I guess the title says it all. Could be about everything from bees to the European Union - anything. I enjoy watching them all (well, almost at least). Mainly looking for ones available for free online, but if you have a great one I wouldn't want to miss it!
I admit to not really watch a lot of documentaries online, but here is a very short very quick list of films that I at least found amazing: The Act of Killing - Hope Dreams -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph2Y-epihlk - 1994 - the trailer doesn't do it justice, but it is really hard to do justice to this project. It follows kids from the projects where their only hope is to get out by basketball. Mr. Death, The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter - Life Sentences - Jodorowsky's Dune - And just because it is a documentary that changed how they are and will be- Lanzmann's Shoah.
Great! Now I know what I'll be doing the rest of the summer.
You should check out Jiro Dreams of Sushi! It's a wonderful documentary about much much more than just sushi. It's on Netflix right now if you want to check it out.
You can't go wrong with anything from Errol Morris: Check out the Fog of War
I just checked out crackle.com (I'd never heard of it). It was a nice-looking site, but the only content it seemed to have was Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Every single episode. Nothing else. Did I get the right site? Maybe it geo-blocks certain content or something?
It's not a massive problem, I'm sure I can find the doc elsewhere. I'm simply curious!
They took A Band Called Death down. Here's American Movie: http://www.crackle.com/c/american-movie If you're not in the US you won't be able to use it
I recommend Virunga, especially if you care about conservation or the Third World at all.
A couple of years ago, I watched a documentary on the BBC about Don McCullin, the war photographer who covered conflicts in the Congo, Vietnam and various other places. I'm pretty sure it was this documentary: Otherwise, I will also recommend the usual Jiro dreams of sushi (which can be found on Netflix) as both an interesting and visually beautiful documentary.
Well, you could jump on the bandwagon and watch Ken Burns stuff. And you should do that, because he knows what he is doing, like, really knows. I'd also recommend The Last Waltz, which was put on Netflix reccently I believe, or your local library probably has a copy. It documents the last performance of The Band, and the list of musicians involved will make your jaw drop.
A few documentaries I've watched, and enjoyed: Into The Abyss Home Inside Job Dear Zachary Tanzträume The Art of Flight Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict http://documentaryheaven.com/ is a very good resource.