Here are over 750 documentaries (765 to be precise) that have I have indexed on documentaries subreddit. These are just fabulous. If you are interested in the code that did the job for me look @ this blog post: Code to get reddit(subreddit) links

1. VICE Meets Glenn Greenwald: Snowden’s Journalist of Choice (2014)
2. The Man Who Knew – PBS FRONTLINE – 2002 – Watch full Documentary free online
3. The secret life of dogs (HD 2013)
4. how to be Sherlock Holmes- The Many Faces of a Master Detective (2014) A film which looks into the various on-screen representations of Sherlock Holmes both past and present, from silent movies to the latest film and television versions.
5. Charlie Brooker How Videogames Changed The World
6. The Woman With Half Of A Body (2005)
7. Emma Maersk BIGGEST Ship in the World Full Documentary (2012)
8. Budo: The Art of Killing [1978]
9. Oscar Nominated doc The Square is streaming on Netflix. You really need to see this. I’ve never felt so patriotic as I did watching the story of a people shedding themselves of an oppressive government.
10. Judoka [1965] – The life of a Canadian judo champion living in Japan
11. Half-Ton Killer – documentary about a 1000+ lb woman who was charged with the murder of a child (2013) [NSFW footage from the beginning]
12. “In this documentary we illustrate the brightly coloured and social affairs that bring the ‘Sapeurs’ together. Their bold choice to live an unexpected lifestyle is a source of celebrated originality and positivity. ” Sapeurs – A Short Documentary by GUINNESS (2014)
13. Woman Raised by Monkeys – (National Geography, 2013)
14. Once Upon A Time In Norway (Black Metal) (2007)
15. The Weight of the Nation (2012) HBO Doc.
16. New ‘Ivo Caprino’ documentary- ‘A Doll’s Life’, creator of Flåklypa/Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
17. Shinobi Winds of the 34 Generations [2006] Perhaps the only decent Shinobi documentary I have ever seen.
18. Andrew Younghusband’s New Driving Show about Traffic in other countries! Don’t Drive Here Ulaanbaatar (2013)
19. Year of the Yao: Yao Ming’s rookie year (Basketball Documentary)
20. How to be slim (2013)
21. Nine Rivers (2013) – Great film that follows four men on a month-long, thousand kilometre canoe journey through the Canadian shield [27:47]
22. Bone fragment ‘could be King Alfred or son Edward’ [Preview of a BBC2 documentary due to be broadcast on Tuesday 21 January]
23. Aerial America: Alaska (2013) – Amazing Nature Documentary About Alaska.
24. ‘Utopia’ John Pilger’s new 2013 film about indigenous Australia.
25. Stacker [2013] Cupstacking Documentary [Trailer] (with Skrillex OMG Girl!)
26. The Brits Who Fought For Hitler BBC 2003
27. Fukuoka Masanobu (The inventor of modern permaculture) goes to India (1997)
28. Hellraisers (2000) – An affectionate look at celebrity hell raisers whose shocking antics and outrageous exploits have gained them both ridicule and respect.
29. Dalek Building: Behind the Plunger [2012] [10:28]
30. Iran and the West – BBC – 2009 – Full Documentary – 3 parts
31. Surviving Gilligan’s Island — 2001 CBS TV documentary that goes behind the scenes of the famous show.
32. BBC – ‘Underage and Over The Limit’ (2014). Alcohol drinking in England.
33. Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1984)
34. Aliens of the Deep – directed by James Cameron (2005). Very enjoyable HQ doco on some absolutely mind boggling creatures. What life in some of the extreme conditions on other planets may be like, they think.
35. The Act of Killing (2012) now available for streaming through Netflix
36. Ever wonder what it might be like to go to a funeral director’s convention in Texas? Funeral Director: Making a Living Dealing with the Dead [Trailer]
37. Eskimo Hunters in Alaska – The Traditional Inuit Way of Life | 1949 Documentary on Native Americans
38. Steven Hawking 2013
39. BUTTLOADS OF PAIN – FULL LENGTH (2014)
40. How To Make Money Selling Drugs (2012: imdb 7.8)
41. Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007)
42. Caligula – 1400 Days of Terror – History Documentary 2013
43. The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off – 2003
44. 2014 Oscar Nominees have been announced. What have you seen that you wish were on the list?
45. Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women [2010]
46. The Private Life of Chickens – BBC (2010) [CC]
47. The rise and fall of the third reich (1968)
48. Earth From Space_Nova [2013]
49. Secret State of North Korea [2013] – Frontline Documentary with footage smuggled out of the DPRK
50. Momma Don’t Allow (1956) short doc on a jazz club in Wood Green in North London. The film captures the emerging ‘youth culture’ – a term unheard of before this contrasting the working-class Teddy Boys and their girlfriends with the awkward ‘toffs’ whose arrival threatens to change the evenings mood.
51. Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 [1969]
52. College Conspiracy (2008)
53. The Man Who Ate Himself To Death — Documentary (2013)
54. “Segovia at Los Olivos” (1996) – documentary on virtuoso classical guitarist from Linares, Spain.
55. Biography: “Saturday Night Live” (2001)
56. BBC – Brazil An Inconvenient History (2008)
57. We Call It Skweee (2011) – Documentary on the burgeoning genre on electronic music known as Skweee.
58. Inside Planet Earth A Journey to the Earth’s Core (2010)
59. Watch Online | The Age Of Aids | FRONTLINE – (2006) – streaming free
60. Endeavour: Everest – By Canoe (1976) BBC
61. The Mars Underground City (October 2013) – really nicely done doco on how we can build and live on Mars. I’ve seen most if not all of the space films on this sub, and I know you won’t be disappointed with this.
62. The Real Inglorious Bastards – Documentary (2013)
63. Spitfire Sisters [2010] Tells the story of the remarkable ladies who flew for the Air Transport Auxiliary in WWII
64. Gender Against Men – Uganda [2011] – Doc about sexual violence against men during war/conflict
65. Orphans of the Sahara Part One : With the fall of Gaddafi, thousands of Tuaregs return to Mali and Niger and launch their fight for an independent state. (46:30) [2014]
66. Afterlife – Modern Taxidermy in the UK (2014)
67. The Man Who Turned on America (2000) Timothy Leary
68. Gerhard Richter Painting- renowned German painter reveals his fascinating creative process and unique methods (2011)(1hr 37m)
69. In My Time of Dying (2011) – a documentary on end of life care and facing terminal illness
70. Miracles of Nature by Richard Hammond 2013 – Super Bodies (E01) Full Document…
71. White Power America ★ KKK ★ Documentary 2013
72. Brandy & Coke – How the Garage scene came up in the UK [2014]
73. Aaron Swartz: The Documentary – Teaser (2013)
74. Ship Breakers [2013] An eye-opening story of Bangladesh’s scrap metal industry [15:49] (xpost /r/videos)
75. The Eight-Limbed Boy – Documentary (2011)
76. Squarepainter: Video Game Documentary Series [2013](14m09s)
77. Traveltalks : ‘Chicago The Beautiful’ [1948]
78. Silence of the Labs – The Fifth Estate (CBC) [2014]
79. On The Trail of Genghis Khan, Tim Kope, National Geographic Live! [2014]
80. G4M3RS – doc on competitive computer gaming [2004] (x-post from r/counterstrike)
81. National Geographic Live! – Andrea Marshall: Queen of the Manta Rays (2013 – 15 min.)
82. Orphans of the Sahara – Episode 1- Return (Al Jazeera) [2014] – In late 2011, thousands of Tuareg workers and fighters, many of them mercenaries of Muammar Gaddafi, return homeland in Niger and Mali. They find little more than crushing poverty, hunger and drought back home.
83. Mt. Everest How it was made HD 1080p (2013?)
84. ‘Icebound: The Greatest Dog Story Ever Told’ – BBC – [2014]
85. Marx Reloaded (2011)
86. The Thin Blue Line (1988) – Filmmaker Errol Morris’s gripping investigation into the murder of a Dallas police officer was responsible for freeing the man who was originally — and erroneously — charged with and convicted of the crime.
