Way OT - Best documentaries to watch

Submitted by Mp1228 on April 27th, 2018 at 1:23 PM

With the recent board post about best tv shows and movies to watch, how about best documentaries? Sports AND non sports related as well. Some of my favorites are “The Jinx”, “wild wild country”, the Paradise Lost trilogy (its 3 parts over the course of 15 years or so I believe?) “Dear Zachary: a letter to his son about his father” is heartbreaking, and many more. Disclaimer: This is my first board post, so please excuse my ignorance if I didn’t do something correctly, or violated a board rule, thanks

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JimHarbaughForPres

April 27th, 2018 at 3:41 PM ^

Fucking awesome doc about the Isle of Man TT race. Don't think it's on any major streaming services but if you're savvy with sketchy streaming sites or torrents you can find it.

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turtleboy

April 27th, 2018 at 3:43 PM ^

Some of my recent favorites have been The Great War series and GamingHistorian on YouTube, Pulling John, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, and Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul on Netflix.

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wildbackdunesman

April 27th, 2018 at 3:53 PM ^

Fog of War by Errol Morris. It is an interview with Robert McNamara and covers his time planning bombing missions over Japan, as Secretary of Defense (Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War), as well as his brief stint at Ford Motor Company.

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UMProud

April 27th, 2018 at 4:32 PM ^

Cosmos

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ILL_Legel

April 27th, 2018 at 4:56 PM ^

Great recommendations! Fog of War, Icarus, Amy were all fantastic. One I haven’t seen mentioned that we really enjoyed is Dealt.

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trustBlue

April 27th, 2018 at 5:53 PM ^

Suprised that no one has mentioned it before, but Zero Days on Showtime is a phenomenal documentary from Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in Room and Going Clear: Scientology & The Prison of Belief) that details the phenomenon of the Stuxnet virus, a self-replicating computer virus that was covertly deployed by the US and Israeli governments try to sabotage Iran's nuclear centrifuges, which ended up get loose and infecting hundreds of thousands of computers.

If you are into computer hackers and government espionage stuff, it is an absolutely fascinating look behind the curtain of modern day cyber warfare.

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Clarence Boddicker

April 27th, 2018 at 5:40 PM ^

Wanted to add The Smartest Guys in the Room. It's about the rise and fall of Enron. Also Deep Water which is about Donald Crowhurst's doomed attempt to circumnavigate the globe. Great docs.

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