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BertieWooster
Anything by David Attenborough.
smartacus
The Blue Planet, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, The Civil War
ebisen
The secret life of ice, One shot One life, by Empty Minds Film, The Earth series of 10 documentaries.
zurcronium
Fahrenheit 9-11, Planet Earth, Bowling for Columbine
Probie
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost:_The_Child_Murders_at_Robin_Hood_Hills
We Have Ways of Making You Talk
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk/
Solo: Lost at sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_(2008_film)
I'd also put The Bridge in there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_(2006_documentary_film)
browny1
Many excellent, but one always sticks in my mind as an example of on the edge, DIY reporting -
"ICE DOGS"
SimondB
Atomic Café.
nath
The Future is Wild.
YongYang
The World at War The Century of Self The Blue Planet
Tim Rock
1) Extinction Soup
2) Liberation 40
3) Sharkwater
danalawton1@yahoo.com
HollisBrown
Suzu1
1) The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On 2) Grizzly Man 3) Overnight
Probie
@Suzu1
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, is great. Also Grizzly Man is amazing; but the guy is so annoying you feel nothing but happiness that he got eaten by a bear.
SwissToni
Planet Earth, Cosmos and anything Fred Dibnah did.
UK9393
Anything by Adam Curtis Fast Food Nation The War Game
shinhiyata
Trinity and Beyond - The Atomic Bomb Movie ~ in 3D and narrated by William Shatner
Kurobune
Thanks for the links, Probie !
BertieWooster
9/11: Press for Truth
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0867134/
onagagamo
Inside Job.
Equality
The Cove, Hearts and Minds, Waste Land, Forks over Knives (oops ... that's 4)
Serrano
Bowling for Concubine
Sicko
Fahrenheit 911
Tee hee! Seriously, though...
Apollo 13
World Trade Center ( Nat'l Geographic )
The Incredible Human Body ( Nat'l Geographic )
theFu
"When We Left Earth" - Every July 20th, I think about this.
NOVA's "Earth From Space" http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/earth-from-space.html
"Just the FACs" - Military channel. Dad flew an O-1.
Fox Sora Winters
Invisible Worlds - Richard Hammond Wonders of the Solar System - Professor Brian Cox Wonders of the Universe - Professor Brian Cox.
I used to watch Horizon ocassionally as well, but I haven't actually watched anything on TV since the Doctor Who 2012 Christmas Special.
shinhiyata
Not sure why I was so down-voted for the Trinity movie. It is an award winning and truly mind-boggling film about perhaps the most important issue currently facing our species. Have my nay sayers even seen it?
So I will try again on a different note (literally) - Woodstock (1970) / Let It Be (1970) / Gimme Shelter (1970)
Markus L
http://documentaryaddict.com/Food+Inc-2174-doc.html
"5 Broken Cameras" (made by a Palestinian and an Israeli film-maker about the plight of a Palestinian Village and their resistance to Israel's security barrier. Troubling to say the least and very relevant in light of the recent events in Gaza).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K-mGWy9iUg
"Zeitgeist" (debunks religion; a MUST see)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTbIu8Zeqp0
BertieWooster
Serrano,
I have to know.
Was "Bowling for Concubine" a slip?
Was it a joke?
Or did you just not realise it was "Columbine?"
FizzBit
Of course it was a slip. The two following films are also Michael Moore's.
BertieWooster
Thank you, Fizzbit.
I realise that Sicko and Fahrenheit 911 were Michael Moore's.
Fahrenheit 911 was given what has been called "the longest standing ovation in the history of the festival" at the official showing at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. But, since it named names and asked questions that certain parties didn't want to be asked, it was quietly swept under the rug.
yabits
Many good ones have been mentioned, and I'd count the documentaries on the West Memphis 3 among the best. But so far nothing by Errol Morris:
The Thin Blue Line
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Fast, Cheap and Out-Of-Control
I've probably seen The Thin Blue Line at least 25 times. Never fails to mesmerize. I've enjoyed his films since Gates of Heaven (a quirky documentary about pet cemeteries).
Joanne Reynolds
Blackfish The Cove Horizon
Xeno23
"The Rape of Europa", "Trinity & Beyond", "Pandora's Promise".
If we're talking documentary series, then Ken Burns' "Prohibition", "In Search of the Trojan War" by Michael Wood, and "The Story of Film: An Odyssey" by Mark Cousins.
I've enjoyed the few episodes of "Project X: Challengers" I've caught, notably the episode on Seven Eleven. There are some good Japanese documentaries, but they don't get much attention.