87. The Opposite side of “Blackfish”
88. Forbidden Knowledge – Machines of the Ancient China [2013]
89. Anthrax War [2013]
90. PBS Frontline – The Long Walk Of Nelson Mandela [documentary] [720p] [h.264] [AAC] [mvgroup.org] 2.23GB [1999]
91. BBC – Carlos Castaneda (2006)
92. 1 [2013] – Formula One Documentary
93. David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: The Evolution Of Life (2013)
94. The hidden world of Britain’s immigrants (2013) BBC
95. Checkpoint – Yoav Shamir – 80 Mins – 2003. Award-winning documentary about Israeli checkpoints in the occupied Palestinian territories.
96. Wild Dog Packs of the Indian Forrest (Full Documentary) (2013)
97. Boeing 787 Dreamliner Family Documentary (2012) Awesome video for plane fans!
98. Boeing 747-8 Megafactory Full Documentary – Building the 747-8 (2013)
99. “Tales from the Green Valley,” BBC, [2005]. Documentary series follows historians as they attempt to live and work on a farm as it would have been 400 years ago. Fascinating and Insightful.
100. One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stu Ungar (2006)
101. The History of Grand Theft Auto (the games) [2013]
102. Valentine Road – Larry King, transgender, eigth-grader, shot twice in the back of the head during first period (2013)
103. The great global warming swindle (2007)
104. The Secret Life of Edward James (1978): notable eccentric and patron of the surrealists (xpost from /r/artdocumentaries)
105. Slavoj Zizek: The Reality of the Virtual (2004) – Slavoj Žižek reflects on belief and on the various forms that belief takes.
106. Lights Out! – The Nature of Things [2013]
107. The Chicken Commander [Icelandic Military Documentary] (2005)
108. Mystery of Oak Island aka the money pit (2000)
109. Nuclear Exodus: Pandora’s Promise Was A Lie (Fukushima Documentary 2014)
110. Michelin Stars: The Madness of Perfection [2010]
111. Colombia: Caught in the Crossfire (2012)
112. The Gods of Times Square (1999) Shot over a six year period that witnessed a radical transformation of Times Square. Focusing viewer attention on the many religious proselytizers that wander its sidewalks, photographer Richard Sandler looks at those who consider Times Square their concrete pulpit.
113. The mystery of the Carpathian Sphinx (Trailer)
114. [2014] Glenn: How do one man and his recorder make a difference? [1:41]
115. [Trailer] Foodies: The Culinary Jetset [2014]
116. What’s Up Fatlip [2003] 30 minute personal documentary follows relatable rapper Fatlip as he reflects on life and shoots an ultra low budget music video with Spike Jonze’s.
117. Entire History of the World in 2 Hours – HD Documentary 2011
118. Detroit Techno City [2001]
119. 2014 No Internet Week -Full Documentary
120. 10 things you need to know about sleep – BBC Documentary [2013]
121. Chevolution [1:25:55] [2008] — A film about the history of “Guerillero Heroico”, the famous image of Che Geuvara reproduced the world over
122. 2013 – Undermining Australia – Coal vs Communities
123. GROUPIES -(1970) Documentary Featuring Terry Reid. The definitive Rock & Roll groupie documentary
124. How does a city look to a crane driver? [2007]
125. CBC Doc Zone: The Motherload (2014)
126. Airplane Junkies documentary on the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird! Worlds Fastest plane! (2009)
127. BANGKOK GIRL — Thailand Night Life Documentary (2002)
128. [2013- Trailer] I Know That Voice- Documentary on the craft of voice acting. Features interviews with dozens of current and former voice actors such as June Foray, John DiMaggio, Billy West, and many more.
129. “To Boldly Go” – the tale of Dave Shaw and Deon Dreyer [Diving] [2005]
130. Overland To Syria [2013]
131. Why did people hate Margaret Thatcher? [Short Documentary] [2013]
132. I’m a Child Anorexic. (2006)
133. Vice – Swazi Gold Part 1 (2013)
134. Dolphins Spy in the Pod. BBC (2014)
135. “PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster” Jeremy Clarkson tells the story of the disaster that struck a UK/US merchant navy convoy in the Arctic (BBC, 2014)
136. Unknown Knows – Errol Morris documentary about Rumsfeld – Not Released Yet
137. Coming Soon: The Holocaust Documentary Hitchcock Was Almost Too Scared to Make
138. Between Two Buns: The Burger Records Story — A documentary of a DIY record label that started a cassette trend in punk [2012]
139. The trailer for Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, narrated by Morgan Freeman (X-Post /r/Movies)
140. Trader – Documentary about Paul Tudor Jones III predicting the 1987 stock market crash
141. 2009: Royal Navy: building their largest submarine
142. A Place Called Chiapas (1998)
143. Zapatista (1999)
144. Total Control Zone (2013)
145. Gokudo EP1: The Right-Wing Connection [Japan,2013]
146. Africa Straight Up. [2012] A movie about African stereotypes, and the future of the continent.
147. Axis Of Evil – Documentary Of Zionists, Israel, United States, Canada, Britain. [2012] (A poorly titled but well paced documentary about psychological warfare and Western complacency.)
148. “Transcendent Man” – amazing documentary that introduces the life and ideas of Ray Kurzweil, the renowned futurist that presents his bold vision of the Singularity. (2009)
149. Jim Al-Khalili – Chemistry: A Volatile History Episode 1: Discovering the Elements [2011]
150. LIFE The Griot (2014) – What can one man do?
151. To Catch a Trader – 2014 PBS documentary about hedge funds doing insider trading
152. Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2004)
153. 1 (2013) – The story of F1 racing
154. Four Horsemen [2013]
155. [BCC] The Truth About Immigration in the UK (2014)(HD 720p)
156. Big Brains. Small Films. Benoît Mandelbrot, The Father of Fractals | IBM [2013]
157. [Trailer] Free music documentary being released February 18, 2014 that features a POWERHOUSE lineup of musicians.
158. [BBC] The Foods That Make Billions – Liquid Gold. A fascinating look into the bottled water industry [2010]
159. Weed – 2013 CNN Special Dr Sanjay Gupta 2013 Documentary (HD)
160. No Sex Please, We’re Japanese (2013)
161. 2Pac – Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw (2002) Examining the politics, music, and life of Tupac Shakur.
162. The Smashing Machine (2002) – Mark Kerr – UFC Fighter. Dark documentary on fighters.
163. WSHH Presents The Field: Chicago (A Profile Of The City’s Hottest Artists, The Violence That Surrounds Them And The Hope Music Brings To Their Lives) (2014)
164. Cure For Pain: The Mark Sandman Story (Official Trailer)(2011)
165. Rule from the Shadows – The Psychology of Power – Part 1 [2014]
166. Hooligans (1999) In this BBC documentary Irish investigative reporter Donal MacIntyre went undercover and infiltrated the gang, wearing a concealed camera and pretending to be a Chelsea hooligan- even to the point of getting a Chelsea tattoo to convince the hooligans that he was a lifetime supporter
167. Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008)
168. Stealing J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret- Short doc by NYT about the greatest heist you have never heard of- (2014)-[13:37]
169. Fish! A Japanese Obsession [2009]
170. FRONTLINE: To Catch a Trader (2014) [53:41] [CC]
171. WSHH’s (very good) foray into docs. “The Field: Chicago” A profile of Chicago’s music and gangs.(2014)
172. Boeing 787 Dreamliner Full Documentary (2012)
173. American Experience: The Poisoner’s Handbook (2014) – In the early 20th century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner’s treasure chest, with radioactive radium, thallium, and morphine in everyday products.
174. Scientific Research and Real Facts about the Cannabinoids in Cannabis (2013)
175. The Rock-afire Explosion (2008)
176. The Secret War (BOMBIES) America’s war on Laos (2012)
177. World War 1 in Colour: Catastrophe (2003) [Season 01,Episode 01]
178. Inequality for All (2013) – Documentary about Economic Inequality in the United States.
179. 40 Year Old Virgins (2012?)
180. Tudor Monastery Farm Season 1 playlist [2013]
181. Alfred Hitchcock’s unseen Holocaust documentary to be screened
182. Between the Folds Origami – 2008
183. The Human Face: 1/4 – BBC [2001] xpost /r/JustFaces
184. PBS – Nova: The Trillion Dollar Bet (2000)
185. Koch Brothers Exposed (2012) An expose on the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, who helped finance the conservative political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity.
