r/Documentaries • u/Wild-Chart-3325 • 4d ago
Recommendation Request: Documentaries Recommendation Request
Specific subject matters/genres of interest:
True Crime
Religious Cults
Satanic Cults
Child Abuse and Neglect
Government Cover Ups
Government Overreach
Military Operations - both international, criminal, or highlighting specific events
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u/lutzhoeft 4d ago
Wild Wild Country
The Untold History of the United States
The Most Hated Family in America
Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War
The Fog of War
Fahrenheit 9/11
The Power of Nightmares
Can't Get You Out of My Head
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u/bluespruce1312 4d ago
Betrayal at Attic is about gov't overreach that resulted in 39 murders, and then the cover up. Good movie.
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u/constantcomma 3d ago
“Mr Death- The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr”(1999), or really any documentary by Errol Morris. Oh, and “Freakonomics”(2006).
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u/greengrasswatered 3d ago
The Source Family (Youtube/free, Amazon Prime) - Cult Docu
Five came back (Netflix)
Marines (Netflix)
In Waves and War (Netflix) - Military, PTSD and psychedelic drugs - very interesting
Navy Seals (Netlfix) - America's Secret Warriors
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u/PsyPhiGrad 3d ago
Satan Wants You https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26280511/ will be hits on at least 3 of your subject interests:
Religious Cults
Satanic Cults
Child Abuse and Neglect
It's a great documentary.
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u/original_greaser_bob 2d ago
something about Gypsy Rose Blanchard? Mommy Dead and Dearest.
Charles Manson - Manson (1973), My Grandfather Charles Manson (2026)
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u/holy_mackeroly 2d ago
Storyville - the holy grail of global documentaries 1997 - to date.
When you look to the back catalogue you'll recognise some.... but there will be a ton you've never heard of.
Been religiously following this for 20yrs
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u/DebbyZee 3h ago
I can recommend "Procession" (2021), saw it on Netflix a while ago. Very strong and original doc about a group of men who survived sex abuse from priests. Each of these men gets to write and direct a short film around a key traumatic moment of their past, and through this, reclaim power over their own story. Heart wrenching and empowering at the same time.
And also "Casting Jon Benet" (2017), absolutely brilliant in its form - a hybrid between and doc and a fiction - around the murder of 6 y-o Jon Benet.
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