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This page is a list of my favorite documentaries. It’s a resource for those who are passionate for learning about many different aspects of humanity and society.
I think good documentaries need to be shared because they are great for learning about real people and actual events. Information is an important resource that helps us become better people and more effective citizens.
Many of the photos below are linked to the Internet Movie Data Base, or Rotten Tomatoes, where you can find more information about them.
My favorite documentary categories include:
- Social and Cultural
- Inspirational
- Biographical
- Political
- Science
- Music
The list is in no particular order. Netflix has almost all of these films.
South of the Border
We Live in Public
Casino Jack (Jack Abramoff story)
Tyson
Hoop Dreams
Burma VJ
Blue Gold - World Water Wars
Beatles Songbook - Lennon and McCartney '66-'70
8 - The Mormon Proposition
When You're Strange
Unmistaken Child
Standard Operating Procedure
More Than A Game
The Human Face
The Most Dangerous Man
Crude: The Real Price of Oil
The Fall of Fujimori
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
Tesla: Master of Lightning
American Experience: Ulysses S. Grant
Spinal Tap
Muddy Waters: Can't Be Satisfied
Michael Jackson: This Is It
A Strong Clear Vision
Len Horowitz: Healing Codes
American Experience: LBJ
NOVA: Fractals
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Abraham Lincoln
Big Rig
Brian Regan
It Might Get Loud
Uncounted
The Yes Men
Al Franken
Hoagland's Mars
Me & Isaac Newton
Whose Line Is It?
One Punk Under God
What Would Jesus Buy?
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
The Beautiful Truth
Outfoxed
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
Commanding Heights
Gospel According to Al Green
David Blane: Fearless
Hacking Democracy
Jeff Buckley: Live in Chicago
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Woodstock
Nature: Koko
Rx for Survival
Sam Cooke: Legend
The Beatles Anthology
Frontline:The Dark Side
The Secret
Frontline: The Tank Man
The Awful Truth: (All Seasons)
The Visitor
The Motorcycle Diaries
The Great Happiness Space
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Roy Orbison: In Dreams
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back
Bill Cosby: Himself
Who Killed the Electric Car
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
The Take
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
The Big Buy
Terrorstorm
Super Size Me
Street Fight
Roger and Me
Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
Mark Twain
Guns, Germs, and Steel
Giuliani Time
Fahrenheit 9/11
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Declining by Degrees
David Icke: Freedom Road
Crumb
After Innocense
Waco: The Rules of Engagement
Unprecedented
The True Story of Charlie Wilson
The Men Who Killed Kennedy
The Hemp Revolution
The Big One
Sicko
McLibel
Manufacturing Consent
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell: The Hero's Journey
Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains
Hearts and Minds
Bigger Stronger Faster
An Inconvenient Truth
America: Freedom to Fascism
Woodie Guthrie: Ain't Got No Home
Why We FIght
The Future of Food
The Future We Will Create
Planet Earth
Maxed Out
March of the Penguins
Life and Debt
Les Paul: Chasing Sound
King Corn: You Are What You Eat
Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers
Home Movie
Grizzly Man
God Grew Tired Of Us
Genghis Blues
Fidel: The Untold Story
Bowling for Columbine
The American Experience: RFK
9/11 Press for Truth
Zen Buddhism: In Search of Self
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Physics: The Elegant Universe
The Corporation
Stone Reader
Roving Mars
The Phoenix LIghts
Jonestown
I Am An Animal
Howard Zinn
Frontline: The Madoff Affair
Dig!
Devil's Playground
PBS's Carrier
Ayurveda: The Art of Being
The 11th Hour
Who the #$&% is Jackson Pollock?
Unconstitutional
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill
King of Kong
The Hunting of the President
The Fog of War
Rivers and Tides
Protagonist
Our Brand is Crisis
Mumia: A Case for Reasonable Doubt
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
Leonard Cohen: Im Your Man
Horns and Halos
Go Further
Gay Republicans
Frost Nixon: The Original Interviews
Frontline: Inside the Meltdown
Frontline: Black Money
Bush's Brain
Animals Are Beautiful People
American Blackout
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsburg
Wordplay
What the Bleep Do We Know?
Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Uncovered: The War on Iraq
This Film is Not Yet Rated
Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World
Comedian
Newton's Dark Secrets
My Architect
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Merton: A Film Biography
NOVA: Magnetic Storm
Diameter of the Bomb
Control Room
Aristide and the Endless Revolution
Consciousness
The Up Series
911: In Plane Sight