Best documentaries you have seen

Chancer3001

I saw two awesome documentaries but can not find them since.

1 was about a very old Chinese guy, lived out in the wilderness with his daughters. Used to give out and pray to his ancestors daily giving out that he on,y had girls and not boys. There was one scene where the local guys came and chopped the head off one of his goats.....would LOVE to watch the whole thing again.

The second one is about zidane, his brother followed him around with a camera for the year before he retires. Not the crap one of cameras following him, this one was so so interesting. Showed just how driven he was.

micar

Chancer3001 wrote: »

The second one is about zidane, his brother followed him around with a camera for the year before he retires. Not the crap one of cameras following him, this one was so so interesting. Showed just how driven he was.

I saw this and by chance it was actually on today. Not sure what channel.

branie

The Shadow of Bealnablath

mackeire

Here's a few about drugs that were good

Black Tar Heroin: The dark side of the street
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XfP58clo1I

A 70 min film that follows 5 young people around over 2 years while the struggle with heroin addiction.


Don't get high on your own supply
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zQo1pahjXs

This one is about a journalist named Lanre Fehintola, who decides to experiment with heroin while working on a book about drug addicts. What starts out as an attempt to understand the plight of his subjects ends up totally consuming and threatening his life.

Cold Turkey: Heroin Addiction Documentary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43V9IpMUQA

This is Lanre again. It's a follow up to the previous one.


BBC - Crackhouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46GlqsH2YEQ

Carl john revisits his home town in Liverpool where there is a major crack cocaine problem in the UK, he visits his old friends from school who are all now hooked on the drug and gives an inside view of crack addicts in the uk. We see prostitutes and shoplifters and pregnant hookers in action and people smoking crack and what kind of places they inhabit.

Ellian

The Gatekeepers.

Kerrydude1981

Once Brothers

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guinnessdrinker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo

The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia. Quite shocking.

finix

Documentaries you want ? Fill your boots then,000's here all free...Enjoy !

http://documentaryheaven.com/watch-online/

Mjollnir

finix wrote: »

Documentaries you want ? Fill your boots then,000's here all free...Enjoy !

http://documentaryheaven.com/watch-online/

DAMN, son! Thanks for that link!

finix

Mjollnir wrote: »

DAMN, son! Thanks for that link!

You are welcome. It is the Netflix of documentaries and it's free !:)

homemadecider

I watched Senna last night. I have no interest in Formula 1 at all but I really enjoyed the documentary. Thanks for the recommendation.

derold

mauzo! wrote: »

The West Memphis 3. Amazing.

paradise lost the three films before this one are good aswell

eviltwin

There are some great documentaries on Netflix at the moment. Some of the stand out ones are

The Bridge - about suicides from San Fran's Golden Gate Bridge

For the Bible Tells me So - about the church and its attitude to gay people

Dreams of a Life - the story of Carol Vincent who was found dead in her flat. Her body had been there for approx 3 years.

SpaceCowb0y

I imagine some if not all of these have been mentioned before but a few of my personal favourites include.

Cocaine Cowboys - true story of how Miami became the drug, murder and cash capital of the United States.

Exit Through the gift shop - a film by street artist Banksy that tells the story of Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant in Los Angeles, and his obsession with street art. *well worth a watch

Touching The Void - true story of two climbers and their perilous journey up the west face of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes

Bigger, Stronger, Faster -A film that explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

Dogtown and the Z Boys - Documentary about the pioneering 1970s Zephyr skating team.

And some more recent ones

The Crash Reel - A movie that follows snowboarder Kevin Pearce as he is on the rise and training for the Olympics when he has a major accident that could have killed him and his road to recovery

12 O'Clock Boys - The story a young boy growing up on a combative West Baltimore block, finds solace in a group of illegal dirt bike riders known as The 12 O'Clock Boys.

Black Fish - Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.

*bonus documentary* if you have seen Blackfish and think that is bad have a look at "The Cove" . It's all about the hunting of Dolphins in Japan! For such and advanced race of people the Japanese are absolutely barbaric with their treatment and respect for animals! Hard watching!

The documentary i'm most looking forward to see at the moment is "Narco Cultura" but i can't seem to find it online anywhere even though it was released last year!

I Heart Internet

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621444/

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYqiLJBXbss

This. Bill Cunningham New York

A great documentary about a wonderful man...who happens to be a long-standing fashion street photographer in New York.

