Do you agree with the Current community's Top 10 Must-See Documentaries?

Updates to '7 months ago:'

1. Where can I see "Wild & Wonderful Whites?" (We've retired to WV, of necessity for the cheap property taxes and prices, so expect comments on its verisimilitude)
2. Add "Gashole"
3.Add Palast's "Vultures' Picnic"
4.Agree w/ "The Z's" but would move "The Corporation" and "Food Inc." (or "The World According to Monsanto") up the list

Zeitgeist is one of the worst shit i´ve seen in my life.,it does not only lies about religion, it also lies about astrology,economy,world war 2,vietnam,the creacion of money,9/11, WTC 7,mithology,the pentagon,terrorists,about the banks, and many more lies, is just ironic how a "documentary" that claims to be truth is just a big fat lie.

1. Zeitgeist film series
2.esoteric agenda
3. kymatica
4. loose change
5. end game
6. obama deception
7. ungrip
8.Burzynski, the movie
9. why i am no longer a christian
10. Making a killing ( really good)
TopDocumentaryFilms.com is a good site....

Hi Heavy_61 I appreciate your comment and thank you for it. I am sorry that I don't speak Spanish as your video looks interesting and i look forward to you putting the subtitles on it. Please let me know when this is complete by re-posting the video on this site.

It is interesting that Jesus Christ is the only historical figure whose existence is disputed. The existence of Christ is evidenced by the same methods of many other historical figures. No one doubts that Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar or Socrates existed yet there are no artifacts that belonged to them that survived to the current day and none of them ever wrote anything. It is purely from historical writings that we know of their existence.

Apart from the New Testament there are other non-biblical historians that evidence Christ's existence. Tacitus a Roman historian 64 AD, Josephus a Jewish historian that lived in the first century, Pliny the Younger a Roman governor who lived around the turn of the 2nd century and Lucian a 2nd century Greek satirist. Also the Baylonian Talmud written between 70 and 200 AD references Jesus.

I believe most contemporary scholars accept that a man named Jesus Christ actually lived in the 1st century. The more important question is: Is Jesus he who says he was? Jesus Christ claimed to be God incarnate. Christians believe this to be true and believe that Jesus was crucified for the sins of all mankind and that He rose from the dead three days later. And those that believe this are granted the gift of eternal life. This of course is believed through faith.

Keep searching for the truth and God bless you.

It's a shame that people see zietgeist as the catalyst for the occupy wall st movement. The movie is completely flawed from the outset. Most of the info in part 1 of the film is attributed to Jordan Maxwell an occultist, conman and fraud.

And they all show why "The Whites" will move UP the list, even to #1; unless they are heeded.

Agree with the Zeitgeists as FIRST in the list. The Corporation, Capitalism:, Inconvenient Truth, Sicko, and Food Inc. should be next.

Im going to agree with everyone else and say Zeitgeist Addendum and Moving Forward for #1 and #2
I found it odd that the only documentary I have not heard of was Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia. I guess Ill check it out?

#1 -Zeitgeist Moving Forward
#2 -Zeitgeist Addendum

Have to agree with David_Dann - the 2 documentaries that have sparked the biggest global social movement in history are Zeitgeist Moving Forward and Zeitgeist Addendum.

Also, this might seem a bit opinionated and like I'm paranoid, but the fact that none of the Zeitgeist films were on the official documentary, it only points to conspiracy. Zeitgeist: Addendum and Zeitgeist: Moving Forward have spawned the largest global social movement ever. No other documentary on this list has had so much influence as these films have had. Enough said.

Hands down, Zeitgeist: Moving Forward is number one in my book. After that Zeitgeist: Addendum. They've all changed my lives, specifically in my motives and interests

Three documentaries have actually changed my behaviour and actually affected my day to day life. Two of these are Zeitgeist: Addendum and Zeitgeist Moving Forward. The third is An Inconvenient Truth. Great to see them represented in this list.

