Best Documentaries

Creating a Synanon documentary is all the buzz these days. Paramount+ releases “Born in Synanon” December 12, 2023. And Variety reports that HBO Max is working on its unnamed Synanon … Read more

I sifted the Web to find the best documentaries on Brain Injury and TBI. Here they are (in order). Please ping me if you know of other useful ones. 1) … Read more

Grab your snorkel. It’s time to see the 8-armed MVP of the sea’s toughest arenas: the octopus! The best Octopus docs I found explain the octo’s uniquness. How smart is … Read more

I gotta say it: “Legendary moonshiner Popcorn Sutton is ‘the Walter White of Appalachia’…a frickin’ American hero!” He brews his illicit booze with a rebel’s spirit, like a real-life Dukes … Read more

Below are the top documentaries I found on the creative process. 10 of the docs span art forms such as painting, music, architecture, writing, shoes, TV and movies. 3 of … Read more

Here are the best Elvis documentaries I can find. I’ve ranked them best (at top) to least best. I’m up to 17 and will likely add some new ones (I’ve … Read more

I’ve scoured the web for the best docs about cats. I focus on domestic cats (though you’ll see some wild cat footage weaved in to a couple). The docs below … Read more

Before Atari, the idea of interactive entertainment was limited to board games and pinball machines. Their games hit arcades, bars (see my “11 Best Arcade Documentaries” post). Then came the … Read more

Born in the ’70s, arcade games like Pong and Space Invaders became cultural landmarks. In 1981, Donkey Kong alone racked up $280 million in quarters, highlighting the craze. Arcades served … Read more

When I was writing my Best 19 Fishing Documentaries series, I realized that “Fly Fishing” deserves its own list. So, below are the top 13 fly fishing documentaries I can … Read more