Red Mosquito • View topic - Hey RM, what are some good documentaries on Netflix?

tommymtcom · **Posted:** Fri June 14, 2013 6:00 pm

Can be about anything as long as it's not boring or obnoxiously biased.

warehouse · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 4350

Grizzly Man is probably the best doc ever

lowlight79 · **Posted:** Fri June 14, 2013 6:16 pm

Man on a wire.

nyquillyn · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:11 pm **Posts:** 5825

Off the top of my head:

Dark Days (NY homeless living underground with DJ Shadow soundtrack)
Man on Wire (tightrope walker)
Exit Through the Gift Shop (Bansky and street art)
The Revisionaries (the disturbing process of what gets into Texas textbooks)
How to Die in Oregon (suicide)
The Woman Who Wasn't There (the woman that lied about be in one of the towers on 9/11)
Bones Brigade (skateboarding)
Fightville (MMA)
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia (notorious redneck family)
Cocaine Cowboys (Miami drug culture during the 80s)
Restrepo (one of my favorite movies period)

doug rr · **Posted:** Fri June 14, 2013 6:24 pm

waiting for sugar man
Bully

warehouse · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 4350

bastards of the party

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47143

definitely Man on Wire

dkfan9 · **Joined:** Fri January 04, 2013 11:12 pm **Posts:** 742

Maxed Out
Cocaine Cowboys
Life in a Day
Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
Dogs Decoded: NOVA
Something Ventured

that's basically in order I'd recommend them, but I'd recommend all those.

Also, there are a bunch of good Frontlines and American Experiences and some good CNBC shows too. "The Card Game," about the rise of the credit card industry and its role in the 2000s economy, was a good one. Though the PBS ones are also available on PBS website.

nyquillyn · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:11 pm **Posts:** 5825

Also,

Best Worst Movie (Troll 2)
Waiting for “Superman” (education in America)
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (metal band)
Touching the Void (mountain climbing docudrama)
Dear Zachary (WOW!)

zeb · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 10:43 am **Posts:** 5622

turned2black wrote:

Exit Through the Gift Shop (Bansky and street art)

I like this one a lot.

tommymtcom · **Posted:** Fri June 14, 2013 7:30 pm

Thanks guys, I'll check some of these out over the weekend.

RussellManiac12 · **Posted:** Fri June 14, 2013 7:52 pm

Last Days Here - a metal singer in his 50's who lives with his parents (and also has a massive drug problem) tries to make a comeback with the aid of a fan

McParadigm · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am **Posts:** 21789

turned2black wrote:

Waiting for “Superman” (education in America)

You're better off with Race to Nowhere, if it's on there. Superman is full of inaccuracies.

tommymtcom · **Posted:** Fri June 14, 2013 8:08 pm

RussellManiac12 wrote:

Last Days Here - a metal singer in his 50's who lives with his parents (and also has a massive drug problem) tries to make a comeback with the aid of a fan

This sounds like it would either be really awesome or soul-crushingly depressing.

nyquillyn · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:11 pm **Posts:** 5825

McParadigm wrote:

turned2black wrote:

Waiting for “Superman” (education in America)

You're better off with Race to Nowhere, if it's on there. Superman is full of inaccuracies.

I liked them both, but "Race to Nowhere" is not on Netflix.

spike · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am **Posts:** 28035

Dr. Van Nostrand · **Joined:** Tue December 18, 2012 8:33 pm **Posts:** 8898

Fat, sick and nearly dead

WtOB? · **Posted:** Mon June 17, 2013 3:15 am

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

Fat, sick and nearly dead

Also, Food Inc. is great. I wouldn't know if it's on Netflix though.

warehouse · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 4350

The Other F Word

Chloe · **Posted:** Tue June 18, 2013 2:50 pm

How to Die in Oregon is wonderful.
Forks Over Knives

Hey RM, what are some good documentaries on Netflix?

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