documentaries
Documentaries can be a hard sell, but it’s one
that’s getting easier all the time. Once viewed as something stiff and
obligatory, documentaries on films has, in recent years, risen to the top of the
heap—thanks in no small part to some of the earth-shaking, needle-pushing, and
ultimately world-changing films that are listed here, which find their focus in
war, love, sex, death, and everything in between. And as for this list—its only
qualifier is that these are the critically acclaimed, historically important,
and pivotal films that a person who cares about film (and in doing so, often cares
about humanity, in general) should really get to know.
Below,
in alphabetical order, the 61 best documentaries of all time.
Directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky (of the Paradise
Lost documentaries, which
chronicle the lives of the wrongfully convicted West Memphis Three as they
fight to be released from prison) had used Metallica music in their films. A
friendship was born, and in 2001, the band agreed to let the directors document
their attempt to make a new album, surviving the fallout from bassist Jason
Newsted quitting and James Hetfield’s alcoholism. Marina Zenovich (whose prior
directorial credits include documentaries about Richard
Pryor and Roman Polanski) began working on a documentary about Robin Williams
about a year after his death, and soon joined forces with Alex Gibney, who came
on board as a co-producer.
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