First off I strongly agree zeitgeist: addendum and zeitgeist: moving forward should be #1 and #2. I don't think supersize me should even be on the list as I believe there are many fualse truths in it. I don't see how a movie about a crime family is the "most influential" or even on the top ten list. Where is Blue Gold: water wars, fuel, the colony, and all the ducmunetaries that actually discuss something important?

Zeitgeist (film series) should definitely be first in my informed opinion. 'Future by Design' and 'Transcendent Man' should both definitely be on this list as well. Others to consider that are not on this present list are: 'The Century of The Self', 'Burzynski, the movie', 'Capitalism, a love story', 'The Story of Stuff', 'The End of Poverty', 'Jesus Camp', 'The 11th Hour' and many more.

The last two Zeitgeist films, Z:Addendum & Z:Moving Forward, are, by far, the most important films I've ever seen in my lifetime. These films provide real and practical solutions to all the major problems we see today. Food Inc, The Corporation, Sicko and An Inconvenient Truth are excellent films, but they do not get at the root cause of our problems or provide any viable solutions.

Put one of those two at the top.

Zeitgeist will continue to reflect it's name.

Namastizzle.

I would have to put the Zeitgeist Film Series as number one.

Docs i would have loved to see make the list
Hands on a Hard Body
Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos

#1 -Zeitgeist Moving Forward
#2 -Zeitgeist Addendum
#3 -Future by Design
#4 -TROM ( The Reality of Me)
#5- Burzynski, the movie
#6 -Story of Stuff
#7 -Food Inc
#8 -The Corporation
#9 -The End of Poverty
#10-Capitalism, a love story

1 Zeitgeist Moving Forward
2 Zeitgeist Addendum
3 Zeitgeist
4 Athene's Theory of Everything
5 All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (episode 2)
6 Psywar
7 Burzynski
8 The Century of the Self (episode 1)
9 Pyramids of Waste
10 The War You Don’t See

Talking about influence, which 2 documentaries have sparked the biggest global social movement in history? Zeitgeist Moving Forward and Zeitgeist Addendum.

Zeitgeist Addendum and Moving Forward are incredibly powerful and influential. They effect they've had already should be a clear sign.

How do you spell Zeitgest again?

I would actually put only Z: Addendum and Z: MF on that list (as #1 and #2, respectively). The original isn't as good as those because it presents no solutions to anything it talks about.

Anyway, I'll be sure to check out some of those documentaries.

Sicko was pretty good about giving evidence that detailed the failures of insurance companies. Moore should've left it at that and not put in the ridiculous parts about going to Cuba.

For the blatant sensationalism of trying to generate controversy, it would drop an otherwise good documentary from 3 to 6 on the list

Zeitgeist Moving Forard is the most important documentary film for all the worlds population.....period! #1

Yep, Zeitgeist Addendum and Moving Forward. The comments below say it all, they're the only documentaries about society that go to the root of the problem.

No particular order:

Zeitgeist 1,2,3
Burzynski movie
The Corporation
The End of Poverty
The Lightbulb Conspiracy aka Pyramids of waste
Freedom Fuels (mofilms.org)
The Hemp Revolution or Billion Dollar Crop
What if cannabis cured cancer?
The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
The War You Don't See and most others by John Pilger

Zeitgeist is missing out big time on infinite resources like alcohol for fuel (Freedom fuels), hemp for plastics (and more, The hemp Revolution)) and permaculture for food (How Cuba survived)!

#1 -Zeitgeist Moving Forward
#2 -Zeitgeist Addendum
#3 -Future by Design
#4 -TROM ( The Reality of Me)
#5- Burzynski, the movie
#6 -Story of Stuff
#7 -Food Inc
#8 -The Corporation
#9 -The End of Poverty
#10-Capitalism, a love story

#1 -Zeitgeist Moving Forward
#2 -Zeitgeist Addendum
#3 -Future by Design
#4 -TROM ( The Reality of Me)
#5- Burzynski, the movie
#6 -Story of Stuff
#7 -Food Inc
#8 -The Corporation
#9 -The End of Poverty
#10-Capitalism, a love story

