[0:00] 10 years later this is what happened and
[0:03] here's the melting from 2005 welcome to
[0:06] watch Mojo and today we're counting down
[0:08] our picks for the top 10 documentaries
[0:10] that everyone should see at least once
[0:12] what does it cost to put one of these
[0:14] things together ACC for this list we'll
[0:17] be looking at the most important
[0:19] entertaining or well-made non-fiction
[0:21] films that are worth your time these
[0:24] movies should be viewed by anyone that
[0:25] loves true stories from Zeitgeist
[0:27] favorites to challenging investigations
[0:29] and everything in between did we forget
[0:32] your favorite documentaries let us know
[0:34] in the comments
[0:36] below number 10 man on wire James
[0:40] Marsh's documentary is the thrilling
[0:42] story of a performer with a dream with
[0:44] all my might I I go day and night I note
[0:47] things and I I fill the exercise books
[0:51] with all those notes and little doodling
[0:52] and and I look at what commercial
[0:55] vehicle go underneath for Freight
[0:58] delivery I go in I find a way that lunch
[1:01] time to disguise myself in 1974 Philipe
[1:04] PTI ascended the World Trade Center and
[1:07] tight rope walked between the Twin
[1:09] [Music]
[1:15] [Music]
[1:21] Towers his dramatic journey and
[1:23] preparation serve as a compelling tale
[1:25] of a death-defying stunt hearing from a
[1:28] variety of co-conspirators each
[1:30] interview provides further context as to
[1:32] the many close calls that almost
[1:33] prevented the maneuver what if the God
[1:35] is still around what if he's toying with
[1:38] us waiting for us to make the slightest
[1:41] movement before he pounces on us we must
[1:44] wait P's Charming demeanor and
[1:47] courageous spirit guide the nail-biting
[1:49] plot along with an infectious energy
[1:51] winning the Oscar for best documentary
[1:53] feature man on wire redefines the format
[1:56] with all the entertainment of a high
[1:58] stakes robbery to refuse to uh taper
[2:02] yourself to rules to refuse your own
[2:04] success to refuse to repeat yourself to
[2:07] see every day every year every every
[2:10] idea as a as a true Challenge and then
[2:13] you are going to live your life on the
[2:15] tight rope number nine Grizzly Man it is
[2:19] the old bear one who is struggling for
[2:22] survival and an aggressive one at that
[2:26] who is the one that you must be very
[2:28] careful of wner OG's documentary
[2:30] Chronicles the life of wildlife
[2:32] Enthusiast Timothy Treadwell using
[2:35] footage from Treadwell's own camera
[2:37] Herzog assembles the man's life through
[2:38] a collection of filmed memories
[2:40] Treadwell's obsession with wild animals
[2:43] especially Bears plays out through
[2:45] intimate moments between him and nature
[2:47] all right you lay there I'm going to go
[2:49] off with your girlfriend don't beat me
[2:50] up over it I'm I'm cool I'm cool I'm
[2:54] respectful the entire story takes a dire
[2:56] turn as details of the subject's death
[2:58] come to light in one of the more
[3:00] jaw-dropping points of the film herzog's
[3:03] delicate Direction allows his hero to
[3:04] speak for himself and makes viewers
[3:06] question the complex relationship
[3:08] between humans and the natural world and
[3:10] I promise you I promise the gly people I
[3:13] will be back I will be
[3:15] back and I thank the animals for keeping
[3:17] me safe and for inspiring me I thank
[3:20] them so very
[3:23] much
[3:25] goodbye Cave of Forgotten Dreams
[3:28] features the filmmaker exploring a
[3:29] another worthy subject but this
[3:31] particular project provokes even more
[3:33] thought and discussion number eight
[3:36] Woodstock you
[3:39] know this is the most outrageous
[3:41] spectacle I've ever witnessed ever
[3:43] Woodstock follows the famous 3-day Music
[3:46] Festival that changed popular culture in
[3:48] 1969 cameras capture the various
[3:50] performers that graced the concert stage
[3:52] from Jefferson Airplane to Jimmy
[3:54] Hendrick the film also observes the
[3:56] crowds and behind the scenes efforts
[3:58] that kept the show going filmmakers
[4:01] accumulated miles of footage from the
[4:03] multi-day event editing it into an
[4:05] essential Time Capsule for 1960s music
[4:08] this is the largest group of people ever
[4:11] assembled in one
[4:16] place we have had no
[4:18] idea that there would be this size group
[4:22] and because of that you've had quite a
[4:24] few inconveniences as far as water and
[4:27] food and so forth it both features some
[4:29] of the more iconic performances in music
