Listmania!
Seen it all? Documentaries on DVD.
Dark Days [DVD] [2001]Dark Days [DVD] [2001]
Buy used from: £7.60
Director Marc Singer and a crew of homeless people in the tunnels underneath New York. My favourite documentary ever.
The Bridge [2005] [DVD]The Bridge [2005] [DVD]
Buy new: £6.98
This one's filmed in San Francisco. The bridge is The Golden Gate bridge, Eric Steel filmed it for a year while 24 people committed suicide by jumping off it. Not sensational in any way, only moving.
The Errol Morris Collection [DVD]The Errol Morris Collection [DVD]
Buy new: £11.28
Errol Morris. King of documentary filmmaking. Three of his best films.
The Sorrow and the Pity [DVD] [1969]The Sorrow and the Pity [DVD] [1969]
Ophuls classic documentary about WWII from a French perspective. A chilling masterpiece.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills / Revelations: Paradise Lost 2 [1996] (NTSC) [DVD]Paradise Lost: The Child Murders At Robin Hood Hills / Revelations: Paradise Lost 2 [1996] (NTSC) [DVD]
Buy new: £13.88 / Used from: £9.43
When reality is stranger than fiction. Free the Memphis Three.
The Cats of Mirikitani [DVD] [2006] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]The Cats of Mirikitani [DVD] [2006] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £55.00
Miriktani. A film about a survivor.
Man on Wire [DVD] [2008]Man on Wire [DVD] [2008]
Buy new: £4.88 / Used from: £3.26
Well-known, but I just had to include it.
Moog [2004] [DVD]Moog [2004] [DVD]
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Ok, I admit it's not as spellbinding as the other documentaries on this list, but I like it nevertheless.
Derailroaded - Inside The Mind Of Larry Wild Man Fischer [2005] [DVD]Derailroaded - Inside The Mind Of Larry Wild Man Fischer [2005] [DVD]
Buy new: £7.88 / Used from: £4.50
You ain't seen nothing yet.
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait [DVD] [2006]Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait [DVD] [2006]
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £2.80
The man, the myth, the movie. And music by Mogwai. What more to wish for?