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Documentarys That Will Make You A Better Person
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantJericko1
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Ecology
1-Earth
2-Planet Earth
3-March Of The Penguians
4-Artic Tale
5-Deep Blue
6-An Inconvient Truth
The Conection Between Science And Relgion
1-What The Bleep Do We Know
2-What The Bleep Down The Rabbit Hole
Politics And War
1-The World At War
2-Farenheight 9/11
3-Night And Fog
4-The Fog Of War
5-Farnehype 9/11
Sports
1- Beyond The Mat
2-Bret Hart Wrestling With Shadows
3- The Endless Summer Trilogy
4- Hoop Dreams
5-The Unreal Story Of Profesional Wrestling
6-Dog Town And The Z Boys
Social Issues And Relgion
1-Bowling For Columbine
2-Sicko
3-Capturing The Friedmens
4-For All Mankind
5-The Gods Of Time Square
6-Jesus Camp
7- Super Size Me
8- The Thin Blue Line
9- A Case For Christ
Entertinment
1-The Celluloid Closet
2-Look Up In The Sky The Amazing Story Of Superman
3-Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters & Marvels
4-Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession
5-The History Channel: Comic Book Superheroes
6-Spellbound
7-The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter
8-Michael Jackson's This Is It
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Interesting.  I've seen most of these.  The only one I wouldn't see is St. Michael's "This Is It".  I was never really a fan.
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DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantJericko1
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Interesting.  I've seen most of these.  The only one I wouldn't see is St. Michael's "This Is It".  I was never really a fan.

I was actually pretty hesitant to put that on there but I needed something music related to balance things out.
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I'd add "Overnight" as a tale of how not to be and what not to do if getting a big break in anything.

And Religious as it's fun(ny) while giving you something to think about.
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I'd reccomend Smile Pinki, a doc on cleft palates in India. Very good!
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Ecology and Wildlife...

The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill

For War and Politics...

Liberty: The American Revolution
World War I (1964) narrated by Robert Ryan
The Civil War by Ken Burns
The Conscientious Objector (I highly recommend this one)
The American Experience: Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided
Hearts and Minds

Sports...

Baseball by Ken Burns

Entertainment...

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Biography...

Frank Lloyd Wright by Ken Burns
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...James

"People fake a lot of human interactions, but I feel like I fake them all, and I fake them very well. That’s my burden, I guess." ~ Dexter Morgan
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Food, Inc.


A very good watch! 

Another food related one. Super Size Me
"The perfect is the enemy of the good." - Voltaire
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I would point out the what the bleep series is complete cowpie meant to flummox people who don't know anything about quantum physics. I would recommend Murderball in the sports category and American Movie for Entertainment.
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Love the Addition of Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession.  This is one of my favorite docs.

A few more Entertainment-themed ones:

  Henri Langlois: Phantom of the Cinematheque
  A Decade Under the Influence
  Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation
  A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

Probably two of the best, anger inducing documentaries I've seen.
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Food, Inc.


A very good watch! 

Another food related one. Super Size Me


From a prior post, in addition to Food, Inc., UPC 876964-002165:
The Future of Food (Special Edition), UPC 829567-040225
Blue Gold: World Water Wars, UPC 841887-010214
King Corn, UPC 767685-115046
Flow: How did a handful of corporations steal our water, UPC 896602-002029
Our Daily Bread,  UPC 854565-001114
We don't need stinkin' IMDB's errors, we make our own.
Ineptocracy, You got to love it.
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May I present.. The King of Kong

Really a feel good documentary.
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May I present.. The King of Kong

Really a feel good documentary.


That is a great documentary. It goes nicely with "Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade" (if you can find it).
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

Probably two of the best, anger inducing documentaries I've seen.

Indeed. And to think these guys are still in jail/on death row....

Same category (the anger inducing variety): Deliver Us From Evil and Jesus Camp. I had to stop the latter 4 times to compose myself.

On another note, the last few years a lot of documentaries have been made about metal, heavy metal, hard rock and such.
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey. Highly recommended, even if you don't like the music.
Global Metal
Heavy Metal in Baghdad
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Get Thrashed: The Story of Thrash Metal
Iron Maiden: Flight 666
And ofcourse, the infamous Heavy Metal Parking Lot 

Other music documentaries that I really like:
Shut Up & Sing. The backlash against the Dixie Chicks. Highly recommended.
Rock School. The inspiration for School of Rock, with Jack Black. Teenage kids playing Zappa music!
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Young @ Heart. A choir of senior citizens  (the youngest is 72 I think) who sing punk, rock and pop songs. Heartwarming!
New York Doll

Other documentaries that impressed me:
Harlan County USA
Spellbound
Être et avoir
Johan Cruyff: En un momento dado. And I don't even like football (that's soccer for you, Americans).
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I'd highly recommend this PBS documentary about the famous wolf "Lobo" of the 19th century and his legacy championed by Ernest Thompson Seton. It's a beautiful and sad tale. All the more relevant today, as ignorance of the wolf is unfortunately still widespread in this country.

The Wolf That Changed America: The Photographs and Artwork of Ernest Thompson Seton
Corey
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