I'm a Taiwanese Zeitgeist supporter. I'm here to show you that Zeitgeist Movement isn't just a Western idea but a global one though it derives from capitalism America, regardless of whether it'll succeed or not in the end. Anyway, now it already plants its seed in Asia. We currently already have our own Chinese chapter and forum as a proof:

http://www.youtube.com/user/sydstf?feature=mhee
http://www.zmcn.org/bbs/
http://www.zmcn.org/

Though we're just at the beginning stage, I think merely as the species "human", the idea of Zeitgeist Movement should be universally logical, reasonable, and self-evident beyond any artificial boundaries of countries, races, religious belief, the degree of social progress, and political systems or other philosophical. I think it indeed touches the "system", the "root cause" of our social problems without any question, and the movement itself is already a miracle, considering that it only begins with a "documentary" and nothing more.

I can't think of other films having such global influence though indeed many of them also expose many amazing facts. However, after I watch all of other famous documentaries and then watch Zeitgeist series, it gives me a true feeling of finding the "final missing puzzle" toward the root cause of our social paradigm and how our world operates today.

Moreover, you should also check the idea of The Venus Project and Resource-Based Economy in another documentary Future by Design. Though many of you may not totally agree with the ideas of ZM or TVP, but from an emotional, personal perspective, I can see the grand humanitarian compassion for all human beings and future generations on this planet.

Simply form this respect, this documentary, of course along with the overall idea of Resource-Based Economy, are just worth further investigation if you really care about our social problems and the future of human beings when you're seeking a "tangible", "feasible" solution.

I agree with all those who place Zeitgeist Addendum & Moving Forward into priority. No documentaries out there get at solutions, except the Zeitgeist films.

#1 -Zeitgeist Moving Forward
#2 -Zeitgeist Addendum
#3 -Cosmos
#4 -TROM ( The Reality of Me)
#5 -An Inconvenient Truth
#6 -Story of Stuff
#7 -The American Dream
#8 -Capitalism, a love story
#9 -Future by Design
#10-The End of Poverty

*I did not watch Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia,The Corporation,Supersize Me,The Cove and Bowling for Columbine yet, they will be the next ones in my list!

Love hugs for all =D!

What many may not know is that the current monetary system is purely based on a social theory called "game theory". It states that life is like a poker game where everyone is out for themselves, but since everyone is functioning based on their selfish desires and are still dependent on each other, their combined selfish acts will create a stable equilibrium which will allow society to function. Psychologists have put this theory to the test and it has failed and thus been falsified. Not only did the experiment show that people aren't equally selfish and thus equilibrium cannot exist, BUT it also showed that people tend to be selfless than selfish. And thus the whole notion of competition resulting in the best possible outcome is a load of bull. Thus the premise of this monetary paradigm is BS and outdated.

There was a BBC documentary trilogy about this and regarding game theory and how it has impacted the current socioeconomic paradigm. It also goes deep into concepts on sociology and psychology. I can't remember the name though (so if anyone knows PLZ post it). I would also recommend that documentary trilogy to be in the top 5 at least.

#1 -Zeitgeist Addendum
#2 -Zeitgeist Moving Forward
#3 -Burzynski, the movie
#4 -Maxed out
#5 -Bowling for Columbine
#6 -Sicko
#7 -Cosmos
#8 -Who killed the electric car
#9 -Garbage warrior
#10-Capitalism, a love story

#1 - Zeitgeist Addendum
#2 - Zeitgeist Moving Forward
#3 - Us now
#4 - The century of the self
#5 - The Quickening
#6 - Who killed the electric car
#7 - The men who killed Kennedy
#8 - Burzynski: Cancer is Serious Business
#9 - The American Dream
#10 - The most dangerous man in America (Daniel Elsberg papers)

#1 - Zeitgeist: Moving Forward
#2 - The Age of Stupid
#3 - Food Inc
#4 - Flow (For the love of water)
#5 - The End of Poverty
#6 - Meet your Meat
#7 - Cosmos
#8 - What the %$"¿* do we know?
#9 - W (I know it's a movie!! But it sure fooled me!) XD
10 - Le Jeu de la mort (Sad as hell...)

