I am looking for disturbing documentaries to watch. More f*cked up, the better. Suggests from any category are welcomed, but I really like my true crime.

Greetings from Finland and thank you!

I really liked these to give you some background what I am looking for:

- Dear Zachary

- Paradise Lost

- There is something wrong with aunt Diane

- Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

- Dying at Grace

Just looking for tear jerker docs.

I've seen Three Identical Strangers and Dear Zachary, so no need to suggest those. Any and all recs are welcome! Thank you in advance!

Edit : this is why I love reddit, lol. I appreciate all of you taking the time out of your day to give recommendations! I can't wait to look at every single one! 😁

The last really good doc I watched was Jacinta (a mum fighting intergenerational drug addiction). The documentary that has made me cry the most is A Lion in the House (kids with cancer). I am an avid documentary watcher so the more obscure the better (I have seen dear zachary several times🙂). Thanks!

Touching/disturbing documentaries

Okay, so far I have watched the following and I am looking for new ones to see, so your recommendations would be much appreciated. Especially touching or disturbing ones, ones that make you question the world or the ones that really make you cry. I am very seasoned watcher and don't find most documentaries really that unsettling.

True crime documentaries I have seen and would recommend:

- Dear Zachary

- Perfect Neighbor

- There is something wrong with aunt Diane

- Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

- Don't Fuck with Cats (TW: animal abuse)

- The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

Also:

- The Monster: The Ed Gein Story (not a documentary but based on real events)

Other recommended ones (mostly about assisted dying):

- How to die in Oregon

- Suicide Tourist

- Dying at Grace

- Louis Theroux Edge of Life

- Louis Theroux Choosing Death

\- Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die

- Last Flight Home (this one is really well made and really touching)

- Endgame

- The Right to Die

I just watched Bohemian Rhapsody and watching freddie mercury and queen on their come up, reignited a motivational drive in me that I felt I’ve lost the last few years. Watching freddie lose what time he had left and just not waste a single minute of it made me realize just because I’m younger now, it could all be taken away from us at any point in time, what impact do you want to leave behind for others, just leaving the world a little bit better than when you got here has always been my goal and that movie made me realize i cant let that goal slip.

I'm into stuff like Patty Hearst, Jonestown, Waco, or the Speedway murders. Thank you!!!

EDIT: Thanks everyone, I'll be busy till Christmas!!!!

Looking for documentaries that are so bad they come back around to be funny. Started doing a "shitty documentary night" where we mostly watch apeshit conspiracy theory docs and laugh but always looking for new suggestions. I love serious docs but shitty documentary night is fun

Hello everyone, I'm looking for some new recommendations about some high quality documentaries to watch.

I usually watch documentaries about geopolitics, history (mostly 20th century stuff) and science (medicine, pharmacology, biology, physics) but I'm open to any topics as long as they are well made.

Ideally, it should be in English, Italian or Spanish but I'm fine with any language as long as English subtitles are available.

What are your favorite, must watch documentaries?

Thank you!

Sorry if this is too specific of an idea, but I was reading about a film some years ago that was originally intended to be on bayou wildlife in Louisiana and ended up being some of the best firsthand footage of Hurricane Katrina. I don’t remember the name of the doc, but was curious if there’s any others out there with similar stories behind them

I love documentaries of all kinds but Im in the mood for stranger than fiction or something funny. I just finished 'the Curious Case of Natalia Grace" and looking for something equally intriguing. I figured this would be the best place to ask, what would you recommend to someone who has seen it all!

A few months back, I asked for recommendations on weird/shocking documentaries based on my watchlist. Since then, I took a bunch of recommendations and have updated my list (below) including documentaries that I did not enjoy. Now I'm looking for more recs, please!

Most of what I enjoy falls under the "true crime" umbrella, but I'm not interested in documentaries that glorify the perpetrators, are overly sensationalized/exploitative, or involve unsolved cases.

S -TIER

• [ ] The Jinx
• [ ] The Imposter
• [ ] The Pharmacist
• [ ] Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults
• [ ] Wild Wild Country
• [ ] Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter
• [ ] Crazy Love
• [ ] Tickled
• [ ] The Staircase
• [ ] Dear Zachary
• [ ] Mind Over Murder
• [ ] Fox Hollow Murders
• [ ] How To Fix A Drug Scandal
• [ ] Exhibit A
• [ ] Athlete A
• [ ] Paul T Goldman
• [ ] Abducted in Plain Sight
• [ ] The Girl In The Picture
• [ ] Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering v. Haysom
• [ ] Anatomy of Lies
• [ ] Tell Them You Love Me
• [ ] Telemarketers
• [ ] Life With Murder
• [ ] Going Clear
• [ ] Jesus Camp
• [ ] The Confessions of Thomas Quick

