Documentary films

[Reynard The Fox]

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/

A site full of documentary films! Knowledge knowledge knowledge
Some films might be down though.

[Noah]

Free documentary database? 

Thankyouthankyouthankyou!

[bLADE]

I go for Sexuality.

Interesting site. 

[Reynard The Fox]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention they were FREE, LOL!

[RedX]

My best friend was excited about this site when he first found it, I remember him telling me... We both watch a lot of documentaries, my documentary folder is 350GB

[Determined]

Read a book instead.

[Veno]

Read a book instead.

Well that's two different things, personally i think documentaries are better when it's a film not a book.

other kinda of movies like thrillers, mindfucks is deffinetley better in books.
so Determined shut up, and watch some documentaries!

great site, thanks, i love documentaries :>

[DaredevilX]

Thanks, I think I've come across this before but forgot about it.
Anyone care to recommend some good ones?

[insLain]

Thank you  Now I can learn some new facts about Aliens.

[Determined]

1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
57 percent of new books are not read to completion.
70 percent of books published do not earn back their advance.
70 percent of the books published do not make a profit.

This is what I'm talking about, I've also read a statistic, that the majority in USA, if they want to read a specific book, the first thing they do, is try to find if there's a documentary film based on that book. Reading is much more efficient, especially when you're reading scientific/historic material, reading keeps you focused & enclosed in the book, when you're reading a book, you're using much more neural pathways & neurons than watching a movie on tv.

[Reynard The Fox]

1/3 of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives.
42 percent of college graduates never read another book after college.
80 percent of U.S. families did not buy or read a book last year.
70 percent of U.S. adults have not been in a bookstore in the last five years.
57 percent of new books are not read to completion.
70 percent of books published do not earn back their advance.
70 percent of the books published do not make a profit.

This is what I'm talking about, I've also read a statistic, that the majority in USA, if they want to read a specific book, the first thing they do, is try to find if there's a documentary film based on that book. Reading is much more efficient, especially when you're reading scientific/historic material, reading keeps you focused & enclosed in the book, when you're reading a book, you're using much more neural pathways & neurons than watching a movie on tv.

Lol fuck that shit! I watch documentaries because I hate books. They are so boring and time consuming.

[JustCaus3]

HISTORY, I'M IN HEAVEN 
thank you 

[RedX]

Determined: It doesn't have to be one or the other you know! Some topics make better books, whilst other topics may be more suitable to present through documentary films. For example: I've been reading up on food industries this past year; I read a book called Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, it was good; structured and educational; however, I also watched The Cove, Food Inc and Earthlings, which made a much stronger impression on me emotionally due to the visual aspect. Don't underestimate the power of a good documentary!

I mainly like to watch documentaries on nature and science though. My studies revolve around politics, history, culture etc (social studies basically) and therefore the books and articles I read are usually within these fields: for me it feels good to sit back and learn about things unrelated to those studies from time to time.

Some essential documentary series for the nature lover:
BBC - Ganges
BBC - South Pacific
BBC - Life
BBC - Planet Earth
BBC - Earth, The Power of the Planet
BBC - Weird Nature

Some important political ones:
The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
Sicko by Michael Moore

The ones I mentioned regarding food earlier in my post are also worth checking out if you're interested in that sort of stuff.

May I also suggest the British panel show Quite Interesting, where a group of comedians discuss a variety of interesting but mostly pretty useless information, hehe.

Enjoy

[Determined]

I was actually referring to those who only seek the enlightenment in the movies & completely ignore the existence of books, there's nothing wrong with watching a good movie once in a while as long as you pick up a good book from time to time as well. I personally prefer reading over watching movies, I watch like 2-3 movies a year & sometimes I re-watch some of the movies that I've really liked.

[RedX]

Haha, I'm opposite! I read loads of stuff related to my education on the web, but only 5-6 books a year on average. Now that summer's here I've planned to read Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything, my dad suggested it to me