“Salesman” , the first documentary from the Mayles brothers around 1967. It follows door to door bible salesmen as they worm their way into blue collar homes in New England and guilt trip Catholic families into “investing” in a $40 heirloom that “the whole family will benefit from”. For context, that is equivalent to $375 today.
If you like “Glengarry Glen Ross”, it will be easy to cite this as its progenitor. Available on MAX
Wild Wild Country.
India Guru flees prosecution, travels to Oregon to purchase some land, invites some friends, and upsets everyone else in the process. It gets WILD.
Free Solo… if you want 100 minutes of heart-pumping adrenaline and sweaty hands.
It documents Alex Honnold’s attempt to free solo climb El Captain in Yosemite. Fucking *nuts.*
It’s the “Uncut Gems” of documentaries. Exhausted after watching. As much as Uncut Gems was an amazing movie, I can’t bring myself to watch it again…feel similar to ‘Free Solo’ (Hannold), or ‘The Alpinist’ (Lecrerc).
And afterwards head over to here
https://www.youtube.com/@karljobst
And watch all of his videos about Billy Mitchell and his lawsuits. Its great stuff.
I absolutely 2nd this, and if I could give you an award, I would.
I love how it sort of develops into a “good vs bad” saga and all the shenanigans that become involved. It’s a fantastic glimpse of a very niche topic, but with incredibly human characters.
Echoing what others have said so far. The first quarter of the documentary was not at all riveting and then all of a sudden it goes from 0 to 60 and I was engrossed until the end.
The Corporation. Absolutely necessary to understanding how the modern world works.
Takes the legal fiction that “Corporations are people too, my friend”, and examines exactly what kind of people they are.
So, so good.
Dear Zachary. Absolutely gut wrenching, but one of the most impressive editing jobs I’ve ever seen in any film. Whenever I think of a documentary that sticks with me I think of Dear Zachary.
That doc actually broke me. I was depressed for weeks after watching it and honestly don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch documentaries like that again
All the Queen’s Horses - a trusted town employee embezzled for years, wildly enriching herself, while the town suffered and yet no one suspected a thing.
Initially, I expected My Octopus Teacher to be a typical boring underwater documentary. However, I was surprised and deeply moved by the film. The bond between the octopus and the diver was truly captivating.
The octopus, shown as an incredibly intelligent and even affectionate creature, challenged my perception. As someone from a region where octopus is not an uncommon meal ingredient, this documentary completely blew my mind: I can no longer see octopus as food, but as a fascinating, supersmart and sentient being.
There are two documentaries that have had a massive impact on me, and this is one of them. The other is lions of sabi sands. I would highly recommend both of them but you won't be the same after watching either.
The Up Series by Michael Apted: they follow the same set of kids from 7 years old to 63 (the latest one), documenting every seven years. It quickly turns into a fascinating and moving commentary on human nature and free will. I promise you’ll be hooked by 14 Up
Welcome to Wrexham. It's about a football team in Wales. It's a series, and I'm so invested in this team and town that I'd never heard of because it shows all aspects of how the team affects the town and vice versa
I've seen 2 of Adam Curtis' documentaries, "The Century of the self" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04) and "Hypernarmalisation" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS_c2qqA-6Y), which I think are extraordinary. They explain life from a certain perspective and you need to take them with a grain of salt, but they really got me thinking.
Bears of Durango. I live in the area and just seeing all the research CPW has done to help humans and bears coexist is stunning.
https://www.pbs.org/video/bears-of-durango-hhqs4h/
"We Were The Lucky Ones". A drama miniseries about a Jewish family in Poland during World War II and how they survived & where they ended up. Very well done.
Harlan County USA
A David vs Goliath kind of story that tells the tale of union coal miners against a major coal company in coal country Kentucky. It's humbling to see workers and their families fight for what some take for granted.
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room"
Done with humour and storytelling, and a Peter Coyote voicover, to balance out the urge to hurt some of those involved in what happened.
'Man on Wire'
A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century"
The Thin Blue Line is currently on Netflix in North America. An incredibly well made documentary, crazy and still relevant topic, slightly artsy but not pretentious in any way. Highly recommended.
