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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by iaresee on Thursday September 27, 2018 @12:26PM (#18086024)
Grizzly Man: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/ -- the folly of humans when it comes to interacting with wild animals well illustrated

The Fog of War: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317910/ -- whoa. Just: whoa.

The Thin Blue Line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thin_Blue_Line_(1988_film) -- when a conviction goes wrong.

I guess I really like Errol Morris and Herzog? Probably.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by smacktoward on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:15PM (#18086586)
Morris is brilliant. His 1999 doc Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Death:_The_Rise_and_Fall_o...) sticks with me to this day.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by Ricardus on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:46AM (#18094330)
Grizzly Man was a tough watch for me. Treadwell clearly had massive self-esteem and likely mental health issues, which were on display in this film.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by tomjen3 on Friday September 28, 2018 @05:57PM (#18097398)
The Fog of War is perhaps one of the best documentaries that I have ever seen.
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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by everybodyknows on Friday September 28, 2018 @11:04PM (#18098485)
More pathos from Werner Herzog: Little Dieter Needs to Fly

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0145046

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen? by snorberhuis on Friday September 28, 2018 @09:29AM (#18093126)
I can recommend The Fog of War.
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