Good documentary films?

[tang0]

Any good documentaries that have been released recently?

 

[tntcoder]

Inside Job is worth a watch

 

[Craig R]

Restrepo
About a military outpost in the most dangerous area in Afghanistan.

Not so recent but good:
Bus 174
About a hostage situation on a bus in Rio de Janiero.

Man on Wire
About a French tightrope walker who broke into the twin towers while they were nearing completion, and walked across a wire between them using no safety equipment.

 

[Vulcan]

Not recent, but one of the best documentaries I've seen is Cocaine Cowboys. It's about the cocaine traffickers from the 1980's in Miami, and how that drug money built the city.

 

["andy"]

Restrepo is really good

Heavy metal in Bagdhad is the best I've watched recently although it ain't new , and ESPNs birth Of big air

 

[[Olly]]

Inside Job is worth a watch

+1 Great Film

 

[Benihana]

Man on Wire
About a French tightrope walker who broke into the twin towers while they were nearing completion, and walked across a wire between them using no safety equipment.[/QUOTE]

+1 loved this to pieces, the guy is amazing.

I've also been told to watch The Man From Earth, but don't think its that new..

 

[fozzybear]

The War You Don't See - John Pilger. A really good watch.

 

[Craig R]

I've also been told to watch The Man From Earth, but don't think its that new..

It's also Fiction and not a documentary.

 

[bledd]

Supersize Me is pretty good

 

[normanthefarmer]

exit through the gift shop
taxi to the dark side
the king of kong
man on wire
gasland

 

[IceBus]

Restrepo - really excellent.
Armadillo - great film about Danish troops in Afghanistan

 

[robgmun]

Catfish

DO NOT watch the trailer - just watch the film blind

 

[Tummy]

The War You Don't See - John Pilger. A really good watch.

Quite a lot of his stuff is very good.

Exit through the gift shop is good as well, really enjoyed that recently.

There is one recent one? Name escapes me! Remember the tap water being set on fire though gah.

 

[RIZZEE]

Another vote for Restrepo, loved it.

 

[Brumboy]

Yeah Restrepo is really good, watch it

 

[Deleted member 61728]

Dont forget Adam Curtis espically(The Century of the Self) he made some good docs over the years just like Pilger most worth watching.

 

[Cob]

The King Of Kong is heartily recommended.


More suspense than the best of Hollywood movies.

 

[ran_out]

Yeah King of Kong is good, I really enjoyed it - but I got the impression they were over-stating and tried to imply more animosity between Wiebe and Mitchell than there really was and I read that they played around with the continuity of events to do so and give it more suspense and create a sort of pro-westling rivalry style feel to the film - sort of to portray Mitchell and Wiebe as heel/face characters battling it out. Still liked it though and would definitely recommend it,

 

[lokiss]

Definatley going to take up some of the suggestions in this thread, don't watch nearly enough, retrospectives of events i find facinating.

Last year the bbc showed micromen, if you've an intrest in the story of early computing, or were lucky enough to live through it with youth tinted glasses, then it's something you must see.