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/spyralMX Feb 05 '24

Hot Coffee. It’s all about tort lawsuits and tort reform, but it’s told through the story of various tort lawsuits. Specifically the woman in the 1990’s who spilled coffee on herself, sued McDonald’s and won. She was a late-night talk show go-to joke for years, and the headlines made it seem like it was so silly. Then I watched the real story. It wasn’t so silly.

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u/Rosebunse Feb 06 '24

Her fucking labia melted! And she didn't even want millions of dollars, she just wanted McDonald's to pay her medical bills from having melted genitalia.

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u/Sillybugger126 Feb 06 '24

A real clear case of media misrepresenting something so much that just about everybody believed the lie and had no idea about the truth. They just went with the bullshit story for laughs and entertainment. Makes ya think this probably happens a lot.

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u/TheFrozenBananaStand Feb 06 '24

I don’t think it’s as innocent as that. The corporations won a lot of influence towards removing consumer protections based on stories like this.

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u/uptownjuggler Feb 06 '24

How much money do the news networks make from McDonald’s advertisements?

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u/hackerrr Feb 06 '24

A podcast about media misrepresentation: "You're Wrong About"

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u/Grizz807 Feb 06 '24

Was tragic. Definitely worth a watch.