Can someone recommend me some good Documentaries?

[T_Yamamoto]

VICE documentaries. They're on YouTube and are good, its a hit or miss for most people

 

[Cappuccino]

VICE documentaries. They're on YouTube and are good, its a hit or miss for most people

I watched nearly ALL the Vice videos. I love the Munchies series.
Also, the Donkey Sex one was really fked up lmao. D:

 

[CZroe]

Another vote for "Grizzly Man" and "Ecstasy of Order."

 

[Ken g6]

Any of Ken Burns' series, but Baseball and Jazz in particular.

I also really like The National Parks. But, then, I really like the national parks.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

American: The Bill Hicks Story

In instant queue. This guy was one of the best comics ever but died due to cancer when his career finally started taking off (getting mainstream attention)

 

[KeithTalent]

The Woman Who Wasn't There.

KT

 

[T_Yamamoto]

I watched nearly ALL the Vice videos. I love the Munchies series.
Also, the Donkey Sex one was really fked up lmao. D:

I like Fresh Off The Boat With Freddie Huang

 

[TheShiz]

your list is awful, "reality tv" for the most part is pretty garbage. Hopefully I won't discourage you saying that, but the documentary genre has MUCH more to offer. that said if you want good documentaries here are some of the best. Documentary is my favorite genre, I have watched literally thousands of them. These are the ones I will revisit. These are the ones that might take a second viewing, maybe even 5-10 years later to really see how great they are, but they are great. I'm going for a decent variety here, top of my head awesome stuff. you don't need to know anything about them, the less probably the better. The best documentaries are poetic, informative, opinionated, passionate. They don't just show you something. They tell a story and have a perspective. They might change your mind. They challenge you. Here we go.

"Leaving the Earth" - from Season 2 of First Person, a series by Errol Morris. The rest of the series is also excellent, but this episode is the best.

Hearts and Minds

Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media - this took a few viewings for me but stick it out and revisit it. Still amazingly relevant 2 decades after it was released.

Crumb

Koyaanisqatsi

Dark Days

Touching the Void

Roger and Me - I know people love to rip Moore, and maybe he stretches the truth a bit but this is still a great movie, especially if you know the risk he took to make it and lack of budget.

The Staircase

The Bridge

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

have you seen the cove?

that was pretty good.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1313104/

i liked the giant squid documentary that was on discovery channel also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGuhXl0aR4I

 

[SlowSpyder]

Dear Zacary: A Letter To A Son About His Father

 

[CraigRT]

I really enjoy the Vice Guide to Travel series.
I haven't seen them all yet, only what is on Netflix. Was a good watch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0896869/

 

[Muse]

These are all among my favorites, there certainly are many others worth mentioning, ... in no particular order:
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An Inconvenient Truth

Inside Job

Winged Migration

Crumb

Tyson

Strictly Ballroom

Feel Like Going Home

The Last Waltz

The Fog of War

Super Size Me

The Corporation

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Jerry Seinfeld Comedian

Bus 174

Little Dieter Needs to Fly

Dogtown and Z-Boys

 

[cheezy321]

Forgot about Dogtown and the Z boys. Great documentary!

 

[Muse]

I am saddened that nobody really recommended some of the greatest documentaries of mankind such as:

Baraka
Samsara
Kovaanisqatsi
Powaqqatsi
Nagoyqatsi

I have not seen the last two. The others I have on DVD (and re-watched them recently, around a month ago), I've been contemplating getting Blu-ray, although I've yet to buy a Blu-ray of a DVD I own. Even the DVD's look fantastic on my big screen projection home theater setup. My projector is excellent, gives a movie theater-like experience.

I think Koyaanisqatsi (the first of these), comes off as the least commercial of the ones I've seen. The others are certainly worth taking in, though. Much beauty, much to astound you, none of them have a word of dialog, just some occasional musical chanting.

 

[Muse]

Got to thinking last night, what doc do I want to see and I rewatched An Inconvenient Truth last night. Obligatory!

 

[SaDiZTiKStyLeZ]

Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap

 

[Cappuccino]

Just finish watching 'Fog Of War' and 'Grizzly Man' I give Fog Of War 5/10 and Grizzly Man 7/10. I wouldn't recommend Fog Of War if you are really bored. Nothing special in that doc tbh. But Grizzly man is defiantly worth a watch!

Any more guys?
Does anyone know and good recent documentaries 2010-2013 ones?

 

[Ichinisan]

Just finish watching 'Fog Of War' and 'Grizzly Man' I give Fog Of War 5/10 and Grizzly Man 7/10. I wouldn't recommend Fog Of War if you are really bored. Nothing special in that doc tbh. But Grizzly man is defiantly worth a watch!

Any more guys?
Does anyone know and good recent documentaries 2010-2013 ones?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvWh6PMi9Ek

 

[angminas]

Crumb

 

[mcurphy]

His Name Is Bob

 

[angminas]

Nerdcore Rising

Pumping Iron

Trekkies

The Phandom Menace

The September Issue

 

[John Connor]

Trinity and Beyond

Oh! That's a good one!

 

[John Connor]

Blair Witch Project. lmao!

 

[stargazr]

Moonshiners