Ask HN: What are some good documentaries to watch?

9 points·milankragujevic··6 comments

A similar thread has been posted 5 1/2 years ago, and I've wanted to see what new content is out there. Additionally, I'm building a website that features documentaries, so I'd like to discover new content for it. Creative Commons or similar type of licensed documentaries are especially welcome, as I'd like to offer them for streaming for free.

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My three favorite documentaries are:

- Earthlings - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358456/

- Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117293/

- Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3302820/ (some have questioned some specifics presented in the documentary, it is on my list of favorites for the overall point it makes about sustainability as it relates to animal agriculture)

My favorites are:

Human: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdb4XGVTHkE

Earthlings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHZUuR1Udno

Samsara: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0770802/

Here is the list of my favorite documentaries: - The Cove - Food, Inc. - The Century Of The Self - Inside Job - Earthlings - Samsara - Earth - A Map For Saturday - The Story Of India

Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGJ5cZnoodY

20 years old now but this is a great history of the rise of the PC with lots of familiar faces: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115398/

Planet Earth -I & II

The World at War

Fog of War

Citizen Four

And Many More...

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