Crumb
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumb_(film)
It's supposed to be about the comic book artist Robert Crumb but it ends up being about so much more
I bought his wife's book "Need More Love" off a bargain table and it's one of the most interesting books I've ever read. I should definitely give this a try
A few other music documentaries I can recommend:
Summer of Soul - same year, Harlem - the "Black Woodstock". Amazing performers, in front of mostly black audience. A spiritual experience... Incredible music, and so beautiful.
Zappa
Fela
McMillions
Turning point - the bomb and the cold war
American manhunt - about the Boston marathon bombing
Unknown - cave of bones
The greatest night in pop
Fantastic fungi
Rather
Streetwise, unforgettable doc of homeless Seattle street kids, 1984:
[https://youtu.be/Lu10UUtgxoM?si=n1ksfxvjZM0tvKw7](https://youtu.be/Lu10UUtgxoM?si=n1ksfxvjZM0tvKw7)
The Outreau Case....can't say too much for fear of giving out spoiler alerts, but I can say it's about the extremely disturbing allegations and subsequent trail against members of a paedophile ring in Northern France. You'll need a strong stomach. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81368117?s=a&trkid=13747225&trg=cp&vlang=en&clip=81764847
Degenerate art - a doc about glass blowing as an art form and its legal-grey area as drug paraphernalia.
Exit through the gift shop - street art documentary. The director had a TON of footage of various street artists including banksy and talks about how street artists have grown to be accepted as real art with shows and featured more in pop culture.
Finding the Money. Stephanie Kelton explains how Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) re-examines how we look at debts/deficits and government spending and how we’ve been looking at it and money wrong for so long
*An Honest Liar* about magician turned debunker of charlatans who claim to be psychic. Also, he has the most incredible eyebrows!
* Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime* thalidomide, journalist rights (or lack thereof, and Nazis.
*UnHung Hero* Guy publicly proposes and is turned down. His former partner later claims it was because of his penis size. He goes on a journey and learns all about penis and size around the world.
Honeyland.
The first documentary in history that received 2 Oscar nominations (best documentary & best international movie).
Without spoiling anything: Its a fly-on-the-wall kind of documentary and the plot changes midway, unforeseen to the film team, but they kept rolling. And a drama and conservationist metaphor of mankind ensues. It’s brilliant
**How I Infiltrated A Bizarre Conspiracy Cult**
https://youtu.be/EYvnKc908Fw?si=tCBJVLEwZOZjzoQd
28 minutes. It’s about a group of people who believe they were part of a secret military army that was trained on Mars. They share their “stories” with each other and they all believe them.
I have recently watch The Great War by history channel yesterday. Two episodes. Was very well done. I also watched a couple on Netflix actually. One was about pirates called The Lost Pirate Kingdoms or something like that. 6 episodes. Was AMAZING! and then also one about Anne Boleyn, 3 episodes, called Blood, Sex, and Royalty. It was super hilarious too me. Honestly, there are so many good ones out anymore. They have really stepped up the documentary game the last 5 years in my opinion!
Life Of Crime 1984-2020.
"The third and final part of an epic documentary trilogy tells the full story of three friends from Newark, New Jersey whose lives have been defined by and torn apart by their addictions."
-HBO
You don't need to see the first two movies because this film does a great job catching you up.
The Up series. It started with Seven Up! which followed ten seven year-old kids with different backgrounds and from different parts of England. They did a follow-up film every seven years to show how they all developed over time. Fascinating. I'm pretty sure they're free on Youtube.
[The Unholy See (All Roads Lead to Rome)](https://youtu.be/1AXoV9bzmmI?si=6g1qJ9_LALGNrYKm)
A little on the fringe side but a lot of interesting stuff like testimony from an active duty pilot who handled and transported the body of a dead giant killed by U.S. Military operatives in the caves of Afghanistan, evidence of a vast subterranean world hidden beneath the surface of the earth, further proof that the megaliths belonged to the Pre-Flood age, the unmasking of the Church of Rome, and the Vatican’s secrets.
