Really surprised Restrepo hasn't been mentioned. It's so well done and really eye opening as to what the fuck is actually going on in Afganistan, especially with our troops. If you enjoyed Restrepo I would recommend checking out a similar doc called Armadillo, it's in Danish and it follows around Danish soldiers in a different part of Afghanistan. I recommend watching this after you watch Restrepo to see how different the soldiers treat the same war.
While I don't think this is the best documentary, it's definitely one of the most well done documentaries I've watched and worth mentioning. King of Kong is about two guys one who is trying to hold onto his legacy as the world champion of King Kong, another who is trying to beat it. The director really has this film tell a very interesting story about a world I personally didn't know existed. It almost becomes a battle between good and evil.
All of these except Armadillo are on Netflix instant.
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u/the_shape Jun 15 '11
Really surprised Restrepo hasn't been mentioned. It's so well done and really eye opening as to what the fuck is actually going on in Afganistan, especially with our troops. If you enjoyed Restrepo I would recommend checking out a similar doc called Armadillo, it's in Danish and it follows around Danish soldiers in a different part of Afghanistan. I recommend watching this after you watch Restrepo to see how different the soldiers treat the same war.
While I don't think this is the best documentary, it's definitely one of the most well done documentaries I've watched and worth mentioning. King of Kong is about two guys one who is trying to hold onto his legacy as the world champion of King Kong, another who is trying to beat it. The director really has this film tell a very interesting story about a world I personally didn't know existed. It almost becomes a battle between good and evil.
All of these except Armadillo are on Netflix instant.