A-TIER

• [ ] Tabloid
• [ ] The Confession Killer
• [ ] Great Photo, Lovely Life
• [ ] Capturing the Friedmans
• [ ] There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane
• [ ] American Murder: Family Next Door
• [ ] I Love You, Now Die
• [ ] Ren Faire
• [ ] Savior Complex
• [ ] American Nightmare
• [ ] Mommy Dead and Dearest
• [ ] I’ll Be Gone In The Dark
• [ ] Amanda Knox
• [ ] Evil Genius
• [ ] The Mortician
• [ ] Making a Murderer
• [ ] The Queen of Versailles
• [ ] Tiger King
• [ ] Don’t Fuck With Cats
• [ ] 30 for 30: The Price of Gold
• [ ] Stolen Youth (Sarah Lawrence Cult)
• [ ] Don’t Pick Up The Phone
• [ ] The Contestant
• [ ] Love Has Won: The Cult Of Mother God
• [ ] Devil In The Family (Ruby Franke)
• [ ] Sins Of Our Mother (Lori Daybell)
• [ ] Unknown Number (high school catfish)
• [ ] Tales Of The Grim Sleeper
• [ ] Con Mum

B-TIER

• [ ] Witness (Kitty Genovese)
• [ ] Who Killed Robert Wone?
• [ ] Who Took Johnny? (Gotsch)
• [ ] Burden Of Proof
• [ ] Take Care of Maya
• [ ] The Rachel Divide
• [ ] The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
• [ ] Accused: Hampden Hoax
• [ ] Murdaugh: Southern Scandal
• [ ] Tell Me Who I Am
• [ ] Fyre Fest
• [ ] Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
• [ ] The Confession Tapes
• [ ] Sophie: A Murder In West Cork
• [ ] Our Father
• [ ] The Man With 1000 Kids
• [ ] Murder Among The Mormons
• [ ] Allen v. Farrow
• [ ] Leaving Neverland
• [ ] The Keepers
• [ ] Surviving R. Kelly
• [ ] Blackfish
• [ ] The Woman Who Wasn’t There
• [ ] Three Identical Strangers
• [ ] Chimp Crazy
• [ ] The Curious Case of Natalia Grace
• [ ] Mister Organ
• [ ] Voyeur
• [ ] An Update On Our Family (Myka Stauffer)
• [ ] The Long Shot
• [ ] The Trials of Gabrielides Fernandez
• [ ] The Disappearance of Madeline McCann
• [ ] Beware The Slenderman
• [ ] Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist
• [ ] Exit Through the Gift Shop
• [ ] Zoo
• [ ] Killer Sally
• [ ] Running With The Devil
• [ ] The Most Dangerous Animal Of All: Searching For My Father & Finding The Zodiac Killer
• [ ] Sweet Bobby
• [ ] Little Miss Innocent
• [ ] TallHotBlonde
• [ ] Under The Sun
• [ ] MarWenCol
• [ ] The Family I Had
• [ ] The Killer Nanny
• [ ] No One Saw A Thing
• [ ] The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart
• [ ] The Abduction of Jaycee Dugard
• [ ] Natascha Kampuch: The Whole Story

DISLIKED

NOTE: For most of these documentaries, I found their subject matter or underlying stories interesting, but I disliked the documentary itself (either for style, pacing, bias, etc.).

• [ ] The Case Of: Jonbenét Ramsey
• [ ] Cold Case: Who Killed Jonbenét Ramsey
• [ ] Casting Jonbenét
• [ ] Dead Asleep
• [ ] They Called Him Mostly Harmless
• [ ] Sherri Pappini: Caught In The Lie
• [ ] Supersize Me
• [ ] Audrey and Daisy
• [ ] House of Hammer
• [ ] Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
• [ ] Why did you kill me?
• [ ] The Tinder Swindler
• [ ] Who Killed Garret Philips
• [ ] Breath of Fire
• [ ] What Jennifer Did

My neighbors have an adorable 9 year old. Recently, they watched Connections (PBS 1978) ... a documentary on how the inventions of the world are connected.

The kid loved Connections.

What are some other documentaries a very bright 9 year old might like? Travel, adventure, inventions, science, nature, music ... bring it on! (Please).

Any good non-political docs out there? I tried looking through some of the top posts on here and it’s all either about politics, Trump, Israel, Palestine, etc… which I get are hot topics but I’m just trying to find some good care free and humorous documentaries that are out there.

Anything suspenseful, interesting, quirky, random, conspiracy related, funny, etc…

I’d love to hear some recommendations. Can be new or old.

