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

[Gandolpiffini]

I'm still here , shyt is fuvked up

 

[yo moms]

There is a doc thread in Hgher Learning


Anyway

The Human Body, one of the best docs EVER. From birth to death it tells you about it all, even what happens when we get drunk

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/human-body/

Some of us are banned from higher learning friend.

 

[Gifted one]

Great post!

Blackfish is another great documentary, I think the big homie @Malta made a thread about him, but it's about Tilikum, who is a killer whale at sea world who killed many people, even goes into depth on how Sea World is a shytty corporation that is all about greed

 

[Roaden Polynice]

Some I can think of off the top of my head.

The Power of Nightmares
The Century of the Self
Jiro
Waltz with Bashir (not sure if you can call this a documentary)
Senna
The Two Escobars
Park Avenue
Shut Up and Play The Hits
Helvetica
Gasland
Mann v. Ford

 

[NZA]

i cant say one is better than the other...

hoop dreams - a bit dated, we now have a better grasp of the toll sport aspirations can take on urban youth
senna - for a guy that is not into auto racing, this was still very gripping because of the man himself and his rival
king of kong - so off you might think it's fake but apparently it's true
the smartest guys in the room - just a great breakdown of an issue i didnt understand
unforgivable blackness: the rise and fall of jack johnson - im a boxing fan, so i may be biased but i think it is one of ken burns' best
style wars - rarely is a cultural movement captured in such a knowledgeable way early in its life like this
the ice man interviews - you just dont see a sick fukk explain what it's like to be a sick fukk in such great detail like this very often
the century of the self - a pretty good breakdown of the seeds that helped produce modern and postmodern society in the west through the lens of advertising principles inspired by freud

im sure ive seen some crazy stuff that i just cant remember since i tend to watch documentaries alone, in the dark, lying in bed. this causes me to be half sleep much of the time, LOL

 

[Bingoman]

i need to watch jiro dreams of sushi.

 

[Jutt]

I've seen a lot that you guys have mentioned.


Yall ever see Tent City USA? Its about a community of homeless people in Nashville who literally have their own little shanty town city.


Craigslist Joe- a dude goes cross country with no money, gets around by using ads on craigslist(ride share etc)

 

[Wise]

Food Inc was pretty good, it definitely changed the way I eat food.

I saw a documentary on VH1 on the LA riots
http://www.vh1.com/video/vh1-rock-d...p-hop-and-the-la-riots/1684192/playlist.jhtml

Central Park Five

Forgot about Central Park Five. Very good.

The part where when he was found guilty and told his lawyer "Thank you for all your work"

 

[NZA]

i forgot to add 'murder on a sunday morning'. really shows how bad eyewitness testimony can be. also about just how terrible florida's police can be

 

[714562]

So I just watched Murderball.

It's a documentary (somewhat dated) on wheelchair rugby. Definitely worth a watch.

 

[kash10003]

jiro was so good brehs


i havent seen it but watch Burma VJ (i'm bout to take a plunge) its on netflix

its about journalism in a politically restricted burma, supposed to be dope and thrilling. found it randomly googling burma/myanmar (cuz who the fukk knows anything about that country really, and i google mad random countries)

7.8 on imdb i think

 

[jalamanta]

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

This shyt was too fukking dramatic.

 

[old soul]

Oh yeah: Waltz with Bashir and Go Tigers! are both pretty great as well

 

[StraxStrax]

The lack of Louis Theroux movies in this thread is

 

[thaKEAF]

Black Power Mixtape