My two cents!

P.S.: I was thinking we should add a "Miss Congeniality" price for "Super High Me"... XD lol

I would include 'The Stanford Experiment' and 'The Century of Self' in this list, and place 'Zeitgeist: Moving Forward' into top priority.

Zeitgeist Addendum & Zeitgeist Moving Forward are without doubt the two most important films i've ever seen. They must be put as #1. The current top 3 films you have up are mere symptoms of what Zeitgeist talks about and they give no real solutions to the problem. Put Zeitgeist as #1

Zeitgeist Film Series #1

To the extent that which, we, as a species fails to understand what Zeitgeist Addendum and Zeitgeist Moving Froward presents will be the extent that we fall short and fail as the local eyes, ears, and conscious expressions of the Cosmos. The information and proposals presented in the Z2 and Z3 series, The Zeitgeist Movement, and its original catalyst, The Venus Project is the number one most important, inspiring, hopeful, functional, and desperately needed message for our family of 6.7 billion strong, and the Future for billions to come.

Zeitgeist Series are great definitely should be at #1

Iraq For Sale, This Divided State, Who Killed the electric car

I definitely recommend the Zeitgeist film series, especially Addendum because it really gets to the root causes of many of the problems mentioned in some of the other documentaries on the list.

I am going to spam you with: put "Zeitgeist film series" as first. It is by far my favourite film series of all time. And has some very important information for the whole world population to assimilate.

hmmmm, this is a pretty interesting list, though the only films that I saw out of this list was the Zeitgeist film series, Food Inc., and Supersize Me. They're all very good films, but I recommend inserting Collapse and Earthlings, because those docs are very profound and provide a lot of details and information in their particulars subjects compare to many movies on this list.

I personally agree with this list as is. I'm glad to see Michael Moore films, and especially glad to see the Zeitgeist series as a set. However, I would like to point out that the first film in the Zeitgeist series is not at all related to the movement by the same name, even though it has the same producer. The first film was created long before, and not associated with the founding of that movement.

This, just to clear a common misconception.

I would have liked to have seen Gasland make this list, or at least into the top fifty. It may not have been the best cinematography, but it was definitely an eye opener, and an important bit of information.

Few, if any, on this list offer solutions to the current, unsustainable cultures and value systems that permeate this planet, with one exception - the Zeitgeist film series, especially Zeitgeist: Moving Forward. I'd like to see it be #1 on this list.

I would have thought Zeitgeist would be in the top 2 at least... I like "An Inconvenient Truth" though... Very significant...

Of the movies in the list i've seen anyway, "Zeitgeist - Addendum" and "Zeitgeist - Moving Forward" are the most significant life changing documentaries i've ever had the good fortune to see...

A note though... You'll love the movies, but won't like how they make the world look to you... They will wake you up to the reality of the world we live in... They're a blue pill, red pill moment...

I'd rather have the truth than live a lifetime of lies...

Zeitgeist deserves #1

Zeitgeist deservers number one!

Yea, the first 3 only address the symptoms of the current socioeconomic system. Peter Joseph's zeitgeist series is the only documentary series that I have come across to finally address the elephant in the room: the socioeconomic system, the reality we live in. We the people feel that the current way of life is the only way. That money is inherently needed for society to function, and that all the murder, suffering, crime, greed are all just human nature (as if its within our gene as if we are all made this way). But major scientific research in sociology and psychology and saying otherwise. We are what the environment shapes us to be. Zeitgeist series is the only documentary that points at this obvious fact.

Well, Zeitgeist is definitely my favorite as it deals more and more with the future rather than the past but there are a few documentaries that I thought were much better than some on the list. I don't know who voted on this but your number 1 is not even a film that I would recommend to someone in an acute boredom state. 'Home', 'Oceans', 'Man On Wire', 'F#ck' the documentary (if you look for it on the net write the word as it is) and 'Social Engineering in the 20th Century' (a fantastic film this one that did not get an audience as wide as it deserves).

