Top 10 Must Watch Documentaries

There are certain shows that blur the line of movies and TV series that provides fascinating stories, amazing insights, mesmerizing shots, and fresh approach that are usually apart what is seen in common point of view. Documentaries are either short movies or feature length shows that lets you see worlds that are beyond the usual limits of reality. Whether these kinds of documentaries are theological, archaeological, sociological, psychological, physical, emotional, or unreal, your only expression of these titles is awe and astonishment. Check the 10 must watch documentaries that are worth your time and 10 cents.

10. Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids

Photojournalists Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman took a journey in Calcutta’s Red Light District, where they met children, in which they gave special attention to. The kids have been trained to photography where they have captured different pictures while living in brothels. Photos have created their own stories.

9. ReGeneration

It’s not a show about genetics or medical nanotechnology, but this is more particular with age groups that belong to Generation X and Generation Y. You will see predicaments that affect the youth and young adults in becoming apathetic to various issues that affect the world they live in.

8. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

See how the events unfold for the West Memphis Three, namely Jessie Misskelley, Jason Baldwin, and Damien Echols after they have been accused of murder and mutilation to other three boys, whose bodies have been found in Robin Hood Hills.

7. Encounters at the End of the World

This documentary from Werner Herzog is not about Armageddon or Apocalypse, but about his journey to Antarctica. He shoots animal life in this deserted Tundra, knowing that it may be gone very soon.

6. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father

How will you tell a son about his father who had been killed before he was even born? This is the question being answered in this documentary where different people have been asked about the identity of the dad, all being covered in a tape, acting as a letter to the son.

5. Soundtrack for a Revolution

Experiencing discrimination and bigotry was never worse in the United States, especially when the “Whites” and the “Blacks” have been separating each other due to sub-standards. You can even see an old footage where a young black man has been beaten by white men, while playing music like “I’m Gonna Sit at the Welcome Table,” “Keep Your Eyes on the Prize,” and “We Shall Overcome,”  which stirs your soul for revolution.

4. The Union: The Business behind Getting High

Even though drug selling and using is prohibited by law, it can be very strange how the industry of selling and growing marijuana keeps on growing like a plant with an evil root. The documentary takes you to a walk in the drug black market and seeing all the people involved in this wicked business.

3. The Fourth Revolution: Energy Autonomy

If you are having a hard time imagining what the world could be with nothing but the utilization of renewable energy, then watching this documentary can convince you that using the sun, the wind, and the waters are more than enough to sustain modern day living, away from pollution and planet degradation.

2. Man on Wire

Philippe Petit has performed a feat that is less than a circus act but it is more daring than magic shows by David Copperfield. He is a French wire walker, a juggler, and a performer that walked from one end of the World Trade Center to the other. Just imagine 45 minutes of staying in the air, 417 meters from the ground, walking, juggling, kneeling, and even lying on the wire, with nothing underneath!

1. Cave of Forgotten Dreams

See director Werner Herzog and a team of researchers get into a cave that has been discovered in 1994. What’s amazing about the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc in France? This is a place where ancient drawings are protected, preserved, and secured. The location is so sensitive that minimal heat should be inside, as it may decay and erase prehistoric masterpieces.