The MoFo Top 100 Documentaries Countdown

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There are the correct two Jackass movies now, but they're in the wrong [switched] positions. #90 is this and #84 is this
Yoda god dammit!

Too fast you are. Incorrect you make it. Frustrated we become.



Spellbound is listed as 1945, as in Hitch's film, not the doc.
There are the correct two Jackass movies now, but they're in the wrong [switched] positions. #90 is this and #84 is this
GAH. You're all terrible people.

Should be fixed in five.



Okay, finally got this up in the Lists area:

http://www.movieforums.com/lists/mov...mentaries.html

Sorry it took so long: parsing script didn't work so I had to do a lot of the work by hand. Hopefully it's all sorted now, but there's a 5% chance some of you might have to resubmit the ones you check off if I missed something. Also, you guys really screwed me by including something that's technically a TV show. I'll have to work around that later.
Thanks, Yoda. Glad we could make it difficult for you!
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Some comments:

100. Anne Frank Remembered
99. Touching the Void
98. Earthlings
97. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
96. Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
95. Dogtown and Z-Boys
94. March of the Penguins
93. Listen to Me Marlon
92. Isle of Flowers
91. The Missing Picture
90. Jackass: The Movie - cool movie for teenagers.
89. Spellbound
88. Histoire(s) du cinema
87. Haxan
86. Sicko
85. The Times of Harvey Milk
84. J2ckass - worse than the first IMO.
83. Salt of the Earth
82. The House Is Black
80. The Seven Five
80. Salesman
79. Dark Days
78. Brother's Keeper
77. Koyaanisqatsi
76. Harlan County U.S.A.
75. Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
74. Burden of Dreams
73. Catfish
72. That's Entertainment!
71. Indie Game: The Movie
70. Little Dieter Needs to Fly
69. Nanook of the North
68. West of Memphis - That was in the HOF, really boring stuff. I already forgot what it was about, some legal stuff.
67. Woodstock
66. For All Mankind
65. Roger & Me
64. The Fog of War
63. Hearts and Minds
62. Religulous
61. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness - Miyazaki's genius on display. I also liked that we could see Hideaki Anno and Miyazaki together. However, they didn't show Takahata, that's a minus. Another good documentary on Miyazaki is The Making of a Masterpiece, on the process of making Princess Mononoke.
60. Cave of Forgotten Dreams
59. Close-Up - I didn't think that was a documentary. Well, it was kinda good but not my type of movie, too arid
58. Capturing the Friedmans
57. Deliver Us from Evil
56. Last Train Home - Funny stuff, specially the part about life being hard when the obacha was young.
55. My Best Fiend
54. Beauty Day - That's some brootal **** dude.
53. Pumping Iron - That's a great doc.
52. The Cove
51. Titicut Follies
50. Restrepo
49. In the Shadow of the Moon
48. Going Clear
47. The Last Waltz
46. Triumph of the Will
45. Gimme Shelter
44. Senna - NOW THATS A GREAT DOC. Senna is like the the national hero.
43. Cocaine Cowboys
42. Dont Look Back
41. Jiro Dreams of Sushi - That's food porn.
40. Anvil: The Story of Anvil - METAL ON METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
39. Crumb
38. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
37. Jesus Camp
36. Baraka
35. This Film Is Not Yet Rated
34. Olympia
33. My Winnipeg
32. Encounters at the End of the World
31. Fahrenheit 9/11
30. The Imposter
29. Grey Gardens
28. Searching for Sugar Man
27. Jodorowsky's Dune
26. Super Size Me
25. The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl
24. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
23. Food, Inc.
22. The Up Series
21. Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
20. Sans Soleil
19. Life Itself
18. Blackfish
17. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters
16. F for Fake
15. When We Were Kings
14. Shoah
13. Man with a Movie Camera
12. American Movie
11. Man on Wire
10. Waltz with Bashir
9. Hoop Dreams
8. The Act of Killing
7. Bowling for Columbine
6. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
5. Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
4. Night and Fog
3. The Thin Blue Line
2. Exit Through the Gift Shop
1. Grizzly Man

29 out 100 but there are many more I am interested in.



My List:
1.Deliver us From Evil
2.The War on Kids
3.The Act of Killing
4.Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
5.Jiro: Dreams of Sushi
6.The House if Black
7.Jesus Camp
8.Freakonomics
9.My Amityville Horror
10.Religulous
11.Sicko
12.Haxan: WItchcraft Through the Ages
13.Exporting Raymond
14.Bigger Stronger Faster
15.Senna
16.Louie Bluie
17.The Imposter
18.Night and Fog
19.And Everything is Going Fine
20.The Central Park Five
21.Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe
22.The Thin Blue Line
23.Man With a Movie Camera
24.Collapse
25.Exit Through the Gift Shop
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4377864/

I recently watched The Pearl Button. Definitely worth watching, especially if you're a fan of Patricio Guzman (The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia of the Light). He really should have been represented in the Top 100. Oh well.



I watched the amazing OJ; Made in America recently. Might have allowed it for the countdown since we had other ESPN 30 for 30 entries. It's well worth the long run time and could have made my list. Highly recommended.



I also watched Alex Gibney's new documentary Zero Days. Also recommended.