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Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
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Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#62Just For Kicks. It's probably 10+ years old now, but a fascinating and super, super well put together doc on sneakers and the culture around it. Entertaining even if you're not sold on the subject matter.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#63I really loved 'Jiro Dreams of Sushi', showing how much care and effort he puts into making it: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925/
I suggest following up with Chef's Table on Netflix, which is a documentary series in a very similar vein from David Gelb, the creator of Jiro.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#64The Venus Project: Future by Design
The Corporation
Inside Job
HBO's documentary on Warren Buffet
Who Killed The Electric Car?
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#65Waco: The Rules of Engagement
It is a 1997 Documentary covering the 1993 FBI siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas that ended with the death of almost all of the men, women and children in the compound.
Waco is considered by many to be the second part in a sad trilogy that starts in Naples, ID and ends in Oklahoma City, OK. I'd be interested in knowing of good documentaries that cover the other parts.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#66"The Cove", (2009) about the secret practice of commercial Cetacea (dolphins, mainly) hunting in Japan (a Metascore value == 84, fwiw).
And +1 for "Grizzly Man."
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#67Grizzly Man: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/ -- the folly of humans when it comes to interacting with wild animals well illustrated The Fog of War: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/ -- whoa. Just: whoa. The Thin Blue Line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(1988_film) -- when a conviction goes wrong. I guess I really like Errol Morris and Herzog? Probably.
Morris is brilliant. His 1999 doc Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Death:_The_Rise_and_Fall_o...) sticks with me to this day.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#68Fundamentals of Small Arms Weapons. It's a documentary by the US Army showing how firearms work starting with just a barrel and a bullet and progressing in design all the way up to selectable fully automatic.
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#69Paris is Burning: a classic that explores the "ball culture" of New York in the 80s, and the impact it had on the city's gay, transgender, black and Latino communities. It's great for how it follows the various characters as they prepare for balls, while explaining the subculture and its slang/practices along the way. Very entertaining and historically important too. In the same vein, does anyone have any other recom…
These are both nerdier subcultures than the one you cited, but:
Darkon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462246/
The King of Kong: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0923752/
Re: Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?
#70Surprised no one mentioned this one yet:
> The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is a 2007 American documentary film about competitive gaming directed by Seth Gordon. It follows Steve Wiebe in his attempts to take the high score record for the 1981 arcade game Donkey Kong from the previous holder, Billy Mitchell. - Wikipedia