In the flood of documentaries, it is difficult for us fans to choose the ones that will really appeal to us. We've put together a list of not just the best documentaries of 2016, but must-see documentaries. These are the best documentaries of 2016, which our editors recommend one hundred percent.
The best documentaries of 2016:
10. No Home Movie (2015)
In an unplanned documentary, Chantal Akerman follows her mother until the last moments of her life. As a Polish Jew, Natalia Akerman survived the internment in Auschwitz and then started a family in Brussels. The camera, placed on this or that table, films her in a carefully arranged middle-class apartment during daily chores and during kitchen meals with her daughter Chantal.
9. Gleason (2016)
Steve Gleason, a former American football player, learns that he has ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), and at the same time his wife Michel becomes pregnant. Spontaneously, he starts chronicling his declining health and his son's growing up. Although it sounds like an extremely sad film, it is filled with humor, which is helped by the sincerity of its actors.
8. Nuts! (2016)
Nuts! is an amazing animated folktale about people who 'sucked' in many ways. The central character, John R. Brinkley, is a medical charlatan who, during the Great Depression (1929-1930), promises to cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles.
7.13th (2016)
The title of the documentary refers to the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery in the US except as 'punishment for crime'. Explores how the enslavement of African Americans continues through the continued criminalization of race.
6. Zero Days (2016)
Alex Gibney's documentary is undoubtedly his most accurate work, a result of his countless films and experiences. Not only is it a chilling revelation that Internet wars are far more dangerous than atomic bombs, but its focus on the Stuxnet virus shows how such weapons are already being used.
5. Under the Sun (2015)
Director Mansky was given permission to observe the tradition of a family in North Korea, where a young girl is preparing to join the Young Pioneer Corps of the Korean Children's Union youth organization.
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4. Weiner (2016)
The disgraced politician is a tragic figure who allows his life to be caught on camera, documenting his comeback from a scandal-ridden past sexting.
3. Kate Plays Christine (2016)
American journalist Christine Chubbuck committed suicide in front of television cameras in 1974. Director Greene worked with actress Kate Lyn Sheil (House of Cards) to make a documentary about Christine, following her through the process of researching the role.
2. OJ: Made in America (2016)
The central part of the documentary is of course the murder, but it also explores his early life and the history of race relations in the United States, especially in Los Angeles, where the legal drama unfolded.
1. Cameraperson (2016)
It is a unique memoir, which was put together by the cameraman of many documentaries. It is a broad view of the 21st century and presents an international portrait of war and genocide and other human rights violations.
Honorable Mention: Before the Flood (2016)
Actor, activist and United Nations Messenger of Peace Leonardo DiCaprio, after his Oscar-winning role in The Returner, turned actor and producer of the documentary Before the Flood, in which he takes us among experts and politicians to reveal dimensions of the problem, solutions and side effects of global warming.
