Best documentaries on Reddit

"There is a very good movie called 'In the Shadow of the Moon' (2007). Chronicles the Apollo missions."

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

"Tom Petty - Somewhere You Feel Free"

"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."

"Insane and one of my favorites."

"The Staircase. My Octopus Teacher."

"I really enjoyed Our Planet really relaxing watch if you enjoy nature documentaries."

"If you're into sports documentaries I can highly recommend 'The last dance' about the last nba championship of Michael Jordan."

"Dancing With The Birds on Netflix!"

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

"A newer one that came out very recently, which I enjoyed a lot, was The Comeback on Netflix."

"A bonus because it’s narrated by Obama."

"Unsolved Mysteries: s5, e2"

"Netflix - “Haunted”"

"A series on Netflix called Haunted."

"All major streaming platforms offer documentaries with audio description in English."

"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"

"Top tier!"

"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."

"It’s on YouTube"

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

"Made in America is superb."

"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."

"ESPN’s 30 for 30 June 17, 1994 is good."

"I like the PBS shows Nature and Nova."

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

"Wonderful documentary on Abraham (and Mary) Lincoln from PBS called "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided.""

"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."

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

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

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

"Stunning visuals and cultural insights."

"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."

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

"[Bob Ross: The Happy Painter]"

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

"I highly, highly recommend it."

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

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

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

"I always enjoyed Titanic: Death of a Dream narrated by the late great David McCallum."

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

"One of my all-time favorite documentaries!"

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

"Really really interesting."

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

"All the David Attenborough ones."

"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."

"A very compelling documentary."

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

"The Seattle Mariners doc is a must watch. It’s potentially my favorite documentary of all time."

"This is a great watch."

"Gimme Shelter (Stones at Altamont 1969)"

"The Last Waltz directed by Martin Scorsese"

"Fog of War is great."

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

"It's about the Dyatlov Pass incident."

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

"Navalny. On hbo max."

"If you like cults, try this."

"The Commissioner of Power on YouTube by Rogue."

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

"I love Famously Afraid or Celebrity Ghost Stories."

"My Octopus Teacher."

"My Octopus Teacher."

"This is The Zodiac Speaking."

"Louis Cyr (2013) is a cool biopic about one of the founding fathers of strongman."

"Eddie: strongman is really good, from 2015 so before he was at his best"

"Check out The Battered Bastards of Baseball."