What documentary is a "must see"?

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What documentary would you highly recommend?

Bonus points if it's on Netflix!

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  • mystery7
    8 years ago

    The Documentary... or should I say Rockumentary... called This is Spinal Tap

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  • pixie44
    8 years ago

    Have you seen the documentary about DMT?
    Its pretty interesting.

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  • dinz
    8 years ago

    Unfortunately I doubt it would be on Netflix but a good place to search for good documentaries is on youtube especially ones made by BBC.

    I got to say, those Brits know to make three things I love - good documentaries, scones and a good old brew of Earl Grey.

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  • Prevalence
    8 years ago

    BLACK FISH: ON NETFLIX AND IT IS ABOUT THE ABUSE THAT THE CORPORATION SEA WORLD COMMITTED ON THE KILLER OR CA WHALE THAT LED TO THE WHALES KILLING THE TRAINERS AND ULTIMATELY SEA WORLD LOSING NUMEROUS REVENUES DUE TO BAD PUBLICITY.

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  • RebelliousTaco
    8 years ago

    Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

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  • Teh4HorsMen
    8 years ago

    Phallus in Wonderland.

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  • slings_and_arrows
    8 years ago

    The secret life of chaos bbc documentary. I can't explain it very well...but it sort of shows how sand dunes and clouds and patterns on a cow can all be defined by an equation...a re-iterating equation. And it's like a God equation that governs everything.

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  • anti-hero
    8 years ago

    The Devil and Daniel Johnston

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  • horny_simpletons
    8 years ago

    Zero Hour. Yes it's on Netflix.

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  • Shrunk
    8 years ago

    Koyaanisqatsi is pretty cool, not sure if it's on Netflix but I think it's on YouTube..
    I watch a lot of documentaries on Netflix but I can't remember any particular "must-sees", I think the last one I watched was on beavers, that was cute :3
    Oh and they also have "An Idiot Abroad" (Karl pilkington) on Netflix if you count that..really funny

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  • Redcoats
    8 years ago

    Zombies: A Living History (A doco on the origin of the zombie legend)

    Erasing Hate (A doco about a neo-nazi who changes his life around)

    The Final 24 (A doco on the final 24 hours of a prisoner on death row)

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  • GiveMeAFuckingNameAlready!
    8 years ago

    Living With Lincoln is fairly captivating.

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  • dom180
    8 years ago

    I watched Blackfish recently. It's like the epitome of well-known Netflix docs so you've probably seen it, but I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't.

    Bus 174 is also very important, although it isn't on Netflix. Third is Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die.

    I hope lots of people post in this thread, because I've been looking for good documentaries to watch with my friends recently.

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  • TrustMeImLying
    8 years ago

    Cosmos (2014)

    nuff said

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    8 years ago

    some lighter fare from whatll surely be a buncha morbid shit from this crowd

    dust to glory

    its bout the baja 1000 and if yalls a motorhead or just likin watchin different cultures traditions and economic classesa peoples actin together without friction its a fun ole time

    everythin from million dollar hot rod racin trucks to vw beetles and all the crazy weirdos what show up to watch

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  • RoseIsabella
    8 years ago

    Heart of a Lioness.
    :-'(
    It's bittersweet.

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  • kingofcarrotflowers
    8 years ago

    The act of killing, hard watching but vital

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    • kingofcarrotflowers
      8 years ago

      Also exit through the gift shop is a good one about street artists, can't go wrong with Werner Herzog into the abyss is on Netflix I think but the act of killing is a film I think everyone should see at some point in their lives

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    • Unimportant
      8 years ago

      Can you give a short recap, even if it's only one sentence? What's it about?

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      • kingofcarrotflowers
        8 years ago

        Filmmakers expose the horrifying mass executions of accused communists in Indonesia and those who are celebrated in their country for perpetrating the crime.

        There are many scenes I'll never forget in the film, one near the beginning for example is an interview with a man responsible for executing hundreds of people, in the place where it happened, he starts talking about the theatre across the street and how he used to watch Elvis films then start the executions, he then starts demonstrating how he would kill them as he's smiling and doing a slight dance thinking of Elvis, the detetchment is a horrible thing to see

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        • Unimportant
          8 years ago

          Ah, sounds interesting.

          Sounds almost as fucked up as the quasi-documentary Hei Tai Yang 731, about the Japanese camp 731 in Manchuria, during WWII.

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    • dom180
      8 years ago

      It's been on my list for a while now, seems like it's an important one :)

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