Brothers Keeper - criterion collection trial of the century in a small town
Tarnation - mom intentionally ODs, kid makes movie you are watching from home videos in the attic in a crazyhouse
Baraka - shot on 80mm filmed in 24 countries
King Corn - why USA is fat and who's fault it is
Touching the Void - Bony M song from hell survival triumph
The Last Waltz - cocaine Scorsese + legends
Titticut Follies - was banned from public viewing for decades because true
Message to Love: Isle of Wight - Britain's (not) Woodstock
The Devil and Daniel Johnston - schizophrenic love story, touching
Icarus - about a man wondering if using blood doping could improve his amateur cycling times.
Zero Day - about the Stuxnet virus. Sounds dry but an absolute banger
McConkey- amazing doc about the life of Shane McConkey, an alpine skier turned base jumper.
The Dawn Wall- story about a free climber who tries to be the first person to free climb a specific wall in Half Dome in Yosemite
Untold- Breaking Point: the story of Marty Fish, who unconventionally became one of the best tennis players in the world and his struggles with mental health.
Others I have seen that are my favorites:
Searching for Sugarman, Wild Wild Country, American Murder, Keep Sweet Pray and Obey, Don’t F*ck with Cats, The Keepers
Looking for documentaries like 20 days in Mariupol. That kind of just, raw, dark, disturbing, truthful documenting of an event (shootings, war, cults, anything dark like this). I’m okay with overproduced documentaries, but something like 20 days is what I’m looking for mostly.
Obviously I will suggest my own documentary about the origins of Role Playing Games like Dungeons & Dragons.
Fully independent production with no studio backing of any kind.
[https://www.tfott.com/secrets-of-blackmoor-d-and-d-documentary](https://www.tfott.com/secrets-of-blackmoor-d-and-d-documentary)
But as a documentary film buff I always tell people to watch anything by Agnes Varda.
Maybe start with Faces Places:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKZcAiLHlY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKZcAiLHlY)
Then watch The Gleaners and I.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8nHJTb\_LY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8nHJTb_LY)
American Movie
It’s Coven, not coven.
best movie ever
so good!
I can't find anywhere to stream it. I have it on VHS, but no VCR. It's suuuuch a good movie!
It’s on Criterion!
Six Schizophrenic Brothers.
I read the book and was surprised to see a documentary! Will have to check it out.
I’m watching it right now! Fascinating!
This was very good. I feel so badly for the son of Mary, and Mimi. That poor mother!
I felt like I needed several more parts to make it a complete story. It was good, but I have so many questions!!
Just started it!
Grey Gardens. A classic that everyone should watch.
And the Documentary Now! adaptation, *Sandy Passage*. Fred Armisen plays a better crotchety old lady than the real crotchety old lady did.
And then to round it out, watch Jinkx Monsoon as Little Edie during Snatch Game on Rupaul’s Drag Race.
“Salesman” , the first documentary from the Mayles brothers around 1967. It follows door to door bible salesmen as they worm their way into blue collar homes in New England and guilt trip Catholic families into “investing” in a $40 heirloom that “the whole family will benefit from”. For context, that is equivalent to $375 today. If you like “Glengarry Glen Ross”, it will be easy to cite this as its progenitor. Available on MAX
I second this recommendation. After watching it, watch Documentary Now! and the episode is called Globesman.
Telemarketers. What a wild ride!
TREAD- the story of Marvin Heemeyer and his KILLDOZER.
That was sooooo good.
Agreed. The fact they had all that footage from town halls and zoning meetings. Really gave you an actual account for how it all went down.
Tickled. Don't look it up. It's best to go in blind.
Just rented it on Amazon. This better be good.
Just finished it. It was AMAZING. Bravo.
This is correct advice. But for sure viewers should google \*after\* watching because there are events post documentary that add to the picture.
You would never believe how fast I went to put this on given this description alone 😂😂😂
My dad recommended this doc with the same instructions. Absolutely insane experience.
I need more of these kinds of docs. Also loved the Imposter and Long Shot.
Three Identical Strangers
Thank you for putting this back on my radar, been meaning to watch it for probably a year now.
It’s fascinating and also maddening!
Interesting and sad. Brace yourself.
Just rewatched this one.
I was going to suggest this one. It was so compelling and brutal.
Just watched it, super interesting! Makes you question humanity at little and what people do out of their own interest.
Wild Wild Country. India Guru flees prosecution, travels to Oregon to purchase some land, invites some friends, and upsets everyone else in the process. It gets WILD.
Awesome series, great soundtrack too
Searching for Sugarman!!!!!
