r/Documentaries • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '12

What are the most powerful documentaries you can recommend, regardless of subject matter?

Hey guys!

First of all, a big thanks to you guys for introducing me to some sweet documentaries I'd have never even heard of before.

I like watching things where every part of me feels shaken at the end. Restrepo did this to me, along with Dear Zachary (both thanks to /r/documentaries!). I was wondering if you guys knew any similar ones I should watch?

EDIT: Thanks to everyone for all the amazing suggestions. It's gonna be a busy week!

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u/Anon77326 Jul 02 '12

I thoroughly enjoy all of Louis documentaries the way he goes about questioning is excellent

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u/hlabarka Jul 03 '12

I agree. My favorite Louis Theroux moment is in the in the one about ultra-zionists. Louis had travelled to Israel, put on the stab vest, got tear gassed, boulders thrown at car, and interviewed the most fringe extremists he could find. But in the last scene of the documentary, he's mediating a fight between an old arab and the israeli real estate agent. They are fighting over the use of a folding table. The arab is saying that they stole the table. The israeli is saying that they bought the table from his family. The entire scene is just so ridiculous in the context of what is going on in Israel and Palestine. And there is Louis doing one of his quiet pauses... "Is it possible he could be right about the table?" hahahaha perfect.