If you're not into fashion or photography, don't worry (I wasn't), the simple greatness of the man shines through.

SmallTeapot

I Heart Internet wrote: »

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1621444/

This. Bill Cunningham New York

A great documentary about a wonderful man...who happens to be a long-standing fashion street photographer in New York.

If you're not into fashion or photography, don't worry (I wasn't), the simple greatness of the man shines through.

I LOVED that documentary. Can't believe I forgot to include it in my list. It's amazing how frugal his lifestyle is - he truly lives and breathes fashion

Vincent Vega

finix wrote: »

Documentaries you want ? Fill your boots then,000's here all free...Enjoy !

http://documentaryheaven.com/watch-online/

Great site! This one is also good: http://thoughtmaybe.com/topics/

Just heard of the passing of Alain Resnais

His documentary Night & Fog (Nuit et Brouillard) about the Nazi concentration camps is one of the best I've seen. One to make you think about humanity.

Only 30 mins long, but it's definitely one of my most memorable cinema experiences.

Spr1ngsteen

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Once Brothers

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This is well worth a look

Billy86

And one of the most inspiring thing you will ever see...

Its on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScwK1PWQwnE

Billy86

Some more... keyboard is f***ed so I will just post some trailers.

And for those interested in the Australian girl who sowed up on OConnell street a few months back, you must see this...

Y2KBOS86

The real White Fang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMvcmjRQaGY

red_eskimo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qtFPOxDMs4

Ranchu

The Act of Killing was one of the best films from last year. Completely demented.

Tabloid which is about a beauty queen who kidnaps a Mormon lad. Mental stuff.

orangesoda

ITV's documentary on the birmingham 6. It is on youtube

harryvu

The Two Escobars

Part of ESPNs 30 for 30 series and charts the lives of Pablo Escobar who funded Columbian soccer with cocaine money and Andres Escobar who captained the Columbian international team. Not just the best documentary but one of the best movies I've ever seen.

jellyboy

Boards,the great shut down

great doc,but Was bloody too long though ,18 hours

SeantheMan

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara

This !!

and more recently...the most powerful documentary I've watched

Camp 14 : Total control zone (docu about the only known person to even escape North Koreas labour camps ...interviews with ex guards etc)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXXDWc12fFw

justback83

7-up - a group of 7-year-old kids were interviewed at age 7 then interviewed at 7 year intervals since. I think there was one last year and they were 56.

Hermy

The Gate of Heavenly Peace about the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. I watched this on TV back in the 90's and remember it as a very powerful piece.

Alf Veedersane

SeantheMan wrote: »

Camp 14 : Total control zone (docu about the only known person to even escape North Koreas labour camps ...interviews with ex guards etc)

Defo worth reading the buke!

D-FENS

red_eskimo wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qtFPOxDMs4

Loved this, tragic yet beautiful

D-FENS

Even if you think its daft, this is a interesting watch

D-FENS

Also worth a look

sinead88

Jesus Camp is really good. It's deals with religious brain washing of children by evangelists. I also love anything by David Attenborough and Louis Theroux. Next on my list to watch is Blackfish, about the mistreatment of orcas by Seaworld.

Frito

Blackfish is great, a real eye-opener.

illeagles_mcc

closer to the edge is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QldZiR9eQ_0

stretchdoe

harryvu wrote: »

The Two Escobars

Part of ESPNs 30 for 30 series and charts the lives of Pablo Escobar who funded Columbian soccer with cocaine money and Andres Escobar who captained the Columbian international team. Not just the best documentary but one of the best movies I've ever seen.

That's a great one alright.

'Once Brothers' is the best of the 30 for 30 ones i've seen though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zanji1I7Yd4

sin0city

First of all, great thread.
Loads of stuff to check out after reading through it.

Some of the best I've seen:

• Exit through the gift shop
• Touching the Void
• Man on Wire
• The Imposter
• Marley
• Bigger, Stronger, Faster
• Chavez: Inside the Coup (The Revolution Will Not Be Televised)
• Senna
• Restrepo
• Undefeated [Oscar 2011 - don't think it's been mentioned]

Been meaning to watch Blackfish and The Cove but I know they'll make me sad, angry and frustrated.