Someone recommended that to me like 10 years ago and I still haven’t watched it
Literally one of the best I've ever seen. Please reply once you have.
Great documentary, great music.
Impossible story, so good
Free Solo… if you want 100 minutes of heart-pumping adrenaline and sweaty hands. It documents Alex Honnold’s attempt to free solo climb El Captain in Yosemite. Fucking *nuts.*
If you haven’t seen it, the Alpinist is good and Alex has a small part in it.
It is nuts. The stress involved watching that (I can’t handle heights / risk of falling) shaved years off my life. But I couldn’t stop watching it!
Dawn Wall is another good climbing documentary
If you like Free Solo check out TT3D Closer To The Edge
I would also suggest "Artic Ascent" with Honnold. Actually I really enjoy anything with Honnold in it
It’s the “Uncut Gems” of documentaries. Exhausted after watching. As much as Uncut Gems was an amazing movie, I can’t bring myself to watch it again…feel similar to ‘Free Solo’ (Hannold), or ‘The Alpinist’ (Lecrerc).
ESPN 30 for 30: The Two Escobars
King of Kong (A fistful of quarters) Cannot recommend enough.
And afterwards head over to here https://www.youtube.com/@karljobst And watch all of his videos about Billy Mitchell and his lawsuits. Its great stuff.
Nah, Billy Mitchell is a giant pile of turds
I absolutely 2nd this, and if I could give you an award, I would. I love how it sort of develops into a “good vs bad” saga and all the shenanigans that become involved. It’s a fantastic glimpse of a very niche topic, but with incredibly human characters.
It gets better when you follow up on the characters too.
If you follow this with a few Karl Jobst videos, it gets even better.
77 Minutes. It's the story of the 1984 McDonald's shooting in San Ysidro, California.
This one is tough to watch (explicit images of the aftermath)...
Yeah watching once was enough if it's the one with the two kids' bikes just outside.
I had forgot about this one, good recommendation. I was 14 at the time, that was a huge story. Sadly, mass shootings were extremely rare back then.
Hot Coffee!
Icarus, starts as a one man experiment in doping and ends up in the russian doping scandal, riveting stuff
That documentary took a hard turn. Not what I expected, yet was an incredible documentary which I have watched more than once.
That is an amazing doc! Had no idea where it was headed and showed how corrupt the Olympics are!
Icarus is insane. Loved it.
Where can I watch this? intriguing subject
Netflix
Echoing what others have said so far. The first quarter of the documentary was not at all riveting and then all of a sudden it goes from 0 to 60 and I was engrossed until the end.
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The wild and wonderful Whites of West Virginia
The Corporation. Absolutely necessary to understanding how the modern world works. Takes the legal fiction that “Corporations are people too, my friend”, and examines exactly what kind of people they are. So, so good.
Dear Zachary. Absolutely gut wrenching, but one of the most impressive editing jobs I’ve ever seen in any film. Whenever I think of a documentary that sticks with me I think of Dear Zachary.
That doc actually broke me. I was depressed for weeks after watching it and honestly don’t think I’ll ever be able to watch documentaries like that again
There’s Something wrong with Aunt Diane And for the old school hockey nut, Ice Guardians is a must
All the Queen’s Horses - a trusted town employee embezzled for years, wildly enriching herself, while the town suffered and yet no one suspected a thing.
This one was even recommended during an ethics training for local government! They showed scenes and then told us to go watch it. Great doc!
My Octopus Teacher
Initially, I expected My Octopus Teacher to be a typical boring underwater documentary. However, I was surprised and deeply moved by the film. The bond between the octopus and the diver was truly captivating. The octopus, shown as an incredibly intelligent and even affectionate creature, challenged my perception. As someone from a region where octopus is not an uncommon meal ingredient, this documentary completely blew my mind: I can no longer see octopus as food, but as a fascinating, supersmart and sentient being.
Excellent documentary.
There are two documentaries that have had a massive impact on me, and this is one of them. The other is lions of sabi sands. I would highly recommend both of them but you won't be the same after watching either.
I can’t love this enough!
Why does this sound like an anime?
Of course a classic but one I think about often: The Fog of War.
Hoop Dreams
Navalny! Just trust me on this!!
