What are your favourite Documentaries?

Zascar · 25-01-2009 02:41PM #1

I've been watching loads of really documentaries lately.. I wanted to put a few of my recommendations down here and see if you guys have any more to add.

Here are some of the Documentaries I have really enjoyed lately and a quick description on what they are about.

Zeitgeist - Religion, 911 and World Banking
Loose Change - 911 Conspiracy Theroy
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara - War & US Defense
The War on Democracy - US invasion of Latin America
Islam - What the West needs to know - The foundations of the Muslim religion
Occupation 101 - Israeli Palestine Crisis
The Great Global Warming Swindle - Evidence against Global Warming theory
Frontline - The Meth Epidemic - Drugs - The Meth Crisis
American Meth - Ditto
Cocaine Cowboys - Growth of Cocaine use in America
In Pot We Trust - Benefits of Medical Marijuana
What we still don't know about the cosmos - The history of the universe

I'm not trying to say they are all perfectly factual, some are questionable by some, but they are all very enjoyable movies.

Most can be found on Google Video etc but I won't post any links.

Please let me know your favourites.
Thanks

Otis Driftwood · 25-01-2009 04:07PM

The Mondo Cane Series

http://www.sexgoremutants.co.uk/mondobox.html

Titicut Follies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titicut_Follies

All the above are not easy viewing and can de very difficult to track down but are well worth it especially Titicut Follies

senordingdong · 25-01-2009 04:32PM

Rambo 4.

Really opened my eyes to what was going on in Burma.

Galvasean · 25-01-2009 04:39PM

Pretty much anything from the BBC's natural history department, particularly the David Attenborough Stuff (Blue Planet, Life In Cold Blood, Planet Earth etc.)
Also most things Impossible Pictures Walking With Dinosaurs/Beasts/Cavemen/Monsters, Ocean Odyssey), although they arent technically documentaries, more 'mockumentaries'.

Photi · 25-01-2009 04:41PM

Etre et Avoir.

French documentary about a year in a tiny rural school run by a solitary teacher. The teacher's skills, patience and attentiveness are amazing and the kids are all fantastic.

johnny_ultimate · 25-01-2009 04:51PM

King of Kong - not only a great documentary, but one of the funniest and entertaining films of last year.
My Winnipeg - a truly fantastic achievement, although it tends to veer between documentary and outright surrealism on a number of occasions.
Grizzly Man - yes, Herzog proves to be an odd narrator, but it is fascinating story.

maquiladora · 25-01-2009 05:00PM

The Men Who Killed Kennedy...
Trinity & Beyond...
Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends...
King Of Kong...
Billion Dollar Secret...
Any of the Horizon docs...

,8,1 · 25-01-2009 05:14PM

Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World - On the food additive aspartame, commonly used today as a sugar-substitute.
9/11 Missing Links - The involvement of Zionist Israelis in the 2001 terrorist attacks. Much more incisive and fact-based than Loose Change et al, IMO.
The World According To Monsanto - On the underhand tactics of the world's leading GMO corporation.
The Century of the Self - By the excellent Adam Curtis, on the development of mass psychology and consumerism in the 20th Century.
The Power of Nightmares - Again by Curtis, on the Islamic fundamentalist and neo-con movements.
The UN Deception - On the Internationalist, collectivist order being brought in by stealth by the United Nations. Produced by the John Birch Society.

Vamoose Killers · 25-01-2009 07:07PM

The King of Kong
Obcan Havel
Man on Wire
Murderball

mikemac · 25-01-2009 07:16PM

The Revolution will not be televised
Shows the events over a few key days in Venezuela.

I wouldn't agree with the politics of the show but it's extremely well made and was done by a Irish production crew which is good too

Valmont · 25-01-2009 07:44PM

Zeitgeist is a big huge pile of steaming ****. Absolute nonsense imo.

Grizzly Man by Werner Herzog would be my favourite documentary.