[4:31] history and encompasses the Nexus point
[4:33] of an entire generation the Time Capsule
[4:36] set the tone for music documentaries for
[4:38] years to come as well as being a rich
[4:40] tapestry of the counterculture was this
[4:43] a financial success from the point of
[4:45] you the Fells will put it on sort of a
[4:48] financial disaster number seven hoop
[4:51] dreams hoop dreams fearlessly takes the
[4:54] time to stick with its subjects for an
[4:56] extended period over the course of
[4:58] several years director Steve James
[5:00] follows two prospective basketball
[5:02] players as they make their way through
[5:03] school I will bet you a steak dinner in
[5:06] 4 years you'll be hand from him I don't
[5:08] you know anything about along the way
[5:10] the project delves into the sacrifice
[5:12] and determination needed to become a
[5:14] great athlete James and his crew
[5:16] entrenched themselves in these players
[5:18] lives absorbing details about their
[5:20] family life and personalities that are
[5:22] as compelling as any fiction film so you
[5:25] just barely getting by
[5:28] again no you you got to say that but you
[5:31] are you've been barely getting by all
[5:33] along now you going to have to do better
[5:34] than that if you want to go to Alabama
[5:36] or any other school while they didn't
[5:40] become household names on the court
[5:42] William and Arthur became stars of a
[5:44] Beloved movie about perseverance dreams
[5:46] and Society at large that's why when
[5:49] somebody say man you know when you get
[5:51] to the NBA don't forget about me and all
[5:53] that stuff I should say them well if I
[5:55] don't make it what you don't forget
[5:56] about me number six the thin Blue Line
[6:01] director Errol Morris's groundbreaking
[6:03] statement The Thin Blue Line explores
[6:05] the cracks in the criminal justice
[6:06] system of course in the instance of a
[6:08] person who did not commit the crime
[6:11] naturally they're not going to show much
[6:12] remorse examining the wrongful
[6:14] imprisonment of Randall Adams the film
[6:17] utilizes reenactments to question the
[6:19] evidence of his case the filmmaker has a
[6:21] knack for putting you right into a
[6:23] situation as if you were really there
[6:25] all these years later it's easy to see
[6:27] Morris's contributions to the format
[6:29] great expanded to the confines of a
[6:31] documentary he got to thinking well hey
[6:34] I didn't do that and I've been saying
[6:36] that I did and I'm in over my head now
[6:40] so I better tell him what really
[6:41] happened employing painstaking research
[6:44] the movie helped Adams's case and
[6:46] eventually led to his freedom he draws
[6:48] the viewer in with exceptional
[6:49] storytelling that makes every scene feel
[6:52] like a fictional crime Thriller were you
[6:54] surprised that the police blamed
[6:56] him I didn't blame him
[7:01] number five Paris is burning Paris is
[7:04] burning like many of the best
[7:06] documentaries boldly explores and
[7:08] observes a subculture to inform the
[7:10] general public the society they foot
[7:12] going to a football game basketball
[7:14] that's their entertainment you know a
[7:16] ball is ours we prepare for a ball in
[7:18] the case of this movie the filmmaker
[7:19] takes a comprehensive look at the
[7:21] ballroom scene in New York City
[7:23] interviews reveal the lives of major
[7:25] players in the movement describing their
[7:27] lives as artists in the LGBT EQ plus
[7:30] Community this is White
[7:32] America and when it come to the
[7:34] minorities especially
[7:37] black we as a people for the past 400
[7:40] years is the greatest example of
[7:43] behavior modification in the history
[7:45] many of the balls showcase the
[7:47] tremendous talent and one-of-a-kind
[7:49] performance skills of the various
[7:50] members providing an important statement
[7:53] on the lives of marginalized communities
[7:55] paris's burning is also a joyful
[7:57] expression of life and art you don't
[8:00] have to bend the whole
[8:04] world I think it's better to just enjoy
[8:07] it number four
[8:09] 13th Ava duvar uses the 13th Amendment
[8:12] as the foundation for an engaging
[8:14] argument for civil rights and Criminal
[8:16] Justice Reform the 13th Amendment says
[8:19] that hey except for criminals everybody
[8:20] else is free well now if you're
[8:22] criminalized that doesn't apply to you
[8:24] encapsulating a vast array of historical
[8:26] information the director manages to
[8:28] convey a compelling thesis for the
[8:30] lingering effects of slavery in America