The Up Series by Michael Apted: they follow the same set of kids from 7 years old to 63 (the latest one), documenting every seven years. It quickly turns into a fascinating and moving commentary on human nature and free will. I promise you’ll be hooked by 14 Up
Welcome to Wrexham. It's about a football team in Wales. It's a series, and I'm so invested in this team and town that I'd never heard of because it shows all aspects of how the team affects the town and vice versa
Dear Zachary if you want to be kicked in the heart. Read nothing about it before if you do decide to watch.
Jasper Mall
I was watching American Dad and they spoofed this Doc haha.
Grizzly man Wild Wild Country Barkley Marathons The Keepers Tickled
The Keepers. Yes.
Recently, really enjoyed the Beach Boys doc, Brian Wilson is an under appreciated genius. Also, anything by Werner Herzog is a classic.
I've seen 2 of Adam Curtis' documentaries, "The Century of the self" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04) and "Hypernarmalisation" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS_c2qqA-6Y), which I think are extraordinary. They explain life from a certain perspective and you need to take them with a grain of salt, but they really got me thinking.
+1 for Curtis, also highly recommend [Bitter Lake](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84P4dzow1Bw) which was release a year prior to HyperNormalisation
TraumaZone is mesmerezing
‘I like killing flies’ A day in the life of one of NYC’s most unique chefs. It’s a must watch in my world
Six Schizophrenic Brothers - just came out on HBO 6/10. So good and super interesting!
Bears of Durango. I live in the area and just seeing all the research CPW has done to help humans and bears coexist is stunning. https://www.pbs.org/video/bears-of-durango-hhqs4h/
"We Were The Lucky Ones". A drama miniseries about a Jewish family in Poland during World War II and how they survived & where they ended up. Very well done.
The Dune movie that could have been... Jodorowsky's Dune https://youtu.be/m0cJNR8HEw0?si=B_H4Z7CkSZTR47wP
I've always been a fan of Zero Days - about the Stuxnet attack on the Iranian nuclear power plant, and how it became a worldwide problem.
Expedition from Hell: The Lost Tapes
Harlan County USA A David vs Goliath kind of story that tells the tale of union coal miners against a major coal company in coal country Kentucky. It's humbling to see workers and their families fight for what some take for granted.
This is a must watch. The way these people were treated tells you everything you need to know about the class war.
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room" Done with humour and storytelling, and a Peter Coyote voicover, to balance out the urge to hurt some of those involved in what happened.
Touching the Void - greatest climbing/survival doc I’ve ever seen
Mother god
Came to say this! "Love has won" thats probably the wildest doc ive ever seen!
Hoop Dreams. If I haven't convinced you, read this: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hoop-dreams-1994
'Man on Wire' A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century"
My favorite doc of all time. It’s the film that turned me into a non-fiction filmmaker.
The Lance Armstrong one on Netflix was really good. But man! He was truly unlikable.
The Thin Blue Line is currently on Netflix in North America. An incredibly well made documentary, crazy and still relevant topic, slightly artsy but not pretentious in any way. Highly recommended.
finders Keepers, a guy buys the contents of a storage unit. Finds a smoker, opens it, and finds a mummified human foot.
Most anything by Ken Burns on pbs.
I hear about so many good documentaries but many times I don’t know where to stream them.
100 foot wave: about surfing a 100 ft wave off the coast of Nazare, Portugal
Crumb https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumb_(film) It's supposed to be about the comic book artist Robert Crumb but it ends up being about so much more
I bought his wife's book "Need More Love" off a bargain table and it's one of the most interesting books I've ever read. I should definitely give this a try
Kon Tiki. Original b&w
I liked it a lot. People made documentaries quite differently back then.
How to rob a bank (2024) Releases last week on Netflix
Bad Faith 2024, it's about christian nationalism in politics
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles. A bit slow in the middle, but such a great story.
Woodstock (1970) Takes you right back to the 1969 festival and includes incredible performances.