186. Howard Goodall’s Big Bangs – Equal Temperament
187. Rojava: Syria’s Unknown War [2013]
188. The Creators Project: The Collaborators. A look at the collaborators behind Random Access Memories, the album from Daft Punk. [Ep 1 of 8] [2013]
189. Strap yourselves in folks! “Parallel Universes, Alternative Timelines & Multiverse” – BBC Horizon [2012]
190. BBC Documentary examining the influence Machiavelli’s The Prince has had since it’s publication 500 years ago: Imagine… Who’s Afraid of Machiavelli? (2013). – [59:11]
191. Knight Club – Film following novice knights Rob, Dan, Gwilym and Sam as they battle for Britain at the Battle of the Nations 2013, the world’s biggest and most brutal period tournament. [2013]
192. Holidays in the Danger Zone : America was here ; Nicaragua And Honduras (2004)
193. Alleged rape victims meet with rapist decades later to find closure but don’t let him speak. From SHADOWS of DOUBT [1999], based off of HBO’s THE FARM: LIFE INSIDE ANGOLA PRISON
194. The real price of low cost fashion (2013)
195. Dizzy Gillespie passed away 20 years ago today.This film documents his adventures in Cuba at a Jazz festival: A Night in Havana: Dizzy Gillespie in Cuba (1989)
196. Old School Road Trip: 4,167 Miles in a 1973 Mercury Marquis (2013)– Unexpectedly engaging and whimsical account of a real American road trip; fun pictures; great soundtrack.
197. [BBC] The Tube: An Underground History (2013)
198. Fashion Victims (2013)
199. Versailles: The Dream of a King (2008) [Parts 2 and 3 in comments]
200. (2013) Discovering oneself with a bowl of temple food
201. Forced and Arranged Marriages Documentary (2010)
202. Stealing Shakespeare [2010?] Doc about a stolen first folio of Shakespeare from the UK and the odd circumstances surrounding it’s reappearance in Washington D.C.
203. Subconscious War (2011) Subconscious War is a short documentary detailing the impact of media and the culture of violence on the everyday life, and the development of the common principles in society.
204. [2011] Cristiano Ronaldo tested to the limit – Ronaldo scored his 400th career goal last night, here both his soccer/football and athletic abilities are measured through various tests [47:46]
205. John Pilger – Stealing A Nation [2004] – A documentary about the plight of the Chagos Islands, whose indigenous population was secretly and brutally expelled by British Governments in the late 1960s and early 1970s to make way for an American military base.
206. The Golden Age of Piracy: Terror at Sea (2013) Looks into the significant increase piracy from the 1650s towards the 1730s, from early attacks upon Spanish colonies to the disillusioned, unemployed veterans of the War of the Spanish Succession.
207. Watch Over 100 Documentaries from Past True/False Film Festivals Online for Free
208. High Tech, Low Life [2012] – Documentary about a blogger in china
209. It Might Get Loud [2008] – An absolute must-see for music lovers.
210. Beyond The Mat (1999)
211. The Greater Good: A Hitchhike Perspective (2012)
212. You See Me Laughin’ [2002] – See and hear some of the last Mississippi bluesmen, and the musicians that they inspired [1:17]
213. Future by Design (2006) — A look at the life and far-reaching vision of 97-year-old inventor Jacque Fresco, considered by many to be a modern day Da Vinci.
214. FAKIN’ IT!: How The Daily Show and The Colbert Report Affect Politics and Policy (2013) – [34:42]
215. This guys YT channel has a ton of film-making documentaries.
216. Streetwise – Gritty look at the life and lives of teenagers living on the streets of Seattle [1984]
217. Guns For Hire – Afghanistan (2006)
218. The True Story of Killing Pablo Escobar (2002) – The career and death of notorious Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
219. Derren Brown The Heist: how to motivate a group of people to rob a security guard through psychiatry [2013]
220. Eyewar – Buddhist warfare, cybernetic capitalism, and Chile 1973 (2013, 80min)
221. Home [2009] – Visually stunning aerial footage combined with a commentary on the ecological impact of humans on the planet.
222. Our Generation (2010) — An award winning film which documents the struggle of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia for their land, culture and freedom.
223. A Pair of One – c. 1989 – link to parts 1, 2, 3 & 4 – film about British twins Freda & Greta Chaplin (see comment)
224. Bus 174 – Homeless drug addict hi-jacks a public bus in a wealthy Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. [2002]
225. Eritrea – 30 Years of Solitude – A documentary about the Eritrean fight for freedom(1993)[1:29:13]
226. Unit 731 – Nightmare in Manchuria (History Channel, 1999)
227. Smithsonian Channel: The True Story of the Mutiny on a Soviet Ship in 1975 that Inspired Tom Clancy’s “Hunt for Red October” (45 min. – 2013?)
228. About Sluts – Documentary (2005)
229. The Unnatural History of the Kakapo [2012?] Doc on world’s only nocturnal flightless parrot.
230. (2008) Collision – Christopher Hitchens vs Douglas Wilson
231. Skintricks (1988) — Documentary on make-up artist Christopher Tucker including John Hurt discussing the makeup for “The Elephant Man” and Terry Jones talking about the make-up for Mr Creosote in the Monty Python film “The Meaning of Life”.
232. I AM BRUCE LEE — 2012 SpikeTV doc on the life, career, and impact of the world’s most famous martial artist.
233. The Trouble With Evan – This Fifth Estate documentary was filmed in 1994 and is about 11 year old Evan and his family. His parents agreed to have video cameras installed in their home for a 3 month period which resulted in recording Evan’s emotional abuse. (x-post /r/morbidreality)
234. Suicide [2001]
235. Lockup Raw: Prison Love (2008)
236. The Crash Reel [Trailer] (epic rivalry between snowboard half-pipe legends Shaun White and Kevin Pearce, leading to a fatal injury) [2013]
237. Five Years on Mars – This program describes the travels, adventures, challenges and discoveries of Spirit and Opportunity as they explore the surface of Mars. [2008]
238. Crack House USA [2012]
239. Urban Danger on Vimeo [2012]
240. The Truth About Taste (2013)
241. What The Ancients Knew – India (2005)
242. Extreme Transformer Home, Hong Kong (2013)
243. The Story of Electricity – The Age of Invention. A BBC documentation about Edison and Tesla (2011)
244. VICE documentary on the Unknown War in Syria: the Protection of the Kurdish People [2014]
245. The World of the Lapps [1977]
246. Pig Business (2009) – Documentary about Pig Factory Farming, Environmental Issues, and Animal Welfare Issues.
247. ‘Children of Darkness’ (1983) – A very disturbing documentary about children with severe mental illness
248. A Hole In The Head 1998 Doc on self trepanation
249. The Punk Singer: A Film About Kathleen Hanna (2013) [Trailer]
250. ‘Half Ton Killer’ (2012) – Special follows one of the most controversial and shocking murder mysteries in recent U.S. history. Mayra Rosales, one of the world’s heaviest women, confessed to killing her nephew while baby-sitting. But the facts just didn’t add up.
251. School bus becomes off-grid, transformable, tiny home – After buying a used school bus for $3000, Richard and Rachel drafted autoCAD plans and began to design every detail of their new home, something that was important in their decision not to simply buy a used RV or mobile home. [2012]
252. Vietnam In HD – Six-part documentary miniseries, focusing on the experiences of thirteen Americans during the war, coupled with found footage. Narrated by Michael C. Hall. (2011)
253. VICE meets Kim Dotcom: documentary about the man behind the largest copyright case in history (18:56) (2013)
254. “With A Side Of Victor” (2012)- a skateboarding doc about Victor Earhart the man from the ‘Cool Grampa’ meme
255. PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster [BBC] [2014] [WW2]
256. A lion called Christian (2006)
257. [Trailer] Toxic Hot Seat (2013) – Eye-opening HBO Doc about flame retardant chemicals in furniture and industry pushback against their regulation
258. Crack House USA (2012)
259. National Geographic – Witness Joplin Tornado. On May 22, 2011, an EF-5 tornado struck Joplin, Missouri, a city of 50,000 in the southwest corner of the state. Packing winds of more than 200 miles an hour. [2012]
260. The Abbey Road Story Pt. 1 – PBS doc about some of the famous studio’s history (Pt. 2 in comments) [1997]
261. BBC Kingdoms of Africa: Great Zimbabwe [2012] [51:10]
262. Documentary from 1980 about Vietnam war. Very refreshing in subject matter. So different from documentaries today.
263. “TRUTH IN 24 II – Every Second Counts” (2012) – A documentary of Audi’s win at the 2011 Le Mans 24 Hour Race
264. “Dansk Stil” (Danish Style) – 10 years ago this month I began filming my feature doc exploring Danish hiphop [2005 release]
265. NOVA | Missing in MiG Alley (2012) – Great program about the rivalries between F-86 and MiG 15 pilots in the Korean War, and efforts to find missing downed pilots.
