West of Memphis are brilliant docs, watch the 3 parter first

About the murder of a child in america and the way the system fúcked up

eviltwin

There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane. I think the full doc is on Netflix

For the Bible Tells Me So and Blackfish, both on Netflix

Martin Tyler AgueroooOO

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez on Netflix was really interesting.

Tipsy McSwagger

Basq wrote: »

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

Must have watched this about 3 or 4 times and it doesn't get any easier to watch.

A series of gut punches punctuate this enthralling watch.

Though go in blind.. that's all I say. The less you know, the better!

One of the most overrated documentaries of all time. Interesting story but I just couldn’t get past how badly made/edited it is.