Nice List. "Zeitgeist" is misspelled. Given this film series is likely the greatest ever made/most watched in the vain of Documentary, combining art, vision, passion and intellectual data- it should be spelled correctly. Peter Joseph is the only filmmaker to support his films with Companion guides too, so for all the people who dont like his works - grow up. Truth has no bias.

Three Michael Moore films on the list. The most-attacked documentary film maker of all time. Say what you want, he brings documentaries to the masses. Probably the only docu-maker who won't get waved aside because he's blocking the view of some celebutante on the red carpet.
No surprises here with the exception of the 1st. I guess I'll have to watch it. Very satisfied The Corporation made it to the list. It is my all-time personal favourite.

My parents had talked about the dancing outlaw when I was younger, but I didn't know much about Jesco until two years ago. Then, when i saw the wild and wonderful whites on netflix it was amazing. i make everyone i know watch it and they immediately love it. Growing up in this area all the press is so negative and there certainly are things around here that are negative but to show that we value our family and there's a reason drugs play a large role in people's lives around here. The poverty stricken areas in Appalachia are a birthing place for a viscious cycle of drug abuse, enemployment, violence, and the hopelessness of escaping the stigma your heritage casts on you. One of my favorite lines is when Jesco says "some families just can't get it together I guess" and who can't relate to that? I was glad it showed the cycle this family is in, that the American dream is hardest for regular Americans because the same struggles keep getting passed down and multiplied, and sometimes you have to party your balls off to cope with it.

Wow, I feel old. All the documentaries on this must-see list were made after the year 2000. My top ten were all made before the turn of the century. Here's my list (in alphabetical order):

American Dream (Barbara Kopple's examination of a local meatpacking union on strike in Minnesota; also see Harlan County USA)

An American Family (the first reality TV series - then watch the follow up doc, "A Death in An American Family" and Albert Brooks' movie "Real Life")

The Civil War (Ken Burns' excellent series)

Eyes on the Prize (multi-part series about the Civil Rights Movement)

Hoop Dreams (two Chicago teenagers pursue their dreams to play professional basketball)

Roger & Me (Michael Moore's first effort)

The Thin Blue Line (Errol Morris' investigation of a Texas murder case)

The Times of Harvey Milk (much better than the biopic with Sean Penn)

Titicut Follies (Frederick Wiseman's look at treatment of inmates at a Massachusetts prison mental hospital)

The Up Series (series of films about the British class system, interviews children at age 7, following up with them every 7 years)

Anybodys Son Will Do By Gwynne Dyer (MUST SEE)

Too bad Current programming isn't nearly as entertaining as the Docs mentioned.

I vote for this list.

some US centric docs that should be on the list:

Woodstock...one of the first real modern documentary films

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam - why you shouldnt fight stupid unwinnable wars in the words of the men and women who get sent to them

Trouble in Amish Paradise - insightful documentary on what happens when you break away from theocratic authority

Scientology And Me - BBC expose on the cult of Scientology

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple‏ - another seminal point in your history....more on the danger of theocratic cults

Try, just tr people, to lift your heads up out of that bargain bucket of KFC, have memories longer than a goldfish, and watch something a bit more challenging. Fecking Zietgeist.....get real!

The list, unsurprisingly, is totally US centric.

You could have tried to include some with an international aspect -

S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, a 2003 documentary film by Rithy Panh is utterly compelling viewing - an insight into the running of a modern death camp made by one of its few survivors.

Year Zero - the original documentary that broke the story of the downfall of Cambodia made by John Pilger.

The Death of Yugoslavia - A BBC series documentary that explained the mess that resulted from the breakup of Yugoslavia and the resulting Balkans wars

But of course.....why run serious stuff when we can watch the clownshoes paranoid delusionary freakshow that is Zeitgeist? Utter crap from scene 1 to the closing credits.

All your poll shows, Spurlock and Moore aside, is how dumbed down and insular the US polling audience has become. Any Top 10 including Zeitgeist isnt worth wiping my ass on.