266. NOVA – The Shape of Things (1985)
267. Witnesses of The War (2013) – Journalists are sharing experiences on news about Kurds and war between PKK and Turkey.
268. Exit through the gift shop (2010)
269. National Geographic The Final Report : Watergate (2009)
270. The Boy Who Lived Before (2006)
271. Don’t Panic – The Truth About Population [2013]
272. U.S. Capitol Dome Restoration (2013) [26:53]
273. Deviated Septum: Cocaine and the Mafia in Bolivia [2014]
274. Waiting for Drones [trailer] [2014]
275. I Am Fishead (2011) – How psychos rule the world?
276. Rembrandt’s J’accuse (2008) Peter Greenway conducts a forensic search of the Rembrandt masterpiece: The Night Watch (1642). Explaining the background, the context, the conspiracy, the murder and the motives of all painted characters who have conspired to kill for their combined self-advantage.
277. No sex please, were Japanese. (2013)
278. Penn & Teller’s Magic Mystery Tour [2003]
279. This is How Diamonds are Made -BBC [2004]
280. I Like Killing Flies (2004)
281. Is Greece turning into Nazi Germany? (2013)
282. The Sound Stage – my ongoing series about the underground music scene in China. each episode is about a different band. does not need to be viewed chronologically [2012 – ?]
283. Woman Raised by Monkeys (2013)
284. America Burning: The Yarnell Hill Fire Tragedy and the Nation’s Wildfire Crisis (2013)
285. Newfoundland Folkways #02 – Traditional Sheep Shearing (2014)
286. Aldrich Ames (2009)
287. The West (1996) – a twelve hour film telling the story of the American West and steeped in tragedy, hope, violence and riches. This is Part One.
288. Rome’s Lost Empire, Dan Snow BBC4 (Dec 31st 2013 )
289. Basic Income (2008). Fascinating idea that could change the world. Movie helped inspire current basic income proposal in Switzerland.
290. MOBY DICK The True Story (2002)
291. Its Called Tricking – A documentary on martial arts tricking [2012]
292. In the Realm of the Unreal [2004]
293. Crumb [1994]
294. Prince John: The Windsor’s Tragic Secret (2013?)
295. Terror’s Advocate (2007) A documentary about the controversial lawyer of war criminals named Jacques Vergès.
296. Makers of “The Act of Killing” (Errol Morris, Werner Herzog) turn to BitTorrent to distribute their film, on the short list to win the Oscar for Best Documentary this year.
297. Air Combat: The X-15; A “rocket” plane that utilizes ramjet thrusters to reach speeds up to Mach 6 (~4,550 mph) [1995 ?]
298. Counter Intelligence (2012?)
299. I Am Alive Surviving the Andes Plane Crash (2010)
300. The Sound of Belgium (2012) [Trailer] – explore the rich but untold story of Belgian electronic dance music
301. Shackletons Frozen Hell (2013)
302. Britain At War – In Colour [2012]
303. Cold War Spy Secrets – Under the Sea – Interesting doc about submarines narrated by Robert Ballard (2003)
304. [trailer] We Live in Public: (2009) focuses on the life of dot-com entrepreneur Josh Harris and the dawn of the internet and his many art projects. My all time Favourite
305. Mediastan (2013) WikiLeaks documentary exposing worldwide US censorship of supposedly “free press”.
306. Buck: The Horse Whisperer (2011)
307. [1964] Discovery of Penicillin (11min)
308. Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000) Alain de Botton presents his entertaining and practical self-help course for the philosophically minded.
309. Banaz A Love Story (2012)
310. Inside Death Row (2009)
311. Status Anxiety: (2008) a Briton travels to America to try to understand why, despite its prosperity, people in the US are never happy with their positions, even the very rich.
312. David Versus Monsanto (2012)
313. The Last Explorers – Thomas Blake Glover (2011) – Neil Oliver travels to Japan to uncover the extraordinary story of Glover, a rogue trader who helped rebel samurai clans overthrow the shogun and lay the foundations for one of the most aggressive and powerful economies in the world.
314. [Documentary] 30 year National Geographic’s Veteran Talks About Photography. Fantastic Tips, Super Pictures, Great Story (About Marco Polo Adventure Around Asia) (cross post from r/photography)
315. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2010) – Werner Herzog explores the indigenous culture and daily life of fur trappers from a small community isolated in the frozen tundras of northern Siberia
316. The Most Dangerous Man in America [2009]
317. Megastorm: Worlds Biggest Typhoon [Supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda] (2013)
318. Superheroes – A Never Ending Battle (2013 | PBS)
319. Death Row: The Final Days (1987)
320. CH4 Psychopath Night 2013 (Part 1 of 6) – UK Direct link within. Unravelling the mystery of psychopaths
321. Tales from the Organ Trade (2013) preview
322. The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today [2012]
323. The Sewer Men of Mumbai ( 2013 mini-documentary)
324. BBC Documentary 2013 – On Jupiter full – Documentary 2013 full HD [48:06]
325. Getting Drunk on God – (2013) – Fascinating look at ‘The Drunken Glory’ religious movement, & the practitioners who achieve ecstatic altered states without the use of intoxicants.
326. A decent list of documentaries.
327. The Thin Line – Great doc about downhill ski racing and its dangers – x/post from r/skiing [2008]
328. Exile (2013)
329. Black Wall Street • Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1921 Full Documentary
330. Talking Canadian (CBC) – a look at distinctly Canadian English words and modes of speech (2004) – [43:32]
331. This Is The Zodiac Speaking (2007) Fascinating reconstruction of the Zodiac murders.
332. The Wall Street Code (Marije Meerman, VPRO) (2013)
333. The Drugging of Our Children (2005)
334. Queen Elizabeth’s Magician (2001)A look at the life of Occultist, astronomer and alchemist John Dee, who became Queen Elizabeth I’s personal advisor.
335. (1998) Scientology – The Cult Awareness Network
336. Can – The Documentary (1999) [87:07]
337. The Whale (2011)
338. The Staircase (2004)
339. Friend’s drag-racing death inspires young filmmaker
340. The Secret Government (1987) PBS Documentary – 21m
341. Directed by John Ford (2006)
342. Blackfish (2013)
343. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
344. Bridegroom (2013)
345. Genesis Breyer P-Orridge: Thee Psychick Bible (2009)
346. 4 Little Girls (1997)
347. Masters Of Money – Karl Marx (2012)
348. Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes [2008]
349. Child of Rage (1992)
350. Defeating the Hackers (2013)
351. (1980) Scientology: The Clearwater Conspiracy
352. American: The Bill Hicks Story [2009]
353. Scientology: Secret Lives: L. Ron Hubbard (1997)
354. The Untold Story of EMMETT LUIS TILL (2005)
355. White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki (2007) [85:47]
356. Inside the Mind of Adolf Hitler (the evil behind hitler) — [FULL] [45mins] [UK] (2013)
357. It Might Get Loud [2008]
358. (2007) Egomania – Narcissism
359. The History of the London Underground (2000)
360. Earthlings (2005)
361. Blue Gold: World Water Wars (Official Full Length Film) (2008)
362. Stealing a Nation (2004)
363. The Assange Agenda: Surveillance, Democracy and You 2013
364. The Cove (2009)
365. Super Rich – The Greed Game (2013) [57:47]
366. Mitch Lucker Documentary (2013) [Suicide Silence Vocalist]
367. BBC: The Hidden Life of the Cell (2012) – documentary on cells and our immune system with great animations
368. Satoyama: Japan’s Secret Water Garden — A documentary on the rich ecosystems that exist in Japan’s rice paddies, narrated by David Attenborough [1999?]
