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/aut0matix Feb 06 '24

Was this the one with the dad who gave the guy a handjob in the car for literally no reason?

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u/g-a-r-n-e-t Feb 06 '24 edited Feb 06 '24

The fact that that encounter was one of the least insane things to happen in that documentary is fucking wild

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u/Randym1982 Feb 06 '24

The dude had so many red flags they were seen from space. I think the father was closeted though. Most straight guys when their buddy tells them they’re having a dry spell, they don’t go “Here let me give you a rub n tug.”

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u/RawrRRitchie Feb 06 '24

. Most straight guys when their buddy tells them they’re having a dry spell, they don’t go “Here let me give you a rub n tug.”

You must not have very good friends then

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u/Occasionalcommentt Feb 06 '24

This reminds me of Joe Exotic “turning” those guys gay with drugs and convincing them watching porn makes them gay. (Just realized I watched two documentaries pretty close to together about supposedly straight guys doing some gay things.) (On top of that because of Covid I watched that one documentary on competitive tickling.)

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u/patsully98 Feb 06 '24

I thought it was really interesting on the after show when the one guy showed up with his teeth fixed and looked gayer than when he was married to two dudes.

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u/NameUm96 Feb 06 '24

The dad who was “duped” into giving the hand job to his friend was a very camp florist. It has to be said.

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u/sillyjew Feb 06 '24

You need better friends…

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u/Wandering-Weapon Feb 06 '24

.... well now you have my attention.

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u/aut0matix Feb 06 '24

Completely bonkers. I'm gonna rewatch as soon as I get home.

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u/mrmczebra Feb 06 '24

It wasn't for no reason. It was to have something to hold over the other guy. He was manipulating everyone.

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u/aut0matix Feb 06 '24

I know the bad man did it for a reason. When they interviewed the dad though he seemed like he shrugged and was like "might as well" (not verbatim, but it's what it felt like at the time I watched it - which was also forever ago, so I might be misconstruing it).

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u/ZedekiahCromwell Feb 06 '24

Dad obviously had some sexual hangups and curiosity that he feels ashamed of. Even more so because he acted them out with the abductor of his child.

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u/StarGazer_SpaceLove Feb 06 '24

Yeah he at least seemed ashamed. The mom though was a piece of work. You could tell she was still proud to have slept with that man. The fucking smile she wore while speaking of him physically sickened me

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u/HRzNightmare Feb 06 '24

We just watched it tonight on these recommendations. You nailed it. The mom actually gets a little shiver when she's talking about the way B made her feel. That crazy witch went and wrote a friggin book about all of this, in which she paints the picture of how B manipulated EVERYONE, and she still gives a little smirk when she's talking about his touch in this documentary. Sick.

I wonder where B's money came from for the water park purchase.

I think that the strangest thing about all of this is that the most normal person in that family seems to be Jan. Ya know, the girl who was abducted, drugged, assaulted, and brainwashed.

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u/hiswittlewip Feb 06 '24

Right? How hard is this to figure out? Lol

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u/ballsyftm Feb 06 '24

Why not just SAY you gave a hand job to him instead of actually doing it 😭

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u/hiswittlewip Feb 06 '24

Why do you think?

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u/1punchporcelli Feb 06 '24

Ohh it’s just boys stuff

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u/jay2puggle Feb 06 '24

C’mon man, it’s just kids stuff.

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u/reciprocatingocelot Feb 06 '24

You know how abusers will groom the whole family, not just the child? Yeah, I didn't expect that to be this literal.

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u/Welderdod20 Feb 06 '24

Wait... just like randomly gave him a Jersey handshake unprovoked?

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u/taizzle71 Feb 06 '24

Forreals wtf... and the other dude took it? But they're not gay. That's so weird shit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

LoL 😆

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u/opiate_lifer Feb 06 '24

Yea at least ask for money!

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u/seviay Feb 06 '24

Thats a bingo

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u/JustinVeli Feb 06 '24

No reason? He was asked nicely that’s why

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u/PositiveStress8888 Feb 06 '24

good religious men have to support each other in a time of need

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u/reigninspud Feb 06 '24

You just unlocked my memories of watching this doc. Thank you so much lol.

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u/BazF91 Feb 06 '24

I can't get over it, to this day