Top 10 Eye-Opening Documentaries

By Alex Noudelman

Here are ten great documentaries that will make you view life differently.

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1. SUPER SIZE ME

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock makes himself a test subject in this documentary about the commercial food industry. After eating a diet of McDonald's fast food, three times a day for a month, Spurlock proves the physical and mental effects of consuming fast food.

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2. DEEP WATER

Deep Water is a documentary film, directed by Jerry Rothwell and Louise Osmond and produced by Jonny Persey. It is based on the true story of Donald Crowhurst and the 1969 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race round the world alone in a yacht.

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3. THE THIN BLUE LINE

The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 American documentary film by Errol Morris, depicting the story of Randall Dale Adams, a man convicted andsentenced to life in prison for a murder he did not commit. It opens our eyes to the not so perfect justice system in the U.S.

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4. PAPER CLIPS

As a part of their study of the Holocaust, the children of the Whitwell, TN Middle School try to collect 6 million paper clips representing the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis.

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5. FAT, SICK AND NEARLY DEAD

FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe Cross's personal mission to regain his health; being 100 lbs. overweight, overdosed on steroids and suffering from an autoimmune disorder. He kicks his bad habits and embarks on a trip across the U.S. with just a juicer and generator, vowing only to drink fresh fruit and vegetable juice for 60 days.

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6. BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE

Director Michael Moore interviews a number of key people in an attempt to understand the reasons why the Columbine Massacre took place and uses his findings to make statements about gun control and violence in the United States.

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7. WOODSTOCK

Woodstock is a 1970 American documentary about the watershed counterculture Woodstock Festival that took place in August 1969 at Bethel in New York. It was dubbed “the benchmark of music movies” by Entertainment Weekly and is considered one of the most entertainingdocumentaries of all time by Rolling Stones.

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8. MAN ON WIRE

On August 7th, 1974, Phillippe Petit stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the Twin Towers. After dancing on it for almost an hour, he was arrested and taken for psychological evaluation, beforefinally being released. This documentary shows Petit’s personal footage of how he overcame almost impossible challenges to achieve the artistically criminal.

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9. CENTURY OF SELF

The Century of the Self is a thought provoking, four part documentary describing how Freudian and post-Freudian ideas about human nature were adopted by corporations and politicians to manipulate society and public values in the 20th Century.

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10. DREAMCATCHER

Documentary about a former Chicago [Brenda] prostitute who now helps women and teenage girls break the cycle of abuse and exploitation. Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community. Her story is an inspiration to those who feel they have no hope.

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