Zascar · 25-01-2009 09:28PM

I found the first part about religion very interesting indeed...

tommyboy2222 · 26-01-2009 01:10AM

Man on Wire

Enron :The Smartest Guys in the Room ( may be worth revisiting this with regard to current events !)

26-01-2009 06:14AM

+1 for Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
King of Kong ofc
AMERICAN MOVIE
The Corporation
Sicko
The Universe

I honestly can't stress enough how much you all need to see American Movie though.

Ryanzo · 26-01-2009 06:23AM

The Root Of All Evil? - Richard Dawkins

keane2097 · 26-01-2009 06:33AM

This is Spinal Tap...

Do Rockumentaries count?

Ciaran B · 26-01-2009 09:14AM

An Unreasonable Man

An excellent film about the life and work of Ralph Nadar.

L31mr0d · 26-01-2009 11:47AM

Man on Wire was pretty good, if a little drawn out.

Again, I'll recommend Earthlings, imo, everyone who eats meat should watch this. Has a great use of sombre narration by Joaquin Phoenix and a score by Moby.

Boo-yah · 26-01-2009 03:44PM

Man On Wire
Planet Earth
Dig
Capturing The Friedmans
Deliver Us From Evil
American Movie

Zascar · 26-01-2009 04:36PM

Watched King of Kong last night... Eh, ok that was very very weird. Some of the uber-nerds were just painfully funny.

Man on Wire tonight methinks

Monkey61 · 26-01-2009 06:10PM

I can't say enough good things about Capturing the Friedmans. Really incredible. I also love Bowling for Columbine. It may be manipulative but it's still a wonderfully put together piece of entertainment. And until he pulls out the injured kids at the end, Michael Moore isn't even as offensive as he has become.

Paddy Samurai · 31-01-2009 09:41PM

I watch a lot on the history and discovery channels , but out of the ones i own my favourites are:

Holy Warriors (Richard the Lionheart & Saladin)

One day in september by lionsgate

Ancient rome Rise and fall of an empire(bbc)

byte · 01-02-2009 01:19AM

I wasn't expecting much from March of the Penguins, but it was not too bad.

Alicat · 01-02-2009 01:51AM

Loved the BBC's The Blue Planet. Some of the animals they found in the deep sea were just mental! :eek:

Also love the Who Do You Think You Are series. The new BBC one is starting on Monday and there's an American one starting in April I think.

Suppose they're more Tv rather than films but meh

Roar · 01-02-2009 03:38AM

Lost In La Mancha

absolutely fuppin brilliant.

kraggy · 01-02-2009 06:51AM

Capturing the Friedmans
murderball
bus 174

Overheal · 01-02-2009 07:03AM

Planet Earth Series.

Showdown: Air Combat. I've only seen the episode which dealt with the Battle of Midway, but it was done brilliantly, and kept me glued to my seat.

Reefer Madness. Propaganda gone wrong.

That_Guy · 01-02-2009 01:10PM

Man On Wire.

Can't say I've watched a lot of film documentaries but I found this one highly entertaining.

Auvers · 01-02-2009 03:13PM

cant believe no one mentioned When We Were Kings

Diogenes · 01-02-2009 04:19PM

Zascar wrote: »

I've been watching loads of really documentaries lately.. I wanted to put a few of my recommendations down here and see if you guys have any more to add.

Here are some of the Documentaries I have really enjoyed lately and a quick description on what they are about.

Zeitgeist - Religion, 911 and World Banking
Loose Change - 911 Conspiracy Theroy

Yeah Loose Change, any film were the documentary makers had to admit that there were massive factual errors in their film (it works out at one fundamental error per minute over 90) cannot be considered a documentary. They also mispelt "written by" in the titles. Morons.

Ditt all bull**** subpar 911 conspiracy ****e documentaries, on google video.

Zascar · 01-02-2009 04:27PM

True, I don't believe most of what they say but I still think its entertaining. Does raise some interesting questions though.

What are your favourite Documentaries?

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