What are your favorite documentaries?

My favorites are: - Kedi (2016) - Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023) - The Deepest Breath (2023) - Will & Harper (2024) - For Sama (2019) - Blackfish (2013) - Boys State (2020) But documentaries that I liked that fit YOUR taste are: - Assassins (2020) - Collective (2019) - Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis (2022) - Rewind (2019) - Into the Deep (2020)

The act of killing

*The Thin Blue Line* *Antidote* *The Mortician* *The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst*

I'm surprised no one's said Exit Through the Gift Shop yet. 

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters Monster Camp The Seven Five Welcome to Leith The Parking Lot Movie

you might like grey gardens or the imposter, both have that same raw real-life feel where you kinda piece things together yourself

Gimme Shelter (1970) is probably the best music documentary I’ve ever seen. It follows the Rolling Stones on their legendary tour of America in ‘69, eventually leading up to the disastrous Altamont Free Concert. I can’t think of another documentary that shows one of the best bands ever at their peak playing and making some of their best songs that also features a murder caught on tape. Another great Stones doc is Cocksucker Blues (1972). That one follows the band and their entourage on their tour in support of Exile on Main Street. It’s one of the most insane, debauched things I’ve ever seen, to the point that the Stones have blocked its release. You can find it on YouTube pretty easily though. Just as an example of the hedonism on display, the movie shows Mick Jagger snorting coke backstage at a show, a groupie injecting heroin in a hotel room, and Keith Richards and Bobby Keys tossing a television out of their hotel room into a pool. Got some great live performances too of course.

My all-time favorite is the documentary on The Donner Party by PBS's American Experience series. It may not be particularly impactful, but it was extremely well made. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Panic: The Untold Story of the 2008 Financial Crisis (Frontline) are both entertaining.

Bathtubs Over Broadway The Pez Outlaw Murder In the Front Row: The Story of Bay Area Thrash Metal Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage

Three Identical Strangers Heroin: Cape Cod USA

I like the Michael Moore documentaries.

A Certain Kind Of Death (2003) - It documents what happens to those that die without a next of kin. Very interesting to see what happens to those without someone near them in life to mourn them.

This is gold....

The Wrecking Crew (2008) The Vietnam War (2017) The World at War (1973)

the imposter and dear zachary both wrecked me a little. also king of kong if you want something way lighter but still weirdly gripping lol

American movie Thin blue line Making a murder

Sherman's March Looking For Richard Shoah Hype! Hearts of Darkness Burdens of Dreams Constantine's Sword Harlan County, USA The Fog of War Searching For Sugar Man West of Memphis The Kid Stays in the Picture

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1980) 9/11 (2002) Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) Bitter Lake (2015, Adam Curtis) The Dark Ages: An Age of Light (2012) Carrier (2008) My Scientology Movie (2015, Louie Theroux) The Nazi's - A Warning from History (1997) Planet Earth (2006) What We Left Behind (2018, Star Trek DS9 retrospective) 6 Days To Air - The Making of South Park (2011) The Pleasure of Finding Things out (1981, BBC Horizon Richard Feynman interview) Going Clear - Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) Jesus Camp (2006) Knuckle (2011)

Touching the Void (2003) - in this case it's a drama-documentary.

The Seven Five

Reel Injun (2009) Three Identical Strangers (2018)

Forgotten Silver.

I thought the narrative in Flee was thoroughly engaging and it’s execution was very innovative and creative.

Word Wars 2004

All links are direct to official, legal, YouTube-hosted versions that are free in most areas. Sorry if it's not in yours. In all cases, I believe these are very worth your time to source and watch :) [An Honest Liar](https://youtu.be/Q3b-q9W0AJw) (2014) - The life and works of The Amazing James Randi. [Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story](https://youtu.be/fkoNeESBH94) (2024) - After moving to a remote Shetland Island, Molly washes up on Billy's jetty in desperate need of help. What becomes is the most endearing, beautiful friendship ever. This is the best 'slow tv' I've ever seen. [Kedi](https://youtu.be/PpG0z-npFIY) (2017) - Gorgeous documentary about the lives of the cats of Istanbul's streets

Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals (and I don’t even watch basketball) Hillsborough (30 for 30)

If you can forgo any dialogue and candid interviews, *Koyaanisqatsi* is a beautiful trip of a film that just ... documents.

[Hands on a Hard Body](https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tLP1TcwMk9JKikxYPQSzkjMSylWyM9TSFTISCxKScpPqQQAqHIKrg&q=hands+on+a+hardbody&oq=hands+on+a&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqBwgBEC4YgAQyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQLhiABDIHCAIQABiABDIHCAMQABiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIQCAYQLhivARjHARixAxiABDIHCAcQLhiABDIHCAgQLhiABDIHCAkQABiABDIHCAoQLhiABDIHCAsQABiABDIHCAwQABiABDIHCA0QABiABNIBCDQ1NTJqMGo5qAIJsAIB8QVWug223jaAyQ&client=ms-android-att-us-rvc3&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#ebo=0)

My own (I've done 35) including winning an Emmy back in the late 90's.

Boys State and Girls State

Ive always found the zero day documentary interesting

* The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On (1987) * American Movie (1999) * Crumb (1994) * Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997) * Senna (2010) * Project Nim (2011)

In the realm of the unreal

21 Up

My fev Daughters Here are some more great documentaries you might like The Act of Killing (2012) The Thin Blue Line (1988) Grizzly Man (2005) Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) Searching for Sugar Man (2012) The Fog of War (2003) Man on Wire (2008) Tickled (2016) The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015) Icarus (2017)

When I was a young man, "Crumb" and "Hated" came out. I highly recommend them.

I couldn’t recommend Next Goal Wins (2014) enough, but make sure to not watch the rather terrible film they made of the documentary with the same name

Tickled is crazy and intriguing. 

Anything by Adam Curtis.

Searching for Sugarman

Pina Kedi Witches A glitch in the matrix Searching for sugarman

Norman's rare guitars is a recent favourite and also Chased by the light (Jim Brandenburg ).

Salesman (1969)

First few that come to mind, in no particular order: 1. Grizzly Man 2. The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years 3. F for Fake 4. The Five Obstructions Edit: need to add “Sherman’s March” (just a very special, intimate story)

Going Clear. It's a documentary about scientology

Outside of the history and crime docs. American Movie King of Kong

[CRUMB](https://youtu.be/sbpIbGJziZQ?is=3jwJdi7d92ZGSths) [STORIES WE TELL](https://youtu.be/D6ivmgA2gIo?is=uy6aI0GsD3YnZVMh) [THE LOBOTOMIST](https://youtu.be/2Qr_I_w_120?is=8DYK7aHVFjqur3Dr) [LET THERE BE LIGHT](https://youtu.be/lQPoYVKeQEs?is=PXNr6GsC97WTVZzr) [SPIN](https://youtu.be/Uock08dy19s?is=2mKyJ0pLPxR4iaa-)

Idiocracy