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[985boi]

QFT.

Good documentary.

Glad that somebody else has seen this. My brother who don't usually like to watch documentaries was blown away by it. I was surprised that he liked it. The story about Griselda Blanco, considered as the godmother of the Miami cocaine trade, is a must see. That woman was truly a psychopath.

 

[MrToughPants]

Incarcerated Scarfaces

parts 1-6 are on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAuoIHU6H_w&mode=related&search=

There are alot of good Docs but I just can't remember any right now

Iceman Kuklinski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBSDiCu4Bb8

 

[joshcryer]

Glad that somebody else has seen this. My brother who don't usually like to watch documentaries was blown away by it. I was surprised that he liked it. The story about Griselda Blanco, considered as the godmother of the Miami cocaine trade, is a must see. That woman was truly a psychopath.

Yeah, ****ing Griselda Blanco was insane. I couldn't believe it. At least it had a

Spoiler

happy ending

.

 

[Goreomedy]

NOBODY MENTIONED LOST IN LA MANCHA!!??

Avoid this at all costs.

It is nothing but 75 or so minutes of Gilliam vanity. It's a DVD featurette packaged as a film, and a boring one at that.

 

[Outcast2004]

Even if you're not a wrestling fan, check out Beyond the Mat. It really opens your eyes to some of the shitty lives that pro-wrestlers endure and the demons that follow them when they are done with their passion.

 

[2DMention]

Crumb
American Splendor

 

[Yamaha98]

Alone in the Wilderness



I know it sounds dry and dull, but it's utterly amazing.

Could never find this on Netflix.

 

[Outcast2004]

Crumb
American Splendor

American Splendor is not a documentary.

 

[Phobophile]

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493459...01MDB8Y289MXxzYz0wfGh0bWw9MXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=20

 

[xabre]

The Revolution will not be Televised

 

[hobbitx]

Crumb

A must watch if you see it on cable sometime, I know nothing of the man before I saw this and now he's like a god to me the doc came off so powerful to me.

fun fake/mock-umentary films and short-films ----- i wish it was a more defined genre that got more attention, i love seeing the vision of some very creative people that develop such worlds --- but these are all i remember off the top of my head:

--- Alien Planet: an adaptation (and in some ways better than the book's "journal form") of Wayne Barlowe's "Expedition" from the 80's ------------ i can only hope that they'll do a "Barlowe's Inferno" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYTIEDDVVE0


--- The Future is Wild: a more recent adaptation of Dougle Dixon's old 80's "after-man" evolution predictions. (which on occasion he actually plagiarized Wayne Barlowe) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVb8VWZ26bs

Xeno/astrobiology is my newest passion. I loved Alien Planet, I didn't care for NG's "Extraterrestrial" that much though.

Some good ones I love:
American Pimp
Triumph of the Nerds(excellent history of computing)
Slasher(as in car dealership slashers, just brilliant)
Welcome to Death Row(should be law for all hip hop fans to watch this 20 times minimum)
Badassssss Cinema(super good blaxploitation piece)
...and my favorite, Roger and Me from a younger Michael Moore.

 

[NotWii]

"The World at War" is a great series of World War II documentary films. It has heaps of actual WW2 footage, interviews with many participants in the war (including such bigwigs as Karl Donitz), and a relatively balanced viewpoint that will be refreshing to those used to the myopic America-centrism rampant in otherwise-excellent media like Band of Brothers.

In a totally different vein, "Blue Planet" is a documentary about aquatic life. Divided into episodes like "Frozen Seas" and "The Deep", I guarantee you'll be blown away by the photography in this documentary--it's miles beyond, say, the average nature show on the Discovery Channel. The narration is intelligent, and again far beyond what you might see on a standard TV nature documentary. I'm now seeking out more stuff by David Attenborough, whose other nature docs are apparently as good or better--but this is the only one I've seen so far, and I can unreservedly recommend it. You'll love nature more after seeing this--I'm absolutely confident of that.

Excellent choices!

I just got done with watching 'Life in the Undergrowth', another David Attenborough documentary series.

 

[Bildi]

Some great choices in here. I would love to see a good documentary about the porn industry - I've always missed them when on TV sometimes only catching a little of the show. They are downright fascinating. Case in point: 'fluffers'.

 

[Rlan]

Anything with David Attenborough. Such a genius.

This is my personal fav, but they're all fantastic. Life in the undergrowth was amazing

I'm going through this at the moment, and it's fantastic as well.

 

[Solo]

Most of the great ones have been mentioned, so I'll just add Night And Fog.

http://www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=197

Half an hour long, and totally haunting.

 

[Queeg]

In no real order and just what I remember

The Drilling Fields
Global Dimming - Tragic End of Humanity
Iraq's Missing Billions
Future of Food
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
The Corporation
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The Jesus Factor
The World According To Bush
Death In Gaza
Battle of Chernobyl
The Insurgency
Iraq for Sale The War Profiteers
The Grasberg Mine - Gold Mine In The Sky
The Death Squads
Private Warriors
The End of the World as We Know It

 

[Count Dookkake]

Cosmos - not one doc, but a whole series

Mondo Cane

Africa Addio

Aliens of the Deep

 

[grenadeguru]

Metal - A Headbanger's Journey
An evocative look at Heavy Metal music by anthropologist and fan (and cool guy from my home town) Sam Dunn.

 

[Zio]

In a totally different vein, "Blue Planet" is a documentary about aquatic life. Divided into episodes like "Frozen Seas" and "The Deep", I guarantee you'll be blown away by the photography in this documentary--it's miles beyond, say, the average nature show on the Discovery Channel. The narration is intelligent, and again far beyond what you might see on a standard TV nature documentary. I'm now seeking out more stuff by David Attenborough, whose other nature docs are apparently as good or better--but this is the only one I've seen so far, and I can unreservedly recommend it. You'll love nature more after seeing this--I'm absolutely confident of that.

+1!

i love biology and learning about nature, so this movie was right up my ally. but i had a friend over who doesn't really like that stuff and he was blown away as well. awesome photography, music, narration. it succeeds at capturing the beauty of ocean life. i found it inspiring. i think this specific documentary, in "The Deep" part of it, was the furthest down any documentary had ever been in the ocean, and they were the first to capture these strange species that live down there on film. It honestly looked like something out of one of the old star wars movies at times...it looked like a completely different planet. go watch it now.

 

[Der Kommisar]

I second American Movie