369. Forbidden Pilgrimage – Palestinian Christians speak out about the obstacles facing pilgrims to sites associated with the life of Jesus [2013]
370. How the Earth was Made – Birth of Earth (44:06) 2013
371. Heroin Addicts – America – The Capitol of Drugs (2013) [42:49]
372. Indonesia’s killing fields – A documentary that follows up where “The Act of Killing” left off [2012]
373. Extreme Cave Diving (2010)
374. BBS: The Documentary : Jason Scott : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive [2005]
375. Sun Tsu – The Art of War (History Channel Documentary) [1999]
376. Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007 – A documentary to commemorate 50 years of James Bond films [2012]
377. Somm(2012): Four Sommeliers(wine professional) attempt to pass the prestigious Master Sommelier exam.
378. The Mystery of the Cocaine Mummy [2009?]
379. Watch Vanishing of the Bees online | Free [2009]
380. Infamy (2005)
381. Journey of Man: a documentary about the genetic evolution of homo sapiens. If you enjoy paleoanthropology, you’ll enjoy this. [2003]
382. Mitch Lucker (Suicide Silence) Documentary [2013]
383. Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, a 2007 documentary that examines the events of the 2004 Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal.
384. Farmageddon – The Truth About The Food And Dairy Industry (2011)
385. ‘Shepard & Dark’ (2013)
386. Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry OFFICIAL TRAILER
387. Hebrides [2013] Ewan McGregor Narrates over Jaw-Dropping Footage of the Beauty of the West Coast of Scotland. If you like David Attenborough, r/earthporn, you’ll love this.
388. The Mouse Utopia Experiment (1960?) Population Growth Studies
389. Bathroom – History of the Home (2011) Part 1/4
390. Neanderthals Human Extinction BBC Documentary Animal & Nature [2013]
391. Jiro Dreams of Sushi [2011]
392. Life on Earth- The Infinite Variety- 1/13- David Attenborough- (Better Than Planet Earth IMO) – [1979]
393. 5 Broken Cameras [2012] – Oscar nominee 5 Broken Cameras depicts life in a West Bank village where a security fence is being built
394. A regular dude from the 80’s makes a touching personal doc. The Viking (2011)
395. DAKOTA 38 HD (2012)
396. BBC Documentary [1998] The Mind (Second Edition) – Life Without Memory: The Case of Clive Wearing
397. Side by Side [2012] – Hollywood filmmakers give their views on the film vs. digital debate featuring interviews with cinematic masters James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh and more
398. Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark (2011)
399. To Infinity and Beyond (2012) BBC Horizon. Documentary about the mathematical concept of infinity.
400. The Last Trapper (Le Dernier Trappeur) [2004]
401. Kate! The Making of an Icon (OT: Kate! – Vom Model zur Ikone) (2011) [52:32]
402. Sound City (2013) A documentary about the legendary studio, produced by Dave Grohl.
403. Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald [2013] – FRONTLINE marks the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination with an investigative biography of the man at the center of the political crime of the 20th century.
404. Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe (2008) [RESUBMISSION]– Fantastic and entertaining documentary.
405. The Last Waltz (1978) A account of the last concert The Band ever preformed.THIS FILM SHOULD BE PLAYED LOUD!
406. Meet the Romans HD (2012)
407. Nancy Wake- Codename ‘The White Mouse’ [6 part playlist] [1987]
408. Moscow Strikes Back: The Academy Award-Winning Embarrassment
409. Life is Sweets (2012) – food writer Nigel Slater charts the origins of British sweets and chocolates from medicinal, medieval boiled sweets to the chocolate bars of today
410. Searching for Buxton (aired 2011-02-17)
411. The Maid in Singapore [2012] A short film on modern slavery in Asia portraying the life of Filipino maids trying to escape from poverty and unemployment as maids in their rich neighbour country Singapore.
412. Silence in the House of God: Story of clerical sex abuse (2003)
413. “Space Voyages – Part 1: Into the Unknown” [2013] (Smithsonian Channel).
414. [Preview] Metal Evolution | Extreme Metal
415. The Pig Farm – Chilling documentary about the worst serial killer in Canadian history. (2011)
416. THIS IS A BUTTERFLY! A butterfly wing under a electron microscope (2013).
417. Comedy Connections – The Young Ones. 2004
418. How the Earth Was Made: The Deepest Place on Earth[History Channel](2009)
419. Open Pit (2011). The Yanacocha mine, most profitable goldmine in the world. Conflicting with the natives and their traditional way of life. Impacts of gold mining on the social, economic and political life.
420. The Story Of…Fairytale of New York – The Pogues [2008]
421. Mission to MIR – IMAX Documentary of the Russian Space Station [40:00] (1997)
422. Cold War (1998) 24 episode series TV Mini-Series
423. Our Daily Bread (2005) – Stunning and shocking doc about industrial food production (1080p)
424. Christmas Unwrapped [1997]
425. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones: Road to the Throwdown (2007)
426. “August Christmas” (2013), an 8-minute documentary about a small village in Spain – [8:19]
427. Life Cycles – it’s like the Baraka of mountain biking [full] [2010]
428. BBC documentary that follows the progress of 12-year-old Natasha and 13-year-old Naomi through their stay at an anorexia clinic: I’m a Child Anorexic (2006)
429. NOVA: Becoming Human [2011]
430. The Undertaking (Frontline) – (2007)
431. Swallowed by a Black Hole [2013] HD
432. Friedrich Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human (49:33)[1999]
433. What the Ancients Knew – Japan 2005
434. Threads – a chilling movie about nuclear apocalypse – (UK, 1984)
435. [2003-2010] Penn and Teller: Bullshit Almost the entire series on youtube playlist (80+ videos at 30 mins each)
436. 24/7 Road to the Winter Classic (Part 1) – Doc about the 2014 NHL Winter Classic and the relationship between Detroit and Toronto [2013]
437. How to sharpen pencils (2013)
438. The Other Final: A documentary about a soccer match between the two lowest ranked FIFA teams in the world, Monserrat and Bhutan(77:47)[2003]
439. Kurt Cobain: About a Son (2006)
440. The Censoring of Bill Hicks: Outlaw Comic Documentary [2003]
441. Poisoned by Polonium – The Litvinenko File (2007)
442. Down to the earths core. National Geographic (2012)
443. Oddly (or obviously?) prescient documentary about “Amy Winehouse: What Really Happened” (2008)
444. [Trailer] The Human Scale [2013]
445. Beats, Rhymes & Life: A Tribe Called Quest [1:37:39] [2011]
446. Forbidden Knowledge: Castles & Fortresses (2008)
447. Pigface – Free For All (2008) – great doc about an industrial supergroup’s 2005 tour
448. Broke [2012] – Director of Cocaine Cowboys looks at surge of pro athletes that earn and lose their millions
449. The Romanian Revolution December 1989
450. The Real Robin Hood (2010)
451. Can anyone suggest a good documentary about the Romans vs Scottish barbarians?
452. Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities – Episode 2 of 3 (BBC, 2013)
453. Perverse Preachers, Fascist Fundamentalists and Kristian Kiddie Kooks (1991) — A narration-free compilation focusing on television evangelists which was originally released as a VHS by sci-fi magazine ”Zontar”.
454. Flight from Darkness: the struggles of a suicidal bipolar physics genius [2006]
455. Mr. Christmas [2012] My neighbor may be nuts about his Christmas lights, but his story is incredible. He’s spent 35 years adding to his epic DIY display and this is the insane result.
456. Charles Manson Superstar (1989)
457. Northern Ireland Belfast BBC Documentary 2012 (full)
458. [2002]BBC Great Natural Wonders Of The World – David Attenborough
459. Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities – Episode 3 of 3 (BBC, 2013)
460. We Stand Alone Together- the full Band of Brothers documentary (2001)
461. The clip from HBO’s THE FARM: LIFE INSIDE ANGOLA PRISON that makes everyone’s blood boil (1997).
462. David Attenborough’s First Life – The Origin of Life (2010 Documentary)
463. The Trillion Dollar Bet – a documentary about the demise of Long Term Capital Management [2000] – [48:45]
464. Helvetica [2007]
465. Britain’s Private War [2013]
466. Mountain Men : The ghosts of K2 [2001]
467. Lockerbie: The Pan Am bomber (2011) 47mins
468. Friends of Kim (2006), a group of North Korean sympathizers visits the country
469. Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked [2003] [1:29:33]
470. Collapse – Michael Ruppert [2009] – [80:46]
471. Gladiator days (2013) brutal prison attack
472. Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate (1986)
473. The Paris Air Show: Fashions of the Air – 1967 Educational Documentary – WDTVLIVE42
474. Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities Episode 1 – BBC (2013)
475. Boss Women: Anna Wintour (2000)
476. Last Supper : life of a death row chef (2005) very well done
477. Journeyman Pictures: Best of 2013 – 10 short, unadulterated, documentaries with unbelievable footage. I can’t recommend these enough! [14:52] links to individual documentaries in comments
478. Apollo 11: The Untold Story (2006)
479. Assisted Suicide – My Own Choice (2013)
480. Born Into Brothels (2004) Oscar winning documentary: Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city’s notorious red light district.
