Endless Summer.
It's just about surfers and bitchin' surf spots.
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I finished watching Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV available on HBO Max. As the title suggests, it's about the experiences that child actors had when they were working for Nickelodeon in the late 90s and early 00s. I found it very interesting and informative. Beware, it's not just about child labor...I wish it was.
I feel I must give a trigger warning. ::: spoiler It interviews many child-actors that are now adults, and they discuss first-hand experiences with predatory groomers, abuse, and resulting impact on their lives. If you have children, this documentary may be extra difficult to watch since they interview parents of the victims as well. :::
I love docs about civil engineering, especially bridges and dams. Modern Marvels has a couple of good episodes on the subject, told/produced in that program's typical format, including the Golden Gate Bridge and The Hoover Dam.
But my favorite is a 1997 episode of Nova called Super Bridge ( https://thetvdb.com/series/nova/episodes/1357201 ). The footage is great, the narration is great (I think its Hal Holbrook!), the storytelling is great, and it showed a great deal of stuff I didn't know I would be fascinated by, while remaining down to earth.
I enjoy documentaries where the footage comes from people who are shooting without a very good reason to be doing so. Top picks are likely:
- Exit Through the Gift Shop
- Grizzly Man
Very different reasons I liked these. And liked is maybe the wrong word for Grizzly Man.
Would love to suggestions of similar if anybody in this thread has favs.
King Corn great documentary couple guys lease an arce of corn and go through the process of how the majority of corn produce in this country (USA) is unbeatable and used for producing corn syrup.
This was going to be my recommendation, so I'm happy to see it.
Around the same time I also watched The Besieged Fortress. It's about an ant colony attacking a termite mound. It's staged, but handled as it might happen in real life, and narrated as if it's some massive siege in medieval times. It's fantastic.
Wow never heard of that one.
Wild Wild Country
A bit overlong (typical for Netflix), but it has that irresistible "Surely this won't get any crazier" thing going for it. It's also a bit unique among cult documentaries in that the cult leader (technically second in command I think, but the de facto leader for a time) is interviewed and is remarkably candid about everything.
Planet earth 2 (and also one), for the sheer eye candy.
there is a 3rd also
Wow I had no idea, thanks!
I didn't either, saw it going through and remembering the planet earth series and looking them up.
Going Clear, it's about scientology, how it started and spread, how they abuse their people, harass anyone who challenges them. It really shows the true power of money and manipulation, and also shows why freedom of religion should be restricted.
I went through an scientology phase (academic interest, not a follower) and have seen a ton of documentaries on the topic. This one is by far the best, and really just a well made documentary in general.
A monument to one of the most rebel writers who ever walked amongst us.
The Fire Within Werner Herzog has a more well known volcano documentary but this one is better.
He uses footage filmed by a couple who died in a pyroclastic flow (imagine Herzog saying that!) in Japan. Essentially it’s Herzog watching them watching volcanoes.
Earthlings (2005) was life-changing for me, opening my eyes to veganism. A more recent version is Dominion (2018).
But these deal with a gruesome topic. Planet Earth (2006) is more suitable for "favorite". It blew me away, because I've never seen wildlife footage like this before.
If you're looking for a documentary combined with a horror, David Farrier's Tickled makes for a great watch.
Yoooooo, I saw that one! Crazy documentary. I might watch it again. Thanks for reminding me of it.
Go into this completely blind - do not watch the trailer, do not read about it first, just take a deep breath & enjoy the ride
What platform is it on?
Recently found out about Toxic Puzzle, a doc about how a guy, searching through cultural medicines for cancer cures, switched to finding causes & help against ALS & how that search led to new information about cause of Alzheimers.
Cyano-bacteria is a terror!
Vital Medical information & forward movement not pursued by pharmaceuticals (cause they can't figure out how to market it).
The Social Dilemma
Ironic, I know.
Senna. I care not for formula 1 or any other racing but that was amazing. Brilliant music too. I always think it's the best documentary I've seen because of how little I care for the subject topic and how much I got from the movie. The guy was just really cool and the film makers told his story so well.
+1
When animals attack. A 90s shockumentary. Or more of a TV show? It only had like 4 eps.
If you like space/NASA
Good Night Oppy (2022).
It's about the Opportunity Rover on Mars. Great little doc about an amazing little rover.
Not so much as a single documentary, but a topic. Lance Armstrong and doping, specifically in endurance sports. It's a fascinating topic.
That reminds me of the mockumentary Tour de Pharmacy. It's star-studded, and it's only 40 mins long. But it is great! (Lance is in it)
I just watched that right before posting this. After watching three other documentaries, and finishing with that, it was the chefs kiss!!
Lance's interviews are just the cherry on top!
They are man, truly the chef's kiss.
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