What is the absolutely BEST Documentary that you have ever seen?

[kp404]

I'm really into documentaries lately and wanted to see where my coli brehs were with documentaries. Which ones were the best? Which ones seriusly altered how you view things? Recommended documentaries?

Lastly, why do you feel this way about the docs? Discuss.

 

[chemicalsword]

Im all about that documentary life. Subs for later....

 

[The Jewnited States]

jiro dreams of sushi is one of the best ones in recent memory



its on netflix. truly amazing the level of dedication to ONE area of life

 

[newarkhiphop]

Cocaine Cowboys

 

[old soul]

when we were kings, king of kong, fog of war

 

[hjhblkhj]

Hoop Dreams

 

[TheTwista]

Don't know if it's the BEST, but Restrepo is pretty good

 

[ltheghost]

Hoop Dreams, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, The Fog of War, The Black List Vol. 1, Eyes on the Prize, When the Levees Broke, Bowling for Columbine. It's kinda hard for me to nail down the best out of all of these.

 

[MikelArteta]

senna

 

[kp404]

Hoop Dreams in #1 to me: then 4 Little Girls, Food Inc., Bowling for Columbine, When the Levees Broke

Most recently, GasLand, The Act of Killing, were the ones that really stuck with me

 

[LucaBrasi]

senna

Dude could've been what Schumacher became plus style and charisma

 

[bangbreh]

i watch scratch at least once a month. never gets old.

 

[714562]

Good Ones I've Seen:
DiG! (if you like rock docs)

King of Kong (if you like video games)

Cocaine Cowboys (if you like drug docs, or the vibe of 80s Miami)

Baraka (it's part documentary, part avant-garde film)

The Smartest Guys in the Room (I can't believe no one has mentioned it in this thread yet! It's about Enron)

Grizzly Man (Dude camps out in bear preserve and tries to be at one with the bears until he gets eaten.)

The Decline of Western Civilization (about the punk scene in LA in the 70s when it was still credible street music, if you're into that sort of thing. There are sequels about hair metal and 90s punk, but i think they kinda suck)

The Band That Would Be King (about a band called Half Japanese from Michigan)

Catfish (Great doc if you don't know what it is coming in, but It doesn't really have any re-watch value).

Jesus Camp (about a hardcore evangelical kids camp, CRAZY shyt)

Heavy Metal Baghdad (about a metal band in Iraq during the height of the US occupation)

 

[Leasy]

Ross Kemp on gangs the one in Jamaica
Vice ones in Africa Liberia
BBC Philadelphia crime when they follow my city cops
Ray hagins christianity lectures
Ivan Van Sertima they came before Columbus, Africans in Americas

 

[Ziggiy]

Hoop Dreams

Came in here to post this