481. The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge (2010) [”Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer – Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma.”]
482. [PREVIEW] “Saved by Language” (2013): The story of how the dying Judaeo-Spanish language, Ladino, saved the life of a Jewish man during the Holocaust
483. Smash and Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013). Considered the best jewellery thieves band of the world
484. North Korea. Open. – A documentary I made in North Korea in 2011
485. MODULO (2013) – Short doc on the invention of the first electronic instrument, by a little-known Canadian inventor
486. Michael Ruppert Returns in “Apocalypse, Man” by VICE
487. Neurons To Nirvana: Understanding Psychedelic Medicines [2013]
488. Out of the Black (2013) A documentary about true Black metal in America as compared to the European scene.
489. James Bulger – A Mothers Story (2008)
490. Supersized Earth [Part 1 of 3] (2012)
491. A Boy’s Life (2003) – Great doc on a child from a very broken home.
492. The Housefly – An Everyday Monster (2013)
493. My Flesh and Blood (2003)
494. Fat Head (2009) – A challenge to Supersize Me on the relationship of high fat diets and obesity and heart disease
495. ‘Black Bike Week’ [2013], the new short doc from Sean Dunne, the director of ‘American Juggalo’
496. Anne Boleyn : The Execution of Queen Anne (2013)
497. MASTA – a short documentary about finding confidence in doing what you love and mastering your craft (2013)
498. The Lottery of Birth (2013) | Hulu.com
499. can someone please help me find an English version of this.Le Monde selon Tippi (1997) girl who grew up in africa with wild animals.
500. 2012, Urban Outlaw, 911 Enthusiast Magnus Walker (33:32)
501. Varanasi, India: “Beyond”. Photographers go to India to photograph Sadhus, Hindu ascetics. (43:07) [2012]
502. Zap! THe Weapon is Food (1976)- John Pilger explores the ways in which the US uses its huge food surpluses as a weapon to help those countries it wants and punish those countries it doesn’t by withholding food.
503. THe Homeless Addiction (2013) – A man decides to live on the streets of Cincinnati for a week, showcases the epidemics of drugs, poverty in the city.
504. MITT – Official Trailer – A Netflix original documentary
505. The Iceman Tapes (2001)
506. The Pendle Witch Child (2013)
507. Broke. (2009)
508. Gerrymandering [2010] – Documentary on the best kept secret in Washington and how it undermines our democracy
509. The Punk Singer [Trailer] [2013] – look at the life of activist, musician, and cultural icon Kathleen Hanna, who formed the punk band Bikini Kill and pioneered the “riot grrrl” movement of the 1990s.
510. crackle.com puts their content on YouTube for a limited time…
511. Amazon’s Truth Behind the Click BBC [2013]
512. Gypsy Caravan, When The Road Bends (2006)
513. NOVA – What is Space ? (2012) with Brian Greene
514. Moon Shot – PBS Documentary: Alan Shepard & Deke Slayton tell the inside story of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo NASA Programs, 3h7m [1994]
515. The Boy They Call Fish (2013) -[45:27]
516. Will Work For Free [2013]
517. Hell’s Angel – investigating whether Mother Teresa of Calcutta deserves her saintly image (1994)
518. Gentlemen of Letters (2013) A short film about Signwriting in Dublin by Colin Brady.
519. Fire and Ice – The Winter War of Finland and Russia (2005)
520. The history of the English language ep. 1 (2003)
521. “American Hand” – Double Bass – first installment in a beautifully-shot series of short documentaries on modern practitioners of old crafts [2013]
522. Documentary Directors- Roundtable Interview (2013)
523. A Certain Kind Of Death – Documentary 2012
524. A Wolf Called Storm [2010]
525. The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl part 1 (1993) [01:34:21] (part 2 in comments)
526. The Reptiles: Turtles and Tortoises (2003) [53:04]
527. The Lobotomy Files: Inside the Mind of Roman Tritz (2013) | A World War II veteran speaks about his lobotomy, and his life. Warning: Graphic images| [8:14]
528. Able Archer ’83, The Brink of Apocalypse (2007) – Very intense period covered in this BBC 4 documentary about the nuclear standoff of the cold war.
529. The Castro (1998) – Documentary on the storied district in San Francisco, and its shift to an important mecca for LGBT people.
530. TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013) This one is highly recommended if you haven’t seen it yet, especiaaly in light of recent events
531. Sekaten – Documenting Javas cosmic festival [2013]
532. Grass (1925) – From the director of King Kong . . .(70 mins)
533. Iran – People of the Flames Zoroastrians (2012)
534. Occupied Cascadia [2012]
535. The British Empire In Colour [2001]
536. ‘A Day in the Life’: a 2012 documentary on everyday life in North Korea [English subtitles]
537. God, The Universe and Everything Else (1988) Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
538. A Murder of Crows [2010]
539. The Science of Sex Appeal (2009) What we’re attracted to and why.
540. The War On Democracy [2007] – John Pilger
541. Ross Kemp On Gangs – Los Angeles (2008)
542. My Life as a Turkey: a surprisingly touching account of a man who incubated two dozen wild-turkey eggs with the intention of human-imprinting and raising them [preview, 2011]
543. Tales Of Dr. Funkenstein – BBC doc. on George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic (2006)
544. We Call It Techno! – A film about early techno culture & music in Germany [2008]
545. David Attenborough: The Truth About Climate Change (2006)
546. Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and Old Crow Medicine Show travel by chartered train to New Orleans playing shows along the way. [2012?] 66:43
547. A great NBC documentary aired during the Vancouver Olympics on what happened on September 11th when 39 transatlantic flights were redirected to the small town of Gander, Newfoundland in Canada. [2010]
548. The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler, BBC [2012]
549. The Secret World of Gold [2013]
550. No hubo tiempo para la tristeza (There was no time for sadness). Documentary about Colombia and its 50 year old ongoing armed conflict. [It was censored on the movie theaters here in Colombia, if you understand spanish this is worth the time] [2013]
551. One Year in a Life of Crime (shoplifting/drugs) [1989]
552. Viva Joe Strummer – The Story Of The Clash (2012)
553. Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy (Gondry, Chomsky) [2013] [Trailer]
554. Gang War: Bangin’ in Little Rock [1994]
555. (2013) BBC Earth – Africa: Cape Ep 4 [57:29]
556. National Geographic Naked Science- Voynich Manuscript: The Book that cannot be read [04 Feb 2011]
557. Act Normal (2006) – Filmed for over ten years, a monk visits the modern world by disrobing, marrying, divorcing and becoming a monk again.
558. Excellent John Diamond documentary from 1997 – BBC Inside Story (“Tongue Tied”) – can anyone find it?
559. The REAL Rocky ESPN 30 for 30 (2012)
560. DNA Dreams (2013)
561. Doing Time, Doing Vipassana – his is the story of an ancient meditation technique named Vipassana, which shows people how to take control of their lives in Prisons in New Delhi (1998 )
562. Nazis – The Occult Conspiracy (1998) [1:44:01]
563. All Access: Broner vs. Maidana Episode 1 (2013)
564. Music and the Psychedelic Mind (2012)
565. Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus: an excellent documentary on music, addiction and religion in America’s deep south. (2003)
566. Strain Hunters – Morocco Expedition (2011)
567. Krautrock – The Rebirth of Germany (2011)
568. The Fattest Men in Britain (2001) Jack Taylor, who hasn’t left his little flat in Bradford, West Yorkshire for 25 years.
569. Megafactories – Swiss Army Knife 2013 (45 min)
570. Positive Creations! Here is the full documentary on visionary skate artist Chris Dyer, that was released on DVD in the spring of 2011.
