Best documentaries on Reddit

"Amazing how people that built socials so regret it."

"Just trying to name some I’m not seeing mentioned a lot."

"Blackfish, Don’t Fuck with Cats."

"Making of a Murderer."

"Making a Murderer is the scariest thing I've ever seen."

"The Staircase is great."

"The Staircase. My Octopus Teacher."

"My octopus teacher."

"Crazy how much it changes your view about Social Media."

"My Octopus Teacher, American Factory."

"There is a very creative docuseries on Netflix called The Lady of Silence: The Mataviejitas Murders"

"FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019 Netflix)"

"Some recent popular ones were "The Tinder Swindler" and Netflix's Fyre Festival movie."

"Bitconned (Netflix)"

"I would also suggest Facing Nolan or It Ain't Over; both on Netflix."

"Unsolved Mysteries: s5, e2"

"The Devil and Father Amorth - director of The Exorcsist finds a real case of possession."

"Haunted: Latin America."

"Netflix - “Haunted”"

"A series on Netflix called Haunted."

"For all-around baseball history, Baseball by Ken Burns is the holy grail."

"Anything by Ken Burns."

"That one where Ken Burns explains that thing you didn’t think you were interested in."

"Huh?? Nobody mentioned Ken Burn's The Vietnam War?"

"Ken Burns Baseball."

"Ken Burns’ Baseball."

"Obviously "Baseball" by Ken Burns."

"Ken Burns also has a few good ones to choose from"

"I could not recommend this more. It had me hooked for days. Extremely detailed and well narrated."

"Dead to me on Youtube did an amazing series on her."

"Dead to Me on YouTube has the most in depth coverage of the case."

"Kurzgesagt. It's a YouTube channel, they cover a lot of different topics."

"YouTube channel Epic Spaceman has short videos that are interesting and visually stunning."

"There is a channel named scary interesting it posts pretty good stories."

"Nukes Top5 on YouTube."

"I like the PBS shows Nature and Nova."

"NOVA on PBS has some great space episodes that fascinated my kids."

"The long PBS Ken Burns doc is a decent historical overview."

"HBO's "Rome" (2005) was excellent. Two seasons, huge budgets ($100 million per season) and they hired historians, so they'd get everything right."

"Rome (2005) from HBO on MAX."

"Hbos Rome."

"Quite the eye opener."

"It's probably the quintessential doc you're looking for."

"It’s a story of connection, nature, and learning life lessons from the ocean."

"N/A."

"It’s a nonnarrative documentary of all different parts of the world."

"Stunning visuals and cultural insights."

"Fabulous documentary of female Marine biologists studying how whales communicate."

"Excellent doc series on all things nature which are very tiny."

"Excellent. Wonderfully tells the story of his rise, the crime, the trial, and the aftermath."

"O.J.: Made in America is not only the best documentary made about the murders, but it’s one of the best documentaries ever made about any subject."

"Very moving documentary about handicap laws and how they came to pass."

"One of the best documentaries I have ever seen."

"Girl in the Picture - mind-blowing."

"Girl in the Picture."

"It's a docudrama about the road from Mercury to Apollo, and a little beyond, if memory serves. It's got interviews with people who were involved, and it had a fantastic soundtrack that I still listen to today."

"It may just hold his attention, with actual astronauts talking about it."

"Here my suggestions: Walking with trilogy and spin offs, dinosaur planet, planet dinosaur, when dinosaur roamed america."

"I love walking with dinosaurs, even though this serie is outdated."

"Hulu - “Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal”"

"Out There: Crimes of the Paranormal on Hulu."

"There is an episode of BBC Timewatch called 'Murder in Rome'."

"The BBC had a documentary called "the seven ages of rock" on how rock evolved from rock n roll and blues till the britpop/rock of the early 2000's."

"The recent Scorcese doc, “Long Strange Trip”, about the Grateful Dead was incredible."

"Ghosts of the Abyss. James Cameron and Bill Paxton dive to Titanic on 9/11."

"I personally really liked."

"Free Solo."

"Is excellent."

"All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)."

"One of my all-time favorite documentaries!"

"There is a really good documentary called The Death of Superman Lives What Happened?"

"Still - Michael J Fox Movie (2023)."

"I'm just here to second Burden of Dreams and Hearts of Darkness"

"[Bob Ross: The Happy Painter]"

"Dear Zachary is fuckin phenomenal, bring tissues though."

"The Beatles: Get Back"

"I highly, highly recommend it."

"It’s a very long series but they have several episodes covering just the eastern front and Russia."

"My personal favorite will always be 'Secrets of the Titanic.'"

"A very compelling documentary."

"This is a great watch."

"3 docs about 80s horror movies, 4,5 hrs each."

"A great documentary."

"By far the best doc ever made on that subject."

"Film dives into the profound narrative of creation amidst destruction."

"I watch a lot of true crime and this story was a one of the wildest rides."

"Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia (2016)"

"All the David Attenborough ones."

"A really good true crime documentary."

"Kings and Generals YT channel has an excellent YT playlist of Rome beginning to end. Fun watch and listen I find."

"The YouTube Channels "Invicta" and "Imperium Romanum" also has some very nice videos about different things of Ancient Rome."

"Storefront Hitchcock by Jonathan Demme. It’s about Robyn Hitchcock."

"Some you can check: * [Rome: Empire without limit with Mary Beard](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3IIRiSTc3g) * [Mary Beard's Meet The Romans.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwdOsTL8ybs) * [ROME: Rise and Fall of an Empire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFkts8bdJr0&list=PLFXIjKFgWFdnrrUPiZYfOnS4IrJ_8dGIi) * Fall of Civilizations..."

"The Great Courses series has a few courses on Rome that are taught by Gregory Aldrete… you can find them on Amazon, I would start with the Rise of Rome."

"Interview with a poltergeist. It’s about the famous Enfield Poltergeist case in the 70s."

""The Unbinding". It's so good and it's free on Tubi right now."

"To add: Cocaine Cowboys Dear Zachary..."

"The Way Down. About a church near where I live and its leader/founding family."

"The Vow."

"If you can find the episodes of Investigative Reports hosted by Bill Kurtis that ran on A&E in the 90s they are superb."

"A prescient and timely real-footage-illustrated thesis/essay disguised as a Documentary."

"SUPER/MAN - The Christopher Reeve Story."

"This will mess with your mind by the end."

"It was everything I hoped it would be."

"The Accidental Twins."

"Some truly wild stories told there."

"This is The Zodiac Speaking."

"My Octopus Teacher."

"My Octopus Teacher."

"If you like cults, try this."

"It's about the Dyatlov Pass incident."

"Shows the shitshow that was the making of the Godfather."

"Fog of War is great."

"The Last Waltz directed by Martin Scorsese"

"Gimme Shelter (Stones at Altamont 1969)"

"American Greed on MSNBC/Peacock (IThink?)."

"Navalny. On hbo max."

"I was impressed with Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States (2012)."

"The Commissioner of Power on YouTube by Rogue."

"Official Strongman has a couple good ones on their YouTube."