[Spartacus]

Its been a while since I've last watched a really good documentary. The old thread is archived so I thought it would be a good idea to start a new one.

Some of my favorites.


Who killed the electric car (2006) - explores the creation, limited commercialization, and subsequent destruction of the battery electric vehicle in the United States.

cocaine cowboys (2006) - explores the rise of cocaine and resulting crime epidemic that swept the American city of Miami, Florida in the 1970s and 1980s.

Food, Inc. (2008) - examines corporate farming in the United States, concluding that agribusiness produces food that is unhealthy, in a way that is environmentally harmful and abusive of both animals and employees.

Waiting for superman/lottery (2010) - analyzes the failures of American public education by following several students through the educational system, hoping to be selected in a lottery for acceptance into charter schools.

sicko (2007) - investigates problems in health care in the United States, focusing on its health insurance and the pharmaceutical industry greed.

An inconvenient truth (2007) - exposing climate changes/issue of global warming being recognized as a problem worldwide.





and.... Justin Beiber: never say never (2011):troll:

[Armind]

Trance MOD? :fuckthatshit:

UNCE MASTER IN THE HOUZE

[dignatas]

Its been a while since I've last watched a really good documentary. The old thread is archived so I thought it would be a good idea to start a new one.

Some of my favorites.


who killed the electric car (2006)
cocaine cowboys (2006)
Food, Inc. (2009)
Waiting for superman/lottery (2010)
sicko (2007)
An inconvenient truth (2007)





and.... Justin Beiber: never say never (2011):troll:

can you give a brief description of what those documentaries are about?

[donjalapeno]

Auschwitz inside the nazi state....bone chilling documentary.

[SkinnyPupp]

Grizzly Man is my favourite documentary, and one of my favourite movies of all time

Also, Senna was really good

[unit]

grizzly man was pretty good

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

[TheKingdom2000]

Hey guys,

I'm really into documentaries.
Mostly about science, ancient world (ie. egypt), under water.

I was just wondering if any of you had suggestions.
I've seen magical egypt, but that's a little slow. Still interesting, but really slow.

The last one I've seen was one on DMT.
"DMT - The spirit Molecule"
DMT - The Spirit Molecule Documentary 1/5 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBFD4E52FADAAC676&feature=player_embedded&v=oQEqM3Ixa44)

But, I know there are a lot more out there. But, I honestly do not know where to look. So if you guys have any suggestions, please please post them here!

Thanks so much!!

[unit]

what.......
are you punking us or something

[KingDeeCee]

Ancient Aliens

:troll:
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[rsx]

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

I loved it.

[shawnly1000]

Inside Job - some awesome interviews/responses from high level people in the finance industry

[k3mps]

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
Bowling for Columbine (200x)
The Fab Five (2011)

[OTG-ZR2]

Carts of Darkness-

In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, filmmaker Murray Siple follows men who have turned bottle-picking, their primary source of income, into the extreme sport of shopping cart racing.

Enduring hardships from everyday life on the streets of Vancouver, this sub-culture depicts street life as much more than stereotypes portrayed in mainstream media.

The films takes a deep look into the lives of the men who race carts, the adversity they face, and the appeal of cart racing despite the risk.

Carts of Darkness | Watch Free Documentary Online (http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/carts-of-darkness/)

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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High-

BC's illegal marijuana trade industry has evolved into a business giant, dubbed by some involved as 'The Union', Commanding upwards of $7 billion Canadian annually. With up to 85% of 'BC Bud' being exported to the United States, the trade has become an international issue. Follow filmmaker Adam Scorgie as he demystifies the underground market and brings to light how an industry can function while remaining illegal. Through growers, police officers, criminologists, economists, doctors, politicians and pop culture icons, Scorgie examines the cause and effect nature of the business - an industry that may be profiting more by being illegal.

The Union

[Sky_2000]

Really surprised no one has mentioned Blue Planet or Human Planet yet?!

King of Kong - A fist Full of Quarters-- Diehard video game fans compete to break World Records on classic arcade games.

Jesus Camp - This hard-to-watch film follows three children who attend a charismatic Christian summer camp called Kids On Fire in North Dakota. The kids speak in tongues, believe global warming is a political conspiracy, and bless a cardboard cutout of George W. Bush. There’s no need for a narrator or editorial opinion—the footage says it all. It’s no surprise that the camp closed after the film’s release.

Man On Wire - In 1974, high-wire walker Philippe Petit fulfilled a longstanding dream by sneaking into New York’s World Trade Center, stringing a cable between the tops of the two towers, and—with almost unfathomable guts—walking across it without a net.

[palepilsenpin0y]

The Cove.

Definitely a must-watch

[Fobman]

any good bodybuilding documentaries?

[Splmash]

http://www.revscene.net/forums/656746-favorite-documentries.html

[unit]

^king of kong is definitely a favorite.