571. “Durch die Nacht” with Juliette Lewis und Crispin Glover (2010)
572. Meet the new Kings of Kong (2013) [07:18]
573. 30 for 30: Elway to Marino – 1983 Draft Doc (2013)
574. BBC Pompeii: The Mystery of People Frozen in Time (2013) – How the people in Pompeii and their neighbours in Herculaneum died and what preserved them
575. Electric Dreams – BBC Documentary – The 1990s [2005]
576. The Academy Award winning documentary on the Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal’s epic, 101 day-long, 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft. Kon-Tiki [1947]
577. The Broad Street Bullies [2010]
578. “A History of Ancient Britain” BBC series looking at Britain’s history from the Ice Age to the Romans. (All episodes in comments).
579. BBC’s The Story of Ireland; 1of 5 Age of Invasions (2011) (parts 2-5 in comments)
580. (2013) BBC Earth – Africa: Kalahari [58:37] [720p]
581. History of the helicopter (BBC 1982)
582. 2013 — BBC Panorama: All in a Good Cause. About unethical investing by Charities.
583. (2013) Business Trip to Death! Russian Spetsnaz in Chechnya — Documentary showing 1996 footage of Police Special Forces in Grozny, Chechnya.
584. (2013) 30 for 30: Broke – A documentary about riches to rags
585. The Pierre Woodman Story [2009]
586. Last Call at the Oasis [2012]. This has been posted in this sub a year ago, but now it’s on Netflix
587. There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane [HBO – 2011] – In 2009, Diane Schuler drove 1.7 miles down a NY highway in the wrong direction killing eight people, including the children in her minivan. Her family battles with the events leading up to the crash.
588. The Iceman Interviews (2003)
589. North Korean Motorcycle Diaries
590. World War Two: The Scandinavia Front (2002)
591. India’s Urban Monkey Invasion (2013)
592. UK’s Scariest Debt Collector [2013?][FULL]
593. The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology [2012]
594. After the Apocalypse [2010] During the Soviet era, the people of Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan were used as human guinea pigs in the testing of nuclear weapons. Today they live with the consequences..
595. (2013) September 11: The New Pearl Harbor
596. JFK’s Irish Honour Guard (2011)
597. Aftermath: Population Zero (2008)
598. Everest 60th Anniversary [2013] [26 mins]
599. “The Vikings: Who Were They?” A great 3 part series from the BBC (2013)
600. BBC Gods and Monsters – Homer’s Odyssey (2010)
601. A friend on mine is doing a Doc on censorship “Free the Nipple”, here’s an article on it. Let me know what you think NSFW
602. You don’t have to love Buzzfeed, but this list is pretty phenomenal.
603. Animal Imitators (2003)
604. “Durch die Nacht” with Terry Gilliam und John Landis (2012)
605. “Kidnapped For Christ” is a documentary about a gay child sent to an Evangelical brainwashing program. The filmmakers are doing an AMA (xpost)
606. Paid In Ink (Pilot, 2013) – A documentary series about two tattoo artists travelling around Australia, trading tattoos for everything they need. Or just get.
607. Discovery Ch (2011) — Curiosity s01e01: Stephen Hawking asks, “Did God Create the Universe?” (Voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch)
608. Korea: The Forgotten War in Colour (2010)
609. Making of ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ [36:36] – Great look at an incredible film.
610. Article on Michel Gondry, in how documentary filmmaking has influenced his narrative work
611. The Inside Story: Wolves at Westgate (2013)
612. There’s no 3G in Heaven – The Australian town coming to terms with a string of teen suicides [2013]
613. “The 16 Year Old Killer” Cyntoia’s Story (2004) [57:00]
614. Vernon, Florida (1981)
615. Orson Welles Over Europe [BBC Four Documentary] (2009)
616. Are Graphics and Animation Revolutionizing Documentaries?
617. Submarine Aircraft Carrier – Japan’s Super Sub [51:42] 2010
618. Hooligans (1985) Examining the motivation behind organised football violence by groups such as West Ham’s Inter-City Firm. Questioning its members about their motives and attitudes. As well as Leicester University sociologists who have studied the social roots of football spectator violence.
619. Klitschko – Documentary about heavyweight boxing champions and brothers (2011).
620. Whore’s Glory (2011)
621. History of domestic surveillance Project SHAMROCK (1945-1975) [short] [2013]
622. HBO documentary – MANHUNT: the search for Bin Laden 2013 (one of the finest documentaries of 2013 IMHO)
623. Peter Bogdanovich discusses Leo McCarey’s “Make Way for Tomorrow” (2009)
624. The Magazine Museum [2012]
625. War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013) [66:15]
626. American Radical – A devoted son of Holocaust survivors and ardent critic of Israeli foreign policy, the polarizing American political scientist and author Norman Finkelstein has been called a lunatic and self-hating Jew by some, and an inspirational revolutionary by others [2012]
627. [Trailer] Crime after Crime (2011) The story of a battered woman who was convicted of killing her abuser in 1983, and incarcerated illegally for 21 years due to political and bureaucratic corruption.
628. [Trailer] Money For Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013)
629. Guns,Germs and Steel – America’s best-known geographer embarks on a worldwide quest to understand the roots of global inequality [2005]
630. “Durch die Nacht” with Sasha Grey and Mary Ocher (2013) A camera crew follows Sasha Grey and Mary Ocher around on their visit to the red light district and general nightlife in Hamburg, Germany
631. BBC Order and Disorder Part 1: The Story of Energy (2012)
632. Journey to Planet X (2012). Awesome for documentary lovers, as well as filmmakers.
633. BBC Order and Disorder Part 2: The Story of Information (2012)
634. Lord of the Rings: Facts behind the Fiction- 2013
635. BBC The Secret Life of Chaos (2010)
636. The Day John Lennon Died 2010 (46:42)
637. The Impending Collapse of the World Economy [2009]
638. Ekümenopolis – A great doc about the negative effects of urban renewal in Istanbul (English Subtitles) [2012]
639. Micro Monsters With David Attenborough – Episode 1 (2013)
640. David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals (Triumph of the Vertebrates) (2013)
641. Style Wars (1983) A look into early NYC and graffiti.
642. Hell And Back Again [2011]
643. stephen hawking a brief history of mine (2013)
644. Running on the Sun – Badwater Ultramarathon [1999]
645. Dark Matter: the Undetectable Mass [2008]
646. Inside South Africa’s Shack Slums (2013)
647. The Day I Died (2002)
648. Inside the Race Horse (2012) [46:55]
649. PsyWar: The Real Battlefield is the Mind (2010) [99:02]
650. Near Death Experience Documentary – commonalities of the experience [2013]
651. [Article/Footage] Adam Curtis on the Tabloid Press, Privacy, and the New System: What the FLUCK? [2013]
652. The Hunted and the Hated: An Inside Look at the NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy. [13:41] (2013)
653. How Irish Sectarianism came to Scotland 2012
654. LymeLight – The Story Of Professional Freeskier Angeli VanLaanen Living With Lyme Disease (2013) [29:47]
655. Stoned Kids – A VICE doco exploring medical marijuana for children [2013]
656. Watergate Complete 5 Episode Documentary Series (1994)
657. Vice Documentary – Kings of Cannabis [2013]
658. 2014 Oscars: Best Documentary (Feature) Shortlist
659. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (BBC) 2010
660. Misophonia – pt 1 (Fuath na Fuaim/ Hatred of Sounds) [2011]
661. Pedigree Dogs Exposed Three Years on (2012 sequel to a 2008 documentary)
662. The Record Breaker (2013)
663. Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove (2000)
664. The Silent War: Episode 1 – Know Your Enemy – [58:36] (2013)
665. The Singularity Is Near (2010) [ 720p HD ]
666. Battle of St. Vith – World War II (1965)
667. 7Up South Africa – In 1992 apartheid South Africa, we meet 20 lively seven-year-olds, who we follow every seven years in times of change [1992]
668. La Danse, le ballet de l’Opéra de Paris (trailer) [2009]
669. Making The Monkees (Full Episode) (2007)
670. Swords : Complete History of Swords (2013)
671. Who is Nelson Mandela (2010) BBC documentary. Find this fitting in honor of his passing.
672. Wild Burma – Nature’s Lost Kingdom (2013)
673. VH1/Spin “Grunge: 10 year retrospective” [2001] (66:19)
674. Evolution of Ecological Consciousness (2013) An introduction to permaculture in relation to evolutionary history of our species and planet.
