As an alternative if you have suggestions for documentary sources please do share them.

Mine would be United States of Secrets by PBS Frontline.

LEMMiNO is also great! One of the best documentary makers ever!

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    • Burden of Dreams
    • Cats of Mirikitani
    • Tickled +1
    • The Hermit of Treig
    • Free Solo
    • Into Eternity: A Film for the Future
    • Bureau 39: Kim’s Cash Machine
    • Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    • The Silence of Others
    • Palio
    • The Ambassador
    • The Babushkas of Chernobyl
    • The Act of Killing
    • The Kingmaker
    • Grande Hotel (2010)
    • He Dreams of Giants
    • HyperNormalisation +1
    • The Extraordinary Voyage (2011)
    • The Power of Nightmares
    • Feng ai ('Til Madness Do Us Part)
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    I’m surprised not to see this one anywhere on the list:

    Planet Earth

    And I saw one recommendation, and want to second:

    Free Solo

    Planet Earth is just an absolutely stunning visual spectacle showcasing nature at it’s most beautiful. And Free Solo had me glued to my seat like no other documentary that I’ve ever watched. Alex Honnold’s brain is just wired differently, so he has no fear rock climbing without a harness or a rope up an insanely difficult vertical climb of El Capitan.

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    - The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (maybe my all-time favorite)

    - Dear Zachary (IT WILL RUIN YOUR DAY, YOU’VE BEEN WARNED)

    - I Think We’re Alone Now

    And reiterating all of the Adam Curtis recommendations. I especially like HyperNormalisation. I don’t know of anything else like his documentaries.

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    The Ken Burns documentary series on the Vietnam War is excellent. Probably the best documentary I’ve seen.

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    Koyaanisqatsi, while not a traditional documentary, is a truly fascinating time capsule featuring a great soundtrack from Phillip Glass. It’s all images/video with no dialog or voiceover. It’s a unique experience (especially in an altered state of mind)

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    Adam Curtis, HyperNormalisation (2016)

    ‘It argues that governments, financiers, and technological utopians have, since the 1970s, given up on the complex “real world” and built a simpler “fake world” run by corporations and kept stable by politicians.’

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    I recently watched, “Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone” and greatly enjoyed it.

    It’s about what it was like to live in the Soviet Union at the end of communism and then the end of democracy. The story is entirely told with footage from the time.

    I’d like to also recommend my two favorite documentaries about labor unions, Harlan County, USA and American Dream.

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    Shiny Happy People Victim/Suspect Invisible war Lularich Keep Sweet Pray and Obey Wild wild country

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    Dirty Wars is a 2013 American documentary film about American foreign policies and war crimes. It was the first time that I heard about their manipulations, wars and assassinations.

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      Mine was 9/11 because it was obvious the official story was ridiculous and literally impossible.