Documentaries are for personal views...you determine what you take out of it..some of you should stop taking yourselves so seriously...chill-lax....explore your world with an open mind...or you are missing out...seriously

These are more or less liberal docs but glad that The Cove, Food Inc, and Fahrenheit made it on there!

What about Rock Docs!?! The Last Waltz, Woodstock, Buena Vista Social Club !!!

God Grew Tired of Us

Your top 10 list is too narrow-minded. These titles everyone already knows, but I wouldn't choose any of them.

Off top of my head, Genius Within, Everest IMAX (Breshears), The Human Experience, The Endurance, Up series, Waiting for Superman, The Road to 9/11, Lord Save Us From Your Followers, Grey Gardens, Endless Summer, almost anything by Warren Miller, Let the Church Say Amen, Grappelli: A Life in the Jazz Century, Walking the Bible, etc., are all fantastic, and I haven't even tried to think of foreign documentaries.

Beside number 1, which is wonderful, the other ones are one sided, liberal agenda documentaries. Each one of these have a plethora of caveats which place them into a mild form of propaganda.

I see myself tilting more liberal in general but these documentaries drive people who don't ever do their research and rhetoric removal to become ignorant zealots of a Film Makers Agenda. Too much dramacide in these bad boys/girls (no sexism)

But... I'm sure I'm preaching to the wrong choir. Its the equivalent of the asking the Tea Party to have a civil convo with Obama. (My piece of dramacide)

Sorry for the hate,

Bonnie

PS. GET THOSE CARBON CREDITS!!!

Ludicrous diversion .. A documentary that proves London 7/7 was an inside job .. Yugoslavia the avoidable war.. war crimes committed by NATO and the KLA that were white washed over .. USS Liberty Dead in the Water .. Israel attacked a US spy ship to drag the US into a war against Egypt.

I'm sorry but these are real documentaries ..

I think "Why we Fight" "King of Kong" & "The Union, The Business Behind Getting High" should be on that list & DEFFINETLY in the top 25

Cant understand why Woodstock isnt in the top ten. & no-offense but Wild Wonderful whites shouldnt be in anyones top 10. Top 10 greats should be more than interesting- they should inform & alter the viewers. Food inc, Inconvient Truth, Supersize me, & Woodstock all end changing the world view of the viewer. I think. Just my lowly opinion. :)

Union: The Business Of Getting High

For Current i do think this list is pretty good not too extreme and not too basic. number 2 3 4 and 6 are worth watching and good ones for sure. number 10 is bs. number 7 while pretty lame changed the way the food markets do business and has had a bigger impact then most of the flicks listed. i think many people would list Zeitgest as one of the most eye opening movies they have ever seen.. once you see that your eyes start to open and you begin to see other things.

i am happy current is starting this countdown show and the top 10 listed above are worth being there it will be cool to see why thought too.

a huge A+ on the idea and supporting these types of movies so i am very proud of current on this! this makes me trust it more.

Very good list. I'm surprised that "Why We Fight" didn't make it though. Hopefully, Current will start airing a lot of these.

HA! I love that the Whites are up there. If you haven't seen Jesco (Elvis) White in the "Dancing Outlaw" you are in for a real treat. Laughed until my side hurt through the entire documentary...he's an original like no other. +^d!

Let us not forget Iraq's Secret War Files.
http://www.linktv.org/programs/iraq-secret-war-files

2 of my top 3 made it..... Zeitgest and Food INC both must sees imo, and I am glad their messages will get to a broader audience on Current.

After seeing so many people recommend The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia, I gave it a shot. I still don't get the hype. It felt like I was watching an extended episode of intervention.. Sicko is a top pick for me, along with For the Bible tells me so.

Disappointed not to see War on Democracy, Hoop Dreams, Who Killed the Electric Car? and Inside Job.

I understand system... I have the same problem. :)

I haven't seen any of them, but am looking forward to it. I also like the one suggestion of "For The Bible Tells Me So"