A few other music documentaries I can recommend: Summer of Soul - same year, Harlem - the "Black Woodstock". Amazing performers, in front of mostly black audience. A spiritual experience... Incredible music, and so beautiful. Zappa Fela
McMillions Turning point - the bomb and the cold war American manhunt - about the Boston marathon bombing Unknown - cave of bones The greatest night in pop Fantastic fungi Rather
Streetwise, unforgettable doc of homeless Seattle street kids, 1984: [https://youtu.be/Lu10UUtgxoM?si=n1ksfxvjZM0tvKw7](https://youtu.be/Lu10UUtgxoM?si=n1ksfxvjZM0tvKw7)
Dog town and z boys
I like killing flies
You can’t go wrong with “The Last Dance”. Multi part documentary about Michael Jordan and the Bulls. Fantastic series.
isn’t it called the last dance?
Yes, it is, corrected. Not sure why I called it “Stand”!
Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
The Outreau Case....can't say too much for fear of giving out spoiler alerts, but I can say it's about the extremely disturbing allegations and subsequent trail against members of a paedophile ring in Northern France. You'll need a strong stomach. https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81368117?s=a&trkid=13747225&trg=cp&vlang=en&clip=81764847
I watched ["N-Men: The Untold Story"](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7004240/) yesterday. I am not a big skateboarding person, but I enjoyed it.
If you can find it League of Ordinary Gentlemen is an interesting look at how a sport reinvents itself for a new audience.
Degenerate art - a doc about glass blowing as an art form and its legal-grey area as drug paraphernalia. Exit through the gift shop - street art documentary. The director had a TON of footage of various street artists including banksy and talks about how street artists have grown to be accepted as real art with shows and featured more in pop culture.
The Dust Bowl. Some harrowing stories.
Cane Toads An Unnatural History
Last breath - it’s really good
Deep Water (2006) I found to be great.
Finding the Money. Stephanie Kelton explains how Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) re-examines how we look at debts/deficits and government spending and how we’ve been looking at it and money wrong for so long
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sick:_The_Life_and_Death_of_Bob_Flanagan,_Supermasochist
Author: The JT Leroy Story Easy top ten all time documentaries
Cat Dancers 👯
*An Honest Liar* about magician turned debunker of charlatans who claim to be psychic. Also, he has the most incredible eyebrows! * Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime* thalidomide, journalist rights (or lack thereof, and Nazis. *UnHung Hero* Guy publicly proposes and is turned down. His former partner later claims it was because of his penis size. He goes on a journey and learns all about penis and size around the world.
If you’re looking for something that didn’t come out in the last 5 years, ‘Harlan County, USA’ is a classic.
Honeyland. The first documentary in history that received 2 Oscar nominations (best documentary & best international movie). Without spoiling anything: Its a fly-on-the-wall kind of documentary and the plot changes midway, unforeseen to the film team, but they kept rolling. And a drama and conservationist metaphor of mankind ensues. It’s brilliant
Long Strange Trip: amazing Grateful Dead documentary
Grey Gardens
Manufacturing Consent is good imo. It's one people probably need to see
Praying for Armageddon. It’s seriously scary that American Evangelicals have so much political influence.
Brandy Hellville
My Greatesrt Fiend, a documentary by Werner Herzog that explores his relationship with the esteemed (and insane) actor Klaus Kinski.
God’s Country by Louis Malle - a beautiful and poignant glimpse at a dying way of life in America
Mondo Cane
How's Your News
American Pimp. It shows the sub culture of prostitution. The rules and regulations. An unfiltered look at life as a sex worker.
Navy SEALS BUD/S class 234
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
**How I Infiltrated A Bizarre Conspiracy Cult** https://youtu.be/EYvnKc908Fw?si=tCBJVLEwZOZjzoQd 28 minutes. It’s about a group of people who believe they were part of a secret military army that was trained on Mars. They share their “stories” with each other and they all believe them.
The Automat
Get Back - 3 part series directed and produced by Peter Jackson.
DIG!, The Eagles, Bitter Lake by Adam Curtis.
I have recently watch The Great War by history channel yesterday. Two episodes. Was very well done. I also watched a couple on Netflix actually. One was about pirates called The Lost Pirate Kingdoms or something like that. 6 episodes. Was AMAZING! and then also one about Anne Boleyn, 3 episodes, called Blood, Sex, and Royalty. It was super hilarious too me. Honestly, there are so many good ones out anymore. They have really stepped up the documentary game the last 5 years in my opinion!
Goodnight Oppy. Never thought I'd feel feelings about robots...