Alter-Ego

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

The documentary i'm most looking forward to see at the moment is "Narco Cultura" but i can't seem to find it online anywhere even though it was released last year!

It's available a certain website i'm probably not allowed to mention. I've seen it and it Kicks A$$...

EyeSight

SeantheMan wrote: »

This !!

and more recently...the most powerful documentary I've watched

Camp 14 : Total control zone (docu about the only known person to even escape North Koreas labour camps ...interviews with ex guards etc)

I found camp 14 to be a bit painful to watch. Not for the story told but the way it was put together. If you take out all the pointless shots of the guy walking down a street or sitting in silence, you're left with so little actual content.
I get that it's a South Korean movie and they want to show the personal aspect. But i think it would be a better documentary if they had a narrator tell facts and cut in his personal story to sections
There was loads of other info I knew about those camps from other sources that they left out

Mike Guide 69

Yamanoto wrote: »

This was absolutely compelling stuff from start to finish, a US courtroom documentary in 8 parts by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2345vJZhSw

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuu_-MB93fOoE5db3PvJU0G7hK7kV5c2k

I have to say, i watched all 8 parts of this documentary and it is incredible, it is one of the best documentarys i've ever seen, possibly the best documentary i've seen involving murder/trial case. What makes it compelling is the twists and turns that crop up at each episode that affects both prosecution and defence teams and how they try present their sides of the story. A very sad story with actually some unintentional black humour thrown in, makes this a fascinating documentary, guarantee you will addicted after the first episode......

Yamanoto

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

I have to say, i watched all 8 parts of this documentary and it is incredible, it is one of the best documentarys i've ever seen, possibly the best documentary i've seen involving murder/trial case. What makes it compelling is the twists and turns that crop up at each episode that affects both prosecution and defence teams and how they try present their sides of the story. A very sad story with actually some unintentional black humour thrown in, makes this a fascinating documentary, guarantee you will addicted after the first episode......

Did you watch it just recently Mike?

I first saw it on BBC Four, where they ran it as an eight-episode marathon one Friday night some years back. I subsequently bought it on DVD for a couple of pals, who also found it a fantastic watch.

Not sure if you're aware, but due to some developments in the Peterson case, the documentary team revisited the whole thing & produced a 2 hour sequel below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qzY_hsXuj8

marienbad

And Death on A Sunday Moring is the previous work by Lestrade the Friench diectroe and an equally outstancd doc.

Daveysil15

I found this to be particularly interesting. It's about population growth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN06tLRE4WE

I enjoyed man on wire
He was nuts

geckovision

Mike Guide 69 wrote: »

I have to say, i watched all 8 parts of this documentary and it is incredible, it is one of the best documentarys i've ever seen, possibly the best documentary i've seen involving murder/trial case. What makes it compelling is the twists and turns that crop up at each episode that affects both prosecution and defence teams and how they try present their sides of the story. A very sad story with actually some unintentional black humour thrown in, makes this a fascinating documentary, guarantee you will addicted after the first episode......

Started this after I saw the post. On episode two now. Great stuff!

Mike Guide 69

Yamanoto wrote: »

Did you watch it just recently Mike?

I first saw it on BBC Four, where they ran it as an eight-episode marathon one Friday night some years back. I subsequently bought it on DVD for a couple of pals, who also found it a fantastic watch.

Not sure if you're aware, but due to some developments in the Peterson case, the documentary team revisited the whole thing & produced a 2 hour sequel below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qzY_hsXuj8

Yeah, i actually started watching it after reading your post and watching it on youtube, good call. I managed to watch all the episodes in the last few days, .After chapter 8, the video went straight into the follow up sequel, i'll watch that tonight. But definitely, its a brilliant and addictive series that shows the insights of the case, but especially it highlights the more "human element/condition" that a lot of other documentarys on similar subjects dont show, as it gives a unique insight into how both families and siblings on either side were affected by the case.

ClovenHoof

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I found this to be particularly interesting. It's about population growth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN06tLRE4WE

Billionaires terrifying of their wealth being devalued. Ever notice how when these types get super rich they are suddenly very concerned about population? More people waters down their riches. Been going on for nearly two centuries with this lot.

geckovision

Finished The Staircase over the weekend. Brilliant!

Guilty as hell!!!

fleet_admiral

one about yellowstone a while ago, fascinating and scary at the same time