Another great British journalist, he goes and spends time right in the heart of gangs and learns what they're about. Different episodes = different gangs obviously. He also has a series where he spends time with British soldiers in Afghanistan. Follows them into battles and gets shot at and everything, he's a pretty ballsy guy and I really enjoy his stuff.

Dagobert

Netherlands1858 Posts

October 13 2010 08:19 GMT

#22

I'ma let you finish, but this is one of the best documentaries of all time, of ALL TIME:

I'll post more when I'm procrastinating again.

rainei

Canada1316 Posts

October 13 2010 08:41 GMT

#23

On October 13 2010 15:40 keV. wrote:

Cocaine Cowboys

I just watched this on youtube, and it's quite gripping. I really enjoyed it, just a sense of "wat the HEECCCKK!?? u srs??!"

Hail Eris

United States20 Posts

October 13 2010 08:57 GMT

#24

debeuker

Netherlands33 Posts

October 13 2010 08:58 GMT

#25

Louis is so awesome! Never afraid to ask the right question.

Adding:

Stan Lee's Superhumans

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Not really a high class stuff but entertaining nonetheless. There's this guy who chops a baseball in half with his sword which is trown at him by a pitcher, think it's the 6th episode. Pretty awesome

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

October 13 2010 09:04 GMT

#26

CHASING GHOSTS: BEYOND THE ARCADE
is WAY WAY WAY better than
King of Kong

Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade has many of the same people, like Silly Bitchell. However, it is also the FUNNIEST THING I have ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE. How do I know this? I LITERALLY began to fear for my DEATH when I started LAUGHING SO HARD I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO BREATHE AGAIN. Get drunk, find some bros that like to have fun, and watch this movie. Your life will NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN. I hope my use of caps in this post CONVINCES YOU THAT YOU MUST SEE THIS IF YOU LIKE VIDEO GAMES AT ALL. AND YOU ARE POSTING ON TEAM LIQUID SO YOU MUST.

Pyrrhuloxia

United States6700 Posts

October 13 2010 09:07 GMT

#27

On top of all that, Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade chronicles the progamers of the 80s, the guys that were the Boxers of the age when America was king of video games. It shows what they are up to now and such. Great history and much more important scope than King of Kong.

iNcontroL

USA29055 Posts

October 13 2010 09:16 GMT

#28

I fucking love documentaries. I will be watching this thread!

Masamune

Canada3401 Posts

October 13 2010 09:16 GMT

#29

Excellent documentary on human evolution and our origins. Highly recommended!

Obscure

United States272 Posts

October 13 2010 09:21 GMT

#30

Fractals and The Mandelbrot Set - The Colors of Infinity

+ Show Spoiler +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gKOB6spCb8

Sumsi

Germany593 Posts

October 13 2010 11:24 GMT

#31

I recommend to check out all of Werner Herzog's documentaries, especially "Grizzly Man" about a dude who was a little bit nuts who lived near grizzlies and has finally been eaten by them

Deadlyhazard

United States1177 Posts

October 13 2010 11:42 GMT

#32

On October 13 2010 20:24 Sumsi wrote:
I recommend to check out all of Werner Herzog's documentaries, especially "Grizzly Man" about a dude a who was a little bit nuts who lived near grizzlies and has finally been eaten by them

Highly, highly recommend this.

theSAiNT

United States726 Posts

October 13 2010 12:01 GMT

#33

End of the Line:

Really well shot, well paced documentary that's both eye opening and shocking yet hopeful.

NrG.Bamboo

United States2756 Posts

October 13 2010 12:21 GMT

#34

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Slovenia504 Posts

October 13 2010 12:27 GMT

#35

I'd recommend The Human Animal series of documentaries covering the humans from a biologist's point of view. Topics include: nonverbal communication, why humans live in overcrowded placed(cities), love and several other topics.

Kms

Australia126 Posts

October 13 2010 12:39 GMT

#36

Great idea for a topic Subversion! I haven't really had the time to watch many documentaries lately, but I came across this short one the other night on YouTube and found it pretty LOLworthy, if not a little creepy...

Warning: Probably NSFW!

hfolkner

Philippines16 Posts

October 13 2010 12:43 GMT

#37

I recommend all of the documentaries listed before, I once went on a binge of documentary watching and watched like 20 documentaries in like 2 weeks. Grizzly Man was great, specially the part when he rages because there's no rain. "Hindu Floaty Thing" ftw.

off the top of my head -

Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine - about the Kasparov - Deep Blue Match. That dude that keeps on whispering was annoying though
Darkon - about LARP players. Really good stuff
Frag - about professional gaming, centering around FPS players like fatal1ty
Second Skin - about MMORPG players, particularly WoW
Spellbound - about a group of kids who participate in the Scripps national spelling bee.
Wordplay - about the national crossword puzzle championships and people who play crossword puzzles
The Revolution will not Be Televised - it's a first person account of a coup d'etat that happens in Venezuela.
Your Mommy Kills Animals - about animal rights activists like PETA and such.

XeliN

United Kingdom1755 Posts

October 13 2010 12:50 GMT

#38

The Root of all Evil.

A Channel 4 documentary by Richard Dawkins, and perhaps unsuprisingly the topic is Religion

Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9002284641446868316#

Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9002284641446868316#docid=-8210522903232438954

Edit: Also a very good website on documentaries that I found through the magic of googly
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ Has a great collection and is categorised.

tofucake

Hyrule19228 Posts

October 13 2010 13:47 GMT

#39

Dark Days

Awesome documentary about the life and culture of the homeless in New York City. It was quite surprising to see. There's apparently an entire shanty-town in abandoned subway tunnels under the city.

Bastards of the Party

Great movie directed by Cle "Bone" Sloan. He examines the origins of the LA gangs the Bloods and Crips from the 1950s through the 1990s. As an active member of the Bloods, he's got quite a unique perspective. Sloan stated that instead of leaving the Bloods, he's going to stick around and try to change the gang from the inside.

Thunderflesh

United States382 Posts

October 13 2010 14:09 GMT

#40

I'm surprised Errol Morris hasn't been mentioned yet!

The Fog of War

Amazing film about Robert McNamara and his involvement in World War II & Vietnam. Especially interesting if you're into political science.

The Thin Blue Line