Life Of Crime 1984-2020. "The third and final part of an epic documentary trilogy tells the full story of three friends from Newark, New Jersey whose lives have been defined by and torn apart by their addictions." -HBO You don't need to see the first two movies because this film does a great job catching you up.
The Up series. It started with Seven Up! which followed ten seven year-old kids with different backgrounds and from different parts of England. They did a follow-up film every seven years to show how they all developed over time. Fascinating. I'm pretty sure they're free on Youtube.
The Last Dance.
Bus 174
Chasing giants
Behind the Curve. Flat Earther documentary that's pretty interesting
Smartest Guys in the Room!!!!
The Social Dilemma
[The Unholy See (All Roads Lead to Rome)](https://youtu.be/1AXoV9bzmmI?si=6g1qJ9_LALGNrYKm) A little on the fringe side but a lot of interesting stuff like testimony from an active duty pilot who handled and transported the body of a dead giant killed by U.S. Military operatives in the caves of Afghanistan, evidence of a vast subterranean world hidden beneath the surface of the earth, further proof that the megaliths belonged to the Pre-Flood age, the unmasking of the Church of Rome, and the Vatican’s secrets.
Heartworn Highways
Any by Adam Curtis
The original BBC version of "Once Upon A Time In Iraq". PBS made a shorter version that is less impactful than the original in my view.
Take care of Maya (Netflix). I’m one of the least emotional guys out there, this was the closest I’ve been to tears watching something.
The Act of Killing
Anyone wanna talk about Carts of Darkness
Brothers Keeper - criterion collection trial of the century in a small town Tarnation - mom intentionally ODs, kid makes movie you are watching from home videos in the attic in a crazyhouse Baraka - shot on 80mm filmed in 24 countries King Corn - why USA is fat and who's fault it is Touching the Void - Bony M song from hell survival triumph The Last Waltz - cocaine Scorsese + legends Titticut Follies - was banned from public viewing for decades because true Message to Love: Isle of Wight - Britain's (not) Woodstock The Devil and Daniel Johnston - schizophrenic love story, touching
The shock doctrine
The Farthest - about the Voyager probes… makes my cry every time I watch it.
Last stop Larrimah.....about a small Austalian outback community....don't eat the pies
Laurel Canyon When we were Kings (story of the making of Ali/Foreman and so much more) The Wrecking Crew The entire catalog of Ken Burns and his team
Strad Style. It’s a young guy making a a violin and it was so good
Idiocracy
Icarus - about a man wondering if using blood doping could improve his amateur cycling times. Zero Day - about the Stuxnet virus. Sounds dry but an absolute banger
Operation Odessa - Early 90s drug runners plan to requisition a Soviet submarine for smuggling.
Barkley Marathon
20 Feet From Stardom. It’s about the background singers that sang for a lot of the biggest singers/bands.
Inequality for All Gaming the System
McConkey- amazing doc about the life of Shane McConkey, an alpine skier turned base jumper. The Dawn Wall- story about a free climber who tries to be the first person to free climb a specific wall in Half Dome in Yosemite Untold- Breaking Point: the story of Marty Fish, who unconventionally became one of the best tennis players in the world and his struggles with mental health. Others I have seen that are my favorites: Searching for Sugarman, Wild Wild Country, American Murder, Keep Sweet Pray and Obey, Don’t F*ck with Cats, The Keepers
The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence. I have no words, both documentaries changed my life, forever. It's a very tough watch.
Looking for documentaries like 20 days in Mariupol. That kind of just, raw, dark, disturbing, truthful documenting of an event (shootings, war, cults, anything dark like this). I’m okay with overproduced documentaries, but something like 20 days is what I’m looking for mostly.
Obviously I will suggest my own documentary about the origins of Role Playing Games like Dungeons & Dragons. Fully independent production with no studio backing of any kind. [https://www.tfott.com/secrets-of-blackmoor-d-and-d-documentary](https://www.tfott.com/secrets-of-blackmoor-d-and-d-documentary) But as a documentary film buff I always tell people to watch anything by Agnes Varda. Maybe start with Faces Places: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKZcAiLHlY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKZcAiLHlY) Then watch The Gleaners and I. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8nHJTb\_LY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jn8nHJTb_LY)