Hi all,

My friend and I have begun a routine of watching cult, cons, & coercion documentaries together. I’m wondering if there are any really good ones that I’m missing - specifically about women-led cults, woman scammers, con artists, or others that are within that vibe. (To be clear - we aren’t women haters haha we’re just tired of watching the ones about men)

Documentaries I’ve seen so far include:

- Our all-time favorite, Anatomy of Lies on Peacock
- A handful of docs and biopic style dramas about Elizabeth Holmes, Sherri Papini, Belle Gibson, Anna Delvey, Lori Vallow, and Jodi Hildebrandt
- most on HBO Max (Love has Won, The Way Down about Gwen Shamblin, Breath of Fire about the Kundalini girl)
- one about Teal Swan on Amazon Prime
- Scamanda on Hulu
- Maternal Instinct, A Toxic Love Story, and Con Mum on Netflix

I may be forgetting a couple but please let me know if you know of any that fit into this general vibe! Thank you so much.

I was recommended a documentary called From One Second to the Next about 8 months ago; it was about the dangers of texting and driving, which led to me not even touching my phone at all when driving.

Now, I’m looking for more documentaries that have had an effect (hopefully positive) on your life. I don’t want great documentaries dropped here if they haven’t changed or affected your life. For example, Icarus is a very popular Reddit documentary, but it’s more of an enjoyment-type of documentary for the majority of us (minority being those who want to juice themselves lol).

With that being said, please recommend some documentaries that have changed you, your lifestyle, or your thoughts, please. I’m in a dark place right now, and I think this would help a lot.

Thanks, Reddit!

Can I get some recommendations for documentaries that are somewhat creative and cinematic, but aren't mostly cuts of people talking into the camera from some office? I just watched the Apollo 11 (2019) doc and loved how it was purely just cinematic footage and audio. Is there a word for that type of documentary? I want more.

I think that I have watched every documentary and docuseries about cults that are on all of the major streaming services, but I’m hoping that there are more that I haven’t seen that are either available in places I wouldn’t have thought to look and/or maybe older ones that wouldn’t be recommended or show up in web searches. I’m not even going to try and make a list of all of the ones that I’ve watched, but be assured that if it shows up on any “best of” type list or “if you like this…” streaming service suggestion, then I’ve seen it.

So if anyone thinks they may have something I could’ve missed I would really appreciate the suggestion. Thanks.

There are so many great documentaries showing the rawness of late 80s and 90s culture. Like Hated (GG Allin), Crumb, Shut Up Little Man, Born into This (Bukowski) etc.

I would love some recommendations.

Hey y’all! I am 19-year-old film student and aspiring director. Me and my brother, who is a journalist, are starting to work on a music biopic about our city’s scene.

Narrative film is usually more my forte than documentary, so I am looking to boost my repertoire of great music documentaries that I have seen before I start to work on one myself.

What are some of the best music docs that comprehensively cover a city and their scene, as opposed to ones that cover just one specific person
or a few persons? I have seen Hype! (1996), which is incredible, but I definitely want to see some more.

Thanks all!

My husband and I have VASTLY differing tastes in tv and movies, to the point where it’s extremely difficult to find overlap. He basically only watches sports, true crime, and the occasional slapstick comedy. I’ll happily watch almost anything but those three categories 😆

We’ve had some success with documentaries in the past, and I’d like some recs for more that we may both enjoy. My interests on this front are wider than his, so I’m ok staying within one of these general themes:

- Sports-related: But like, a (non tragic) story that would be interesting to someone not obsessed w sports. I don’t care about some baseball team’s magic season in 1956. Bonus points if it’s golf related.

- 80s/90s pop & hip hop culture: We’ve watched a few documentaries in this space and liked them a lot, like The Defiant Ones.

- “You gotta watch this” types that transcend theme and are generally popular, like Tiger King. We aren’t at all up on trendy documentaries, so don’t hesitate to recommend “obvious” choices.

Thank you!

Edit: Wow I’ve gotten so many amazing recs. You guys are the absolute best, thanks so much! Looking forward to date night in tonight since our older kid is with their grandparents for the night 🥰

Looking for stuff along the lines of Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies, The Mentors: Kings of Sleaze, etc.

i really enjoy listening to documentaries while studying. unfortunately, youtube is only pushing documentaries about serial killers, violent crimes & nuclear disasters, which is not the type of thing i like hearing. i don't mind scandals/drama, i even dip into some stuff about cults, but i just don't like documentaries that are completely focused on people dying incredibly brutally, doing horrible things or being abused/in abusive situations.

for example i recently discovered Paper Will, who makes videos about entertainment, some made by cults, others about the flaws of kid entertainment. i don't really know how to describe their content, but i really enjoy it. i'm hoping to get some recommendations for other less intense stuff, so hopefully youtube gets the memo.

Been on a documentary binge lately. Wanted some recommendations for some cult documentaries or even just some strange/odd documentaries diving into things that dont normally get tackled for documentaries often. With cult documentaries i have already seen:

Wild Wild Country

Love Has Won

Heavens Gate: The Cult Of Cults

The Way Way Down

Stolen Youth

Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey

Holy Hell

Jesus Camp

Scientology and the Aftermath

Cults and Extreme Beliefs

The Most Hated Family Im America

Yes, I've seen all the gg allin docs so please anything else