[Presto]

The Corporation (2003) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379225/)

Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational model is legally a person, it has become a dominant economic, political and social force around the globe. This film takes an in-depth psychological examination of the organization model through various case studies. What the study illustrates is that in the its behaviour, this type of "person" typically acts like a dangerously destructive psychopath without conscience. Furthermore, we see the profound threat this psychopath has for our world and our future, but also how the people with courage, intelligence and determination can do to stop it

[Gt-R R34]

Senna

Awesome movie, I watched it on the plane.

[chin3se604]

StarCraft: World Cyber Games 2005 (National Geographic documentary) - YouTube
StarCraft Documentary (English)

[Hondaracer]

Alone in wilderness - probably the greatest self-filmed peice of media ever done

There's a tonne of really good chernobyl ones that I really enjoyed
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[MDMA]

Zeitgeist

It will mindfuck the shit out of u
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[threezero]

what is that movie/documtary call, a man went out hiking by himself and got his arm stuck by a rock and was stuck there for a long time before he finally cuts his arm off?

[Splmash]

what is that movie/documtary call, a man went out hiking by himself and got his arm stuck by a rock and was stuck there for a long time before he finally cuts his arm off?

127 Hours. You can't consider it a documentary though.

[GabAlmighty]

Carts of Darkness like mentioned above, really well done and cool cuz it's local

[Ron_Swanson]

Big River Man- It's about a 50 something year-old long distant swimmer who attempts to swim the entire 3,300 mile length of the Amazon River.

I liked it. There's a scene where he swims past random dead bodies floating in the Amazon River. He also visits a lot of places that the natives still occupy.

[Sky_2000]

Chris Rock - Good Hair - It's about black women and hair. Pretty funny and weird at the same time.

[cunninglinguist]

Hot Coffee. It's about Bush's reform of America's tort laws with undesirable consequences. Another win for the corporations.

[Alphamale]

Long Way Round and Long Way Down - Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor's motorcycle travels around the world. If you ride a motorcycle you should definitely watch this.

[cunninglinguist]

For Remembrance Day, I watched "The Tillman Story" which was about Pat Tillman and the cover up of his death by the army.

[Noir]

Exit through the Gift Shop - if you're a graphic artists, or a fan of art in general.

[OTG-ZR2]

Big River Man- It's about a 50 something year-old long distant swimmer who attempts to swim the entire 3,300 mile length of the Amazon River.

I liked it. There's a scene where he swims past random dead bodies floating in the Amazon River. He also visits a lot of places that the natives still occupy.

Good story, some gross parts. Almost seemed fake/made up at certain points. Entertaining none the less.

Stream: Big River Man | DocumentaryStorm - Stream Full Documentaries (http://documentarystorm.com/big-river-man/)

[Nlkko]

Why We Fight (2005) - War/History

[haha13]

Life In A Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaFVr_cJJIY&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fmovie%2Flife-in-a-day

great documentary that gives you a new perspective on life

[Everymans]

Anvil:The story of anvil-About a canadian metal band from the 80's that is still struggling to make it in the music industry. Very emotional journey of a band not giving up on their dreams and trying to live within the tough music industry.

Catfish-a friend starts filming his buddy after his online relationship with an entire family begins to grow suscipious. Not sure if it was real or not, but it is a pretty great thriller documentary and a really eye opening view of online relationships and communication.

Roger and Me-Micheal moore's first documentary about how he tries to get an interview with the CEO of GM and ask him about the downfall of Flint and the car industry in america. Sad what GM did to that city and the car industry in general.

Waste Land-A famous brazilian painter goes to the biggest garbage dump in the world to create works of art out of the garbage with the help of the poor people who work there. Great look at the art world, the issues of brazil and garbage disposal/recycling.

Man on Wire-Crazy tightrope walker goes around being a crazy badass. I love a documentary about a very unique and interesting person. Grizzly man and Senna are both worth taking a look at as well.

Who killed the electric car?-The rise and fall of the Chevrolet EG and the electric car in general. Interesting examination of the car industry, comsumerism and a failure to adapt to change. My only criticism with this movie is that it seems way to one dimensional when it comes to defending the electric car. The movie makes it out to be the only answer out there and every other solution is evil and not worth giving a damn about.

Food.Inc-Shows the issues with americas food industry, involving the mass production of meats and grains to supply corporate fast food businesses. Very depressing look at the agricultural industry in america, especially the part involving Round up and the seed cleaner guy. That is some true monopolizing bullshit law and order right there.

Winged Migration-No story, just birds migrating. Beautifully shot and it has some amazing feats in camera work and animal relations. Some scenes were set up though.

Jesus Camp-A documentary of a bible camp for children. Some astonishing and truely outaraging footage of religion being pushed onto youths. Some of the bullshit that is shown in this movie just wants to make a man rage. "I think Galileo made the right choice by giving up science for Christ. "

Style Wars-Documentary about how subway graffiti started in new york city and a look at the people who do it and why. A really honest look at the people who paint graffiti and how most of them are fairly normal hip hop related people instead of the stereotypical gang member. Some amazing graffiti aswell.

Harlan County USA-in the 70's a bunch of mine workers went on strike and it turned into a bloody affair. Ugly what miners have to go through. Although it is a fairly old movie(1976) it has a lot of relevant issues and the people are unique and interesting.