675. Inside Chernobyl’s Sarcophagus – Expedition into the interior of the Chernobyl plant, concentrating in the area of reactor number 4, to check the status of solidified radioactive material that remains after the accident in 1986. The expedition was exposed to high doses of radiation. [1991]
676. (Wham Bam Thank You Scam) Man traveled to Thailand to track down men who stole $100k from him (2013) 55min
677. Voices From Robben Island – The Schadeberg Movie Company 1994
678. RUSH – Beyond The Lighted Stage (2010) HD 720p
679. Cold War – 1 – Comrades 1917-1945
680. Homeopathy – Con or Cure (by Richard Dawkins) [2011]
681. ESPN 30 for 30 – The 16th Man (2010) (720p) Documentary about Nelson Mandela’s support of the national Rugby Team.
682. Japan – A Story of Love and Hate (2008)
683. Vice’s North Korean Motorcycle Diaries (2013) – [0:16:16]
684. Ch4 How Video Games Changed The World PDTV (2013)
685. Propaganda (2012) – [95:52] A film from North Korea about America
686. Britain’s Child Beggars – BBC Documentary [2011]
687. Secrets from the Workhouse (2013)
688. “Global Lives”, A series of 24hr films documenting one full day in the lives of all sorts of people from all over the world. Every film is free online! [Ongoing]
689. Artifact The Film (2013) A fascinating behind the scenes look at Thirty Seconds To Mars’ album This Is War and the pending lawsuit surrounding it.
690. Awesome Miniseries About the Garment Industry That PBS Kickstarted (2013)
691. Megastructures – Tomahawk Cruise Missile (2006)
692. Russell Brand from Addiction to Recovery (2012)
693. COVER UP: Behind the Iran-Contra Affair (1988)
694. Film Noir: From Darkness to Light (2006) Bringing us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity providing intimate peeks at its tough, scheming dames, impish misfits and flawed men caught inside. This documentary gives a broad perspective on the history, context, influence and legacy of Film Noir.
695. The Legend of Ruby Ridge (2001) by Jon Ronson
696. The Power Of The Witch (1971) – Ultra rare BBC documentary that only aired once.
697. Thai Prison Fights (2013). Short fightland/vice documentary about thai prisoners who fight in the ring for a chance to reduce their prison terms
698. BBC – MEET THE STANS – episodes 3 and 4: Uzbekistan and Tajikistan (2003) – Simon Reeve travelling through Uzbekistan and Tajikistan – [78:07]
699. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Interesting documentary about the collapse of one of America’s biggest companies and the scandals surrounding it.
700. Thunderbolt – WWII P-47 Thunderbolt Documentary [1947] [HD]
701. The Joy of Logic, BBC4, [2013]
702. Ledbury Ox Roast – On June 2nd 1953 an ox was roasted in Ledbury’s High Street to celebrate the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. [BBC, 2013]
703. Building the Best and Possibly Last Manned Fighter Jet for the U.S. Military [2013]
704. Occupation 101 [2011]
705. Vienna – City of Dreams. BBC doc on the cultural heritage of a metropolis and melting-pot of a bygone time in pre-war Europe. (2007) – [1:29:19]
706. imagine: Turning the Art World Inside Out [Part 1 of 5] (2013) – [14:00]
707. Afghanistan: The price of revenge [2013]
708. “Instrument” a 1999 classic documentary about the American band Fugazi (English with Spanish subtitles)
709. The shocking international conspiracy to assassinate Robert Mugabe (2013)
710. Jean-Pierre Houdin’s Great Pyramid Theory Update – 2012
711. Erasing David. 2010
712. Mr. Christmas
713. Gideon’s Army: Follows three young, committed Public Defenders who are dedicated to working for the people society would rather forget. [2013]
714. “The Two Escobars” — Follows the 1994 Colombian world cup soccer team with star athlete Andres Escobar, funded by druglord, Pablo Escobar. [2010]
715. E-Mail Order Bride HD 2013
716. Ukraine – Odessa Girls (2012) – a sad look at the organised wive hunting business in Ukraine [33:48]
717. Paragraph 175 (1999) This film chronicles the lives of several gay men and one lesbian who were persecuted by the Nazis. Between 1933 and 1945, 100,000 men were arrested under Paragraph 175. Some were imprisoned, others were sent to concentration camps. Only about 4,000 survived.
718. Change My Race- 2013. SBS Australia Documentary on the growing trend of de-racialisation cosmetic surgery.
719. Hackers Wanted [2013]
720. The Dark Side Of Chocolate (2010)
721. Gene Clark Documentary / “The Byrd Who Flew Alone” (Trailer) [2013]
722. The Story of Cambodia (1990 or 1991)
723. Hans Rosling’s “The Joy of Statistics” (2010)
724. Champions Forever: The Formula One Drivers (1974) – The mad world of F1 racing in the 70’s
725. Spinoza – The Apostle of Reason (1994). Interesting debate in comments.
726. Gallipoli [2005]
727. The Art of Deciphering Facial Expressions (2013)
728. ‘The Amen Break’ – The most important drum loop in music. [2004]
729. Buffalo Girls – (2012)
730. U2 – From The Sky Down (Making of “Achtung Baby”) (2011)
731. Making Of – Lou Reed – Transformer (Classic Albums) (2001)
732. “I Think I’m An Animal” (2013) A Documentary about Otherkin
733. Twelfth in Northern Ireland 2013 (BBC Documentary)
734. Turning NFL football into primetime television (2013)
735. Great List: 15 Documentaries That Help You Understand the World Right Now
736. Gypsy Child Thieves (BBC Documentary)(2012)
737. Charlie Brooker’s ‘How Video Games Changed the World [2013] – for those out of UK, use a VPN like ‘Hola’
738. Bob and the Monster Trailer (2013)
739. Paganini’s Daemon : A Most Enduring Legend “the most elaborate and enduring legend of all instrumental soloists in the history of Western music” [1997]
740. The man who walked across the World: the Adventures of Ibn Battuta, 2003 – all 3 parts.
741. The Price of Sex [2011] – [73:19] – Heavy.
742. Life 2.0 (2010). A documentary about Second Life
743. The Japanese Love Industry[2013]
744. Cancer is Serious Business (2011)
745. NOVA: Earth From Space (2013)
746. Gold Fever (2013) – A Docu-Drama about the 1850’s California Gold Rush.
747. Charlie Brookers How Video Games Changed The World (2013)
748. Oliver Stone: The Untold History Of The United States Ep01 [2012]
749. Daming Palace Part 1:Birth of Fantasy (2013)
750. The Real Walter White (2013) – A short documentary about a real meth dealer from Alabama with the name Walter White
751. PBS American Experience: JFK (2013)
752. Comet of the Century – A Horizon Special – BBC [2013] – A documentary about comet ISON and how science is benefitting from its passage.
753. The American Ruling Class (2005) – a dramatic documentary film that “explores our country’s most taboo topic: class, power and privilege in our nominally democratic republic.”
754. War of the Worlds [2013]
755. Into Great Silence [Die grosse Stille, 2005] – docu on Carthusian monks, a medieval order that observes silence
756. Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey (2003) A fantastic documentary tracing the earliest human migration on this planet, as shown by our genetic roots.
757. Guitar Stories – Mark Knopfler (2012)
758. Philip K Dick – A Day in the Afterlife (1994)
759. The Genius Sperm Bank – BBC Documentary (2006)
760. Unspeak (2013) – Words as Weapons – A series that looks at how language can smuggle persuasion into description
761. Zombies A Living History (2011)
762. Creatures of the Deep Ocean HD National Geographic Documentary [Youtube][2008]
763. American Experience: Tupperware (2004) [51:32] – Interesting look at Tupperware and the woman who built the “home party” sales force. Extra interesting if you’ve ever known anyone who tried MLM.
764. In 1849, a coffin ship laden with Irish emigrants sank en route to Canada. The English captain ordered the hatch to be nailed shut as the boat sank, trapping 180 Irish below deck. He fled in the only lifeboat and left the passengers for dead. – Famine and Shipwreck, An Irish Odyssey [2012]
765. “The Farm” Documentary about a communal urban farm/creative space in San Francisco (1974 – 1987)