There are quite a few great docs out there.
These ones all made a big impact on my psyche:
Winged Migration. Just about perfect. It documents many species of birds and their behaviors. We get a literal bird's-eye view into what it means to be a feathered creature.
My Best Fiend. Werner Herzog's song to Klaus Kinski.
Klaus was one of the greatest actors in film history. An intense doc for an intense man, one who complimented Herzog's style so much that you can't really think about Herzog without thinking of Kinski. I am not your SUPERSTAR!!
Year of the Horse. Jim Jarmusch's road movie with Neil Young and Crazy Horse. I don't need to mention that the soundtrack kicks ass.
Ken Burn's Frank Lloyd Wright. If you love architecture as art then you can't get any better than this well-made tribute to the genius FLW.
Woodstock, Monterey Pop, Message to Love, Gimme Shelter: the 4 Horsemen of music docs.
These 4 films show how music (and the huge festivals that were so popular in the Age of Aquarius) moved generations of people to gather in tribes to experience a religious experience, with varying and wildly different results.
There are many more to note, but I'm in the middle of watching a DVD right now.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
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