The Cove-A group of animal rights activist try and stop the cruel slottering of thousands of dolphins in japan. I still don't know why people are able to kill dolphins and whales, or why they do it in the first place.

Anytown,USA-A blind independent politician runs for mayor of a small town. Really interesting look at American politics and American lifestyle altogether.

Murderball-The story of parapelgics who play wheelchair full contact rugby. A lot of really emotional moments as it is both a touching sports story as well as a human drama.

My Winnipeg-A citizen shows some of the interesting and comedic sides of Winnipeg that some people might not ever see. Every canadian should watch this film. It has some of the strangest and craziest stories every written about a small city. The director does shit talk the Jets and says how they will never come back, so it feels oddly dated.

Tears for april-Local documentary about police following the lives of drug addicts in the eastside, specifically a girl named April who was killed during the period they were filming her.

some I haven't seen yet but still recommend
The King Cab-A cab company refuses to hire anyone not born in the city of Los Angeles, which causes controversy with the minority specific cab company's in the city. I'm not sure when this is coming out, but I read the story somewhere and I was told it was going to be a movie. The main character is a hard worker but he is very subtly a racist. But it gives a great look into the cab industry and what it has turned into and what matters more, hiring friends and family, or hiring trained professionals.

Pearl Jam twenty-A music documentary about the band pearl jam.

You've been Trumped-Donald trump tries to build a golf course in Ireland but the citizens won't move so trump does some asshat shit to get them off their land. Seriously, fuck donald trump.

Sorry for the really long post, hopefully it was insightful.

[Excelsis]

Water- the great mystery

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

[SkinnyPupp]

If you want to see the ultimate WW2 documentary, check out Ken Burns THE WAR. 14 hours of amazing WW2 footage and stories.

[XplicitLuder]

i love gang documentaries lol so ..interesting :ahwow:

favorite ones are MS13 and 18th street

[MindBomber]

Interesting watch, and not pretentious in the least unlike many art documentaries..

The man who sold hundreds of millions in stolen and forged art, turned vulgar vigilante against the shadowy side of the global art market.

Michel van Rijn - 1/4 ARTWORLD DODGER - YouTube

[kwy]

Love the Beast.

[bcedhk]

the youtube channel "VICE" has some good/unique mini docs.

The fashion week one was quite fun to watch

[nns]

Jeremy Clarkson's War Stories - YouTube

[Shades]

First Position

Forks over Knives

[Excelsis]

The Pyramid Code: The Band of Peace - YouTube

this

[DJ Milk]

I like watching the BBC documentries Planet Earth, Human Planet, Life, Frozen Planet, etc. I like it so much I bought them all on Blu-ray. I also like almost all the documentries from the Vangaurd series on CurrentTV.

http://current.com/shows/vanguard/episodes/

[JACKED]

Anything and everything by Louis Theroux.

[ProBoostin]

Follows a class US Navy SEAL's doing their training to become some of the most elite soldiers in the world (6 part series). If this doesn't motivate you, I have no idea what will.
Navy SEALs BUD/S Class 234 - Part 1 - Welcome To BUD/S - YouTube

[Lowered_Klass]

Gasland - About drilling for natural gas in the states, very disturbing and very eye-opening. Will make you hate these big oil/gas companies even more.

Honestly it's one of my all time favs, and worth the watch.

*For those that have seen it, apparently the guy is making a second one?*

[Isaiah11]

there's one on Ralph Nader on youtube I really enjoyed

[european]

I have too many favourite documentaries to list but just to name a few I like the following:

Senna
Planet Earth
The Blue Planet
Frozen Planet
Who Killed the Electric Car
Revenge of the Electric Car
Sneaker Freaker: Just For Kicks
The Universe
Life
Wu: The Story of the Wu-Tang Clan

Thats all I can remember for now

[HKS PWR]

Voyager: To the Final Frontier (2012) - This is the story of the most extraordinary journey in human exploration, the Voyager space mission. In 1977 two unmanned spacecraft were launched by NASA, heading for distant worlds. It would be the first time any man-made object would ever visit the farthest planets of the solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. On the way the Voyagers would be bombarded by space dust, fried by radiation and discover many of the remarkable wonders of the solar system.

Taxi To the Darkside (2007) - An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.

Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) - A documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his business in the basement of a Tokyo office building, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.

Catching Hell (ESPN Documentary, 2011) - When Chicagoan Steve Bartman fatefully deflected a foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 NLCS, the city's long-suffering Cubs fans found someone new to blame for their cursed century without a World Series title. Director Alex Gibney explores the psychology of die-hard sports fans, the frightening phenomenon of scapegoating, and the hysteria that turned mild-mannered Bartman into the most hated man in Chicago.

How the Universe Works (Discovery Channel, 2010) - A users guide to the cosmos from the big bang to galaxies, stars, planets and moons. Where did it all come from and how does it all fit together. A primer for anyone who has ever looked up at the night sky and wondered.