[8:33] an impressive slate of interviews guide
[8:35] the viewer through a richly told lesson
[8:37] about the ongoing racial divide in the
[8:39] country it's about
[8:41] rehumanizing us as a people and us right
[8:45] as a people du's talent for storytelling
[8:48] allows her to construct a film that
[8:50] never feels heavy-handed impenetrable or
[8:52] boring instead of pushing viewers away
[8:55] the director encourages them to engage
[8:57] with the material and Come Away with a
[8:59] better understanding of the prison
[9:01] system and mass incarceration in the US
[9:04] prison
[9:04] Industries have gotten so big that very
[9:08] difficult now to try and do away with
[9:10] them too much money out there too many U
[9:13] lawmakers that support it because
[9:14] they're being lobbied so the Public's
[9:17] got to stand up and take it back it'll
[9:18] never get done if they don't number
[9:20] three night and fog a decade after World
[9:24] War II French filmmaker Alan Renee
[9:26] created this documentary in memory of
[9:28] those lost in the
[9:36] [Music]
[9:47] Holocaust he put together archived
[9:49] materials from the' 40s and ju deposed
[9:51] it with new footage from the
[9:53] concentration camps in the ' 50s taking
[9:55] an unflinching look at the horrors of
[9:57] concentration camps rain reveals the
[10:00] extent of the violence perpetrated at
[10:02] aitz and
[10:10] miden this haunting film presents a
[10:13] vital lesson about the crimes the Nazis
[10:15] committed against their victims in only
[10:17] 32 minutes this short film presents a
[10:20] brutally honest look at one of History's
[10:22] darkest chapters
[10:30] number two man with a movie camera ziga
[10:33] vertov's man with a movie camera ranks
[10:36] highly among both documentary and
[10:38] experimental films its pioneering use of
[10:41] camera and editing techniques makes it
[10:43] one of the first great achievements in
[10:44] film making displaying the early
[10:46] advancements Russians made regarding
[10:48] Cinema vertov's vision of everyday life
[10:51] in his country comes together in
[10:53] worldwind montages and engrossing
[10:55] Landscapes there's no clear-cut story
[10:58] but the end sequence of images make a
[11:01] case for a narrative that transcends a
[11:03] beginning middle and end the non-fiction
[11:05] Adventure compels audiences to look
[11:07] deeper into the routines and work habits
[11:10] that make us all human before we unveil
[11:13] our top pick here are a few honorable
[11:15] mentions Harland County USA the
[11:18] compelling tale of coal miners striking
[11:20] against a corrupt company in Kentucky
[11:22] that we get a grievance procedure that
[11:24] has the right to strike in it so that we
[11:25] can fight the companies and win our
[11:27] grievances an inconvenience Truth Al
[11:30] Gore's detailed climate change
[11:32] presentation began a new wave of
[11:34] environmentalism this is what would
[11:36] happen to the sea level in
[11:42] Florida this is what would happen to San
[11:45] Francisco
[11:47] Bay a lot of people live in these areas
[11:50] free solo filmmakers Trace Alex hanon's
[11:54] dramatic and nail-biting Ascent of El
[11:56] Capitan that is way too gnarly my god
[12:00] did it Jiro Dreams of Sushi this
[12:03] profound documentary explores the
[12:05] lifelong dedication of a sushi chef to
[12:07] his
[12:08] [Music]
[12:20] craft bowling for Coline with humor and
[12:23] Humanity Michael Moore tackles gun
[12:25] culture in America after Coline Mr
[12:28] hasson one more thing this is who she is
[12:32] or
[12:33] was this is her Mr Please Don't Leave Mr
[12:37] hon please take a look at her this is
[12:40] the girl before we continue be sure to
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[12:58] Killing
[13:02] [Music]
[13:11] for Joshua Oppenheimer directs this
[13:14] examination of the Indonesian genocide
[13:17] with a much different concept than a
[13:18] traditional documentary allowing The
[13:21] Killers to do the talking the filmmaker
[13:23] asks them to reenact their crimes in the
[13:25] style of their favorite movie genres
[13:37] what begins as an intriguing experiment
[13:39] ends up becoming one of the more
[13:41] profound statements on violence ever put
[13:43] to film Oppenheimer watches the
[13:45] perpetrators both gleefully recall their
[13:48] crimes and then start to question them
[14:00] among the more important projects of its
[14:02] kind The Act of Killing brings to light
[14:04] Indonesian history as well as a much
[14:06] larger statement on the corruption of
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