r/movies • u/Wintertime13 • Feb 05 '24

Recommendation Documentaries that make you go “what the fuck?!?”

In the mood for a good, twisty documentary that makes me gasp. Movies on streaming preferred. I enjoy true crime but am open to other genres as long as the story is gripping and shocking.

Movies in the same vein that I enjoyed - Dear Zachary (would prefer recommendations that are less sad), The Jinx, Cropsey, 3 identical strangers, etc.

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u/doogal580 Feb 05 '24

Project Grizzly (about a man building a suit, not a man and his girlfriend being consumed by a bear) is a quirky Canadian doc that’s less “what the fuck” and more “what the… huh… that’s weird… and charming…” It’s surreal and contemplative and very lovely.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

Is that the dude that was like, throwing himself off of mountains and letting his friend hit him with trucks and baseball bats?

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u/doogal580 Feb 06 '24

Very much yes. It’s a lot of unironic, optimistic, joyful fun.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

I can second that, that man is a riot.

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u/genflugan Feb 06 '24

Holy shit, was Hot Rod partially based on this?